Highly anticipated TCL 6 series Roku TV will ship May 1

Update April 26: TCL has announced pricing and other details for the 6 series. Read CNET’s updated preview here for more information. Original story published Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. PT follows: Last year TCL’s P series was the best 55-inch TV for the money and its successor, the 2018 6 series, looks even better. It keeps everything that made …

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NFL Draft 2018: When it starts, how to watch, draft picks and more

My Cleveland Browns are on the clock. After completing a winless season, the Browns have been on the clock pretty much since last September. As any Browns fan will tell you, the NFL Draft is the most exciting time of the year. It’s our Super Bowl. I will make sure I’m in front of my TV or streaming on my …

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Snapchat’s new Spectacles and how to get them

Snap’s back with Spectacles, round two. Designed for use exclusively with Snapchat, the $150 Spectacles are sunglasses with a camera. They record circular video you can view in Snapchat. Now playing: Watch this: Snap refreshes Spectacles, adds water resistance 1:33 How do they work? With a single button on the glasses frame. Press it once to snap a 10-second video, …

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Facebook nears deal for Zuckerberg to face European Parliament

Facebook is close to a deal that would bring CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Brussels to answer questions from members of the European Parliament, according to a report by Politico.  Earlier this month, Zuckerberg endured 10 hours of grilling over two days in the chambers of Congress. That followed the onset several weeks earlier of a spiraling scandal for Facebook triggered …

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How to avoid tech support scams

The phone rings. It’s a support tech calling from Microsoft: They’ve identified a virus on your computer, and a serious one at that. Fortunately, they can remotely connect to your PC and eliminate the threat. They’ll just need a credit card number and permission to take control of your system to do it.  That’s just the kind of scam that’s …

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Qualcomm cuts licensing fees, hopes to settle with Apple this year

Qualcomm’s licensing disputes may soon come to an end — or at least the chipmaker is doing all it can to make that happen. Late Wednesday, the company said it’s lowering the cap on royalties it charges handset makers for using its technology, and it confirmed that Samsung, one of its most important customers, pays less than it did before. …

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The 7 best new features of Windows 10 April 2018 Update

Microsoft is readying the release of its semi-annual update to Windows 10. It’s now called Windows 10 April 2018 Update, a last-minute change from its development name: Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. I’ve been using the final beta of the update — Windows 10, version 1803 — to get a sense of the new features and design tweaks it’ll bring …

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Nintendo’s new mobile game is Dragalia Lost

It took Nintendo a while to jump on the mobile gaming bandwagon, but now the Japanese giant is really leaning into it. On Thursday Nintendo announced its latest venture into mobile gaming, Dragalia Lost. It’s an RPG game jointly developed with Cygames, a studio Nintendo now owns a 5 percent stake of, and it’ll debut in Asia this summer before …

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Microsoft is replacing its gun emoji too, following Apple and Google

Following news that Google became the latest company to replace its gun emoji with a water pistol, Microsoft tweeted Wednesday it’ll do the same. “We are in the process of evolving our emojis to reflect our values and the feedback we’ve received,” Microsoft said via both spokesperson and tweet. Since 2016 when Apple did away with its pistol in favor …

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Amazon to raise Prime membership in US to $119 from $99

The annual price of an Amazon Prime membership in the US is going up by 20 percent. The e-commerce titan on May 11 will hike Prime’s fee to $119 a year from $99, finance chief Brian Olsavsky said Thursday during an earnings call with analysts. The new price will apply to existing Prime members’ renewals starting June 16. If your …

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Kick off a summer of songs with the JBL Flip 3 for $49.99

It’s finally starting to warm up around here, and I couldn’t be more eager to start planting stuff in the garden, shooting hoops in the driveway and sitting on the back porch with a mojito in my hand. For those and other outdoor activities, you can’t beat a good portable speaker — especially when it’s 50 percent off. For a …

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Amazon’s sales surge as possible Trump backlash looms

With six tweets three weeks ago, President Donald Trump threatened many of the massive gains Amazon has enjoyed throughout its 24-year history. After repeatedly calling out Amazon’s partnership with the US Postal Service — claiming the e-commerce giant was underpaying for shipments and engaging in a “scam” — he ordered a review of USPS finances and operations. The fusillades against …

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Amazon’s Fire HD 10 is on sale for $100

We thought Amazon’s Fire HD 10 was a good deal at $150. Now Amazon’s running a limited-time sale on the 32GB version, bringing its price down to $100. That’s a bargain. “It’s missing a few key apps and features, but with a lower price, faster processor, more storage and new Alexa features, the Amazon Fire HD 10 is an amazing …

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