It’s only natural for a potential cord-cutter to think, “Why do I need cable when I can just stream everything online?” Indeed, most of the major networks — from ABC to TNT — have web portals and mobile apps, all of them capable of streaming their current shows. Just one problem: Once you ditch cable …
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Now playing: Watch this: Seeing is believing: Glasses give sight back to the blind 3:00 This is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. Yvonne Felix is walking toward me wearing a device that could be straight out of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Like Geordi La Forge in the science …
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Subscribers to the premium cable network Epix will now be able to watch on their 4th-gen Apple TV boxes. The network, owned by Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM, says the Apple TV app will be available starting today. “Apple has been a renowned leader in shaping the digital landscape and I’m proud to make our content available on Apple TV,” Epix …
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Now playing: Watch this: The best new stuff to stream in February 2017 1:05 Where do we start with Netflix’s February 2017? It’s packed! Last year, Disney and Netflix worked out a deal where Netflix would be the exclusive place to stream Disney’s latest. In February, Disney’s “Finding Dory” hits the streaming service. Speaking of Disney, there’s also Tim Burton’s …
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“Rememory,” a new movie about what our minds forget, tries to teach a tech lesson that its makers hope you’ll remember. The film, a sci-fi crime drama about a groundbreaking device that records unfiltered memories, spins a cautionary tale of how even well-intentioned technology can, well, ruin lives. Premiering Wednesday at the Sundance Film Festival, it stars Peter Dinklage, best …
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I haven’t seen “Rogue One” yet, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to dig the music. This despite the fact that, for the first time in “Star Wars” history, someone other than John Williams wrote the score. That someone: Michael Giacchino, whose credits include such little-known films as “Star Trek” (2009), “Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Up” and “Ratatouille,” and such …
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Hugh Milstein wishes Amazon had rolled out its Brand Central fraud-fighting tools last month. Back then, DigitalFusion, his 25-employee digital photography business in Culver City, California, was selling high-quality space art on the e-retailer’s site. The posters got great reviews, including a shout-out from Star Trek‘s George Takei. Then, a rash of knockoffs showed up on Amazon, undercutting Milstein’s prices …
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Oculus has another new VR platform on the horizon, and it looks like something different from PC- and phone-connected virtual reality. At Oculus Connect on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a lengthy appearance to discuss the future of VR software. He also introduced a surprise, acknowledging the need for something different — hardware that’s not a PC or mobile …
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Amazon’s Alexa is boldly going where no voice assistant has gone before. Now you can wear the voice assistant on you at all times, as Orion Labs announces Alexa’s compatibility with Onyx — a smart walkie-talkie that works like the communicators in Star Trek. “Onyx makes communicating — with people and with exciting new voice services like Amazon Alexa — …
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