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Top tech toys this holiday season include minirobots, augmented reality

From wearable tech to Lego kits with a Minecraft-like touch, CNET's Sumi Das rounds up this year's best tech toys.

















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The next Google Glass will be powered by Intel

The first model might not even be on sale, but the next version of Google Glass will have Intel inside. That's according to the WSJ, who's heard from people familiar with the matter that it will apparently form yet another part of the chipmakers cont...



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Meet the robots making Amazon even faster

As Amazon gears up for Cyber Monday and the busy holiday shopping season, it's getting help from thousands of robots that search through millions of items to ensure the right item gets shipped to the right customer. CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi takes us inside an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif., to watch the robots in action.





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The Big Picture: measuring the distance of the 'Eye of Sauron' galaxy

The galaxy you see here (NGC 4151) may be best-known for looking a bit like the Eye of Sauron in the Lord of the Rings movies, but it's now much more important than that -- it may be the key to mapping the universe. Researchers at the Univerity of So...



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The Best Cyber Monday App Deals

We'll update this list throughout Cyber Monday as we find new deals. Let us know in the comments if you spot anything that we missed.

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Meet Amazon's busiest employee -- the Kiva robot

As consumers buy more from the Internet's largest retailer, it keeps up by outfitting warehouses with robots that work at a speeds humans can't.

















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Winner Wonderland Sweepstakes

We start with one great appliance on the first day and keep adding one more every day for 10 days. That means you have a chance at winning* up to ten smart appliances!

















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Amazon's automated attendants (pictures)

At Amazon's fulfillment centers, packing an order is happening even faster, thanks to the help of robotized warehouses.

















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Have a marvellous month with 75c Marvel Unlimited subscriptions for Cyber Week

For Cyber Monday -- and the rest of the week -- Marvel is offering subscriptions to its Unlimited digital comic service for just 7.5 percent of its usual price.

















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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' gets the George Lucas treatment

Fans may have been tantalised by the first glimpse at "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", but wait until you've seen it with Hayden Christensen's Force ghost and more CGI aliens than you can shake a gaffi stick at.





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Razer Nabu fitness band available this week in North America

The wearable fitness band from gaming company Razer features an LED display and the ability to display notifications from your smartphone.





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