DJI Prime Day drone deal: Get $100 off Mavic Mini Fly More Combo (Update: Expired)

Update, Oct. 15: Amazon’s Prime Day sale officially ended at midnight PT. We’re keeping track of the best Prime Day deals still available, however, and we’ve identified the best Walmart “Big Save” deals, which remain available through the end of today. _____ DJI’s smallest Mavic drone, the Mavic Mini, has a big discount on Amazon Prime Day 2020. The palm-sized folding drone normally costs …

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Cleanup in the VPN aisle: Get a year of IPVanish for $39

A VPN might sound like a needlessly technical complication to add to your home internet connection, but there are a lot of advantages to using one. It affords you greater privacy and security — useful if you’re working from home during the pandemic — and with some simple tweaks, you can appear to be located anywhere on Earth. But VPNs …

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Netflix ends free trials in the US after years of giving away first month

Netflix has ended free trials for new customers in the US, after years of giving away the first month of its service free. The streaming service’s US sign-up page said trials are no longer available, with Netflix instead touting how it lets you cancel anytime at no cost. Newer rivals tend to offer shorter free-trial periods, though some of Netflix’s biggest, longstanding …

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Prime Day last

Not all Amazon Prime Day deals are online: Turns out the company has actual physical stores as well. And if you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, you have one last chance to score some free money — after a fashion — by stepping foot into those storefronts. Visit your local Whole Foods today, for example, and spend at least $10, making …

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Zoom rolls out end

Whether you’re using a free or paid Zoom account, you’ll now be able to get your first look at the videoconferencing giant’s new end-to-end encryption (E2EE) feature as the company rolls out the first phase of a four-step security plan. The E2EE feature is available as a technical preview both for those who join and those who host sessions with …

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Amazon’s new AR app unlocks Halloween fun on your shipping boxes

If you’re like me and are terrible about getting rid of shipping boxes, your hoarding tendencies could finally come in handy. Amazon released a new augmented reality app that creates “interactive, shareable” experiences when you use your phone’s camera to scan the QR code on the Amazon box. The free app is called Amazon Augmented Reality.  “The activity on our …

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While Verizon and AT&T had deals ready to go when Apple announced its latest iPhone 12 line, T-Mobile took the day. On Wednesday the carrier finally unveiled its offers, and while they are not as aggressive as AT&T’s, the carrier does have a few discounts available for those switching or upgrading.  For switchers, the carrier is offering a bundle of …

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All the best Prime Day sales not from Amazon

The spotlight is deservedly on Amazon for the second day this week as Prime Day sales continue. But don’t get tunnel vision and miss out on major savings from big retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Target and more. To help you easily see every sale in one place, we’ve gathered up all the offers happening outside of Amazon during this …

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Mario Kart Live Home Circuit hands

I hate cleaning. But I’ve done a lot of moving things around and tidying up, just to get things just right for kart racing. Cones under tables, gates behind chairs. I’ve blocked off my dining room. We’re almost ready. And suddenly, we have a racing circuit. I’m looking at my Nintendo Switch screen as I see the kart racing around …

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Twitter to join Facebook in banning Holocaust

Twitter will start removing Holocaust-denial content from its social media platform under its hateful-conduct policy, a report Wednesday said. The move comes two days after Facebook updated its hate-speech policy to prohibit “content that denies or distorts the Holocaust.” A spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg that Twitter will remove content that “attempts to deny or diminish” violent events such as the …

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