Microsoft Edge still has a way to go before it wins any “browser of the year” awards, but it’s a much better browser after the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The improvements include support for browser extensions, a right-click history menu and click-to-play Flash video. In other words, it might be time to consider switching over …
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29 August
Facebook’s Trending Topics hits turmoil over fake news story
Can you trust Facebook’s Trending Topics? The world’s largest social network hit a new snag over the weekend, promoting an erroneous news story about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. The story was put on the site’s Trending Topics, a list on the top right of Facebook’s main page, which is visited by more than 1.7 billion people each month. The …
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29 August
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In the never-ending arms race for mobile data plans, T-Mobile recently ditched the conventional approach altogether in favor of a simpler unlimited data, voice and text plan called One. But unlimited means different things to different people, and there was an immediate backlash against the new plan’s limitations on device tethering and HD video playback. Higher-speed tethering and HD video …
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29 August
Get a Microsoft Lumia 640 smartphone for $26.99
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Now playing: Watch this: The fun, plastic Microsoft Lumia 640 1:51 Remember when owning a smartphone — any smartphone — meant spending hundreds …
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29 August
R.I.P. Gene Wilder, who brought both chocolate and meme factories to life
Gene Wilder, a comedy icon who entertained a generation on the screen and later fueled an online meme machine, is dead at 83. His nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, said Wilder died Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. When Wilder was at the top of his game in the 1970s, he was one of the biggest-name comic actors around, starring in classics …
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29 August
Apple sends invites for September 7: iPhone 7, Apple Watch 2 most likely on tap
Now playing: Watch this: Apple likely to unveil new iPhones on September 7 1:48 Enlarge Image Apple The next iPhone will probably be revealed to the world on September 7. And maybe a watch, too. Apple made it official today, confirming the previously rumored date of the first Wednesday in September. The venue is once again at Bill Graham Civic …
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29 August
8 Pokemon Go myths you should stop believing
There are a lot of Pokemon Go tips out there. Some are helpful and a bunch of them are just fiction. I tried out a handful of tips and did some research to zero in on the stinkers. Here’s what I found. Myth: Hatch this egg to get that Pokemon There have been a bunch of charts circulating the internet …
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28 August
Watching US Netflix in Australia just got harder
Australian Netflix customers are going to have a tougher time watching geoblocked movies and TV shows after local VPN provider uFlix announced it has pulled support for unblocked Netflix content. The Melbourne-based company promises its users access to overseas content normally unavailable in Australia — through services such as Hulu, HBO Now and BBC iPlayer — for a monthly fee. …
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28 August
Roku’s new streamers may have HDR and get names instead of numbers, report says
Hoping for a Roku 5 to succeed the Roku 4? You may be disappointed by this report. According to ZatzNotFunny.com‘s correlation of an FCC leak against a Canadian computer sales website published Saturday, the streaming company could be debuting up to five streaming devices this fall that would add HDR picture capabilities and give each of the streamers a name …
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28 August
Are AT&T’s and Verizon’s no
Nobody likes getting socked with a charge for going over a monthly wireless data cap. And thanks to changes made by the nation’s two largest carriers, those days may be over forever. Earlier this summer AT&T and Verizon said they’d eliminate charges for customers who bust their data caps, in exchange for slowing service to 2G speeds. It’s a policy …
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