eBay tells Amazon: ‘Stop stealing our sellers’

As two of the top e-commerce sites, Amazon and eBay are constantly competing to bring on top sellers to their sites. But, eBay is accusing Amazon of going too far in that battle. eBay on Wednesday said its rival pulled together an international, coordinated and illegal effort to target eBay’s best sellers and move them …

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These are the best deals from Rakuten’s sitewide sale

Last week eBay took 15 percent off sitewide — this week it’s Rakuten’s turn. Ending at midnight PT tonight, you can save 15 percent on just about anything by using promo code SAVE15. See it at Rakuten To take advantage of the offer, you’ll need a Rakuten account. You can use the code only once per account and apply it …

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Here come Wi

Quick quiz: Which is better, 802.11n or 802.11ac? The answer, if you’re familiar with Wi-Fi standards coming from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is 802.11ac — and by the way, the upcoming 802.11ax is better than both. But in an effort to make the wireless networking terms more useful and less like alphanumeric gibberish, the Wi-Fi Alliance trade …

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Buy 4 Tile Mate trackers for $35, get a free Google Home Mini

First things first: Yesterday’s free-logo deal? Back in business. Apologies to those of you who went through the process of creating a logo and then discovered the code didn’t work. It does now. (And, for the record, it did initially, because I tested it!) Today I’ve got one of the weirder — and better — bundles I can recall. For …

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Garmin adds Spotify to its music watches

Spotify is coming to another smartwatch — but it’s not the Apple Watch. Garmin on Wednesday announced that it’s integrating the popular music streaming service with compatible Garmin music watches, starting with its Fenix 5 Plus Series. Owners of the Fenix 5 Plus Series who subscribe to Spotify Premium can now sync playlists directly to their watches via Wi-Fi, taking their …

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Bill Gates

When you use Yelp for restaurant recommendations or TripAdvisor for places to see, you’re often putting the fate of your travel or dining experience in the hands of a stranger. Likewise is a new app that gathers recommendations from people you know or trust. And these recommendations aren’t limited to one thing. They can be someone’s favorite books, movies, TV …

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Google tested this security app with activists in Venezuela. Now you can use it too

When Jigsaw tested this privacy app with a few dozen political activists in Venezuela, the company wanted to keep the trial small. Within weeks, thousands of people around the world were using Intra, a security app used to stop government regimes from censoring the internet and manipulating traffic. On Wednesday, Jigsaw, a tech incubator owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, …

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Why you got a Trump text: FEMA’s new test alert, explained

Don’t worry: The government didn’t just spam you. On Wednesday, the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System sent a test message to everyone using a cellphone in the US that runs on a network operated by a carrier participating in the Wireless Emergency Alert system. You’d know you got the message if the header read “Presidential Alert.” The content of the …

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Google Assistant makeover emphasizes touch interactions on your phone

Google Assistant is opening itself up to new forms of communication. Starting today, when you pull up Google Assistant on your phone, you’ll see extra visuals and new ways of interacting by touch. Google is announcing the changes via a blog post Wednesday as the company prepares for its Made by Google event on Oct. 9. Rolled out initially as …

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Tile Pro, Tile Mate smart trackers get replaceable batteries, improved range

With the upgrade to the Tile Mate and Tile Pro, the company is addressing a big complaint about its older smart trackers. Tile has improved its smart tracking tags by making the batteries replaceable, increasing the Bluetooth range, bumping up the volume and adding a new Tile Premium subscription that provides extra services. Earlier versions of the trackers didn’t have replaceable …

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Industry groups sue to stop California net neutrality law

The broadband industry’s four main lobbying groups are joining forces to stop California’s state net neutrality law from taking effect. On Wednesday, mobile-industry lobbyist the CTIA; USTelecom, which lobbies for the telecommunications industry; and the two lobbying organizations for the cable industry, NCTA and the American Cable Association, jointly filed a lawsuit in federal court against the state of California …

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Trump Presidential Alert: FEMA’s new emergency test deployed

In case you had your cellphone turned off or you spend the day in airplane mode, the first “Presidential Alert” text went out at 11:18 a.m. PT/2:18 p.m. ET Wednesday.  To be clear, the text is solely a test of the ability for President Trump’s administration to send a text message to as many Americans as possible. It’s not indicative …

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Robots could solve the problem of pervasive invasive fish

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New BMW 3 Series: Can it be the segment benchmark again?

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This Lunar Lander aims to be a lifeline for a future Moon colony

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