The four big broadcasters in the US — Disney‘s ABC, CBS, Fox and Comcast’s NBCUniversal — are suing a small, nonprofit streaming service, called Locast, which grabs over-the-air channels and makes them available to stream. The Locast service is available in 13 cities, including New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The suit is the first attack against …
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31 July
Tokyo Olympics tickets are sold out. Here’s how to buy them next spring
The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are a year away, but if you’re going to try to watch the games in person, you’ve got to start planning now. The Summer Games run from July 24 to Aug. 9, 2020, and feature new events such as karate, surfing and sport climbing, along with favorites like swimming, basketball and track and field. …
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31 July
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 has a few key features the iPad could use
There aren’t many good Android tablets, and Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S6 is aiming to be one of the best. After trying it out briefly in a demo in New York, I did admire a few things Samsung’s doing with their newest tablet — because they’re things Apple’s iPad still doesn’t do yet. All three would be helpful. But it’s …
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31 July
Samsung’s budget Galaxy A20 phone now on Boost Mobile
Samsung’s midrange Galaxy A20 phone is now available on Boost Mobile, with the prepaid carrier charging $129.99 plus tax for the device. Boost is also charging $25 per month per line for unlimited data, talk and text. The Samsung Galaxy A20. Boost Mobile The Samsung Galaxy A20 comes with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display, an 8MP selfie camera, a 13MP …
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31 July
Samsung teases new Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Tab ahead of Note 10 Unpacked event
Samsung had already planned a big event for its Galaxy Note 10 phone for Aug. 7, but it appears the tech company has more announcements coming. A new teaser video shows it’ll also unveil its new Galaxy tablet — revealed to be the Tab S6 — and a watch that’s probably the Galaxy Watch Active 2 respectively, on July 31 and Aug. …
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31 July
Drone app now shows where you’re allowed to fly
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has rereleased its drones app, this time with useful information on where you can and can’t fly your drone in the national airspace system (NAS). The B4UFLY mobile app is free in the Apple App Store and Google Play store as of Wednesday. The app now has a clear status indicator of whether it’s …
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31 July
Facebook says ‘not our role’ to remove content some politicians ‘consider to be false’
Facebook’s controversies with political campaigns march ever on. Vice President of Facebook Asia Pacific Simon Milner reportedly delivered a judgement on Facebook’s handling of potential fake news that spread on its platform during Australia’s federal election this past May. In correspondence seen by Guardian Australia, reported Tuesday, Facebook executive Simon Milner reportedly said it is not “our role to remove …
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31 July
Wireless headphones on sale: AirPods are just $136, Beats for $180 and Sony’s best for $265
Once upon a time, Apple products were almost never discounted. Now, Apple seems to be letting the price on some of its keystone products dip southward. The new 2019 version of the AirPods is a case in point: At the Apple Store, they cost $179, or $199 for the version that includes the wireless charging case. But even before Prime …
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31 July
Bose Soundwear Companion is still $150 off
Half wearable speaker, half headphone, Bose’s Soundwear Companion is a strange product that’s hard to fully grasp unless you’ve tried it out. I liked it when I tried it, but the big strike against it was its high price of $300. However, at $149 — which is what Amazon, Best Buy and others are selling it for in a limited-time deal …
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31 July
Pokemon Go has crossed 1 billion in downloads
The weeks following the July 2016 release of Pokemon Go were the closest humanity may ever come to a hive mind. Millions of people in dozens of countries became enamoured with the game: Friends were made, miles were walked and cars were crashed, all in the name of catching those cheeky pocket monsters. Now, the game has passed an impressive …
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