Hulu’s $5.99 plan is available now

Good news, TV lovers! As promised back in January, US streaming service Hulu just dropped the price of its basic plan. Previously $7.99 per month, it’s now $5.99. See it at Hulu That plan affords unlimited access to Hulu’s library of movies and TV shows, though if you want commercial-free viewing, you’ll have to add …

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Microsoft CEO defends $480 million HoloLens contract with the US Army

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella is defending himself after a group of employees published an open letter calling on the company to ditch a multimillion dollar contract HoloLens contract with the US Army. Nadella told CNN Business in an interview Monday that the contract was not merely about supplying the military with HoloLens headsets, which overlay computer images on the real world. Instead, …

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Healthy kitchen gadgets for every home

We all have different ideas of what it means to “eat healthy.” Are you part of the low-carb camp? Or the clean-eating, raw crowd? Vegetarian? Flexitarian? Whole 30, Paleo or Keto? Cooking your food at home is the best way to eat what you crave in a healthy way. In the kitchen, you have control. And if you’re shopping for …

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Justice Department loses appeal to bust up AT&T

The cloud of legal uncertainty surrounding AT&T’s merger with Time Warner has lifted. A US Appeals Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to unwind the merger between the companies. The merger was completed last year, following a six-week trial in which the US Department of Justice failed to convince a trial judge that the $85 billion merger would curtail competition and …

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Save $99 on the current

Happy Random Tuesday in February! To celebrate, Amazon has lopped $99 off the price of current-gen iPad Pro tablets — both the 11- and 12.9-inch models. That’s on the heels of yesterday’s iPad deal (which is still running, FYI): The current-gen iPad 9.7 (Wi-Fi, 32GB) for just $250. But if you want bleeding-edge iPads, the fancy-schmancy 2018 Pro models, here you …

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Apple reveals winners of its #ShotOniPhone photo contest

#ShotOniPhone, destined for a billboard. Apple on Tuesday showed off the the colorful winning entries from its iPhone photography contest. The 10 winners came Singapore, Germany, Belarus, Israel and the US. Winning photos were shot on the iPhone 7, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max, “showcasing the quality of cameras across the line,” the company said in …

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Chrome should get ‘extremely fast’ at loading a whole lot of web pages

Chrome is going to get a big speed boost — at least for web pages you’ve recently visited. A Chrome lapel pin Stephen Shankland/CNET With a feature called bfcache — backward-forward cache — Google’s web browser will store a website’s state as you navigate to a new page. If you then go back to that page, Chrome will reconstitute it …

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OnePlus 7 won’t bring you wireless charging

Update, Sept. 26: CNET’s OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7T reviews are now live. Read more about the new phones from OnePlus. Original story follows. The upcoming OnePlus 7 will likely rock the latest processor and upgraded cameras. One thing it won’t have, though, is wireless charging. OnePlus phones are known for packing many of the latest features found in premium smartphones like …

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Samsung, Huawei settle 2

Samsung and Huawei on Tuesday asked a court to pause proceedings in a patent infringement dispute after agreeing to settle their 2-year-old legal battle. The case, filed in 2016, involves both phone makers suing each other for breach of contract and patent infringement. A trial for the case was set to start in September, when the jury would’ve heard Samsung’s …

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Honor CEO wants to launch foldable phone in 2020

Move aside 5G, the phones everyone is most excited about at MWC this year are foldable. Huawei has one, Samsung has one, and TCL sort of has one too. Some phone makers (OnePlus) are eschewing them for now. Others, like China-based Honor, are ready to dive on in when the time is right. In an interview with CNET at Mobile …

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Target takes exclusive approach to expanding online store to more sellers

Target is opening up its website to third-party sellers in a slow, cautious way, according a report. Sellers can only join the Target+ initiative by invitation, CNBC reported Monday, and the company is being picky about who it brings in. Target has been testing the waters with companies like sporting goods retailer Mizuno, educational toy maker Kaplan and keyboard giant Casio. …

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LG shows off three new midrange phones at Mobile World Congress

Although LG Electronics announced three new midrange phones a week before the world’s biggest phone show kicked off, it was only once the show began in earnest that we were able to see the phones themselves. The LG Q60, K50 and K40 feature high-end displays and a focus on artificial intelligence. All three will feature LG’s HD+ FullVision display, the …

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The man behind the Android G1 is working on a secret VR headset

Peter Chou is back at MWC with a mysterious project.  The man behind many beloved early Android phones from HTC, including the original T-Mobile G1, appeared at the Barcelona trade show Tuesday with his new company, XRSpace. The company is building a headset that combines a virtual reality experience with a social network platform. It will run on the Qualcomm …

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This great digital day

I’m a little obsessed with time right now — specifically, figuring out a way I can shoehorn the awesome web-based Literature Clock into a photo frame or project it on a wall full-time. Today’s deal dovetails with that. It’s a big, free-standing digital clock that does more than just show the time: It spells out the day, date and more. …

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