Didn’t win one of Intel’s limited-edition Core i7-8086K chips during the sweepstakes? You can buy one now on Amazon or Newegg for $425, but only while supplies last. Intel announced the limited edition retro-inspired Core i7-8086K processor at Computex on June 6. The special chip is an homage to the original 8086 processor released 40 years ago. Even though it’s a …
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Now is your chance to get your hands on a brand-new red iPhone 8! Now playing: Watch this: A first hands-on with the red iPhones 1:22 Earlier this year, Apple launched its new Product Red line. This time around, the glass back of the 2018 models is glossier than last year’s aluminum-backed models, and the new one is more of …
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If you log onto the Wish app, you can buy dress shoes for $15, a watch for $3 or a 2-terabyte flash drive for $10. Peter Szulczewski, CEO and co-founder of Wish, is hoping to turn those dirt-cheap prices into a sales empire to rival Walmart. And he has the numbers to suggest that’s not such a crazy idea. In …
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Technicolor has been part of the Hollywood landscape for over a century, and now it’s aiming for prominence in your home too. Its weapon is a new format called Advanced HDR. The company faces some strong competition in your living room. High dynamic range (HDR) delivers the best home video images available today, boosting contrast and pop. Done well, especially …
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I love desktop speakers, I really do. Since they don’t have to fill an entire room with sound they can be small, and when you’re listening from just 2.5 to 5 feet (.8 to 1.5 meters) away from the speakers you hear a lot more sound direct from the speakers; when you’re further away you hear a higher proportion of …
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It’s the (unfortunate) nature of the tech beast: Hardware makers eventually stop supporting older models. Case in point: At the WWDC event earlier this week, Apple announced WatchOS 5 — but said it won’t be available for the original Apple Watch. Thankfully, that doesn’t mean your first-gen wearable — which is also known as Apple Watch Series 0 — will …
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For the entire month of June, Verizon has dropped its prices on Fitbit’s latest fitness smartwatch, LifeProof cases and UE Boom 2 Bluetooth speaker. Disclaimer: CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of products featured on this page. The Fitbit Versa, which CNET Senior Editor Scott Stein said, “is the best fusion of smartwatch and general …
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Google is expected to launch the next batch of Google Pixel phones in October, but we may already know what the Google Pixel 3 XL could look like IRL. Potential pictures of the rumored phone were posted on the XDA Developers forum (via 9to5Google) — and now there are more than before! XDA Developers reached out to the person who originally leaked …
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Will tonight be the last time we see LeBron James in a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform? A free agent this summer, James will have many suiters. Lose to the Golden State Warriors again and he may seek a third team with which to tilt at the championship. The Cleveland Cavaliers blew Game 1 when JR Smith lost track of the score and …
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Comcast confirmed Wednesday it’s having some phone trouble nationwide. Several major cities are affected, according to the website Down Detector, including New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Portland, Houston, Denver, Philadelphia and Seattle, and many small businesses are taking to social media to tweet that they can’t take calls. As of Thursday, June 7, Comcast service hasn’t entirely been restored. Comcast …
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