Earlier this month, CNET’s David Carnoy praised Amazon’s first-ever true-wireless earbuds, the Echo Buds, but suggested you “wait for a sale.” Because while he liked the hands-free Alexa features and Bose-powered noise reduction — the latter putting the Echo Buds on the same playing field as Apple’s AirPods Pro — he felt the sweet spot …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. A robot that brings you more toilet paper when you run out. Samsung’s softball-shaped robot named Ballie. Of all the digital pals shown off at CES last week, none were quite as uncanny as Neon, the humanlike “life form” funded by a Samsung lab …
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Apple could kill the Lightning connector on the flagship iPhone in 2021, according to reports. We take a look at why this is significant and what needs to be fixed before we can be totally wireless on this week’s Apple Core wrap. Will Apple release an iPhone with USB-C? First they came for our headphone jacks. Now, they’re taking our …
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Apple’s AirPods have been a knockout success since they first launched in 2016 (and as of this fall, audiophiles can also choose to upgrade to the noise-canceling AirPods Pro). But now the original AirPods face a lot more competition from other Bluetooth earbuds, like Sony’s WF-1000XM3 true wireless earbuds. At $198, Sony’s wireless headphones are significantly more expensive than the $139 AirPods, which …
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This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. It’s been a decade overflowing with tough lessons: who to trust, when to speak out and how to stream big events online after you’ve broken up with your cable company. Looking back …
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The Apple Watch Series 5 starts at $399 (£399, AU$649) and makes an ideal gift for an iPhone user who wants to keep an eye on their health and fitness goals, or get notifications from their phone. But the Fitbit Versa 2 costs half as much and has many similar features, plus it works across Android and iOS. I’ve been …
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This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. In the last decade, apps (and by association, phones) have become an almost essential part of our lives. Since the iOS App Store and Google Play launched in 2008 with what seemed …
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Google is launching Duplex on the Web, a booking service that’s basically autofill on steroids. The tool is designed to let people more easily buy movie tickets online, the company said Thursday. The service is available on Android phones. To use it, you’d ask the Assistant — Google’s digital helper software akin to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri — to look …
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I’ve done it, you’ve done it, and now the president’s lawyer is guilty of it too — I’m talking, of course, about butt-dialing. Butt-dialing, or “pocket-dialing” as it’s called in politer circles, is the result of a perfect storm of bad smartphone habits that starts with forgetting to lock your device. Next you toss your unlocked phone into a pants …
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Apple released updates for not just the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV over the past month, it also refreshed the Apple Watch. The wearable now runs on WatchOS 6, which includes several new apps including Voice Memos, new weather complications and new features such as touching the screen with two fingers to have your watch speak the time. WatchOS 6 comes preinstalled on the Apple …
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