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In 2016, NBC streamed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time. This year the parade is once again available to watch online. Here’s what you need to know: When Now playing: Watch this: Black Friday 2017 survival guide 2:11 The parade starts at 9 a.m. ET, 6 a.m. PT, in New York. For …

YouTube says it’s trying to make the video site safer for kids.  After recent criticism that YouTube is not doing enough to crack down on disturbing and exploitative videos aimed at children, the Google-owned video service on Wednesday announced a five-point plan to “toughen” its approach on family-friendly content. The new guidelines are: Tougher application of community guidelines and faster …

Ahhh, Australia — we’re tech savvy, we invented Wi-Fi and the Hills Hoist, but we always seem to be invited late to the tech party. But all that’s about to change. Amazon is coming to Australia. And it’s about bloody time. According to a handful of reports, Amazon is preparing sellers who use its network for a soft launch in …

Brave Software on Thursday released a new version of its browser that lets you donate money directly to YouTube stars. The free browser blocks ads by default but lets you distribute money anonymously to websites each month, giving more money to the websites you visit more often and letting you “pin” favorites you always want to fund. Now Brave lets …

It’s a little late for Halloween, but one of the great Amazon ghosts is back — rumors of a free version of Prime Video.  Amazon is reportedly developing a free, ad-supported service to complement Prime Video, its streaming-video rival to Netflix, according to Ad Age, which is citing people familiar with its plans.  But rather than offering an outright free version …

Amazon has finally brought back its own private-label diapers, though this time under a new name. The e-commerce giant quietly launched the new diapers at sizes newborn and 1 to 6 on its US website, but the products are currently available by invite only. The diapers are offered under the new Mama Bear private-label name — which is used to …

There’s a paradox to the way Google is addressing potential issues with its new Pixel 2 XL, which may leave some buyers of the flagship phone less than satisfied with the company. On the one hand, Google wants you to know reported screen issues for the phone, released October 19, aren’t a big deal. Even so, it’s decided to extend the phone’s …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image The home of sales objectivity? Best Buy When Google’s Pixel 2 and 2XL phones launched last week, I went to a Verizon store — Verizon has the exclusive deal on the new phones — and had an unsatisfying experience. The salesman seemed far …

Now playing: Watch this: Here’s how you make a hologram 1:35 Capturing a hologram is a lot easier than I expected. I’m standing inside Microsoft’s mixed-reality capture studio in San Francisco when a director shouts, “Action!” All of a sudden, I’m busting out bad dance moves in the middle of an 8-foot circle for about 10 seconds. And that’s it. …

First it was mod. Then it was punk. London’s Carnaby Street has long been a place where music and youth culture explode together to create a teenage revolution. Today, there’s a small corner of this iconic street where the world of music meets the 21st century’s biggest youth sensation: YouTube. A few storeys above the oblivious milling tourists, in an …