Google’s penguin siblings are back to ring in the new year with “sparklers in hand” and “fireworks overhead.”
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says it’s unclear if the ban on the messaging app is permanent or temporary.
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Discounted price, offered as part of battery slow-down calamity, were expected to be offered beginning in January.
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Status Audio’s $69 full-size headphones sound better than they have any right to, the Audiophiliac says.
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LAPD arrests 25-year-old man in connection with an officer-involved shooting that may have arisen from a dispute over an online game wager.
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The Audiophiliac explores the many splendid wonders of the Pass Labs XA25 amplifier.
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Commentary: A look back at how tech companies tried to communicate in 2017 offers many sobering moments. And some that boggle the mind.
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Slicker electric hatchback concept will be on display at the 2018 Tokyo Auto Salon.
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Standard equipment cuts have the hybrid crossover start at $45,695.
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Commentary: Two Italian fashion entrepreneurs say they’ve secured the rights to the “Steve Jobs” trademark worldwide.
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The clothing retailer says a breach of its systems let hackers steal some customer credit card data throughout much of 2017.
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Amazon is getting richer while the US Postal Service gets poorer, Trump tweets, because the agency charges Amazon “so little.”
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A rare celestial phenomenon will usher in another year by brightening up the night sky for one more night of celebrating.
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80 percent off Marvel digital graphic novels is just the beginning.
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Original fiction from CNET’s Technically Literate series. In this three-part story, a glass of precious wine leads to a precious technological breakthrough.
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It’s a little less clear whether you and other consumers really benefited.
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The bleak, tech-obsessed anthology series returns to Netflix on 29 December — just in case your 2017 hasn’t been grim enough.
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Netflix releases six new episodes where everybody’s favorite science guy takes on some interesting topics.
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It’ll still get some form of Android updates, though.
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Apple will offer $29 battery replacements that should speed things up again, through 2018.
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A quick look at the deal between the ride-hailing company and the big tech investor and why it matters.
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From two-track shredding to a Hyundai that sheds its roots, these are the videos you loved the most.
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LG beats rival Samsung to announce its first smart home speaker, which will launch at CES.
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At the moment, Fire TV users looking to watch something on YouTube will have to detour to a web browser.
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It seizes assets of Jia Yueting, who resigned as CEO earlier this year from the company that once saw itself as a mashup of Apple, Tesla and more.
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