August, 2016

• 26 August

  Get a 1

  

  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. Want to catch up on “Mr. Robot”? How about some classic episodes of “Robot Chicken”? And, hey, when …

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• 26 August

  AmazonFresh customers: Beware of the $5 Snickers bar

  

  Update, August 29: After this story ran on Friday, Amazon appears to have made a handful of fixes to bugs highlighted below. The company declined to comment for this story and didn’t respond to a request for comment Monday. In mid-June, Dave Jackson bought a Frito-Lay variety pack through AmazonFresh for $10.44. When he returned to the Amazon mobile app …

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• 26 August

  Sprint launches pricier unlimited plan with HD video

  

  Sprint now has an unlimited plan for people who can’t get enough video on their phones. The nation’s fourth-largest carrier unveiled “Unlimited Freedom Premium,” which offers the same free-for-all as its “Unlimited Freedom” option, but also throws in high-definition video. The plan costs $80 a month, a $20 premium over its basic unlimited plan. Sprint is following in the footsteps …

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• 26 August

  Snakes on a cell tower: T

  

  There are some things you just hope to never see while you’re working. A writhing bundle of snakes is one of those things (unless you’re a herpetologist). A T-Mobile field engineer climbed up a cell tower and made a discovery that will give some people nightmares: a mass of snakes all coiled around each other and the tower equipment. Related …

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• 26 August

  Facebook changes Trending Topics after criticism

  

  In Silicon Valley, maybe a computer really can do it better. Facebook is changing up the way it shows you trending topics, the company said in a blog post Friday. Instead of describing the topic with a headline, the new automated format simply highlights the trend — a word, phrase, hashtag, etc. — without any frills or fuss. Anyone who …

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• 26 August

  The Pokemon Go tracker isn’t useless, here’s why

  

  Now playing: Watch this: This $35 Nintendo gadget will help you catch Pokemon 1:05 Some Pokemon Go players are lamenting that now that there are no steps on the in-game tracker and PokeVision has been shut down, playing the game is like playing Marco Polo with no Polo. Many other people say that playing the game just isn’t as fun …

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• 26 August

  Netpicks: Everything coming and going on Netflix for September 2016

  

  A good number of film classics start streaming in September. “Top Gun” and “Jaws” make their way online to Netflix. Several other “Jaws” movies arrive, too — but those aren’t as classic. Newer titles like the “The Imitation Game” and “Zootopia” become available in September. Then there are Netflix’s originals. “Marvel’s Luke Cage” season one will hit the service late …

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• 26 August

  U.S. Cellular’s new share plans bump up the data

  

  Regional carrier U.S. Cellular launched new sharing plans this week that raise the amount of data per plan, while also inching up the price. Here are the new plans, courtesy of U.S. Cellular: 2GB for $30 per month (Previously: 1GB for $25) 4GB for $45 per month (Previously: 3GB for $40) 8GB for $60 per month (Previously: 6GB for $55) …

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• 26 August

  Crave giveaway: Awesome CNET Moving Day Grab Bag

  

  Congratulations to last week’s winner, Alan C. of Brighton, Colorado, for scoring season 6 of “Game of Thrones” on digital HD. We here at CNET’s San Francisco headquarters are busy packing up to move for a bit while our digs get a fancy remodel. In the process, we’ve uncovered piles and piles of cool stuff (plus WinZip for Windows XP …

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• 26 August

  Jar Jar returns in this ‘Rogue One’ parody

  

  One character that would make trailers for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” so much better is Jar Jar Binks, said absolutely no one ever. But that didn’t stop fan Michael Murdock from making “Rogue Binks: A Star Wars Story” with Jar Jar standing in for Jyn Erso. Related stories New international ‘Rogue One’ trailer reveals more Star Wars secrets …

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