Eli Blumenthal

OnePlus 7T will launch with Android 10

Update, Sept. 26: CNET’s OnePlus 7T review is now live. Read more about the new phone from OnePlus. Original story follows. The OnePlus 7T launch may be set for this Thursday, but that doesn’t mean OnePlus has to stop announcing what will be in its next phone. On Tuesday the company revealed in a tweet another …

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Apple’s Mac Pro manufacturing will stay in US, thanks in part to tariff reprieve

Apple’s powerful, premium Mac Pro will follow its predecessor and continue to be manufactured in the United States, Apple announced Monday. The company says the decision to keep manufacturing in the US was “made possible following a federal product exclusion Apple is receiving for certain necessary components.”  Apple CEO Tim Cook has been in conversation with the Trump administration over …

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Disney Plus is now available to preorder in US as Nov. 12 launch nears

Eager to sign up for Disney Plus? If you’re in the US, you can now preorder Disney’s forthcoming streaming service ahead of its Nov. 12 launch. Pricing in the US remains the previously announced $6.99 per month on its monthly plan or $70 for the year for an annual subscription.  The pricing and preorders are just for Disney Plus. A …

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Apple reopens flashy, redesigned Fifth Avenue NYC store

Apple on Friday will take the wraps off its latest and biggest store redesign: its Fifth Avenue location in New York. CNET got a sneak peek at the revamp on Thursday.  The new store, which is in the same location right off of Central Park on 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, is double the size of the old one. New …

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Verizon will turn on 5G in New York on Sept. 26

Verizon’s gradual 5G rollout is continuing, with New York set to be the next city to get the company’s fastest wireless network on Sept. 26.  The news brings Verizon’s 5G city count to 11, the network said Thursday. That’s ahead of T-Mobile’s six cities and Sprint’s nine, but still trails AT&T, which is up in 21 cities for its “5G Plus” …

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Verizon will sell OnePlus phones directly in 2020, report says

OnePlus already sells its phones through T-Mobile and Sprint, and now it appears the company is set to add Verizon next year.  Citing “sources familiar with the companies’ plans,” Android Police reported Monday that the two companies have signed a deal that will have Verizon offer a OnePlus phone next year. The report doesn’t detail exactly when the new phone will …

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Amazon Prime Video is coming to Altice’s One

Altice’s One customers will be getting another app to stream content to their cable box. On Monday the cable company, which in recent years has purchased rivals Optimum and Suddenlink, announced that it will be adding Amazon Prime Video to its cable box platform.  Prime Video is the latest streaming video service to arrive on Altice One, with Netflix and …

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iPhone storage: 64GB just isn’t enough anymore

Apple’s latest iPhones pack plenty of improvements. They’re more durable, they’re faster and their cameras are much more capable. At $699, the iPhone 11 is even cheaper than last year’s iPhone XR, at its $749 starting price. Yet one thing hasn’t changed: All new iPhones start with 64GB of storage space.  On the surface that’s … fine. Two years ago …

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With the new iPhones set to go on preorder Friday, the usual “buy one, get one” deals are starting to pop up from carriers and retailers. These deals are nothing new, offering hefty discounts if you’re willing to switch providers or add a new line to your wireless account. While this is good for people thinking of switching, it never …

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Google Photos adds Stories

Google is giving Photos an update to help make it easier to find past photos in the app and share those moments with or without a phone. The new first of the new features, Memories, is designed to fight the problem of sorting through hundreds or thousands of photos. Using Google’s machine learning, the Photos app will now create a …

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