So you’ve got your hands on a new Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus ($190 at Walmart), Google Pixel 3 ($250 at Amazon) or Huawei P30 Pro ($575 at Amazon), and you’ve got the keys to the incredible Aston Martin DBS Superleggera. Of course you have, you lucky bastard. To document this wonderful event, you’re going to …
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April, 2019
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30 April
Garmin revamps Forerunner smartwatch lineup
Garmin has rejiggered its Forerunner smartwatch line with a greater emphasis on the needs of runners — tracking stats and analyzing them to understand your performance, training history and goals. The new line consists of five models: the Forerunner 45, 45S, 245, 245 Music and 945. The entry-level Forerunner 45 and 45S series will ship in May starting at $199.99. …
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30 April
¡Hola Alexa! Amazon’s assistant will speak Spanish in the US later this year
If you speak Spanish or want to learn, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to help. Alexa will be able to speak Spanish in the US later this year, Amazon said in a blog post on Monday. The company launched a new voice model so developers can build skills for Spanish-speaking users in the US using the Alexa Skills Kit. …
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30 April
How Facebook’s big ambitions for messaging will impact you
Sitting on a grey couch at Facebook’s headquarters, Stan Chudnovsky starts talking about what humans can’t live without. The head of the social network’s Messenger service isn’t speaking about food, shelter or water. Instead, he points to what he and I are doing at this very moment: communicating. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook launches Messenger for desktop 1:33 “There is …
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30 April
Budget
Available at US retailers Amazon and BestBuy, you can preorder the affordable Nokia 4.2 phone today and have it ship by May 14. Launched in February at MWC 2019, the phone runs Android One and costs $189. Android One is a trimmed-down, stock version of Android without any of the fancy interface additions phone-makers may add. It’s a way for Google to make cheaper phones …
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30 April
Anki, maker of cute mini
Robotics company Anki will close its doors on Wednesday. The San Francisco-based maker of adorable mini-robots Vector and Cosmo will lay off its entire staff, according to Recode, which reported that CEO Boris Sofman made the announcement at an all-hands meeting on Monday. Nearly 200 employees will receive only a week of severance pay, the report noted. In the days …
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30 April
Oculus Quest will give life to an emotionally intelligent pink alien fuzzball
Last week, I befriended a fuzzy pink alien that my robot sidekick and I nicknamed Pork Bun. We played fetch around a bonfire and munched on virtual marshmallows. Pork Bun was so charming that, when I had to choose between protecting Pork Bun or saving the human race from extinction, I tacitly left planet Earth to fend for itself to …
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30 April
Facebook’s latest makeover shines spotlight on groups
Your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The Facebook app on your smartphone will start to look different. Now playing: Watch this: Zuckerberg gives a first look at redesigned Facebook… 3:23 On Tuesday, Facebook said it’s redesigning its app to make it easier for users to find and join groups on the world’s largest social network. A Facebook group is a place …
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30 April
Verizon holds the most 5G
It’s that time of year in New York, when digital media companies put on “Newfronts,” splashy presentations for video advertisers. Usually, it’s a chance for services like Hulu and YouTube to impress marketers with their buzzy new shows and trot out their highest-wattage talent. So for its Newfront, Verizon put its biggest star center stage: 5G. Verizon, which bought digital media …
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30 April
How to watch Reds baseball in 2019 without cable
After four consecutive last-place finishes, the Cincinnati Reds shook things up this past offseason by trading for Yasiel Puig and replacing three-fifths of their starting rotation with newcomers Sonny Gray, Tanner Roark and Alex Wood. With their revamped rotation along with young sluggers Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker and steady vet and on-base machine Joey Votto, the Reds hope to …
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