Now playing: Watch this: Major Windows 10 update coming August 2 1:38 Microsoft Windows 10 is on more than 350 million devices. All of them will be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows Anniversary Update that brings Cortana to the lock screen, Xbox Play Anywhere and other features. Now playing: Watch this: Amazon discounts …
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29 June
Get a Lyft in the ‘Ghostbusters’ Ecto
Now playing: Watch this: Call the ‘Ghostbusters’ Ecto-1 with Lyft’s Ghost Mode… 1:16 Ever want to take a ride in the Ghostbusters company car, Ecto-1? Now you can, with a new promotion from Lyft and Sony — and you don’t have to carpool with Slimer. This promotion for the new “Ghostbusters” reboot offers customers the option to ride in Ghost …
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29 June
Amazon starts selling its own branded coffee, baby food
Amazon now sells its own baby food. The e-commerce giant has quietly launched its first-ever private-label foods on its website, now selling Happy Belly coffee and Mama Bear baby food. A company spokesperson confirmed that both products are made by Amazon and went on sale in the past few days. The products are only available to Amazon Prime members in …
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29 June
NBN boss to quit the day before federal election
NBN’s chief architect, Tony Cross, has resigned from the company. His last day will be Friday — a day before Australia’s federal election. Cross has been the National Broadband Network’s chief architect since 2014, and began with the company in 2010. He’s overseen the company’s shift from a fast fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network provider to a slower, so-called multi-technology mix of …
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29 June
Windows 10 Anniversary Update hits on August 2: What you need to know
Now playing: Watch this: Major Windows 10 update coming August 2 1:38 Windows 10 debuted last summer, and one year on, Microsoft is adding several new features, with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update arriving on August 2. That’s perilously close to Microsoft’s self-imposed deadline for upgrading from older versions of Windows 10, so you will have to get Windows 10 …
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29 June
Verizon set to offer ‘unlimited’ option, data rollover
Now playing: Watch this: Verizon to offer unlimited and rollover data? 1:26 Verizon is about to shake up its wireless plans. An image from a Verizon test site spotted by The Consumerist has the nation’s largest wireless carrier offering a rollover-like feature that allows customers to take unused data with them to the following month. There’s also a “safety mode” …
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29 June
Facebook wants you to give its new Like button a thumbs
Facebook announced a redesign of its Like button in a blog post Tuesday. If you’re on Facebook, chances are you’ve used the Like button before — that little blue rectangle featuring the social media company’s “f” logo that you hit to celebrate a friend’s engagement news or show approval for a link someone shared. But now they’ve ditched the old …
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29 June
Defend your own universe with this 3D
If you’re a die-hard Voltron fan and just can’t wait for this fan-made Lego project to get made, you might be interested in this free set of blueprints that show you how to make your own Voltron Super Robot (complete with blazing sword!) using any 3D printer. Swedish designer Jurica Pranjic put together this model of the classic Lion Force …
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29 June
Rihanna ‘Sledgehammer’ music video the first to debut in Imax theaters
The music video for “Sledgehammer,” Rihanna’s song on the “Star Trek: Beyond” soundtrack, will be the first of its kind to debut in Imax theaters. It will premiere Thursday, June 30, in Imax theaters at 9 a.m ET, and will then be available an hour later to stream on Vevo and Tidal. Like Adele’s “Hello” music video, “Sledgehammer” was shot …
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29 June
Roku widens TV line with Hitachi
Roku said Hitachi’s US unit is joining its lineup of television makers offering internet-connected TVs with the capabilities of Roku’s streaming media boxes built into the unit itself. The companies said that they will make models in a variety of screen sizes, available in the US fall months. Hitachi is making units with HD and 4K Ultra HD displays. Roku …
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