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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Just about every streaming service is throttling video quality in Europe during the coronavirus quarantine. Disney Plus announced over the weekend it was joining Netflix, Apple TV Plus, YouTube and Amazon Prime in the measure taken to help …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As the coronavirus outbreak forces people to work from home and children to stay out of school, Netflix and Amazon Prime agreed to a European Union request that streaming services switch from high definition to standard in an effort to reduce the strain on …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon has reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case in its US warehouses, a network of facilities that has quickly turned into a critical need for millions of customers as they stay at home during the coronavirus crisis. The worker was stationed at a …

As people around the US remain hunkered down, Comcast’s Xfinity Flex is getting another popular app to keep its users entertained. On Thursday the cable giant announced it’s bringing Hulu to its free streaming box. The app, which is available now on the Flex, will be coming to Comcast’s X1 cable boxes “soon.” Voice control will also be added to both …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon has temporarily suspended its Prime Pantry grocery delivery service amid a surge in orders apparently related to the coronavirus outbreak. A notice at the top of the Prime Pantry website Thursday read: “Pantry is temporarily closed. We are busy restocking.”   It …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon is now prioritizing shipments of medical supplies and household staples that come into its warehouses to help it respond to massive consumer demand during the coronavirus outbreak. This means independent sellers on its sites will no longer be able to ship new deliveries unless …

Amazon is banning the sale of most editions of Adolph Hitler’s political manifesto and other Nazi-authored books on its site, according to a report from The Guardian on Monday. The change comes after decades of campaigning by Holocaust charities.  Recently, sellers of Nazi-authored books, including Mein Kampf, were informed they would be prohibited to do so, according to the report. …

We now live in a world in which we can’t seem to go more than a few months without expecting some sort of blowout bonanza of a sale. Hot on the heels of the recent holiday sales, for example, we just had a surprisingly full-of-deals Presidents Day, and Amazon Prime Day is on the horizon as well. To tide you …

Amazon now lets Prime customers in a handful of markets order stuff at midnight and have the packages arrive at their doorsteps overnight. This new feature is part of Amazon’s announcement Tuesday that it has sped up its same-day deliveries in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando and Dallas.  The e-commerce giant has been working for the past year to bring more of …

Four years ago, Amazon raised eyebrows when it launched its first brick-and-mortar location. Now the online retail giant runs all kinds of physical stores, from booksellers to grocery pickup locations to cashierless convenience stores. It’s clear the company is still experimenting, but it can be a lot for shoppers to process. This past week, the company opened yet another new …