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Welcome to IFA, the largest technology tradeshow in Europe. Held in Berlin, Germany, the show sees tech giants like Samsung, Sony, LG and many more come together to launch their latest gadgets.CNET attends the show every year to get first looks at all the new gear, but it's behind the scenes where the most interesting sights are often found.Click through to see what it's like to report from this big show. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

See more stories from CNET Magazine. Michael Muller It starts iocently enough, with the same exact transaction you've performed a thousand times before. You walk up to an unassuming ATM kiosk, slip a plastic debit card into the slot, punch in a personal code and withdraw cash. Convenient, absolutely, but ATMs can host hidden dangers, especially for travelers already distracted by luggage, train schedules or herding an unruly family through an airport. It's a scam called ATM skimming, and it's only one of the pitfalls to watch out for, especially when traveling in unfamiliar territory, whether you're on vacat...

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Close 3 reasons to believe the OnePlus 3 hype Drag OnePlus has always positioned itself as the small, scrappy phone maker just trying to make great phones for its users. And while its latest flagship handset, the OnePlus 3, is indeed a great phone, there are downsides of being a small company. Namely, ruing out of product.Due to high d...

The refugee crisis in Europe is awash in tech, with migrants and grassroots activists both using phones and the inteet to share the latest news, as well as information on finding shelter, food and other resources.For this podcast, we discuss our special report out of Greece, where we reported on how technology both helped -- and hurt -- refugees there.The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by CNET Executive Editor Roger Cheng, Senior Writer Ben Fox Rubin and Producer Bryan VanGelder.Check out the extended shows on YouTube. Hacking the refugee crisis in Europe (The 3:59 Ep. 89) Your browser ...

If you thought those shoes with built-in wheels were bad, you're going to love Modobag, a piece of motorized carryon luggage that you can physically sit on and steer through the airport on your way to catching a flight. Yes. Suitcase. Sitting. Vroom-vroom.Boasting specs like a cushioned seat and retractable foot pegs, a 6-mile range (based on a 180-pound passengers) and 80 percent charge in 15 minutes, the Modobag also comes with a tracking app in case you and the bag ever part ways. The battery-charged suitcase -- which can also charge your phone -- weighs 19 pounds (empty) and can tow a rider weighing up to 260 pounds. Super early-birds can buy the crowd-sourced case now for $995, or abou...

Google shows off one of its Street View image-capture cars at the Google I/O 2013 show in San Francisco. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google has ratcheting up its investment in European goodwill, aiming to spend about $450 million from 2015 to 2017 as EU regulators narrow their gaze on the search giant, according to a report by the New York Times.The company is pouring money into wide-ranging sponsorships, like an exhibition at a Belgian museum incorporating virtual reality, a fund to help European news publishers amp up their web savvy, a digital training course for Irish teachers, and YouTube-backed concerts, acc...

Inventor of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Beers-Lee has made an impassioned bid in favour of net neutrality in Europe, calling on European citizens to stop legislation that could see the creation of so called Inteet "fast lanes".In an open letter published by the World Wide Web Foundation, Beers-Lee, along with law academics Professor Barbara van Schewick and Professor Larry Lessig, wa that "potential loopholes" in EU guidelines -- which are being written following a European Parliament vote on net neutrality in October -- could threaten the open nature of the Inteet. With public consultation on those guidelines due to end on 18 July, the open letter urges EU citizens to have their say on regu...

Enlarge ImagePokémon Go has been a worldwide hit. Nintendo The whole world seems to have gone nuts for Pokémon Go, but if you're in Europe you haven't been able to officially play the hit mobile game -- until now. It's available in Germany on iPhone and Android, with other countries to follow.European players have been playing the game, but it required jumping through the hoops of setting up a US iTunes account to play unofficially.The game was first launched in the US, Australia and New Zealand and was an instant hit. Because the game involves venturing into the real world to hunt Pokémon, there have already...

RoadshowNewsCar IndustryVolkswagen to Europe: Don't expect a sweet settlement like the USMultiplying the cost of the US settlement to cover every defeat-device-equipped TDI in the world comes out to hundreds of billions of dollars. Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images When Volkswagen aounced the details of its $15 billion settlement in the US, wherein it will buy back or attempt to fix the roughly 500,000 over-polluting diesels on the road, I'm sure Europeans were eager for a similar setup for them. Volkswagen just burst that bubble, saying it won't replicate the program across the pond.Volkswagen CEO Matthias Muel...

You may not think of it this way, but the phone in your pocket is really an extension of you -- it contains everything from personal photos and videos to critical contact information.It's also valuable data that cyber criminals can exploit. This means you need to make sure your phone is protected. While your device can be compromised anywhere, you may expose yourself to additional risks while on a trip. "When you're traveling, you may do some things differently than you'd do at home," said Michael Kaiser, executive director for the National Cyber Security Alliance or NCSA, a nonprofit public-private partnership that promotes safe and secure use of the inteet. For instance, Kaiser said you mi...

Google's Zurich offices will now be home to a dedicated machine leaing team. Google Google Translate, Google Photo Search, Google Smart Reply -- it made its name in search, but Google is becoming a global powerhouse in machine leaing, and it's not stopping any time soon. The company that calls Mountain View, Califoia, home is now getting a firmer foothold in Europe, aouncing the opening of a new Google Research group, based out of the company's Zurich offices. The research group will be dedicated to machine leaing (ML) and exploring how computer intelligence can be used to replicate processes performed quick...

It's tragic enough when your phone is lost or stolen while you're on vacation, but it's even worse when it also happens to contain every one of the thousand pictures you took on your holiday.Phone cameras have gotten so good, you may not need to take a separate camera on vacation. Many shutterbugs are opting to leave their point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras at home so they can travel lighter. But phones also have a sneaky habit of sliding out of pockets on cab rides or disappearing into the hands of clever pickpockets while their owners are taking in the local sites.In this edition of Ask Maggie, I offer some advice about how to back up those cherished memories so they're not lost forever. Dea...