As we gear up for Day 2 of Prime Day, a bunch of other retailers have elbowed in with their own online sales, much like last year. For now, the list includes eBay, Google, Newegg, Walmart and Lowe’s. (GameStop’s sale has now ended.) Here are the alternative Prime Day sales we’ve heard about so far. We’ll continue …
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17 July
House Republican sides with Democrats to save net neutrality
Rep. Mike Coffman from Colorado has become the first Republican in the House to join Democrats in the effort to save the Obama-era 2015 net neutrality rules. On Tuesday, Coffman told the website Politico that he plans to support the Congressional Review Act resolution drafted by Democrats, which aims to save rules the Republican-led Federal Communications Commission rolled back in …
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17 July
Samsung’s new DRAM chip could make your mobile device run faster and longer
Samsung on Monday unveiled a new memory chip for mobile devices that promises 50 percent speed improvements and 30 percent better battery life. Samsung says the chip is the world’s first 10-nanometer 8Gb LPDDR5 DRAM that it’s 1.5 times as fast as the mobile LPDDR4X DRAM chips used in current flagship mobile devices. The chip will be able to support …
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17 July
5 tips and tricks to get the most out of YouTube Music
Google’s latest endeavor into streaming music services has a slight learning curve, only because it takes some inspiration from YouTube in how it handles your music. If you’re wondering just what YouTube Music is, and how it differs from YouTube Premium or Google Play Music, we lay it all out here. Three main sections Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET When you …
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17 July
Best Amazon Prime Day 2018 deals: Storage, SSD and flash drives
Update, July 18: Prime Day officially ended at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET). All the deals featured below have expired. Check out our roundup of Prime Day deals still available for a curated list of the best remaining bargains. Amazon Prime Day, the online retailer’s giant 36-hour sale, starts at noon PT (3 p.m. ET) on Monday and runs through …
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17 July
Congressman asks Amazon to stop selling neo
US Rep. Keith Ellison on Tuesday raised concerns about “a staggering amount” of neo-Nazi and white nationalist books and e-books being sold on Amazon and asked the company to remove them. Citing a new study by the Partnership for Working Families and the Action Center on Race and the Economy, the Minnesota Democrat mentioned in a letter to CEO Jeff …
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17 July
Mophie’s new Apple
Mophie has announced some new external battery chargers aimed at users of iPhones, iPads, and AirPods. What’s unique about them is that instead of recharging them with a Micro-USB cable, you can recharge them with the Lightning cable that came with your Apple device, cutting down on the number of cables you have to carry. The two new PowerStation Plus …
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17 July
Facebook accused of protecting far
Facebook allegedly protected the pages of far-right activists from deletion despite their owners engaging in behavior that warranted moderation, a documentary says. Pages are normally deleted if they contain five or more items violating Facebook’s code of conduct, but Channel 4’s Dispatches series reports that popular ones are protected by “shielded review,” according to the Guardian. The documentary Inside Facebook: …
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17 July
Amazon says US Prime Day 2018 sales strong, despite ‘ruff start’
Amazon says sales during its annual Prime Day are surging so far in the US, even after a series of glitches crippled its site and app for many customers on Monday. “Prime Day sales in the U.S. so far are bigger than ever – in fact, in the first 10 hours Prime Day grew even faster, year-over-year, than the first …
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17 July
Amazon in the dog house for Prime Day 2018 outages (The 3:59, Ep. 427)
On this podcast, we talk about: Amazon’s Prime Day 2018 started off with a lot of glitches, but the e-tailer says sales were strong anyway. Netflix’s subscriber growth underwhelms. Preview of this year’s Comic-Con. Now playing: Watch this: Prime Day 2018 and the 404 dogs of Amazon 2:25 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories …
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