In the past, Apple products rarely went on sale. Today, you can often find discounts on the Apple Watches, iPads, MacBooks and more, usually at stores like Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. Right now, for example, the Apple Watch Series 3 38mm is on sale for $169, a savings of $30. That said, I remain …
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2 July
Uber works with #WhatsMyName to make sure riders get in the right car
It’s been more than a year since Samantha Josephson unknowingly got into the wrong Uber car late on a Friday night in Columbia, South Carolina. Fourteen hours later, the 21-year-old was found dead in a wooded area about 90 miles away. For Josephson’s parents, the pain of her death is still agonizing. “Every time we talk about it, it’s hard,” …
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2 July
Facebook launches July 4th voter registration drive ahead of US elections
This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook on Thursday said it’s launching its Fourth of July voter registration drive this week, the “largest voting information campaign in American history.” This follows an announcement by the company late last month that it aims to get 4 million people to register to vote in …
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2 July
Windows 10 Start menu gets a new, streamlined design
Microsoft has announced that it is rolling out a handful of Windows 10 upgrades to a small number of testers. These features are not tied to any scheduled update to the operating system, as the announcement made clear, but they do give a window into changes Microsoft may consider adopting in the future. The new menu features a more subdued …
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2 July
Facebook to shut down experimental apps Hobbi, Lasso
Facebook is shutting down experimental apps Hobbi and Lasso. Users reportedly received notifications that each app will be closing up shop as of July 10. Hobbi, developed by Facebook’s New Product Experimentation team, launched in February for iOS as a Pinterest-like app for organizing and saving photos of personal projects such as baking, ceramics, gardening, arts & crafts and more. …
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2 July
Facebook, Instagram push masks for COVID
Facebook on Thursday said it’ll start pushing information on face coverings and other preventive measures for COVID-19 on its platform, as well as on Instagram, which it owns. This comes as the US sees an increase in cases across the country. All US users will see an alert at the top of their Facebook news feed, as well as a …
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2 July
Following Facebook, Intel invests in Indian internet giant Jio
Intel is investing millions of dollars for a small stake in India’s largest telecom operator as it seeks to further tap into the world’s second largest internet market. The deal will see the US tech company sink in $253 million dollars for a 0.39% stake in Jio Platforms, according to a statement published on Friday. Jio Platforms — a digital unit of …
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2 July
The five best laptop deals at Dell’s summer Cyber Savings sale
If you’re in the market for a back-to-school or work-from-home laptop, Dell has a number of models on sale. The company is currently offering deep discounts on a wide variety of products, from monitors and desktops to Chromebooks and gaming laptops. You can see all of Dell’s Cyber Savings deals here, and keep reading to check out five of the …
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2 July
Fake 5G coronavirus theories have real
Telephone engineer David Snowdon was just returning to his van after an assignment repairing a cell site when a car sped past him, spun around and stopped right in front of him. Two men got out of the vehicle and asked him if he had anything to do with 5G masts. “You better not be or there will be fucking …
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2 July
Apple’s ‘walled garden’ walls will get even higher with iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and MacOS Big Sur
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The tech industry often refers to Apple’s ecosystem of devices as a “walled garden,” an idyllic world of tech where each of the company’s devices work together because Apple controls intricate details of how they work. In a few months, that wall will …
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