February, 2021

• 6 February

  Save $130 and turn your home into an art gallery with the Meural Canvas II digital art frame

  

  There are a lot of digital photo frames out there, but the Meural Canvas II is a little different — yes, it can show your family photos like any other frame, but it’s designed to house a rotating gallery of fine art. It’s enormous (the larger model is 27 inches) and the full HD color-calibrated …

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• 6 February

  9 great reads from CNET this week

  

  You’re looking to get rich. You could work hard and rise through the ranks. You could invent something that everybody wants or needs. You could marry into the right family. Or maybe you buy some cryptocurrency and look for a quick score. If it’s the cryptocurrency route for you, be careful. The ups and downs can be intense, as we …

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• 6 February

  Host a big game watch party with friends using these apps. Here’s how

  

  Chances are you may not be planning a major blowout for Super Bowl 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. But just because you can’t gather around the same TV together eating wings doesn’t mean you can’t watch the Bucs versus the Chiefs — or, for some, the commercials and halftime show — alongside friends and family in a virtual space …

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• 6 February

  Teens, social media use and mental health: What you really need to know

  

  “Hell is a teenage girl,” begins the cult comedy-horror movie Jennifer’s Body. Even when you look past the murder-heavy plot, it has a point. Female adolescence has always been a tough time. But this past year has brought unprecedented pressure with the combination of growing up in the age of social media and a pandemic that’s disrupted all sense of …

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• 6 February

  Saturday morning deals: Apple Watch at $169, 1080p projector for $145 and more

  

  Something new is coming soon: The Cheapskate Hall of Fame. It’s a pantheon of some of my favorite cheap products and services. Watch this space for more details! Are there any potential inductees in today’s roundup? I can’t say, but there are some genuinely great deals here. Check ’em out: Vankyo Vankyo V600 1080p projector $145 with promo code (save …

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• 6 February

  Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Apple’s rumored headset

  

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• 5 February

  Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg follows Elon Musk with surprise Clubhouse app chat

  

  Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on the invite-only, audio-based social app Clubhouse on Thursday night. The news comes less than a week after Tesla’s Elon Musk did the same. Zuckerberg talked about Facebook’s Reality Labs group, noting how virtual reality and augmented reality technology can widen the scope for remote work, according to Business Insider, which reported on …

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• 5 February

  Bill unveiled to reduce Section 230 protections for social media companies

  

  New legislation from Sen. Mark Warner would make changes to Section 230, which shields social media companies from liability for content published by users of their platforms. Loosened legal immunities could expose the companies to more lawsuits over what’s posted on their sites.  Virginia Democrat Warner introduced to the Senate on Friday his Safe Tech Act, otherwise known as the …

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• 5 February

  Razer Book 13 review: Great little work laptop with some personality

  

  Even though Razer’s laptops are generally built for gaming, we regularly recommend them to anyone looking for a high-performance Windows laptop with MacBook-like design and build quality. The Razer Book 13 takes the Razer design we love but skips the gaming vibe altogether (well, almost) and aims for office and school use instead.  Not that you couldn’t open up a …

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• 5 February

  Microsoft to wipe out old Edge browser with Windows 10 security update

  

  Microsoft will yank its old Edge browser out of Windows 10 PCs on April 13, an important step in its yearslong effort to move its immense customer base to a modern browser. Two decades ago, the software giant’s Internet Explorer crushed competitors like Netscape Navigator and dominated the market, but Microsoft let the software languish. Newer rivals like Firefox and …

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