December, 2021

• 29 December

  How to find the best streaming service for your needs

  

  There is no shortage of streaming services that cater to audiences with different tastes. Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu, and other players compete for your eyes and dollars, with everything from original series to reboots to new movies. Whether it’s children’s content, foodie favorites (a la Discovery Plus), paranormal reality series, live sports, or …

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• 29 December

  Here’s how everyone’s taking those gorgeous close

  

  You used to need an additional clip-on lens to take proper macro (close-up) photos on an iPhone. But if you’ve just unboxed a new iPhone 13 Pro, you may have discovered that Apple’s newest flagship phone has a built-in Macro mode, which allows you to take detailed macro photos using the wide-angle lens. By equipping the wide lens on the …

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• 29 December

  7 ways to spend that $25 gift card

  

  This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Some people may look down on gift cards as kind of a cop-out when it comes to presents, but I have always been thrilled to get one for Christmas or birthdays. It’s like free money that I don’t have to feel guilty about not putting …

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• 29 December

  Roku Express 4K Plus drops to $24, a new all

  

  This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. This season, the battle for “best Roku value” has been seesawing between the Roku Express 4K Plus and the Roku Streaming Stick 4K, both of which typically hover around $30. Both are 2021 models that offer full 4K streaming, as well as remotes that can control the …

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• 29 December

  LastPass says no passwords compromised in latest security scare

  

  A security scare cropped up late Tuesday for LastPass users when some reported receiving emails from LastPass, alerting them that LastPass had blocked unauthorized attempts to access their accounts. As first reported by AppleInsider, some LastPass members said they were notified of multiple attempted logins, using correct master passwords from various locations. LastPass confirmed the email alerts were related to …

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• 29 December

  T

  

  T-Mobile has suffered another data breach, just a few months after a huge breach in August, the carrier confirmed Wednesday. “We informed a very small number of customers that the SIM card assigned to a mobile number on their account may have been illegally reassigned or limited account information was viewed,” the company said in an email. The new breach affected a …

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• 29 December

  Samsung says it sold more foldables in Galaxy Z Fold 3’s launch month than in all of 2020

  

  As 2021 draws to a close and CES 2022 approaches, Samsung has reported that consumers have come out in droves to buy its foldables, with the company shipping four times as many this year as it did in 2020. This is in large part due to the new foldables that launched in August, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Samsung …

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• 29 December

  Fill your Mac desktop with emoji instead of regular folder icons

  

  The folders that live on your Mac desktop help to hide your clutter, but as you continue to add new folders, your screen might suddenly be filled with an ocean of blue. It’s a bit of a boring look, but luckily you can customize these folders (and any other files on your desktop) by replacing them with emoji. Yeah, emoji …

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• 29 December

  Best phones of 2021

  

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• 29 December

  Our top games of 2021

  

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