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That new Essential Phone you’ve been eagerly awaiting? Essential has promised preorders will start shipping within a week. The announcement, sent today via email to customers who’ve preordered the device, promises the device will ship within seven days after payment is received. It’s been a rocky road for the Essential PH-1, as it’s officially known, …

This is part of CNET’s #adulting series of stories to help you figure out how to live, work and play now that you’re all grown up.  “There are plenty of fish in the sea.” The age-old saying traditionally applies to dating, but it can also apply to dating apps. With so many dating sites and apps available today, where does one even …

After five years, it appears that Neil Young’s Pono initiative — which resulted in a hardware player and digital music store — may be finally over. In its place: Xstream. A post on Pono’s forums this week (membership required) confirmed that eight months after its music download store went down, the company was now channeling its efforts into a new …

Here’s the scenario. You’re at the beach, sitting by the pool, hiking in the wilderness or working in your garden. You’d like to keep your phone or tablet charged but there’s no power source nearby, nothing to plug into for juice. The standard remedy is to go buy an external battery — or battery case — and keep that around …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8’s major makeover 2:14 Earlier today at an event in New York, Samsung announced its new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. The phones are a major evolution for Samsung, both in design and build: rounded edge displays, no physical home button, Bixby assistant and a tall svelte design. But how much is one of …

The MacBook Pro‘s TouchBar can be useful within apps, providing shortcuts to extra functionality and features. However, there’s more to the tiny strip of touchscreen on Apple‘s MacBook Pro. Games! That’s right, the TouchBar is a gaming workhorse. Well, maybe that’s taking it a bit far, but you can play games on it. Some of the games below are posted …

In early June of 2016, the trial run of the troubled CurrentC mobile-payment system sort of quietly shut down. The standard, floated by a group of retailers including Target and Walmart, was an attempt to loosen the grip that Apple Pay has on device-based payments. Some of the retailers began offering mobile payments individually afterward, but Target wasn’t among them. …

Paying an extra $5 to $11 per month for month-to-month phone insurance might sound tempting — especially now that the big wireless carriers have ditched contracts and subsidized phones, and you’re paying upfront for a new iPhone 7. But it’s not that simple. First of all, month-to-month phone insurance isn’t the great deal it sounds like — that relatively low …

Who doesn’t love the gift of food? We’ve rounded up nine food-oriented subscription boxes that make awesome, delicious gifts for cooks, bakers, foodies, and regular snackers. There’s a box for every taste, from sweet to savory to spicy, and there are plenty of allergy- and diet-friendly options. We didn’t include any of meal planning food subscriptions, like Blue Apron and …

Update: This post has been updated with new deals on desktops. Origin PC makes high-end desktops and laptops for gamers, including some of our favorite VR-ready rigs. Holiday shopping deals on a handful of laptops are available right now, which include discounts and extras. Early Black Friday deals EON 9-Series 15-X original price: $2,020 — Black Friday Price: $1,499 EON …