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Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ drops this Saturday

If you’re not a Beyonce fan, HBO subscriber or a millennial, you might not know what Beyonce and lemonade have to do with each other. Fret not, fellow human. No one really knows. Over the weekend Beyonce dropped a trailer for “Lemonade,” an hour-long special that will debut worldwide on HBO this Saturday, April 23 …

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LEAKED: Rumored ‘Kindle Oasis’ shows off crazy

Now playing: Watch this: Amazon’s next Kindle already leaked? 1:05 It’s no secret that a new Kindle e-reader is expected to drop this week — CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted so himself — but it looks like we might have an unexpected and unofficial sneak peek on our hands. Leaked images from product listings on Amazon China (which have since been …

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Where have all the tablets gone?

Tablets are like vinyl records and Tupac, people either think they’re dead or alive. Despite the drought in new models, tablets aren’t dead. However, the same can’t be said about the hype around them. Even the latest iPad — one of the most popular tablets — barely turned any heads when it was released earlier this year. The lukewarm feeling …

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Here’s the new iPhone lineup

Now playing: Watch this: Tinier, cheaper, iPhone SE arrives 1:25 Apple’s latest iPhone is smaller and cheaper, making it a tempting buy for anyone looking to upgrade. However, if downsizing or switching to Android isn’t your thing, there are a bevy of other iPhone options available. We’ve neatly outlined the pricing information for each model here, and if you’re interested …

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This is the new iPad lineup

Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on with the 9.7-inch iPad Pro 1:37 While Apple is known for keeping things simple, the recent addition of the iPad Pro 9.7 to its tablet lineup has made things a bit convoluted. If you are weighing your options on upgrading (downgrading?), or someone who just likes to look at charts, we’ve organized the iPads by …

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Smartwatches are (or at least should be) a girl’s best friend

Of all my many desires in life, a watch with Swarovski crystals has never been one of them. Diamonds and jewels aren’t really my thing, but at CES 2016, when I tried on the new blinged-out Huawei Watch that’s geared toward women, I couldn’t help but feel beautiful. I was like a bride trying on her wedding dress for the …

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Virtual reality isn’t just for games; VR movies and TV shows are closer than you think

I don’t care how many cool points I lose by saying this: an animated short VR movie just blew my mind. I hadn’t seen anything like “On Ice” before, a “Blades-of-Glory“-meets-Pixar short created by Google, a veteran in VR animated movies by today’s standards. The movie follows ice skater Rudy Lazarus as he spectacularly performs in an all-white, chest-hair-revealing, deep-V …

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The haters were wrong: Smartwatches aren’t all that dumb

Has a friend ever given you a negative opinion of a movie, only for you to see it yourself and find that, though your friend had some valid arguments, it really wasn’t all that bad? That’s been my experience with smartwatches; anticipating the worst, I found that they functioned a lot better than I expected. Let me start by saying …

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Our kick-ass team in Barcelona survived another year at Mobile World Congress, and we have the lowdown on all the new tech you might’ve missed out on during the week. Samsung’s new phones give the people what they want The new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge feature expandable storage and a water-resistant casing. I’d like to see an iPhone do …

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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to debut new album via Amazon live stream

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will celebrate the release of their new album by performing it for the whole world to see, courtesy of Amazon. At an intimate 500-person venue in Seattle, the rapper/producer duo will perform their new body of work, “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made,” on Friday, February 26, the day that the album will be officially released. The …

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