Jan. 31 will be a trifecta of lunar awesomeness. For the first time in 150 years, there will be a super blue blood moon. This means: The moon will be a “supermoon,” which is when the Earth is closer than usual to its satellite. The moon will be 223,068 miles (358,994 km) from Earth, instead …
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At CES 2018, Sony demonstrated a prototype TV putting out a claimed 10,000 nits. That’s 10-15 times brighter than your current TV. Today’s TVs are already significantly brighter than their predecessors, which can really help the image pop, especially in bright rooms. And while high dynamic range (HDR) delivers the best home video picture quality available today, to get the most out …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A different view of these countries. Airbnb; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Silicon Valley and Donald Trump have rarely been snug bedfellows. Their respective views of the world don’t readily accommodate each other. So, as the US president makes his State of the Union address …
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For cloud gaming, what’s past is prologue. When OnLive launched in 2010, it was heralded as an example of “the future of gaming.” It died five years later. Fast-forward another three years, and we’re still waiting for that future. But there are signs of progress. At CES 2018, Nvidia boasted the same core capability as OnLive for its PC and …
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The Fitbit Ionic is the company’s second smartwatch. Following the more basic approach of the Blaze, the Iconic adds mobile payments, apps and watch faces to Fitbit’s existing fitness platform. Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit Ionic is the most advanced Fitbit watch… but… 3:12 Getting your Ionic set up and ready to help you keep tabs on your overall health …
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President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress. (His record-breaking address to Congress in February last year was not officially a State of the Union per se.) Streaming options abound to watch the speech. Here’s what you need to know to watch Trump’s State of the Union …
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Most phone owners come to realize that an old battery is a weak battery, one that gradually loses capacity. But it turns out that an old battery can also be a performance-killing battery, as evidenced by Apple’s recent revelation: Owing to an intentional software feature, some iPhones will run slower if they have older, failing batteries. Fortunately, there’s a simple …
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At this point, DJI is only trying to outdo itself. The leader in camera drones announced the Mavic Air on Jan. 23, a $799 foldable quadcopter with a 4K-resolution camera that slots nicely into its lineup between the $399 entry-level Spark and $999 Mavic Pro (see table below for UK and Australian prices). The Air is sort of a mashup …
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Apple reportedly notified suppliers on Monday that it’s cutting in half its iPhone X production target for the first three months of the year. The company was planning to produce 40 million units of the iPhone X in the first quarter but has now revised the figure to 20 million, Nikkei reported without citing a source. Now playing: Watch this: …
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The flood gates are open. After a slew of rumors and renders of the Samsung Galaxy S9 surfaced recently, in anticipation of the phone’s announcement on Feb. 25, rumors of some key new features have surfaced. The info comes from an APK teardown of the latest Android Oreo beta for the Galaxy Note 8, done by SamCentral. Similar to the HomePod …
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