Apple’s two latest smartwatches include the affordable $279 Apple Watch SE (£269, AU$429) and the flagship $399 Apple Watch Series 6 (£379, AU$599). Both wearables run WatchOS 7, but the Watch SE has fewer features than the Series 6, including a less advanced S5 chipset. (Check out our roundup of the best Apple Watch deals too, because prices are fluctuating.) …
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Apple had a security vulnerability that could have allowed potential hackers to get complete access to a person’s iPhone — everything from viewing photos to monitoring activities in real time — without the victim ever needing to click on any suspicious links or download malware. While most malware requires hackers to trick people in some way, like through a disguised …
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The game selection for Amazon’s Luna gaming service might be thin, but there’s a lot to like about the Luna Controller, the Wi-Fi connected, console-style gamepad Amazon sells as a Luna accessory. Luna, which is still invitation-only, allows you to stream games to any PC or Mac computer, an iPhone, iPad or Fire TV-equipped television. You don’t need Amazon’s controller …
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Available to buy now, Google’s Pixel 5 introduces many features that are new to the company’s phone brand, including 5G connectivity, an ultrawide-angle camera and a much larger, longer-lasting battery. The phone is currently on sale for $649, and it launched alongside the midtier Pixel 4A 5G, which costs $499 (£499, AU$799). Read more: Black Friday 2020 phone deals While the phone has …
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The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to free up more spectrum for Wi-Fi. In a bipartisan effort, the five commissioners voted unanimously to allocate spectrum for Wi-Fi usage in what’s known as the 5.9GHz band of spectrum. The spectrum in this band will be used for unlicensed indoor use to help improve speeds and reduce congestion on 5GHz Wi-Fi networks. …
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Samsung is reportedly gearing up to launch its Galaxy S21 phones in January, and now it looks like we’ve got leaked specs for the Galaxy S21 smartphones. Max Weinbach over at Android Police published the specs Saturday, saying they’d been confirmed through multiple sources. (Asked about the report, Samsung said it doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation.) DisplayBoth the Galaxy …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. The most important thing to do today, Election Day, Tuesday Nov. 3, is to vote if you haven’t done so already. But this evening, if you’re like a lot of people, you’ll be tuning in to the news to watch as the results come …
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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has revealed that one of its internet-broadcasting Loon high-altitude balloons broke the record for stratospheric flight after spending 312 days aloft and traveling 135,000 miles, nearly circumnavigating the globe. The balloon’s journey, which was detailed Wednesday in a blog post by Loon Chief Technology Officer Salvador Candido, began in Puerto Rico in May 2019 and ended …
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AT&T’s WarnerMedia Ride has made a few appearances in recent weeks but now the service is officially available on iOS and Android. The new service allows for watching TV shows, documentaries and short clips from AT&T properties while connected to a car’s AT&T-provided in-vehicle Wi-Fi. Shows available to stream include full episodes of Rick and Morty, Looney Tunes cartoons and …
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AT&T has another streaming service coming, and this one is designed for the car. After first being revealed in a trademark filing in August WarnerMedia Ride made a brief online appearance Monday when a verified Twitter account devoted to the streaming service started tweeting. The tweet, which has since been deleted, included links to download a WarnerMedia Ride app on …
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