24 hours with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+

The hole-punch displaySamsung's mastery of smartphone screens is well-known, and the 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED one here is nothing short of excellent. (If it means something to you, DisplayMate has a fairly gushy evaluation you can read here.) What people have been more concerned about is whether the center-aligned front-facing 10-megapixel camera is any more distracting…

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A popular immigration bill is bad news for US esports

"If you look at Overwatch League, it's predominantly Korean teams," Doi said. "It gets increasingly more difficult for players like CS:GO teams, they tend to be from Western Europe. A lot of the LCS players are from Canada. Even the Canadians -- even though they're North American players, they need a visa to come and…

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‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ is a self-aware Netflix reboot with bite

Eventually, Rocko and crew learn that The Fatheads has been off the air for years -- so like any nostalgic Millennial, they set out to reboot the series. As a stranger in a strange future, it's really the last connection to the past that Rocko has left. But his mission is also obviously a reflection…

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What makes the Mac Mini a great computer?

HardwareUser Luuthian said "the form factor is great" and the Mini was also "discrete, quiet and didn't need a massive power cable." Like Chris, James approved of the CPU upgrade, explaining that the "desktop class CPU allows it to support 64GB of RAM and makes this model a massive upgrade over not only my MacBook…

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Bose 700 headphones review: The pursuit of perfection

On the left earcup, there's a physical button for cycling through your three favorite noise-canceling levels. By default, it's set to 0 (full awareness), 5 (some awareness) and 10 (full noise-cancellation), but you can change those in the Bose Music app. Press and hold that same button to active a Conversation Mode whenever you need…

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The Best Mouse for Every Kind of Gamer

Whether you're into esports or casual fragging, these are the greatest gaming mice we've tested.Picking a gaming mouse is a very personal endeavor. Everyone's hands are different, everyone's preferences and needs are different, and we all play different games. That's why we're lucky to live in the golden age of gaming mice, with major manufacturers…

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VW’s ID Buggy Is an Electric Dune Dominator

This swoopy green sand machine is meant to prove the flexibility of VW’s modular electric car platform and that, like the Beetles of old, today’s electrics can become just about anything.VolkswagenIn the race toward electrification, some car companies are more motivated than others. Take Volkswagen: Still reeling from the fallout of its Dieselgate scandal, the…

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Back-to-School Sales for 2019: Best Tech Deals We Could Find

The air is cooling, the days are getting shorter, and the school-goers among us are returning to their desks and carrels kicking and screaming. Don't fight the inevitable—instead, get prepared with our favorite weekend deals on laptops, phones, and more to keep you, or your kids, connected and productive. And when you find yourself with…

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The Serious Money Is Warming to Bitcoin

There’s an arms race afoot over who can store cryptocurrency safest. Perhaps you’d like your bitcoin buried in a vault under a mountain in the Swiss Alps? Xapo has offered that as a service to wealthy investors, for free. Coinbase, best known for its popular cryptocurrency exchange, prefers elaborate key-printing rituals along with a Faraday…

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What Does Amazon’s ‘Top Brand’ Badge Actually Even Mean?

Amazon’s biggest asset can also be a headache for its customers. The so-called “everything store” really does sell almost any item consumers might want, but it’s often cumbersome and time-consuming to sort through them all. To avoid “choice overload,” the retail giant has come up with certain signals designed to help people distinguish high-quality products…

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