I faced off with a fellow CNET editor, lightsaber ready. His was ready, too. We stared at each other in our mirror-lensed headsets, and started swinging away. Multiplayer AR, kinda-sorta, has arrived. Disney and Lenovo teamed up last year to make a Star Wars-themed AR headset toy, Star Wars Jedi Challenges, that uses a phone …
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First things first: If you’re an Arrested Development fan and you haven’t seen this, stop what you’re doing. Go ahead, I’ll wait. “Mr. F.” Did you catch that?! Boba Fett. Mr. F! Oh, my sides. Speaking of Star Wars, and this hallowed May the Fourth “holiday,” I’ve wanted the Sphero R2-D2 App-Enabled Droid ever since it emotively waddled into my …
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Coming to Google Assistant near you: movie-ticket purchasing. Just add that to the long list of what Google Assistant can do. In conjunction with Fandango, Google Assistant can now help you research a film, select a theater near you to see it, or find out where it will be playing when it opens — all via voice. You can also …
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OtterBox continues its quest to cash in on Disney’s hottest film franchises. Last week the company introduced a new collection of Star Wars Symmetry Series cases in advance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. This week it’s releasing new Avengers: Infinity War cases ahead of that movie’s opening on Friday. The four new Marvel cases include Black Panther, Thanos and …
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I know I just posted a drone deal a few days ago, but hear me out. This is too good to pass up. Today only, and while supplies last, B&H Photo has the Propel Star Wars Quadcopters Fighting Kit for $99.99 shipped. That’s two drones, mind you. The last time I wrote about these, they were $75 apiece — and not long before …
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Another Star Wars movie, another opportunity to deck out your phone in a Star Wars case. As it did before last year’s release of The Last Jedi, OtterBox has introduced a new collection of Star Wars Symmetry Series cases in advance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. The three cases show the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca and a design called All or …
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When ESPN+ launched last week it was missing the ace of the streaming hardware rotation: Roku. Now Roku, the most popular streaming platform and a CNET favorite, has an updated ESPN app that includes a section dedicated to ESPN+. That brings ESPN’s new subscription service to all major streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Chromecast, as well as phones …
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What’s the Galaxy S9’s least loved feature? That’s easy: AR Emoji, the Samsung exclusive that whips up 3D avatars. It’s a pretty transparent imitation of the iPhone X’s 3D animoji characters — fox, monkey, swirl-capped turd — but with one major, absolutely crucial difference: You. While, yes, you can become a character like Donald Duck, you can also make Samsung’s …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! The Moto G5 Plus has looks and performance that belie its $210 sale price. Motorola Until last month, …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Monoprice I’ll admit I was wrong about 3D printers. Years ago, I predicted that in the not-too-distant future …
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