Pandora will let you listen to whatever song you want without signing up for a $10-a-month subscription, by giving you a 15-second video ad to watch instead. The new feature is aimed to help Pandora better compete with Spotify, the biggest streaming-music service that offers free on-demand listening, by holding people’s hands to becoming subscribers. …
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Put down that lightsaber young Jedi, the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition arrives planetwide on December 14. According to the handset maker, it will unveil a specially branded version in Mumbai India. The OnePlus timed the official launch of the phone to the film release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Besides its blockbuster tie-in, the new phone appears …
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Black Friday is behind us, and now Cyber Monday brings a whole new set of deals. And the CNET Holiday Buyer’s Guide Live is here to help, streaming live from our New York studios. We have tips on hot deals, how to find the best prices on tech gifts and answer readers’ questions live with a cast of CNET experts. Now playing: Watch …
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Bandai Namco has announced that Tamagotchi, those cute virtual pets from the 90s, will be coming to iOS and Android in 2018. The free-to-play mobile game will be called My Tamagotchi Forever and its release will mark Tamagotchi’s 20th anniversary. The trailer reveals a village setting filled with Tamagotchi, suggesting possible interaction with other virtual pets. There are also hints …
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Ahead of the December release of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” OtterBox has a new collection of Star Wars Symmetry Series cases that will give your iPhone Jedi powers you never knew it had. No, not really. But the cases are pretty cool, if not a little pricey. You can choose among five “unique designs” for the iPhone 7/8 ($45) and iPhone 7 …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. That’s how I used to look. Well, not the blonde hair. Mozilla/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’ve never wanted to put all my eggs into Google’s basket. I don’t know what Google wants to use that basket for — and I have suspicions that it’s …
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Disney’s future streaming service will challenge Netflix, the reigning streaming champ, with lower prices, CEO Bob Iger said in an earnings call earlier this week. In August, Disney announced its plans to pull movies like “Moana” from Netflix and instead stream them along with future films like the sequel to “Frozen” on its own service, which will launch in 2019. …
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Micro Center has no intention of waiting for Black Friday, which falls on Nov. 24 this year, to announce ridiculous price cuts. Today, the retailer has unveiled a handful of products that have been aggressively discounted: FitBit Charge 2, large, teal — $75 ($75 off) (best price we’ve seen so far this season) Sphero Star Wars BB-8 Special Edition with Force Band (in-store …
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Hey, I’m on the Millennium Falcon! I’m a hologram. BB-8 is spinning around behind me. I snap a quick square video of myself, add captions and titles. It’s a bit like a personal green screen. If you’ve got an iPhone X, Apple’s Clips app gets some fun new tricks. The free app, an iOS exclusive from Apple first released back …
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Nvidia is giving you a new reason to have a see-through side panel on your giant gaming desktop. The high-end Nvidia Titan Xp graphics card now comes in two Star Wars-themed versions — a Jedi Order GPU representing the light side and a Galactic Empire version for the dark. The Jedi GPU lights up in green, while the Empire model …
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