Amazon is working to boot phony Vera Bradley handbags and OtterBox phone cases from its website. The company on Thursday filed four lawsuits in federal court in Washington state against a handful of alleged sellers of counterfeit goods on its online store. In three of the lawsuits, it filed along with Vera Bradley, and in …
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Amazon Prime’s core customers have typically been middle- and upper-class shoppers. That may soon change. The e-commerce titan said Wednesday it will now offer the popular membership program to Medicaid recipients for $5.99 a month, less than half the regular monthly price. The move vastly expands the number of people now eligible for that discounted rate, with about 35 million …
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Amazon already teams up with banks to offer different credit cards. Now, it may be looking into creating checking accounts, too. The online megastore is in early discussions with banks including J.P. Morgan and Capital One to develop a new checking product targeted for younger customers and people without bank accounts, according to a report Monday from The Wall Street …
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On this podcast, we talk about: What to expect from the upcoming rollout of 5G mobile speeds. Impressions of the new Samsung Galaxy S9 phone. The proliferation of iPhone X notch clones. Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy S9, 5G: Our favorite things from MWC (The 3:59,… 4:36 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of …
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Need to find bargain-bin novelty socks, phone chargers or blueberry-scented soy wax candles? If so, eBay’s got a new landing page for you. The giant online marketplace on Thursday unveiled its new Under $10 page, which includes millions of new items available with free shipping and no auction bidding required. Categories include video games, watches, headphones, t-shirts and phone cases. …
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Here’s a list of topics we’re discussing in today’s podcast: Spotify files for its long-awaited IPO. Equifax reveals its breach was even bigger. We take a look at Samsung’s new Intelligent Scan biometric tech. Now playing: Watch this: It’s official: Spotify reigns the stream (The 3:59, Ep…. 5:01 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories …
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On this podcast, we talk about: New deployments of 5G wireless technology from both Sprint and T-Mobile. The Asus Zenfone 5 and 5Z, two iPhone X copycats that are half the price of their Apple inspiration. Amazon’s purchase of video-doorbell maker Ring, reportedly valued at $1 billion. Now playing: Watch this: 5G is coming sooner than you might think (The …
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Google is continuing its push to make its digital assistant a global hit. At Mobile World Congress, the search giant said Monday that developers can now create apps for Google Assistant in seven new languages: Hindi, Thai, Indonesian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Dutch. More languages should be added by year’s end, the company said. Google, by the way, dubbed these …
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This audio show is just the first part of a marathon podcast we put together to celebrate our 359th episode. Instead of our typical 3 minutes and 59 seconds of tech headlines, we went live for 3 hours and 59 minutes. Plus, we partnered with the tech education nonprofit Mouse for the show. Watch the super-long podcast here. On this podcast, …
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To mark the one and only 359th episode of The 3:59 podcast, we’re running a marathon episode for our awesome fans. On Wednesday, our special edition will last 3 hours and 59 minutes, in honor of our typical 3 minute and 59 second daily podcast. We’ve also partnered with the nonprofit Mouse, which focuses on science and tech education, for …
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