April, 2019

• 5 April

  How to watch Mets baseball in 2019 without cable

  

  Mets fans, this could be the year. At least, it should be better than last year. After finishing fourth in the National League East, the New York Mets made some moves. New agent-turned-GM Brodie Van Wagenen shored up the bullpen with two closers: Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia. He also signed veterans Robinson Cano and …

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• 5 April

  Apple’s latest hire might help burnish its AI image

  

  The next time you think of Apple and artificial intelligence, it might be about more than how frustrating Siri can be. The tech giant poached Ian Goodfellow, a high-profile scientist in the artificial intelligence world, from Google last month. CNBC spotted the move when Goodfellow, who helped invent a new approach to the technology, updated his LinkedIn page to indicate he’s …

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• 5 April

  Android TV update brings ads to your smart television’s home screen

  

  Android TV is now showing ads on some television home screens. Users are reporting seeing a row of “sponsored” apps or “promotional channels” on the Android TV home screen. So far, they’ve shown up on Sony smart TVs, Xiaomi’s Mi Box 3, the Nvidia Shield TV and others, according to XDA Developers. This Android TV sponsorship banner is pretty darn …

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• 5 April

  iPhone 11 might get two

  

  Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the next-gen iPhone will support two-way charging. This means the next iPhone could share some battery juice with other iPhones or the new AirPods via its wireless charging case. If Kuo’s predictions are true, it shows Apple catching up to Samsung, whose newest Galaxy S10 phones can charge other devices like the Galaxy Buds earbuds and the Galaxy Watch Active. As reported …

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• 5 April

  Students’ iPhone scam reportedly takes Apple for $900K

  

  A pair of Chinese engineering students studying in Oregon allegedly scammed Apple out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, a report said. Yangyang Zhou and Quan Jiang are accused of bringing thousands of counterfeit iPhones into the US from Hong Kong as a part of a scam that kicked off in April 2017, as previously reported by The Oregonian. They …

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• 5 April

  5 killer TV deals at Best Buy today

  

  Best Buy has a handful of great TV deals going at the moment. And with the NCAA Final Four tipping off Saturday, this could be a particularly excellent moment to upgrade your home entertainment setup.  Read more: March Madness 2019: How to watch the Final Four live As Rick Broida highlighted earlier, today only, $100 will get you an Insignia 32-inch …

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• 5 April

  Researchers track Facebook groups acting as ‘online criminal flea markets’

  

  We’re used to hearing about cybercriminals using hidden servers or dark web addresses to buy and sell their wares. But these scofflaws are going about their business pretty much right in the open, via Facebook groups, according to a report published Friday from Cisco Talos. The intelligence firm discovered 74 Facebook groups that were buying and seling stolen credit card …

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• 5 April

  Find streaming TV shows and movies with these five apps

  

  With all of the streaming TV shows and movies out there, simply finding what to watch can be a hassle. But what if you already know what to watch but don’t know where to stream it? Individual services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime offer internal search, but if you have a specific show or film in mind, you probably …

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• 5 April

  How to watch Astros baseball in 2019 without cable

  

  After winning the World Series in 2017, the Houston Astros made it to the ALCS last season, where they fell to the Boston Red Sox, who then went on to win it all. In the last two regular seasons, the Astros won more than 100 games and consecutive AL West titles.  The Astros are again favorites again to win their …

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• 5 April

  The 5 best things about the new iPad Mini

  

  Apple’s iPad lineup has a few recent additions: the 10.5-inch iPad Air and the new 7.9-inch iPad Mini. Both are basically the same iPad in two different sizes, with slightly different prices. I’ve been using the updated Mini for a couple of weeks, and it’s not always a perfect fit for my needs. But the idea of a small iPad …

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