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AAA Classic members can hand over their annual renewal fee to Sprint. Sprint is offering to foot the bill to belong to the motor club as a discount, the company said Thursday, as long as AAA Classic members are with the wireless network. The offer requires one active phone and a AAA member number. The wireless carrier is offering 4 …

Here’s how much the Galaxy Note 7 debacle is costing Samsung: About $3 billion. The South Korean company on Thursday said discontinuing its device, which it recalled for a second time this week for battery issues, will hurt its operating profit in the mid-3 trillion won range from the fourth quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2017. That’s …

Now playing: Watch this: What to look for in a budget Blu-ray player 2:00 These days, it’s all about streaming. But there are plenty of us who still have giant collections of DVDs and Blu-rays. Thankfully, that’s no longer an either-or proposition: you can get a good disc player that also doubles as a good streamer. But before we look …

‘Tis the season for temporary employment. Amazon will be hiring more than 120,000 seasonal workers in the US this year, the company said Thursday. The jobs will span 27 states and cover customer service sites, sortation centers and fulfillment centers. That’s about 20,000 more positions than last year. The e-commerce giant kept many of its seasonal workers from 2015. “Last …

Well, it’s better than the offer from the adult entertainment site. Ken Bone, the man who won last week’s presidential debate despite the fact he’s not running for president, has sold out. “Everyone wants to know if I’ve decided… and I have. uberSELECT helps you ride in style like me, Bone tweeted on Thursday. ” What he was promoting was …

If you’ve got a killer idea for a virtual-reality startup, now’s your chance. Taiwanese electronics maker HTC said Thursday its Vive X accelerator program for virtual-reality companies is accepting new submissions. “We are looking forward to serving the next round of innovative companies that can make a difference in the space,” said Marc Metis, vice president for HTC Vive and …

Verizon’s $4.8 billion takeover deal for Yahoo may be doomed. The wireless carrier’s general counsel has told some reporters, including the Washington Post, that Verizon is leaning toward declaring Yahoo’s huge data breach a “material event.” That likely means Verizon wouldn’t have offered as much money — or made a bid for Yahoo at all — had it known about …

The Galaxy Note 7’s run has come to an inauspicious end, with Samsung issuing a second recall for the faulty device and halting production on new units. We took a look at how the company handled the explosive issues, the recall and speculate on what it means for Samsung now. Moving on from the flagship sinking, we also talk about …

Shazam is introducing music-video channels to its song-identification app, its latest bolt-on feature aimed at keeping people inside its app longer. The channels stream curated videos, in partnership with a company called Vadio, which powers music-video players for media and tech companies. Early in the app economy almost a decade ago, Shazam emerged as a breakthrough concept that capitalized on …