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You can now use Alexa to choose your next track in Amazon Music, no matter what kind of phone you have. Amazon’s voice-controlled personal assistant Alexa will be built into the Amazon Music streaming app for iOS and Android in the UK, US, Germany and Austria. The app gives you access to Amazon Music Unlimited, a rival to Spotify and …

Instagram now lets you whitelist groups of commenters on your posts to filter out the trolls — a much more efficient system for some people than the current blocking capabilities.  In a blog post Tuesday, the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing site delivered this flip-side to the push it began a year ago with blocking controls such as automatic filtering, blocking individual …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! The Fluance AB40 packs a home-theater sound system into an under-TV stand. Sarah Tew/CNET Two products I feel …

Fast charging is a godsend when the clock is ticking and you have somewhere to be. That’s why we were excited to learn that Apple’s new iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will support quick charging, even though you have to buy a Lightning-to-USB-C cable in order to take advantage of faster top-ups. You can rig it to charge the new …

DirecTV is reportedly offering refunds to customers who want to cancel their subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket over players’ national anthem protests. The refund offer is being extended to at least some people who contact the satellite TV service and cite players kneeling during pregame performances of the national anthem as a reason for canceling their $280 package, customer service …

Thanks to a major leak, we can say with 99.9 percent certainty that Google will announce the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL (in addition to other devices) next week during its Oct. 4 event When Google’s flagship first launched last year, the device impressed us with its camera prowess and introduction of Google Assistant (which is now available on …

MacOS High Sierra introduces a number of under-the-hood changes — the new Apple File System (APFS) for speedier performance and better security, HVEC for improved video compression and Metal 2 for more powerful graphics — but it also brings improvements and new features to your favorite Mac apps, too, from Siri and Spotlight to Photos, Safari and others. Let’s have …

The iPhone X is quickly becoming synonymous with Face ID, which can unlock the phone by scanning your eyes, nose and mouth. That might also be the reason you’ll have to wait longer to get Apple’s most premium phone. Enlarge Image The 3D depth sensor is just one of the many pieces of tech that make Apple’s facial recognition possible. Screenshot …

Along with MacOS High Sierra comes Safari 11. The latest update to Apple‘s web browser addresses two of the bigger Internet annoyances: autoplay videos and ad trackers. Unless you like being greeted by mysterious sounds when you visit a site, which you then must track down to stop or silence, then you’ll want to use Safari’s new tool to restrict videos from autoplaying. …

Microsoft pulled support for Windows phones earlier this summer, but you know the one-time iPhone and Android competitor is truly dead when Microsoft’s founder admits on TV that he’s now using Android. “The phone that I have, recently, I actually did switch to an Android phone with a lot of Microsoft software,” Bill Gates told Fox News Sunday host Chris …

Instagram has proven itself in the social media world as one of the big contenders. It currently has 800 million users. Out of those, 500 million use the app every day.  With these numbers comes the need to add additional safety features. As of Sept. 26, Instagram is rolling out additional comment and reporting features that will combat trolls… and …

The analytics company IHS Markit on Tuesday issued its annual teardown of iPhone production costs, and if the estimate is correct what impresses me most is that the iPhone 8 Plus — with 32GB more memory, a more powerful processor, wireless charging and a slightly improved camera — only costs about $17.80 more to make. IHS Markit’s iPhone 8 Plus cost breakdown. …