Eli Blumenthal

Acer goes after the classroom with new durable Spin 511, Spin 512 Chromebooks

Acer’s going after the Chromebook education market. On Tuesday the computer added two new classroom-focused Chromebooks to its lineup, what it calls the Chromebook Spin 511 and Chromebook Spin 512 laptops.  The two devices, both of which feature 360-degree hinges to flip the screen around into a tablet mode, run on Google’s Chrome OS platform …

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Paramount Plus is launching in the US on March 4

ViacomCBS’ rebrand of CBS All Access into Paramount Plus now has a date: March 4. The news, announced on Tuesday, will also see ViacomCBS host an investor “streaming event” on Feb. 24 where it will further detail its “streaming strategy” for the new service, Pluto TV and Showtime.  First announced last year, the Paramount Plus rebranding of CBS All Access …

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NFL Playoffs Divisional Round: How to watch and stream Buccaneers vs. Saints on Fox today without cable

Despite playing without a bubble during the fall and winter of an unprecedented pandemic, the NFL has somehow made it to the playoffs. COVID-19 outbreaks on multiple teams caused postponements and shuffled schedules earlier in the season, but the league muddled through. Last week’s opening round of this year’s NFL Playoffs saw the Bills hold off the Colts, the Rams’ …

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NFL Playoffs Divisional Round: How to watch Browns vs. Chiefs on CBS today without cable

Despite playing without a bubble during the fall and winter of an unprecedented pandemic, the NFL has somehow made it to the playoffs. COVID-19 outbreaks on multiple teams caused postponements and shuffled schedules earlier in the season, but the league muddled through. Last week’s opening round of this year’s NFL Playoffs saw the Bills hold off the Colts, the Rams’ …

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NFL Playoffs Divisional Round: How to watch Ravens vs. Bills on NBC today without cable

Despite playing without a bubble during the fall and winter of an unprecedented pandemic, the NFL has somehow made it to the playoffs. COVID-19 outbreaks on multiple teams caused postponements and shuffled schedules earlier in the season, but the league muddled through. Last week’s opening round of this year’s NFL Playoffs saw the Bills hold off the Colts, the Rams’ …

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Samsung is ditching the microSD card slot on the Galaxy S21 line

Looking for a phone with a microSD card slot? You’ll want to stay away from Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 line. Having been present on earlier Galaxy S phones, Samsung is finally dropping the microSD card slot for expandable local storage on its latest devices. (Here are CNET’s Galaxy S21 review and Galaxy S21 Ultra review.) Although the move is not completely surprising — …

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AT&T is merging its AT&T TV and TV Now streaming services. Here’s what it means

AT&T TV Now, the telecom and media giant’s streaming service, is going away. On Tuesday, AT&T announced that it would be “merging” TV Now with AT&T TV, its cable and satellite alternative that also streams live TV over the internet but previously required having at least one of AT&T’s dedicated streaming boxes.  As part of the merger, AT&T is also removing …

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Yep, TCL also showed a rollable phone concept at CES 2021

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. LG isn’t the only major electronics maker experimenting with rollable devices. At its CES press conference on Monday, TCL once again showed an update of its rollable in action, releasing a new video of the concept device expanding and retracting in a woman’s …

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Google Stadia support is coming to LG’s 2021 TVs

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Game streaming has been slowly growing in recent years with the launches of Nvidia’s GeForce Now, Google’s Stadia, Microsoft’s xCloud and Amazon’s Luna. This year, however, it looks to finally be picking up more steam. At CES 2021, LG announced that some …

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TCL TVs are getting bigger at CES with a new 85

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. TCL is going big at CES — literally. In addition to upping its 2021 6-Series to 8K, on Monday the China-based electronics giant announced that it will be adding a new size to its popular line of televisions: 85 inches. Called the …

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