Support for Windows 7 has officially ended, which means it’s time to upgrade to Windows 10 to keep that old PC running smoothly and securely. You can check for issues before installing a Windows 10 update, but even then you still might experience a hiccup. After installing a previous Windows update, for example, my laptop’s battery stopped …
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19 January
Apple Watch and iPhone: How to pair, unpair
If you just got a new Apple Watch Series 5 ($349 at eBay) and are planning to sell your old Apple Watch Series 3 ($199 at Best Buy), here’s how to set it up and unpair your old model. The newest Apple Watch brings a number of refinements and new features to last year’s Series 4. Released alongside the iPhone …
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19 January
Some deals to get you through the weekend: Headphones, home security, LED lighting and more
Whew! We made it to Friday, everyone. And just a heads-up: I’m off Monday, though newsletter subscribers will receive their deal email as usual. (You do subscribe to the Cheapskate newsletter, right? If not, there’s a sign-up box right at the bottom of this post!) Today I couldn’t decide on just one or two deals to share, so I’m giving …
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19 January
The best MLK Day deals for this weekend: Xbox, AirPods, games, robovacuums and more
Many of us have a long weekend coming up — Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. There are a lot of ways you can spend your newfound freedom, and I hope you’ll dedicate a little of it to remembering the American hero whom the day celebrates. But there will also be plenty of time to participate in …
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19 January
That Instagram habit might not be making your teen depressed after all
Social media use is nearly ubiquitous among today’s teens, as is smartphone ownership, which has led many experts to wonder if the resulting screen addiction is leading to a spike in depression and other mental health problems. Well, a research study published Friday suggests that such fears may be overblown. A study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, …
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19 January
Samsung’s Neon ‘artificial humans’ are confusing everyone. We set the record straight
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. A robot that brings you more toilet paper when you run out. Samsung’s softball-shaped robot named Ballie. Of all the digital pals shown off at CES last week, none were quite as uncanny as Neon, the humanlike “life form” funded by a Samsung lab …
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19 January
Best Buy’s TCL TV deal cuts an extra 15% off the 5 Series, 6 Series and 8 Series
In the market for a new TV, maybe for watching some playoff football in style? For a limited time, Best Buy is offering an extra 15% off a wide range of TCL TV models when you apply promo code TCLDOLBY15 at checkout. And those models are already on sale, making this a rare opportunity indeed. (Best Buy almost never offers promo codes.) …
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19 January
Watch SpaceX blow up a Falcon 9 rocket to test its launch abort system
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19 January
Toilet Built Under 'Swachh Bharat' Becomes Kitchen While Family Continues To Defecate In Open But PM Modi Has Already Declared India Open Defecation Free
On October 2 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gleefully announced that India has become open-defecation free and hyped on the hundreds of thousands of toilets built under his government’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Abhiyan while paying a deaf ear to the feedback from critics, who shunned his announcement saying that India was light years away from achieving the milestone. The …
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19 January
‘Parachute Bhi Jam Gaya Hai’: Mumbaikars Shiver In 15.5 Degrees; Drass Remains Frozen At -24.1
Mumbai is reeling under intense cold wave conditions. Well, at least the residents believe so and are quite happy that winter has finally arrived in the city. The temperature dropped to 15.4 degrees Celsius in the suburbs on the intervening light of Wednesday-Thursday, making it the coldest night of the season. The minimum temperature in South Mumbai was 17.6 degree …
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