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Apple's rumored smaller iPhone 5SE: Does size matter? (The 3:59, Ep. 9)

We weigh in on whether "5SE" is too much of a mouthful, what's up with Napster and Facebook exec Sean Parker's newest venture and why artificial intelligence may be getting too smart for us.

Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor / Head of News
Roger Cheng (he/him/his) was the executive editor in charge of CNET News, managing everything from daily breaking news to in-depth investigative packages. Prior to this, he was on the telecommunications beat and wrote for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal for nearly a decade and got his start writing and laying out pages at a local paper in Southern California. He's a devoted Trojan alum and thinks sleep is the perfect -- if unattainable -- hobby for a parent.
Expertise Mobile, 5G, Big Tech, Social Media Credentials
  • SABEW Best in Business 2011 Award for Breaking News Coverage, Eddie Award in 2020 for 5G coverage, runner-up National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award for culture analysis.
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Ben Fox Rubin Former senior reporter
Ben Fox Rubin was a senior reporter for CNET News in Manhattan, reporting on Amazon, e-commerce and mobile payments. He previously worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and got his start at newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Time to spin up the Apple hype. Another event is right around the corner.

We're a week away from the rumored debut of Apple's latest phone, which could be a smaller version of its flagship handset called the iPhone 5SE. It's expected to have a 4-inch display, like the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S, designed for those who can't come to grips with the more recent supersized versions.

Also, we may have already seen the iPhone 5SE in the wild.

In today's podcast, we also talk about Screening Room, the venture by former Facebook and Napster exec Sean Parker that promises to stream movies in your home the same day they premiere in theaters -- all for $50 a flick. And we weigh in on Google's artificial intelligence program besting a top player in the ancient Chinese board game Go.

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 and CNET Senior Writer Ben Fox Rubin.

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