The 3:59 extended edition: Was the Galaxy Note 8 worth the wait?

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was by far the biggest tech news of the week.

To mark that important occasion, we wanted to offer up the extended cut of our podcast from Thursday. This edition delves deeper into the hardware and software features of the new device and includes our viewer Q&A from the post-show.

The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan VanGelder.

Check out the extended shows on YouTube.

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🕐 Top News in the Last Hour By Importance Score

#	Title	📊 i-Score
1	Congress members pay an unofficial visit to Syria as U.S. mulls sanctions relief	🟢 82 / 100
2	OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more	🔴 75 / 100
3	Mark Zuckerberg’s explosive ‘smoking gun’ emails about Instagram, WhatsApp take center stage at FTC antitrust trial	🔴 75 / 100
4	Ben Affleck criticizes California for taking Hollywood ‘for granted’ as film and TV productions flee the state	🔴 75 / 100
5	US senator says 'traumatised' man deported to El Salvador moved to new prison	🔴 72 / 100
6	Watch the shocking moment Haley Joel Osment gets handcuffed and screams 'Nazi' at cop in drug arrest meltdown	🔴 72 / 100
7	The 'world's largest' gold deposit has been discovered worth a whopping £61bn	🔴 65 / 100
8	Alexander Zverev tie interrupted as heckler draws attention to domestic abuse allegations	🔵 55 / 100
9	UK is nuts for pistachios as an Easter treat	🔵 50 / 100
10	Doctor issues warning to coffee drinkers – even if it's just one cup in the morning	🔵 50 / 100

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