Sprint and Walgreens are expanding their store-within-a-store collaboration. The companies said Thursday they’re opening 80 more Sprint Express locations throughout the Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth areas. The additions are expected to open by the end of this year. Sprint Express stores offer wireless services and expertise at Walgreens, including advice on mobile services and …
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Walmart’s Jet will soon hawk Nike gear as it fights to stand out
Jet will start selling Nike products in October as part of an effort to draw in more young, urban customers. The new deal coincides with the Walmart-owned online retailer’s brand relaunch that debuted Thursday. The Jet website got an overhaul and its grocery service was revamped as the company aims to double down on urban customers, its target audience. The Nike partnership will “bring …
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In this edition of CNET Member Asks, we’re dealing with an important subject and an interesting twist of fate. This week we are combining two member-submitted questions on the same subject, both from guys named Rick. Rick A. is from West Milton, Ohio. Rick T. is from an area outside of Louisville, Kentucky. Both have the same problem. They both …
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Writing got a lot easier when spellcheckers and grammar checkers arrived on the scene. Now Facebook is using artificial intelligence to give programmers a similar boost with a tool called SapFix that’ll debug their software. “SapFix can automatically generate fixes for specific bugs, and then propose them to engineers for approval and deployment to production,” Facebook engineers Yue Jia, Ke …
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Smartwatches may be having their moment, but basic wearables like step-counting wristbands haven’t yet run out of time. So says market researcher IDC, which predicted on Thursday that shipments of smartwatches will nearly double by 2022, clocking in at 94.3 million units. That’s nearly half the total number of wearables to be shipped the same year, which IDC says should …
Read More »How to use an old laptop as a battery backup during a hurricane
This is one time when the hoarders might have the right idea. With Hurricane Florence drawing close, I’m reminded of one of my own experiences, when Superstorm Sandy hit New York in 2012. Back then, out of an abundance of caution, I pulled a big, bulky, otherwise useless laptop out of a closet and plugged it in to fully charge …
Read More »Twitter bots were 2.5 times more effective than humans in US presidential debate
You already know bots are capable of shaping our political views. Now new research shows they were more powerful than we thought. Fake accounts were around 2.5 times more influential than humans during the 2016 US presidential debate, according to researchers from the Australian National University Wednesday. The study was based on an analysis of 6.4 million tweets posted over a 90-minute …
Read More »How to preorder the Apple Watch Series 4
Apple on Wednesday unveiled its new Apple Watch Series 4 from the Steve Jobs Theater in its Apple Park headquarters. The new watch has a larger face, louder speakers and a faster S4 chip. It also packs an electrical heart sensor that can perform an EKG and detect atrial fibrillation (AFib), while the improved accelerometer and gyroscope can detect if …
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