Binge TV watchers at much higher risk for death, study says

Go outside and play, kids.Gottscho-Schleisner/Library of CongressYou might want to think twice about sitting down and watching an entire season of "Game of Thrones" in one afternoon, especially if you make a habit of the couch-potato lifestyle. A study conducted in Spain has reached the conclusion that people who watch over...

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How to copy and paste multiple pieces of text in Android

Copy Bubble's floating clipboard bubble. Nicole Cozma/CNET Switching between apps in Android isn't too difficult, but it's still not the smoothest feature on the platform. When trying to copy text from one window and add it to...

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For your ears only: Startup wants to 3D-print custom earbuds

Yours and yours alone: The 'buds are expected to be available later this year. OwnPhones Jasmine France, a former CNET editor who reviewed audio products, used to write about having "absurdly tiny ears" that made it hard for her...

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Timehop delivers a daily digital time capsule

Timehop What were you doing this time last year? What about two, three, four, and even five years ago? If your memory is fuzzy, let an app called Timehop help you out. What started as just an email service, Timehop has grown into...

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Friday Poll: Do you want an Android Wear smartwatch?

The LG G Watch is due on July 7. Josh Miller/CNET Do you want an Android Wear smartwatch? While smartwatches...

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GameStop launches Xbox One sales promotion

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Gamers looking to grab an Xbox One console, accessories, or games may want to head over to your local GameStop store to check out a new sales promotion.Running just Friday and Saturday, the new...

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Facebook reveals search warrant of hundreds of accounts

Facebook revealed that since last summer it's been fighting a court order that required it to disclose social-media information involving hundreds of people. "This unprecedented request is by far the largest we've ever received -- by a magnitude of more than ten -- and we have argued that it was unconstitutional...

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How to arrange two photos or screenshots side by side

Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET As a full-time blogger, there are countless times when I'd like to put two screenshots or product photos side by side. Alas, the blog tools I use either don't allow for that or don't make it very easy.The...

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Get an Aries Matrix wireless HDMI transmitter for $149.99

Nyrius Planning to mount your TV on a wall? Hope you like cables, because you're probably going to be looking at a lot of them snaking out from the back. And even if you run them inside the wall, here's hoping you can place all your connected...

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Protect yourself with these apps

How to make Google's Cardboard... 2:39 June 26, 2014 Using an Android phone, the free Cardboard app, and Google's cardboard giveaway from I/O, we show you how... Play video ...

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Does Android Wear need the iWatch? asks CNET UK podcast 394

How to make Google's Cardboard... 2:39 June 26, 2014 Using an Android phone, the free Cardboard app, and Google's cardboard giveaway from I/O, we show you how... Play video ...

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Big, bold, and cheap to boot

Xiaomi's Redmi Note isn't a new flagship phone from the Chinese company. Rather it's an affordable dual-SIM device powered by MediaTek's octa-core processor that's under $160, £95, or AU$170. While you'd expect Xiaomi would have had to make a bunch of compromises to hit such a low price, the...

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Will the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 be Apple's premium phone?

How to make Google's Cardboard... 2:39 June 26, 2014 Using an Android phone, the free Cardboard app, and Google's cardboard giveaway from I/O, we show you how... Play video ...

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Russian coach blames laser beam for team's World Cup exit

See the bright green circle on his shoulder? Sydney Morning Herald screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The World Cup is hard to understand for many Americans.Today, the US team lost, but progressed. The Russians tied, but were eliminated....

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Watch a jet with no front landing gear land on stool

"A stool for your nose, Captain?" Tuneknob/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There are people, somewhere out there, whose job is to consider what happens in the event of disaster.It's not a job everyone would want, but it's socially...

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Mobile app usage hits 51% of all time spent on digital media

ComScore Here's a stat that will make most people nod in agreement: time spent on mobile apps is at an all-time high and just keeps growing. But, breaking down the data piece-by-piece does carry some surprising facts -- such as people use...

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11 connected cameras for a safer smart home (pictures)

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Facebook learning the costs of consumer hardware with Oculus

Facebook's $2 billion deal to buy virtual reality pioneer Oculus VR brings the promise of new technologies that literally change how people see the world.But the acquisition of the headset maker, expected to be completed in coming weeks, is also giving Facebook some headaches.When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in...

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A tour of the ballistic missile submarine Redoutable

With nearly unlimited energy, a lot of very useful things can happen. You get propulsion, sure, but also electricity. And with electricity you can take seawater and make pure drinking water. You can also separate out those pesky H molecules and make as much Oxygen as your crew needs too....

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A tour of the ballistic missile nuclear submarine Redoutable

Geoffrey Morrison As a French word, Redoutable is pronounced with little concern for the letters involved. Essentially Hoo-doo-tab-leh, means "formidable," which is as apt a name for a boomer as I've ever heard. Launched in 1967 and commissioned...

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PlayStation 4 exclusive titles from E3 (pictures)

Great exclusive titles can mean the difference between a system that's flying off the shelves and, well, Nintendo's Wii U. At their press conference on Monday night, Sony came out swinging with a fairly impressive list.We got our first glimpse of The Order 1886 at last year’s E3 , but it...

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PlayStation TV microconsole coming to US this fall starting at $99

Josh Miller/CNET Sony has a new console -- and it's smaller than a DVD case. The PlayStation TV, formerly called the Vita TV, is tiny. It costs $99. It plays Vita games. It streams PlayStation Now games. It can act as a remote hub for your PS4 to play...

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Aston's latest Vanquish is a gorgeous grand tourer

The phrase "Gran Turismo" may be most closely associated with a certain digital racing game by many members of the PlayStation generation, but the term harkens back to the proper concept of grand touring. That is, covering big miles with style, with performance, and with luxury. Those directives are...

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Sorry, Amazon, T-Mobile aren't in cahoots with their June 18 events

T-Mobile Amazon and T-Mobile may have press conferences on the same day and in the same city, but their announcements will won't be linked in anyway. T-Mobile sparked a bit of conspiracy theorizing when it suddenly moved its Uncarrier...

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Samsung's colorful tablet event: Join us Thursday (live blog)

Samsung will introduce new tablets at an event in New York. Screenshot by Roger Cheng/CNET It's tablet time. Samsung will show off its newest device during an event Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York. The invitation didn't give...

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Microsoft plays it safe, maybe too safe, at E3

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