Prime Day was just last week, but it already feels like a distant memory. Truth be told, we’re already scoping out the pre-Black Friday deals coming as soon as the first weekend in November. But before you can score the AirPods for $99 at Walmart (yes, really), there may be a bit of a quiet …
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Update, Nov. 6: Read our reviews of the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PS5. I got swept up in the preorder madness for an Xbox Series X on Sept. 22 (yes, I was able to get through). I had it in my cart — the Xbox Series S to be precise — and, as I sat and stared waiting for the “complete purchase” …
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PS4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima was initially a single player-only experience, but that changed on Friday. The co-op multiplayer Legends mode is available to download from the PlayStation Store for free. It includes two-player story missions and four-player survival missions, and developer Sucker Punch said it’ll add a raid in the next few weeks. You can choose between melee combat-focused samurai, …
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Update, Nov. 6: Read our PS5 review. The PlayStation 5 goes on sale less than a month away on Nov. 12, but there are still plenty of things we don’t know about Sony’s next-generation game console. Among them are questions about what exactly the user interface looks like — what menus are we going to be looking at for the best …
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We’ve just seen what the PS5 user interface looks like, but Sony is also adding a way to report abuse when you’re playing online on its next-gen console. You can upload a recording of your voice chat to the company for moderation, as revealed by a PS4 software update on Wednesday. “Please be aware voice chats in parties may …
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Amazon Prime Day may be over for 2020, but there are still a number of great deals to be had, even on audio gear. While Amazon’s own Echo Studio smart speaker is sold out, there are Atmos soundbars and some truly excellent passive loudspeakers up for grabs. The most unexpected is the JBL Bar 2.1 Deep Bass — CNET’s favorite soundbar under …
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Glasses-free 3D isn’t a new thing, but there’s a new generation of technology that could resurrect the idea for a world full of VR and AR headsets. Sony’s Spatial Reality Display is a pro monitor designed specifically for looking at 3D objects on a desktop without a headset, and it’s arriving next month. We got an in-person demo of a …
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Update, Nov. 6: Read our reviews of the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PS5. If you were bitterly disappointed by the near-instantaneous sellout of all the next-gen consoles last month, you’re not alone. Sony took a lot of flak for a botched rollout of the PS5, and though Microsoft had a few extra days to avoid making the same mistakes, the Xbox Series …
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Microsoft has been testing its xCloud cloud-gaming platform, the technology that lets you play Xbox games on your phone, streamed from remote servers, for more than a year. Now we’ve come to the part where the free ride for testers ends and it’s time to pony up for the privilege via a subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. And as frequently …
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Let’s talk TVs. You know where I stand: A lot of lower-end models are perfectly good — and definitely easier on the wallet. But what do you sacrifice when you choose a cheap TV instead of a high-end model from, say, Samsung or Sony? For answers, we brought in CNET TV guru David Katzmaier. Trust me, if you’re in the …
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