This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Amazon Prime Day could be returning to July. Amazon has held the shopping event in July since it began back in 2015, but Prime Day 2020 was bumped to October due to …
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This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. Smartphones have been so good for so long, the smart money is now on heavily discounted previous-generation models — as long as they’re new, not refurbished, meaning they have a fresh battery and full warranty. Bam: For a limited time, …
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Ted Lasso, the Apple TV Plus sports dramedy that may be its closest thing to a breakout hit, is set to return July 23. But in a first for a lot of Apple TV Plus subscribers, you might actually have to pay to watch it. The second-season premiere for Ted Lasso, announced at Apple’s Spring Loaded event Tuesday, will arrive after the date …
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Until today I didn’t know the Colop E-Mark Create portable color printer existed. And despite the bizarre name, it’s sitting in my cart. Because it will be mine. [Whispers] It will be mine. Maybe my enthusiasm for this thing is irrational, but it starts with this: Today only, and while supplies last, Meh has the Colop E-Mark Create portable color …
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Amazon Prime Video has locked up the national rights to the NFL’s Thursday Night Football games, the biggest sports deal with a streaming service so far. Amazon‘s deal is part of a complex matrix of licensing arrangements the NFL unveiled Thursday. As a whole, the deals meaningfully broaden the online availability of many of the NFL’s games while still largely keeping …
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Missed out on all of the holiday deals for Apple’s first 5G iPhone? Good news: Carriers are still enticing users to switch with discounts on the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. We’re still seeing some amazing offers from the big three — Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile — with everything from free phones to huge rebates in the form of billing …
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Amazon may soon become the exclusive home for Thursday Night Football. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, the NFL is “on the verge” of signing new deals with broadcasters as well as Amazon, which would become the sole national option for watching Thursday night games. The Journal says the deals “could be in place as early as …
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AT&T has reached a deal to sell off a minority stake in its satellite TV arm for $7.8 billion, the carrier said Thursday. AT&T and private equity firm TPG will form a new company, called New DirectTV, in which AT&T will own a 70% stake and TPG 30%. The company will include the DirecTV, AT&T TV Now and U-Verse video services. …
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Amazon Prime may have over 150 million subscribers, but if it lost its magic for you one way or another — including after a free trial — you can cancel your subscription and close out your account. You might even get a prorated refund for the amount of time left on your Prime subscription. Amazon may not make it immediately simple …
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As regular Cheapskate readers know, Amazon gear goes on sale all the time. The Fire 7 tablet, for example, has been discounted on no fewer than seven occasions in the past 12 months. So this deal isn’t super-special. Except, in a way, it is. The Fire 7 was among the first inductees into the new Cheapskate Hall of Fame, and …
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