When we received the TiVo Stream 4K video streamer for review we ran into some issues. The device, a $50 streamer similar to a Roku or Fire TV but based on Google’s Android TV system, would repeatedly lock up and restart after playing video from Netflix and Disney Plus on an LG CX OLED TV. Audio …
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If your T-Mobile service was down on Monday, you were not alone. The third-largest wireless carrier had widespread issues across the country impacting the ability to make calls and send text messages starting shortly after 9 a.m. PT Monday and ending more than 12 hours later. At 10:03 p.m. PT Monday, Neville Ray, T-Mobile’s president of technology, tweeted that texting …
Read More »Go flying for Father’s Day: Save up to $270 on DJI drones
As long as antigravity never becomes a real thing, I predict that drones are unlikely to go out of style anytime soon. For geeks who grew up loving everything about aircraft, flying and gadgets, drones tick all the boxes. They’re easy to fly, they can shoot virtually cinema-quality video and they are an excellent hobby even in the social distancing …
Read More »Apple, Microsoft and Sony are showing big tech how to hold conferences in a COVID
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. On June 22, Apple will kick off one of its most important events of the year, the Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC for short. The event will have all the pageantry we’ve come to expect from the iPhone and Mac maker: CEO Tim Cook, …
Read More »Who says you can’t add storage to an iPhone? Get a 128GB iPhone flash drive for $18 (Update: Expired)
If you have an iPhone, you’ve no doubt heard one of the main criticisms leveled at your phone by Android users: You can’t expand its memory with a microSD card. Well, that’s true. But with a little cleverness, you can expand your iPhone’s storage capacity with a flash drive. Sort of. With caveats. But I’ll get to that in a …
Read More »Get the AirPods Pro for $220 at Amazon
This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. Father’s Day is this Sunday, and you could do a lot worse for dear old Dad than snag him a new pair of AirPods Pro. Normally $249, we’ve seen Apple’s noise-canceling earbuds sell for $235, $230 or even $220 on Woot, but …
Read More »Galaxy Watch 3 specs, photos leak ahead of rumored July reveal with Galaxy Buds Live
The leak machine is warming up. With supposed specs and photos of the Galaxy Watch 3 and Galaxy Buds Live beginning to appear, Samsung fans might not have to wait until the company’s yearly summer Unpacked launch event. Add to that new information claiming the Watch 3 will come with 1.2- and 1.4-inch displays, ECG, blood-pressure monitoring and more. The …
Read More »Twitter will let you record and post short audio tweets
Twitter is testing out a new feature that lets people record and share short audio clips, what the company is calling “tweeting with your voice.” “Sometimes 280 characters aren’t enough and some conversational nuances are lost in translation,” wrote Twitter product designer Maya Patterson and senior software engineer Rémy Bourgoin in a blog post. “So starting today, we’re testing a …
Read More »Dish deal to acquire Boost from T
Satellite TV provider Dish Network looks set to close its $5 billion deal with the new T-Mobile on July 1, according to a filing Wednesday with the SEC. Under the deal, which allowed for the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, Dish is acquiring Sprint’s prepaid mobile carrier Boost Mobile as well as Sprint’s 800MHz wireless spectrum to help it …
Read More »Relying on Silicon Valley to organize makes some protesters uneasy
For Erin Feher, protesting systemic racism after the death of George Floyd meant relying heavily on one app: Google Maps. Feher, a magazine editor in San Francisco, organized a caravan of automobiles to drive through some of the city’s sleepier neighborhoods earlier this month, in order to bring the protest to places other than downtown centers. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, …
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