CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! FenSens I’m all about car safety. You know full well how I feel …
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Ganker Robot Earlier this year, two massive mega bots battled it out in one of the most anticipated, expensive robotics events in recent history. Years of development and engineering were on display as giant robots piloted by humans duked it out on the internet. It was most likely an experience battle bot civilians like you and me will never experience. …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He/she/it sings too. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Soon, you’ll be sitting round the fire, counting your blessings, surrounded by those you love the most. You’ll look at your new gifts — perhaps even the iPhone X you bought for yourself — and insist on …
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I think of Monoprice as the internet’s Radio Shack. The company carries everything from HDMI cables and home-theater speakers to mobile chargers and 3D printers — many of them Monoprice-branded, some absolutely revered by customers. You can already find a variety of Black Friday deals on the Monoprice site, but there will be more. For starters, on Black Friday and …
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Micro Center has no intention of waiting for Black Friday, which falls on Nov. 24 this year, to announce ridiculous price cuts. Today, the retailer has unveiled a handful of products that have been aggressively discounted: FitBit Charge 2, large, teal — $75 ($75 off) (best price we’ve seen so far this season) Sphero Star Wars BB-8 Special Edition with Force Band (in-store …
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Sure, Siri sounds a bit less like a robot in iOS 11, but Apple‘s digital assistant still fails to understand me and mispronounces names. Siri is also more useful if she (my Siri has a British female voice, so I’ll refer to Siri as a “she” here) knows my daily haunts and connects with any supported apps. Learn four easy …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Previously you could get four lines for $100; now you can get five. Boost Mobile There’s so much …
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Now playing: Watch this: Aibo the robot dog really looks alive 2:08 Sony is letting Aibo off the leash once again. The cutesy toy robot dog first appeared in 1999 before being, ahem, “sent to a farm” in 2006. Now a new model will launch in 2018 that reacts to voice commands and to being petted. It will also perform …
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When asked in a new survey whether people would rather go to the mall with friends or just shop at home with a voice assistant like Amazon‘s Alexa, a third of people actually opted for the robot. Maybe that’s a sign of a drab future when we all become shut-ins and stores cease to exist, but that situation doesn’t seem …
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Remember how crazy everyone went in 2016 when buyers stood in long lines for the chance to buy Snapchat Spectacles from a robot? The gambit may have garnered social media company Snap 150,000 sales of the glasses that shoot and broadcast snaps, but a new report from The Information (paywall; via Quarz) suggests that the hype overshadowed demand, leaving potentially …
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