December, 2019

• 9 December

  Get 6 months of HBO Now for $63

  

  Now that Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and Veep have ended, is there anything left on HBO worth watching? No, I’m genuinely asking, because there’s a very rare deal available right now: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy is offering $30 HBO Now gift cards for $21. Your limit is three, …

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• 9 December

  Stop your phone addiction. This new Google tool can help

  

  Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Tik Tok. It’s easy to be distracted by the next shiny update or amusement, instead of responding to emails, banking, reading the news or doing whatever it is you should be doing on your phone. You need Google’s newly launched tool called Focus Mode, which was designed to combat distracting apps on your Android device. Originally announced last …

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• 9 December

  2020 Mercedes

  

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• 9 December

  Mac Pro orders go live Dec. 10, Amazon moves to NYC after all

  

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• 8 December

  Steve Jobs’ signature on a floppy disk sells for $84,000

  

  How much is Steve Jobs‘ signature worth? Tens of thousands of dollars, at least. Auction house RR Auction has sold a floppy disk signed by the late Apple co-founder for a whopping $84,115. You could buy 84 iPhone 11 units for that. The floppy disk in question contains Macintosh System Tools 6.0 software. That dates it to around 1988. The …

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• 8 December

  Apple Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR to be available to order Dec. 10

  

  Apple plans to make the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR available to order on Tuesday, according to “save the date” emails the company sent to some customers on Saturday. Apple said in November it planned to bring the super-pricey, super-powerful Mac Pro to market in December. The beastly Mac Pro, along with its $5,000 6K Pro Display XDR monitor …

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• 8 December

  Iran’s internet freedom is on life support

  

  In November, Iran’s government announced a price hike on oil, leading to mass protests in Tehran. To quell the spreading unrest, the Iranian government effectively shut down the internet. After a week of Iranian security forces cracking down on protesters, including an estimated death toll between 140 and 208, internet access was gradually restored around the country. Judging by statements …

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• 8 December

  Roadshow behind the scenes: How we film car

  

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• 7 December

  Best holiday shopping deals this weekend: Switch Lite, Echo Show, Instant Pot and more

  

  Although Cyber Monday 2019 is but a fading memory, many of the deals that debuted around Thanksgiving continue this weekend, which is good news if you’re still holiday shopping. For example, lots of Amazon devices are still on sale (see below), and the elusive Nintendo Switch Lite is currently $189.99 at Woot — hardly a huge savings, but better than paying full …

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• 7 December

  TikTok is the best place on the internet. We should all delete it

  

  Hi, my name is Daniel and I have a problem. A TikTok problem. After dismissing it for over a year, TikTok was thrust upon me last month at, of all things, a bachelor party in Hong Kong. It was a little like The Hangover, but subtract drugs, strippers and Mike Tyson’s tiger and replace it with a trendy Chinese video …

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