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Sprint’s crazy

Sprint’s latest deal was too good to last. But it’s surprising just how quickly it’s going away.  A week ago, the nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier introduced a promotional $15 unlimited data plan, with few strings, and no plans to ever see a price increase. That dirt-cheap price wasn’t feasible in the long term, and Sprint …

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Oculus is hosting free World Cup viewing parties in VR

The World Cup begins today and you can watch it in VR if you have a mobile Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR headset.  Facebook’s Oculus Venues app, a place for watching live events in VR, is adding free livestreams of selected World Cup games via Fox Sports for US viewers over the next couple of weeks. The Venues app projects these matches into …

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Google’s new Ad Settings show how dumb targeted ads still are

I’m as scared as anybody that all of my oh-so-personal data is being turned into a giant dossier that’ll help companies and governments target me in all kinds of seminefarious ways. Shadow profiles and the like.  But if Google’s just revamped Ad Settings tool is any indication, those potentially privacy-penetrating algorithms are still pretty dumb.  So dumb that I’m happy …

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The iPhone 3GS is going on sale, and no, it isn’t 2009

The iPhone 3GS is making a comeback — nine years after it originally went on sale. South Korean wireless carrier SK Telink will start selling the iPhone 3GS by the end of the month, ETNews reports (via AppleInsider).  It won’t be a dusty refurbished heap of junk either. SK Telink somehow got its hands on pristine, untouched 2009 iPhones in their original packaging, …

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The robots of Boston Dynamics

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