This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. In August, I spent three weeks traveling through Germany and Hungary with CNET reporters Shara Tibken, Joan Solsman and Katie Collins to find out how technology is being used …
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PlayStation Vue users can now catch up on all of the “Game of Thrones” drama they want. Sony on Thursday said HBO and Cinemax are now available on its streaming TV service. Both are offered as standalone channels for $15 each per month (the same price as the HBO Now app that works on Apple, Android and Amazon devices). HBO …
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Sony has put a price tag on its new Xperia XZ and Xperia X Compact phones. On Thursday, the company announced the full-sized XZ will become available in the US on October 2 with a suggested retail price of $700. It’s smaller counterpart the X Compact will sell for $500, starting on September 25. The X Compact comes with a …
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Now playing: Watch this: Did the iPhone 7 survive our water test? 4:36 Plop. That’s the sound of your phone impacting a pot of tomato sauce. Or a swimming pool. Or — God forbid — a toilet bowl. Normally, you’re screwed. Unless you’re very, very lucky (and have some silica gel packets handy), your phone’s delicate circuits are toast. But …
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Editors’ note: As of this week, we’re extending the entry window for our CNET giveaway. From the time the contest launches, you now have until 11:59 p.m. PT the following Thursday to enter. Congrats to last week’s winner, Patrick M. of East Point, Georgia, for scoring a bundle of Star Trek prizes for Star Trek’s 50th anniversary. Fall is almost …
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Now playing: Watch this: Alexa coming to Fire tablets 1:10 Amazon’s Alexa is moving into the mobile world. The voice assistant is coming to some Amazon Fire tablets as a software update — and that includes the newly upgraded Fire HD 8, shipping on September 21 for $89. It’s big news for Alexa’s growth, but voice assistant news won’t get …
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If you’re the proud owner of a new video game console, odds are you have a library of games from an old machine lining your shelf. While Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all promise that their newest machines can run these classics in some way, it varies by console — some are as easy as popping in an older disc; others …
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When you’re perched at the top of a waterfall, fiddling with the aperture on a giant camera and leaning to frame your shot just right, you’re taking a risk. You might fall in. You might drop your camera. You might screw up the shot. You might get wet. But if you know what it takes to nail this photo, you’ll …
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VR is about to make another sci-fi dream come true. LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) and Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy) have already gotten an taste — according to the Associated Press, video game giant Ubisoft gave the three Star Trek actors an early peek at a brand new VR game dubbed Star Trek: Bridge Crew. …
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Sony on Friday announced preorder information for its upcoming PlayStation VR headset. The Japanese electronics giant will be offering the virtual reality headset as part of a special bundle starting on Tuesday, March 22. The bundle will cost $499 in the US, $100 more than the headset by itself, but with it you get two Playstation Move motion controllers, the …
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