Wednesday’s top deals: Star Wars arcade, free Half

Cheeps, it’s a veritable deal bonanza today! For starters, yesterday I told you about Amazon’s Fire tablet sale, which has Black Friday pricing on every model except the Fire 7. Well, good news: Target has the Fire 7 for $29.99, which does indeed match Black Friday. (You’ll see that price when you add it to …

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The 2019 TCL 6

There’s no other way to say it: The bigger the TV, the better the football. (Come to think of it, that’s true for baseball as well. Also basketball. And movies. TV shows. Pretty much everything.) So with some exciting sports events just around the corner, the time is right for an upgrade — especially when there’s a deal like this. …

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Netflix takes swipe at Disney Plus by adding still more members worldwide

Netflix has dismissed any suggestions the so-called streaming wars would be its undoing. With its latest earnings report, the company still isn’t sweating the pressure, as it added more subscribers than expected even as it faced new rival services from Disney and Apple. Its not-very-secret weapon? Gigantic international scale.  Already the world’s dominant subscription streaming service, Netflix saw subscribers climb by …

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How to watch New Orleans Pelicans games in 2020 without cable

Zion Williamson is expected to make his NBA debut tonight for the New Orleans Pelicans. The top overall pick in last year’s draft, Zion is the most hyped NBA prospect to enter the league since LeBron James, and is already drawing comparisons to Hall of Famer Charles Barkley before he’s even stepped on the court. After undergoing knee surgery a few days before …

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Microsoft Office ProPlus to switch Chrome search to Bing, and people are pissed

Microsoft has triggered anger by announcing that an upcoming version of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus will change Chrome users’ default search engine to the company’s own Bing. The change — which in less generous terms is called “search hijacking” — will start reaching Chrome users in February and will eventually show up in the Firefox browser, too. The change is …

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A 5G phone boom is coming, but maybe not until 2022

5G mobile phones are projected to capture a growing slice of the global market over the next two years. On Tuesday, researchers at Gartner said they expect to see 5G phone models account for 12% of mobile phone shipments worldwide in 2020, increasing to 43% by 2022 as handset prices drop and 5G coverage zones expand. If those projections are …

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Was Bezos’ phone hacked by Saudi crown prince?

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GMC gives the AT4 treatment to 2021 Yukon and Canyon

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Apple abandoned iClould encryption, Uber to let some drivers set fares

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Cruise reveals its Origin: An electric, driverless taxi

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Test your home with this Corentium Home Radon Detector for $100

It’s hard to argue with the statistics: Radon gas is odorless and invisible — completely undetectable — but highly toxic and responsible for over 21,000 deaths in the US each year. It is the byproduct of the radioactive decay of naturally occurring uranium in soil and rock found under many of the homes we live in. Years ago, the only …

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Sony PlayStation 4 gets YouTube TV just as it loses Vue service

YouTube TV, a cord-cutter-friendly live TV streaming service designed to replace traditional cable TV, is now available on PlayStation 4 consoles. The move comes a week before Sony’s own such service, PlayStation Vue, is due to close down.  YouTube TV’s tweet announcing the debut of the service declares that the PS4 controller is now “your new TV remote.” It should be noted that …

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Senators sport Apple Watches at the impeachment trial, report says

Several senators have been spotted wearing Apple Watches during the impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump, a report says. It comes despite rules stating senators cannot have phones or electronic devices in the chamber, RollCall said Tuesday. Six Republican senators and two Democratic senators reportedly sported the smart watch, along with an aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. …

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New Chromebooks to get lifespan boost to 2028

Chromebooks released this year will get eight years of software support and automatic updates compared to the previous average of six years, Google said Tuesday. The company said the move is intended to extend the lifespan of 40 million devices used by students and teachers — and at the same time it has increased the list price of the Chrome …

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Every Amazon Fire tablet is on sale… again

There’s a saying here in Michigan (and elsewhere, I’m sure): If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. Allow me to tweak that for today’s purposes: If there’s an Amazon device that’s not on sale, wait five minutes. Like clockwork, Amazon cuts prices on Echo speakers, Fire TV Sticks and the like — often matching Prime Day and Black …

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