How to get a free data plan for your tablet - CNET

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Powerful tweets remember Jewish refugees turned away by US - CNET

On Holocaust Memorial Day, a new Twitter account shares the names and faces of Jewish refugees aboard a German ship denied entry to the United States in 1939.

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Bride in a T. rex costume makes for the best first look ever - CNET

Sometimes true love comes in the form of an extinct Cretaceous-period dinosaur.

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I blew into a Tostitos bag and it told me to call an Uber - CNET

An alcohol-detecting Tostitos chip bag wants you to be safe on Super Bowl Sunday and call an Uber if you've been drinking.

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Behind-the-scenes 'Lego Batman Movie' video celebrates teamwork - CNET

Watch this "Behind the Bricks" featurette for more footage of the upcoming Lego movie of the Caped Crusader and his pals.

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Real Pokemon pokeballs you can throw in battles are the next big thing - CNET

These Tomy Throw 'n' Pop Pokeballs were our favourite find at the UK Toy Fair in London. Battle your friends with collapsible dice and collect miniature Pokemon figures.

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Zoo wants your help collecting deadly spiders - CNET

Would you offer to catch poisonous spiders in the name of science? The Australian Reptile Park hopes so.

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This Victorian dream home can be yours ... in Lego - CNET

Build a Victorian house replica one brick at a time with this new project up for a vote on the Lego Ideas site.

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These are the techy, geeky toys to watch for in 2017 - CNET

An inflatable RC BB-8 droid, a nippy electric skateboard and a beautiful story book that comes to life are our picks from the UK's biggest toy fair.

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Alien-looking 'E.T.' insect found trapped in ancient amber - CNET

Researchers discover a very strange old creature that looks like it should be trying to phone home.

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'Falling Water' dives deep into dreams, with hints of deja vu - CNET

Executive producer Gale Anne Hurd talks about the cerebral sci-fi series that searches for meaning in the surreal moments created when we close our eyes.

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Meet Jon Hamm, the hologram (aka the holohamm) - CNET

As fun as it was pretending the "Mad Men" star was my Ken doll, the gimmick also gave a glimpse at how mixed reality may put stars at our sides.

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The Oscars almost never nominate horror flicks. Here's why they should. - CNET

When you look closely at the numbers, and the larger history of the industry, the only explanation is bias.

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6 ways to repurpose an old iPhone - CNET

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Get a full year of Mint SIM phone service for $159.20 - CNET

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Prosthetic limb maker wants you to really feel VR - CNET

Getting to grips with VR is looking more stylish by the minute.

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Soon, artificial intelligence could check your skin for cancer - CNET

Stanford researchers create a machine-learning algorithm that performs just as well as dermatologists when it comes to recognizing the potentially deadly skin disease.

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Marvel assembling Avengers games with Eidos and Square Enix - CNET

A series of games will star Earth's mightiest heroes.

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Three-deal Thursday: A Dell, a drone and a dynamite tablet - CNET

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'Rememory': Beware tech's not-too-distant mind warp - CNET

Peter Dinklage and Mark Palansky, with Sundance premiere movie "Rememory," play out why our brains may not be ready for a next frontier.

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'Bad Lip Reading' video of inauguration is so bad, it's great - CNET

What's in that mysterious Tiffany box Melania Trump gave Michelle Obama? Turns out, it's a salty snack.

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Mary Tyler Moore, this Minnesotan (and the internet) miss you already - CNET

Commentary: When you grow up in the Gopher State, love is all around, and so are reminders of Mary Richards.

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Like 'Serial'? You need to watch 'Beware the Slenderman' - CNET

Commentary: The chilling HBO documentary dives inside the case in which two girls nearly killed a friend, all for a fictional internet monster.

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Video game design glitch goes viral to Michael Jackson song - CNET

A high school video game design class turns out a highly entertaining glitch with some accidentally amazing dance moves.

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Frozen lake makes valiant stand against piece of red-hot steel - CNET

A YouTube science experiment pits hot metal against winter and nature itself. And the winner is...

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The Star Wars Death Star trench isn't where you think it is - CNET

Prepare to have your Star Wars mind blown. The actual location of the famous trench run in "A New Hope" isn't as obvious as almost everyone thinks.

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New X-Men TV show will be 'more intimate' than the movies - CNET

Showrunner Matt Nix drops a few hints about the forthcoming X-Men TV show.

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Pokemon and Star Wars dominate 2017's hottest toys - CNET

A new Pokemon battling game, an electric skateboard and some Bill and Ted action figures were our picks from the UK's biggest toy fair.

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Robots, video games, sci-fi: The perfect VR film for geeks - CNET

The new film "Miyubi" is a geek heaven, mixing virtual reality with adoration for '80s video games and sci-fi. And it's winning over Sundance filmmakers too.

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Get a Logi Circle home security camera for $99.99 - CNET

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20 points to Gryffindor! New species of crab named after Harry Potter - CNET

J.K. Rowling's characters honored with new crab species and genus, Harryplax severus.

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Watch these Oscar-nominated films online - CNET

Catch up on the movies that could take home an Academy Award on Amazon, Netflix and iTunes.

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'Arrival' arrives in theatres again, with bonus footage - CNET

After earning eight Oscar nominations, the suspenseful sci-fi story will be re-released.

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'Rerun' asteroid seen buzzing Earth, our second close shave in 2017 - CNET

A space rock almost snuck past us undetected again. Instead an asteroid moving faster than a speeding bullet was caught live as it whizzed by.

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Camp out under the world with this OLED Earth - CNET

Located in a Tokyo museum and made up of over 10,000 OLEDs, this globe makes the world look better than ever.

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'Riverdale' premieres Thursday: First impressions of Archie's darker world - CNET

The sexy soap-opera-ish take on the classic Archie comic characters debuts in the US Thursday on The CW.

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NASA setting up crazy VR Mars ride with a 90-foot drop - CNET

Visitors to the Super Bowl Live festival in Houston will get to travel to the Red Planet via virtual reality, complete with a big drop back to Earth.

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Space junk could take out a European satellite this week - CNET

With part of an old Russian satellite threatening to make a mess of a European Space Agency orbiter Wednesday, scientists are rushing out a rare collision avoidance scheme.

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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' director teases opening crawl - CNET

Peek inside the "Episode VIII" editing bay with a behind-the-scenes photo from director Rian Johnson.

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Useless salad-tosser robot joyfully harasses your lettuce - CNET

See one of the world's least useful kitchen appliances in action as a robot attempts to mix up a fresh salad.

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Has Sean Spicer's war with Dippin' Dots reached a sweet end? - CNET

President Donald Trump's White House press secretary has been attacking the tiny ice cream beads on Twitter since 2010. But a truce may be in sight.

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This guy rode a jet ski up his flooded California street - CNET

It rained so hard in a California neighborhood a professional water sports athlete was able to take his jet ski for a run along the gutter.

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Receipt signed by Galileo up for auction for $1 million - CNET

Are you a fan of Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei? Here's your chance to own a very rare signed document.

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Cumberbatch to shine light on Thomas Edison in 'Current War' - CNET

Sparks will fly as Benedict Cumberbatch embodies Edison in an 1880s period piece about the race to create a profitable and dependable electricity system.

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Starbucks addicts in Japan now have a more stylish way to pay - CNET

Starbucks Touch The Drip is a designer tap-to-pay key fob that works with the coffee purveyor's current payment system.

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These 'Twin Peaks' toys are wrapped in plastic and ready for your shelves - CNET

Act out your favorite scenes from the cult series with these collectible figures.

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Get a folding mini selfie drone for $33.92 - CNET

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'Arrival' and Amazon's 'Manchester By the Sea' lead Oscar nominations - CNET

"Rogue One", "Doctor Strange", "Suicide Squad" and "Star Trek Beyond" are among the movies vying for glory at the 2017 Academy Awards.

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We are living in the debris field of an ancient asteroid collision - CNET

An epic crack-up in space almost a half billion years ago remains a major source of the meteorites that smash into our planet today.

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Peter Dinklage is afraid of his iPhone - CNET

But give him time, he's only had it six months. The "Game of Thrones" star talks tech on the sidelines of Sundance, where his new movie "Rememory" debuts.

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Who is 'The Last Jedi'? Star Wars fans have plenty of guesses - CNET

Disney really should have known better than to give millions of moviegoers 11 months to speculate.

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New NASA weather satellite delivers exquisite Earth view - CNET

Bask in the details of clouds and landforms in a stunning image from NASA's new high-tech weather satellite, GOES-16.

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Blame Batman and the Watchmen for Comic Sans - CNET

Find out how superhero comics helped influence the font that everyone loves to hate.

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Superman fights Batman again, this time for Razzies Worst Actor - CNET

The Razzies nominations are out, honoring the worst films of the year, and two superheroes rise right to the top. Er, bottom?

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Trump's new Twitter rival: an onion in a plastic bag? - CNET

Meet a sliced onion. It wants to top President Donald Trump's Twitter follower numbers, but it has a lot of layers to unpeel to get there.

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Kristen Stewart gets all AI for trippy 'Come Swim' - CNET

The "Twilight" star publishes a research paper about the artificial intelligence she used to create her latest film.

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Trucker spills sea of glass marbles on roadway - CNET

See what a mass of colorful marbles look like when they roll their way onto an Indiana interstate.

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Watch two tarantulas dance in a mating ritual - CNET

Mating with 16 legs can be complicated. See a male tarantula tap, wrestle and make sweet love to a female, before rushing off so he isn't eaten.

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Saturn's moon Tethys looks like a giant eyeball - CNET

A giant space eyeball might sound like a rejected Star Trek villain, but it's what imaginative space enthusiasts see when they look at Saturn's moon Tethys.

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11 great movies you can watch for free on YouTube - CNET

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Get a Logitech M325 wireless mouse for $9.99 - CNET

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Watch a giant knife-wielding robot slice and dice a grand piano - CNET

YouTuber Simone Giertz and the MegaBots crew team up to make and test a robot that can chop through anything that stands in its way.

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Tom Brady and his gigantic coat are going to the Super Bowl - CNET

The world's biggest puffy coat goes viral, and social media dresses it up big time.

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'Dads Who Play Barbie' ad is the real Patriots-Steelers winner - CNET

Social media users loved the Mattel commercial showing a football-loving father playing dolls with his little girl.

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Even 'The Walking Dead' rooted for Falcons over Packers - CNET

Was it the "Walking Dead" zombies who caused it, by rooting for their home-state Falcons? Because the NFC Championship Game wasn't even close.

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Beer yoga seems like a stretch, but it's good for what ales you - CNET

Forget the granola and salads, now you can drink your way through the downward dog.

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Princess Leia becomes protester mascot of Women's March events - CNET

Carrie Fisher may be gone but her role as Princess Leia serves as the icon of the Rebellion both here and in a galaxy far, far away.

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Twitter users mock Trump advisor's 'alternative facts' comment - CNET

Actual facts not working for you? Social-media users found more than a few ways Kellyanne Conway's phrase could come in handy.

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