Remember when the iPhone X debuted in late 2017? “A $1,000 phone?! It’ll be a cold day in…” Ah, so you do remember. Today only, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the unlocked Apple iPhone X (64GB) for $749.99 shipped when you choose the “activate later” option. That’s $250 off and one of the …
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March, 2019
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1 March
How to remap the Bixby button on your Galaxy phone
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S10 line last month, and during the hands-on portion, it was discovered that Samsung would soon let users customize the device’s dedicated Bixby button. In the past, the button has summoned Bixby, Samsung’s personal assistant, without any way to really disable the feature. This week, Samsung updated Bixby in the Galaxy Store, enabling the option for …
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1 March
Motorola Moto G7 is now available on Google Fi for $50 off
On Friday, Google announced that the Motorola Moto G7 is available on Google Fi, the company’s phone service. If you preorder the $299 feature-packed budget phone, you can get $50 off. Read CNET’s in-depth review of the Moto G7. The Moto G7 follows in the footsteps of last year’s Moto G6 which was also on the service. The Moto G7 is …
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1 March
Amazon reportedly planning a new grocery store chain
Amazon made a big splash by scooping up Whole Foods for $13.2 billion in 2017, but it apparently wants to create yet another grocery chain. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the online retailer is planning to open dozens of new grocery stores across the US that will be branded differently from the higher-end Whole Foods stores and offer …
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1 March
Facebook faces complaints from more former content moderators in lawsuit
Two former Facebook content moderators have joined a lawsuit against the tech giant, alleging they suffered psychological trauma and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder caused by reviewing violent images on the social network. The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, alleges that Facebook violated California law by failing to provide thousands of content moderators with a safe workplace. The moderators were …
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1 March
Lenovo Yoga 730 vs. IdeaPad 730S: Can a laptop
Should you buy a traditional clamshell laptop or go with a two-in-one that can be used as both a laptop and a tablet? It’s a question as old as time… or at least a couple years old, as processors and touch displays have gotten cheaper and more efficient, allowing for better performance and streamlined designs at lower prices. Lenovo’s Yoga …
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1 March
Lyft says drivers will have a chance to pick up shares in its IPO
Lyft, the popular ride-hailing company, said it plans to pay drivers a bonus and that they could use the cash to buy shares in its IPO. Lyft filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday to list its shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange, an IPO that could come as early as next month. The San Francisco-based company reportedly …
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1 March
CNET Asks: Do you want a wearable smartphone?
Smartphone design just got taken to another level. Nubia, an associate company to Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, just unveiled the world’s first wearable smart phone at MWC 2019. The smartphone, (or is it a smartwatch?), named the Nubia Alpha, looks like something out of a sci-fi novel, and it’s a first step toward the wearable tech of the future. The …
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1 March
CNN taps Magic Leap to give your news an interactive AR spin
In case simply watching the news on your TV or phone isn’t enough, CNN added its app to the Magic Leap One AR headset Friday. The integration into the headset gives you the power to “go there,” CNN said, through what the company calls a “robust interactive experience in mixed reality.” If you’re a Magic Leap One owner, you can …
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1 March
Sigma ’60 megapixel’ Foveon mirrorless camera delayed until 2020, report says
Sigma’s the only company that announced a full-frame mirrorless camera in 2018, but it hasn’t started selling it. When the company talked about it at Photokina in September, it didn’t provide much detail save to say it would be out this year. Now that’s slipped to 2020, but the company did state a resolution for the new version of its Foveon …
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