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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Quick housekeeping note: If you had trouble getting the headphone/mobile-charger bonus deal I shared on Friday, well, blame Amazon. Short version: Different resellers …

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Heard ’em say Kanye West got sued today

A fan who thinks Kanye West dissed him is fighting back with a lawsuit. Justin Baker-Rhett is suing the hip hop star on claims West lied when he said his album, “The Life of Pablo,” would be available only on streaming service Tidal, according to the proposed class-action suit filed Monday in US District Court in San Francisco. The lawsuit …

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How to watch the Boston Marathon

Runners and spectators from around the world will take to the streets in just a few hours for the Boston Marathon. The 26.2-mile course will take runners from Hopkinton, Massachusetts all the way to Boylston St. in Boston. The 120th running of the historic race is scheduled to begin at 8:50 a.m. (5:50 a.m. PT), with the mobility impaired runners. …

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Now playing: Watch this: Meet the 16-year-old world drone-racing champion 1:43 Drone racers hope their sport could go mainstream. Hit play on the video above to get an inside look at how first-person view (FPV) drone racing works, and what its star pilots hope the future has in store. “I really think the sport’s just going to keep growing and …

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Back in 2005, Mark Zuckerberg didn’t expect Facebook to grow beyond colleges

The success of Facebook is beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, including those of Mark Zuckerberg apparently. In a video interview done in 2005, when asked whether he planed to expand Facebook beyond colleges, he didn’t seem to show any ambition in that direction. “Facebook is an online directory for colleges.” said Zuckerberg then “A lot of people are focused on taking …

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Global trust in the Internet is in decline, survey says

Not so sure about your privacy and security online? You’re not alone. A recent survey commissioned by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) reveals that 83 percent of people around the world believe that there is a need for new rules about how companies and governments use personal data. And 85 percent believe that their governments should work closely …

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Amazon Prime Video wants to be the new Netflix (The 3:59, Ep. 29)

There goes the streaming neighborhood. After years of Amazon Prime Video being hidden within the broader Prime service for $99 a year, the e-commerce company finally made the streaming-video service a standalone option. That could spell trouble for streaming-video leader Netflix. We also talk about Apple apparently stopping support of its Quicktime video player on Windows and the science of …

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