Update, July 18: Prime Day officially ended at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET). Nearly all the deals featured below have now expired. Check out our roundup of Prime Day deals still available for a curated list of the best remaining bargains. Looking for a new TV or streamer this Prime Day? Amazon has some great …
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If you have an old iPhone 4S from 2011 sitting around and want to activate it on Verizon, you’re out of luck. Going forward, the carrier will no longer activate phones that only support the 3G cellular communications technology. Instead, new activations will require a 4G-capable phone with VoLTE. The first such iPhone, for example, was the iPhone 6 from …
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Hey Cheeps, Rick is still on vacation for the few more days, but he’ll be back in this space soon. In the meantime, the rest of the CNET crew will be doing our best to fill his shoes, finding the best deals we can. If you’re looking for a new TV at a great price, this deal’s a doozy. In …
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Hey Cheeps, Rick is still on vacation for the few more days, but he’ll be back in this space soon. In the meantime, the rest of the CNET crew will be doing our best to fill his shoes, finding the best deals we can. Unless you’ve been living under a deals rock for the last week or so, you know …
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If you want the best deal on an OLED TV, it’s all about keeping an eye on current prices. And as summer begins in earnest, the 2017 versions are still my “bargain” picks, even after modest price drops on the 2018 models. This spring I reviewed LG’s 2018 OLED TV, the C8, and it’s the best-performing TV I’ve ever tested. …
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Hey Cheepies, Rick is on vacation for the next few days, but he’ll be back in this space very soon. In the meantime, the rest of the CNET crew will be doing our best to fill his shoes, focusing on the best deals we can find in the run-up to the Independence Day holiday. Anybody in the market for a …
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Bad news, cord cutters: The cheapest way to watch SportsCenter just got 25 percent more expensive. For three and a half years Sling TV has let you watch 20-odd live TV channels including ESPN, AMC, TNT, CNN and Disney, without subscribing to cable, for $20 a month. It now costs $5 more. The new price for people who subscribe to …
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The elusive LG B8 series OLED TV has quietly reared its head. The TV costs $2100 for the 55-inch and $3000 for the 65-inch sizes. It’s available now at numerous retailers nationwide and online, including Best Buy and Amazon. The B8 is the cheapest 2018 LG OLED TV yet, undercutting the C8 by $200, but it’s still really expensive. Then …
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The world is now officially crazy for football (aka soccer) in the month-long, quadrennial frenzy of competition known as the FIFA World Cup. Sure, hundreds of thousands of people get to see the matches in person in Russia, but hundreds of millions more will watch on TV all over the globe. If you plan to be one of them, here …
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Virtual and augmented reality headsets need to get cheaper and better to woo buyers beyond hardcore gamers and tech geeks, and the $200 Oculus Go is a step in the right direction. The current generation of Microsoft’s own headset, the HoloLens, starts at $3000. Sure it’s intended for developers and other commercial applications, but obviously the next generation could use …
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