Hasbro is pushing Nerf’s radio-controlled toys into video-equipped territory. Nerf has crawling robots that shoot foam things. Nerf has cameras to record you shooting these foam things. And now, Nerf has an RC vehicle that shoots foam things and records video of it at the same time. Hasbro’s Nerf N-Strike Elite Terrascout RC Drone Blaster, …
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6 May
Get a free 5GB phone plan from RingPlus
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. This again? Yep, this again. It seems like every month or two, mobile carrier RingPlus raises the ante in the high-stakes game of …
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6 May
Vodafone scraps roaming charges in 40 countries across Europe
Signing up to Vodafone? Now you can tweet to your heart’s content on holiday this summer as the network has scrapped roaming charges across 40 European countries as of today. Vodafone previously charged £3 per day to use roaming calls, texts and data across Europe. The new roaming plan will provide unlimited calls, texts and picture messaging and “up to” …
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6 May
Apple Music streaming subscription chopped in half for students
Apple Music is getting cheaper for young people. In a bid to compete with rivals Spotify and Google Music, Apple is offering half-price subscriptions to its streaming service for students. Students in the US, the UK, Australia, Germany Denmark and New Zealand will be able to make use of the discount, TechCrunch reports. A monthly subscription to the service currently …
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6 May
Phones don’t cause brain cancer, latest study says
Researchers have long waffled over whether mobile phones cause cancer. The concern persists since more than 90 percent of people use them, according to a University of Sydney study (PDF) published this week in the journal Cancer Epidemiology. After examining 29 years of mobile phone use in Australia, the research team “found no increase in brain cancer incidence compatible with …
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6 May
Meet Charter Communications, your next No. 2 cable giant
The Federal Communications Commission has officially given Charter Communications the green light to purchase Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, in a deal worth $65 billion. The agency said Friday that it had voted to approve the merger with conditions, which likely include restricting Charter from making it harder for video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu to get …
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6 May
The complete list of Cortana commands
If you don’t use Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-activated personal assistant, you’re missing out on some handy, hands-free functionality — especially now that she’s fully integrated into Windows 10, and Windows 10 is everywhere. Like Apple’s Siri and Google’s Google Now, Cortana is an intelligent personal assistant who can help you with everything from launching applications to scheduling appointments. She can even …
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6 May
Amazon pledges to fill gaps in Prime service, report says
Amazon will fill gaps in its same-day delivery service, according to Bloomberg, responding to criticism the service excluded some minority neighborhoods, The online retail behemoth pledged to expand its Prime Same Day Service to all zip codes in the 27 cities in which it’s offered, according to an Amazon statement obtained by the Congressional Black Caucus and seen by Bloomberg. …
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6 May
Is Apple Music nixing its Connect tab?
Apple Music’s Connect feature will reportedly have a less prominent spot in iOS 10. Connect will lose its dedicated tab and is getting relegated to the “For You” recommendations page in Apple’s next mobile OS upgrade, according to a report by 9to5 Mac. The idea behind Connect, launched in 2015, is to allow musicians to chat directly with fans and …
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6 May
Space program’s greatest gift to humanity: Stink
Granted, you could wear any pair of underwear for a week. But things could get pretty gross if you did. But Danish company OrganicBasics is in the process of creating SilverTech “odorless” underwear — and odorless socks — that are infused with bacteria-fighting and heat-regulating silver that the company says is a key ingredient in space suits. The material is …
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