Count it as a promise for zombies and time travel fulfilled. AMC Networks, home of The Walking Dead and owner of BBC America, where Doctor Who plies his era-hopping trade, is now available on YouTube TV. The service announced the new additions in a tweet Monday. Before you get too excited, remember that YouTube TV …
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Now playing: Watch this: Instagram adds face filters because of course 1:46 Get ready to smile for the filter. Instagram has a new app update that lets you dress up your face in one of eight on-screen objects, from sunglasses to moving koala ears. “To see our initial set of eight face filters, simply open the camera and tap the …
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Speculation about the newest iPhone is never in short supply, and a pair of new patents just added more fuel to the rumor fire. In a wave of Apple patents published by the US Patent and Trademark Office Tuesday, and spotted by Patently Apple, two could potentially relate to the iPhone 8, which is expected later this year. The first …
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Apple TV users who subscribe to Sling TV may want to come up with an extra five bucks. That’s because the internet TV service’s “cloud DVR,” which allows you to record and play back select channels, as well as pause, rewind and skip commercials, is now available for Apple TV. Sling TV is a live TV streaming service that starts …
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If you live in the northeast, Verizon is the new ticket to blazing internet speeds. The broadband provider is rolling out what it says is the nation’s largest deployment of gigabit internet on Monday. Called Fios Gigabit Connection, it promises download speeds of 940 megabits per second and upload speeds of 880 Mbps. That’s hella fast (though not 1 gigabit …
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Samsung, the biggest TV maker in the world, is also the only one that doesn’t support Dolby’s high dynamic range format. Its solution, this year at least, is to introduce yet another competing HDR format. HDR10+ is its name. And only Samsung’s 2017 HDR TVs are compatible as of today, including QLED models such as the Q7. A software update …
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Roku TVs are CNET’s favorite entry-level televisions, with the best built-in streaming platform on the planet and good-enough picture quality for the price. I also love how they keep getting updated with new features and functionality, such as a recent add-on that lets antenna users pause live TV, no DVR required (seriously, it’s pretty cool) and listen to TV audio …
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Looking forward to watching your favorite baseball team in 4K? Can’t wait to TiVo HBO’s 4K broadcasts of “Game of Thrones?” Excited to rebuy the “Lord of the Rings” (Extended Edition) box set on 4K Blu-ray? Don’t hold your breath. 4K TVs are falling in price with the speed of a runaway train, but 4K content, the stuff you can …
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If you’ve got a new 4K HDR TV and a 4K Blu-ray player like the Xbox One S or Samsung UBD-K8500, listen up. The price on many discs is now lower than ever at $15. Over at Best Buy.com the list is easy to browse and includes: “Suicide Squad” “Lone Survivor” “Oblivion” “Lucy” “Ender’s Game” “Sicario” “Gods of Egypt” “IMAX: …
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Apple giveth and it taketh away. Starting at $249, the iPad Mini 2 was the simplest, most affordable iPad, according to CNET reviews. Now it’s getting replaced by something much more expensive. The Mini 2 is gone from Apple’s website, signaling its demise. The only Mini you’ll be able to buy new and direct from Apple is the Mini 4, …
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