Update, July 17: Amazon’s Prime Day sale has officially ended. Some of the deals below may continue to be available for a time, but we’re no longer updating this story. Instead, check out the links below for the best current deals at Amazon and Walmart. (Walmart’s Summer Savings sale continues all-day Wednesday.) The best Amazon …
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16 July
Get Prime Day MacBook deals: Huge savings on classic MacBook Air and 3 older models
Amazon’s Prime Day is on day two! And if you’ve had your eye on a discounted MacBook ($600 at Amazon), today could be your lucky day. Apple made some changes to its line of MacBooks last week, bringing two updated models to its lineup. The updated MacBook Air added a True Tone screen and dropped the starting price by $100, …
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16 July
This Amazon Prime Day 2019 top headphone deal expires soon: Sony WH
With Bose recently releasing its new $400 Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, we continue to see sales on the Sony WH-1000XM3, which has been on the market for a year. It’s currently our top-rated noise-canceling headphone and is being discounted once again from $350 to $298 at Amazon for Prime Day. It’s not officially listed as a Prime Day deal, so you don’t …
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16 July
The end of Amazon Prime Day is coming: Last chance for huge Kindle savings on $85 Paperwhite, $175 Oasis
It’s not fair to say “now or never” with Amazon. But right now, it’s more like “now or… closer to Black Friday.” That’s because the big Prime Day sale is in its final hours — it ends at midnight PT tonight — and once it ends, you likely won’t see Amazon’s full range of Kindle e-readers discounted again anytime soon. That product …
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16 July
Facebook Libra raises ‘very serious concerns,’ says Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Since it was announced in June, Facebook has received pushback for its Libra cryptocurrency from government officials in both the US and Europe. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin added his concerns and questioned what’s being done to curb illegal activity involving cryptocurrency. “The Treasury Department has expressed very serious concerns that Libra could be misused by money launderers and …
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16 July
Sprint customer accounts breached by hackers
Sprint has confirmed a data breach, telling customers that hackers broke into their accounts through a Samsung website. The number of customer accounts breached isn’t yet known, CNET sister site ZDNet reported Tuesday. The hack occurred June 22, Sprint told its customers in a letter, and included details like first and last name, billing address, phone number, subscriber ID, account …
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16 July
Amazon Prime Day 2019: Best final deals on keyboards and mice from Logitech, Razer, Corsair, HyperX
Update, July 17: Amazon’s Prime Day sale has officially ended. Some of the deals below may continue to be available for a time, but we’re no longer updating this story. Instead, check out the links below for the best current deals at Amazon and Walmart. (Walmart’s Summer Savings sale continues all-day Wednesday.) The best Amazon Prime Day deals still available Walmart …
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16 July
Sony A7R IV packs new 61MP, 15
The update to its veteran A7R series, the A7R IV, boasts Sony’s own medium-format-class, 15-stop full-frame 61-megapixel BSI sensor to take on inexpensive medium-format camera competitors like Fujifilm’s GFX 50S. And it comes in at a lower price than the entry-level medium formats as well: It will be $3,500 when it ships in September in the US. (Directly converted, that’s …
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16 July
Emoji for falafel, service dogs and sloths are finally here
If you’ve ever wished for a sloth, waffle or falafel emoji, the wait is almost over. Apple and Google both unveiled dozens of new emoji ahead of World Emoji Day on Wednesday. They include animals like a flamingo, orangutan and sloth, as well as foods such as waffles, falafel and garlic. The companies will also roll out new emoji depicting …
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16 July
Senators’ new 5G legislation would keep Huawei blacklisted
President Donald Trump may be ready to ease some restrictions on Huawei, but new bipartisan legislation aims to keep the Chinese tech giant blacklisted. The Defending America’s 5G Future Act, led by Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and Maryland Democrat Sen. Chris van Hollen, would prohibit the removal of Huawei from the government’s Entity List without an act of Congress. “Huawei isn’t …
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