Best Prime Day deals under $100: $50 Amazon Echo Show, Instant Pot half

Update, July 17: Amazon’s Prime Day sale has officially ended. Some of the deals below may continue to be available for a time, but we’re no longer updating this story. Instead, check out the links below for the best current deals at Amazon and Walmart. (Walmart’s Summer Savings sale continues all-day Wednesday.)  The best Amazon …

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This Amazon Prime Day 2019 top headphone deal expires soon: Sony WH

With Bose recently releasing its new $400 Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, we continue to see sales on the Sony WH-1000XM3, which has been on the market for a year. It’s currently our top-rated noise-canceling headphone and is being discounted once again from $350 to $298 at Amazon for Prime Day. It’s not officially listed as a Prime Day deal, so you don’t …

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Facebook Libra raises ‘very serious concerns,’ says Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Since it was announced in June, Facebook has received pushback for its Libra cryptocurrency from government officials in both the US and Europe. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin added his concerns and questioned what’s being done to curb illegal activity involving cryptocurrency.  “The Treasury Department has expressed very serious concerns that Libra could be misused by money launderers and …

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Sprint customer accounts breached by hackers

Sprint has confirmed a data breach, telling customers that hackers broke into their accounts through a Samsung website. The number of customer accounts breached isn’t yet known, CNET sister site ZDNet reported Tuesday. The hack occurred June 22, Sprint told its customers in a letter, and included details like first and last name, billing address, phone number, subscriber ID, account …

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Sony A7R IV packs new 61MP, 15

The update to its veteran A7R series, the A7R IV, boasts Sony’s own medium-format-class, 15-stop full-frame 61-megapixel BSI sensor to take on inexpensive medium-format camera competitors like Fujifilm’s GFX 50S. And it comes in at a lower price than the entry-level medium formats as well: It will be $3,500 when it ships in September in the US. (Directly converted, that’s …

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Emoji for falafel, service dogs and sloths are finally here

If you’ve ever wished for a sloth, waffle or falafel emoji, the wait is almost over. Apple and Google both unveiled dozens of new emoji ahead of World Emoji Day on Wednesday. They include animals like a flamingo, orangutan and sloth, as well as foods such as waffles, falafel and garlic.  The companies will also roll out new emoji depicting …

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Senators’ new 5G legislation would keep Huawei blacklisted

President Donald Trump may be ready to ease some restrictions on Huawei, but new bipartisan legislation aims to keep the Chinese tech giant blacklisted. The Defending America’s 5G Future Act, led by Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and Maryland Democrat Sen. Chris van Hollen, would prohibit the removal of Huawei from the government’s Entity List without an act of Congress.  “Huawei isn’t …

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Apple’s stealth Mac security update removes flawed software, report says

Apple quietly rolled out a Mac security update to remove flawed software from Zoom partner apps RingCentral and Zhumu, according to a BuzzFeed News report. The update will reportedly roll out automatically but could take some time to reach all affected computers.  RingCentral and Zhumu are videoconferencing apps that use technology from Zoom. Last week, security researcher Jonathan Leitschuh flagged …

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Xfinity Mobile now lets you bring your own Samsung phone

Xfinity Internet customers can now bring their own Android devices to Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile service. Comcast said Tuesday it’s accepting unlocked Samsung Galaxy S9, S9 Plus, S8, S8 Plus, Note 9 and Note 8 phones, but will add more Android devices later in 2019. The Xfinity Mobile service was announced in April 2017, and runs on a combination of Comcast’s …

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Twitter chooses to not flag Trump’s racist tweets

President Donald Trump’s comments on Twitter are again stirring controversy. The president used the social media site to attack “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen” in a series of racist tweets on Sunday. These tweets are still viewable and have yet to be flagged by Twitter. “Go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” Trump …

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New wireless rankings continue to show US 4G improvements ahead of 5G

US 4G wireless networks continued to show overall improvement even as 5G’s expansion continues to loom over the industry. In new industry rankings from wireless industry trackers IHS Markit’s RootMetrics and OpenSignal, Verizon continues to be praised for its robust nationwide 4G network while AT&T was once again found to have greatly improved its speed.  The new rankings come a …

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As if you didn’t have enough shopping to do this week with Prime Day, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and even eBay are all holding their own sales alongside Amazon’s two-day shopping barn-burner that started yesterday, runs through today, and at least for Walmart, goes into tomorrow, July 17. We’re collecting all of the best deals that each of the other …

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