This story is part of CNET at 25, celebrating a quarter century of industry tech and our role in telling you its story. Every time you use a smartphone, you’re enjoying something we thought might never exist: a device that does almost everything really well. But in the early years after CNET’s founding in 1995, …
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Streaming is the future of music consumption, and while your stereo may be from the ’90s, you can still use it to play music from the cloud music services like Spotify. Alongside voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, Spotify Connect is one of the most useful ways to control your streaming music collection. The system enables both Spotify Free …
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Webcams are in short supply because of coronavirus lockdowns, so you may find yourself looking for a better-quality camera than the one in your Mac or PC. Fortunately, there is a way to use your DSLR or camcorder to boost the picture quality for all those Zoom calls and Skype sessions. You can use your phone as a webcam and save yourself …
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Dolby says Tidal Hi-Fi subscribers can now stream Atmos Music via their compatible streaming boxes and Atmos sound systems for the first time. Dolby says the feature will roll out to devices from Thursday. Until now immersive formats have only been available on phones and devices such as the Amazon Echo Studio, so this may help with adoption of the Atmos …
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YouTube Kids on TV, Google’s streaming channel for the young (and young at heart), arrives for Apple TV streamers Wednesday. Apple’s box joins the club of Android TVs as well as LG, Samsung and Sony smart TVs that already support the app, which serves up parentally filtered video content for kids under 12. Over the past 12 months, YouTube has …
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When you hear Razer — best known for its gaming laptops and accessories — is releasing a new noise-canceling headphone, the first thing you probably ask yourself is whether it’s a gaming headphone. Surprisingly, when it comes to the new $200 Opus, the answer is no. It’s an everyday noise-canceling headphone that Razer hopes its gaming-oriented customers will buy instead …
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Sony has announced an image sensor with artificial intelligence processing, calling it an intelligent image system for smarter cameras. The processor will make for faster data transmission, better security and less power consumption, Sony said Thursday. It’s part of an effort to develop AI-equipped cameras. Sony, a top image sensor maker, says it’s the first in the world to equip …
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Are you curious if Tidal might be better than Spotify? How deep is its music library? Is the interface easy to use? These are the kinds of questions you might be asking, but there’s usually no way to find out without pulling out your credit card. Unlike Spotify, there’s no free trial over at Tidal. Here’s a deal that’ll let …
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Goodbye, Playbase, we hardly knew ye. Farewell too, beloved yet ancient Playbar. In one fell swoop, Sonos has replaced both speakers with the new Arc soundbar, shipping in June for $800 ($1399 AUD). Sure you can get a good soundbar for way less, but Sonos fans skew higher-end and the new Arc is aimed squarely at those for whom the Sonos Beam is …
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Tiny, supercheap Raspberry Pi computers have always been great for do-it-yourself projects, but with the addition of a new high-quality camera this week, they’re becoming a better foundation for projects like home security and monitoring backyard wildlife. The earlier 8-megapixel camera option was nothing special, but the new $50 Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera uses a 12-megapixel Sony IMX477 image …
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