This is going to date me a bit, but I’ll admit that when digital photography was young, I spent countless hours scanning old photos and then fiddling endlessly with them to de-age them as much as possible. These days, you can clean up and restore old photos with just a few clicks, in a fraction …
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The Apple Watch Series 5 isn’t a remarkable upgrade from the Series 4, and for that reason alone, I know it’s not everyone’s favorite Apple smartwatch. But it’s my personal fave (thanks in no small part to the always-on display), and the first one I’ve owned since my Series 3 died in a tragic skateboarding accident. The Series 5 hasn’t …
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How often do you tend to replace your phone? If you’re upgrading every other year, you’re almost certainly throwing money away. Of course, sometimes that’s unavoidable, since phones wear out — especially the battery. But what if you had a phone that was guaranteed to last for four years, and you could get any repair for a flat fee of …
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The living room is fine for watching movies, but the weather is getting warmer, and ’tis the season for watching a family movie in the backyard by projecting it on the back wall of your home. That’s why portable projectors can be awesome — don’t want to watch in the backyard? Then carry the projector into the bedroom and enjoy …
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If you’re interested in watching Killing Eve or The Expanse in all of their 4K glory, you might have already checked out CNET’s best TVs for 2020 and realized that many of them are pretty pricey. But you don’t need to spend an average of $1,000 for a great 65-inch 4K set. The Hisense 65R8F ordinarily costs $700 on Amazon. …
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Your pet may have already told you the news, but in case you’ve missed it, today is National Pet Parents Day. It might not rank up there with Presidents Day or Thanksgiving, but I think it’s great that there’s a day set aside for us to think about our furry partners. There are a lot of things you can do …
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As my mom used to say, you can never be too rich or have too much hard drive space. I’ll never even come close to being too rich, but the steadily falling price of external hard drives means I am close to having more space than I need. An external drive is a great place to back up your computer’s …
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You know about SteelBook, right? It makes special-edition releases of Blu-ray movies that come in steel cases with premium artwork. Yes, steel — for once, here’s a product that is named quite literally. SteelBook releases are a sight to behold; if you’re a movie buff and a disc collector, you’ll love the heft and uniqueness of the packaging and the …
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If you’re shopping for a gaming system, you’ll probably consider MSI. Along with brands like Alienware, Asus and Razer, MSI is a formidable manufacturer that makes several appearances in CNET’s roundup of the fastest and most powerful gaming laptops we’ve tested. Right now there are a handful of MSI systems on sale for $200 off. We’ve rounded them up for …
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