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A discrete relocatable overlay (currently at the bottom left coer) lets you know how many viewers you currently have. Screenshot by Aloysius Low/CNET Think you're the bee's knees at games like World of Warcraft and StarCraft II? Now you can show all your friends just how good you are. Blizzard's live streaming service is now up and ruing, so you can broadcast your skills (or lack thereof) to your buddies on Facebook Live. It's good timing too, with World of Warcraft's Legion expansion dropping on Tuesday.To sign up, simply hit the video button that should appear on the Battle.net client, or go to Settings >...

Enlarge Image Vantas Drones are increasingly becoming a go-to for both hobbyists and the workforce, with racing and aircraft inspection being two prime examples of how this technology is becoming a big thing.Tokyo's Vantan High School is now ensuring the next generation is abreast of this burgeoning tech by offering a three-year course on drones.The course offers more than just an understanding of how to pilot a drone, also providing lessons in maintenance, aviation laws and computer programming when the need arises for firmware updates. While hobbyists may feel this is the perfect opportunity for them, Vanta...

Sarah Tew/CNET Walking into a crowded retail store showroom, the shelves lined with laptops, can be a daunting experience. Even in the relatively well-curated world of the Apple Store, that company now has five distinct laptop models (Air and Pro systems in two sizes each, plus the 12-inch MacBook). Sometimes you just want to know what the best current laptops are, or at least the ones I'm most likely to recommend for someone looking to buy right now. As most PCs are built around the same small collection of core components, from CPUs to storage drives to graphics cards, it's about much more than just specs...

Enlarge ImageComcast will deploy its Wi-Fi-on-Wheels at the Democratic National Convention to boost Wi-Fi capacity. Comcast Here's something Democrats and Republicans can agree on during this contentious political season: a strong wireless signal. The country's big wireless and cable carriers are investing in Cleveland and Philadelphia, the cities hosting the Republican and Democratic conventions, to ensure that the tens of thousands of political junkies at the gatherings have access to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook from their phones. In Cleveland, AT&T has tripled its 4G LTE coverage, while T-Mobile ...

Pokemon aren't just cute, they're also delicious. You know, in cookie form.Just mix together some sugar, flour, baking soda and a couple Exeggcutes, roll the dough flat, and start stamping away. This $24.95 set from the Pokemon Center includes Pikachu, Chespin, Feekin and Froakie. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting....

Actor Paul Marcarelli is back on television, but with Sprint. He previously spent a decade as a pitchman for Verizon. Sprint Many of you will remember Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" campaign. You know, the one that featured a ho-rimmed glasses-sporting "Test Man" asking the now-oft-repeated question. Well, the "Test Man" is back, and seeing yellow. Actor Paul Marcarelli, who spent a decade touting Verizon's network quality, is rival Sprint's newest pitchman. "I've watched with fascination as each of the wireless carriers claims to be the most reliable or the fastest," he said in a release. "But what I...

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Publisher Description Bestselling author, speaker, and world-traveling success coach Jen Sincero cuts through the din of the self-help genre with her own verbal meat clea...

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Description Number one New York Times Best Seller Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: That’s a lie. ...

Description For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work,...

Description Audie Award Wier, Personal Development, 2014 Best-selling author, speaker, and world-traveling success coach Jen Sincero cuts through the din of the self-help genre with her own verbal meat cleaver in You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life. In this refreshingly blunt how-to guide, Sincero serves up 27 bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, life-changing insights, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word. Via chapters such as "Your Brain Is Your Bitch", "Fear Is for Suckers", and "My Subconscious Made Me Do It", Sincero takes you on a ...

Description Based on the incredible graduation speech with over 10 million views on YouTube If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 21, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Comm...

Enlarge Image RR Auction The Power-Driven Articulated Dummy is a strange aside in NASA's space race story, and now you can own it. The space suit testing robot is going up for grabs as part of RR Auctions' Remarkable Rarities Auction.The human body is not designed for space. As we get into higher and higher altitudes, as air pressure lowers and eventually becomes the vacuum of space, the survival rate of an unprotected human body lowers. This is why astronauts wear those chunky suits as they move around in space. Those suits, among other things, provide a stable inteal pressure that keeps the wearer's body fro...

If the price tag of a new phone makes you sweat, you're not alone.Since all four major carriers have done away with their device subsidies, US consumers for the first time are seeing how much their fancy phones actually cost. And it's not pretty. While we've all been trained to lust for the latest Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy gadget, which cost a small fortune, the reality is that you can still get a pretty sophisticated, good-quality phone for a fraction of the price. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I spell out options for a frugal shopper. Dear Maggie,My old phone is on the fritz. I need a new one stat, but the prices are horrifying. I've heard old iPhones drop in price right after the ne...

Enlarge Image Microsoft The next-gen racing game Forza Horizon 3 went gone gold on Tuesday, and with the final game off to be pressed onto disc comes another surprise for rev heads: Halo's warthog, another Microsoft mainstay, will be making its way to the console-exclusive racing game.The space-age off roader got a bit of a facelift to fit in alongside the stuing (but far more traditional) vehicle roster that Forza is known for.To unlock the Warthog in game, you'll have needed to play either Halo 5 or Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One. You'll receive a download code via Xbox Live if you're eligible...

How could you be mean to these faces? Enik Kubinyi If you like to insult your pup using a sweet voice (you monster), chances are you're probably just confusing the poor canine, according to new research. A team of scientists from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary used functional magnetic resonance imaging to discover how dogs process both language and intonation, and found that it's not dissimilar to how humans do."We trained dogs to lie motionless in an MRI scaer awake and unrestrained for several minutes. We let them listen to their trainer's speech and at the same time we measured their brain ac...

Enlarge ImageGoogle Crowdsource lets you help the company with language translation, handwriting recognition and map translation accuracy. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Google has a formidable artificial intelligence team working on everything from photo recognition to email spam filtering. But for some tasks, it's looking for the human touch -- yours, specifically.The online giant on Monday released a new Android app called Crowdsource that lets you contribute your own suggestions to language translation, handwriting recognition and street sign transcription. "Each microtask takes no more than five to ...

RoadshowNewsThis dongle will let you know if your car is about to breakdownSingapore startup Carmen has plans to make your car smarter, and it's doing so by tapping into the power of the cloud. Much like Verizon's Hum service in the US, Carmen uses an On Board Diagnostic reader that's coected to your phone via Bluetooth, reads your car data through an app and then uploads it to the cloud for analysis -- providing real time driving data on your phone.If your car is in danger of suffering a breakdown, either due to a failing battery or engine, you'll be alerted through SMS or the mobile app. You can also read a history of your jouey through an online dashboard. In the event that a breakdown do...

Over the last few months I've written about the persistent rumors that Apple will remove the headphone jack on the next iPhone.Every time I write about it, readers' comments have been generally negative, with some folks threatening to boycott the iPhone when Apple drops the headphone jack.Well, from all indications, including published reports citing "people familiar with the matter" and some early iPhone 7 cases I've received, it's the end of the road for the iPhone's headphone hack. But don't panic, folks. After being on the fence about the issue these last few months, I've come to the conclusion I can live without the headphone jack. And I think you can, too.Here are the reasons why: ...