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Respawn Entertainment began with a mission to build a better shooter. That became the hit “Titanfall.” In 2019, the studio expanded with the free-to-play “Apex Legends” and “Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order.” The studio run by Vince Zampella is just getting started, with a virtual reality project on tap for 2020. Zampella also is taking over the Los Angeles offices of DICE.

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What will 2020 bring? There’ll be plenty to roar about. Concerts and playoffs. Electric highways and robots that bring your pizza. The future is right now.

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The dirty little secret of Black Friday — and its cousin, Cyber Monday — is that the best deals are still to come.

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Telecom-industry insiders say work is rapidly progressing on a system called “Shaken/Stir,” which could go a long way toward making your phone usable again.

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We love being on our phones. A lot. Now a cottage industry around “digital detox” wants to help you quit.

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Apple’s iTunes recognized a weakness of the mainstream music industry. Now Apple Arcade is disrupting gaming. A preview of the games to play

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Peloton has a cult following, and a lot of competition, heading into its IPO

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See something out in the world that you want to buy? Now you can just Snap it up.

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The war for the e-commerce shopper is fought on the battlefield of convenience.

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The war for the e-commerce shopper is fought on the battlefield of convenience. One-click ordering, same-day delivery, automatic toilet paper refills: There’s no pain point so small someone won’t pay to do away with it.

Although shopping online may be hassle-free, getting those orders delivered…

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A robot walks into a bar. It goes CLANG.

Alexa and Siri can tell jokes mined from a humor database, but they don’t get them.

Linguists and computer scientists say this is something to consider: Humor is what makes humans special. When people try to teach machines what’s funny, the results are at…

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Apple Inc. debuted a new mid-tier iPad with a larger screen and introduced the first iPad mini update since 2015. The announcements Monday come a week before the company rolls out a media and entertainment bundle designed to compete with Netflix Inc.

The company debuted a new iPad Air with a 10.5-inch…

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Barbara Deckert has a new weapon in the war against airplane noise, and she’s not afraid to use it.

Every time a plane flies over her suburban Maryland home, rattling her windows and setting her teeth on edge, she presses a small white button and feels a tiny sense of triumph.

That’s because with…

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Sure, you could chose a smart speaker based on sound or price. The go-to gadget gift of the season is available from Amazon, Apple and Google with better acoustics, new touch screens and deep holiday discounts.

But you’re not buying just a talking jukebox. Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant also…

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Flip phone, we hardly knew ye.

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday offered a peek at a future phone that unfolds like a book to reveal a 7.3-inch screen inside. Part pocket-size flip phone, part tablet, it’s the most interesting idea I’ve seen in smartphone design for years.

You have to see it to…

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In a year of same-old smartphones, Google is pitching one that’s sexy on the inside.

The $800 Pixel 3 and $900 Pixel 3 XL, which I had a chance to try at Google’s New York launch event Tuesday, can take pictures and screen calls for you. Believe it or not, it can make calls for you too.

Google’s…

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Is the new Apple Watch ready for Grandma?

The Series 4 Apple Watch now in stores pitches itself as a Food and Drug Administration-cleared “proactive health monitor” and a “guardian” that will call help if you take a hard fall. Its screen is 30% larger. You won’t see Apple say “senior citizen” in…

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Jon Fawcett wanted to build a cellphone cable that wouldn’t fray. So he developed a charging cord wrapped in stainless steel sturdy enough to withstand an electric chainsaw.

It was a niche product that turned Fuse Chicken, Fawcett’s company of half-a-dozen employees, into a quick success. Customers…

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See something out in the world that you want to buy? Now you can just Snap it up.

Santa Monica’s Snap Inc. announced a partnership with Amazon on Monday that will enable users to point their smartphone cameras at a pair of shoes, the barcode on the bottom of a shampoo bottle, or any other object…

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What happens to gadgets when you’re done with them? Too often, they explode.

As we enter new gadget-buying season, spare a moment to meet the people who end up handling your old stuff. Isauro Flores-Hernandez, who takes apart used smartphones and tablets for a living, keeps thick gloves, metal…