This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Roku makes a lot of streaming devices. It currently sells five different streaming players and two streaming soundbars. We’ve reviewed all Roku’s streaming devices, along with rivals from Google, Apple, and Amazon, and picked the Roku …
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Worldwide PCs shipments fell for a second consecutive quarter, according to a report released Monday from market research firm the International Data Corporation. Shipments of traditional PCs fell to 71.3 million units in the second quarter of 2022, a 15.3% decline over the same period last year. The decline was worse than expected due to lockdowns in China along with weakened …
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The Tampa Bay Lightning and Colorado Avalanche will face off again Sunday in Game 6 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final. While the Lightning are still alive, the Avalanche, leading 3-2, have a chance to hoist one of the most iconic trophies in sports with a victory at Amalie Arena tonight. The Avalanche were preseason favorites and made the playoffs …
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Amazon said Monday that it’s launching a fleet of delivery drones. The retail giant will test its new Amazon Prime Air delivery system in Lockeford, California, the company said. Amazon worked with the Federal Aviation Administration and local officials in Lockeford, a small town south of Sacramento, to gain permission for the drones to take flight. “Lockeford residents will soon have …
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Three teams are left in the chase for the 2022 Stanley Cup. The Colorado Avalanche booked their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final by sweeping the Edmonton Oilers in four games. They await the winner of the Eastern Conference finals between the New York Rangers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning are looking to become the first team to …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At its annual World Wide Developers Conference, Apple on Monday announced updates to the 13-inch MacBook Pro laptop. The new version adds the more robust new M2 chips, supports up to 24GB of unified memory and promises up to 20 hours of battery life. …
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Google TV is bringing individual user profiles to its platform. It comes after the search giant announced its intention to add the feature last fall. In an update that begins its rollout Monday, the popular smart TVs will allow each member of the family to have their own personalized profile. These profiles will each have access to a watch list, recommendations …
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GameStop is going all in on crypto. The video game retailer launched its own self-custodial ethereum digital wallet, it said Monday. The wallet will be accessible through a Google Chrome extension and can be used to buy and sell NFTs on GameStop’s upcoming NFT marketplace, which is expected to launch by the end of July. NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, are …
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Roku TVs are going outside. Roku has partnered with the TV manufacturer Element to produce the first-ever Roku TV made for outdoor use. The 55-inch 4K set features HDR 10 compatibility and, according to the company, reaches up to 700 nits of brightness. It sports tempered glass with an anti-glare coating and comes with an IP 55 rating, which means that it will …
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Hisense now makes a Fire TV. Today the manufacturer announced a partnership with Amazon to produce Hisense’s first television featuring the Fire TV platform. The 50-inch, 4K LED TV has better picture quality specifications than many current Fire TVs made by Toshiba, Insignia and Amazon itself. It will include quantum dot technology and, according to the company, reach up to …
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