T-Mobile provides banking services through its T-Mobile Money offering, but it soon won’t be the only telecom to enter the world of finance. On Thursday Verizon announced that it will be partnering with financial firm Synchrony to offer a co-branded consumer card to its customers later in the “first half of 2020.” Verizon is the …
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Netflix has dismissed any suggestions the so-called streaming wars would be its undoing. With its latest earnings report, the company still isn’t sweating the pressure, as it added more subscribers than expected even as it faced new rival services from Disney and Apple. Its not-very-secret weapon? Gigantic international scale. Already the world’s dominant subscription streaming service, Netflix saw subscribers climb by …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Cord cutters who are experiencing TV streaming service overload and getting tired of endlessly scrolling through Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, Amazon Prime and the like may have a new option that doesn’t involve going back to cable. A home entertainment device …
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The NFL’s Wild Card weekend kicks off Saturday afternoon with a pair of 10-6 teams. The Buffalo Bills finished two games behind the New England Patriots in the AFC East and are the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoffs as one of the two Wild Card teams. The Houston Texans are the 4 seed after winning the AFC South …
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The New England Patriots find themselves playing on Wild Card weekend for the first time in a decade. After getting upset at home by the Miami Dolphins on the last Sunday of the regular season, the Patriots lost their first-round bye, an advantage they have earned and enjoyed each of the past nine seasons, astonishingly. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Titans made the playoffs only once …
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This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. It’s been a decade overflowing with tough lessons: who to trust, when to speak out and how to stream big events online after you’ve broken up with your cable company. Looking back …
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Two computer programmers pleaded guilty last week to criminal copyright charges for building and running two large, illegal TV and movie streaming sites, according to the US Department of Justice. IStreamItAll and Jetflicks were both online, subscription-based services headquartered in Las Vegas that allowed users to stream and download copyrighted content without the permission of the copyright owners. iStreamItAll offered more …
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If you signed up for Disney Plus only to discover that some of your favorite Disney-owned titles are not currently available on the fledgling streaming service, you’re not alone. Thanks to previous licensing agreements with Netflix and a host of others, fan favorites like Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, Avengers: Infinity War, The Incredibles 2 and dozens more weren’t available …
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Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its shipping cutoff times for this year’s holiday season, with the company using its growing footprint of stores and one-day shipping service to extend its sales right up to Christmas. The e-commerce giant has worked over the past six years to ramp up its own shipping and logistics capabilities. That work was sparked in part by …
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Happy Monday, fellow money-savers! Here are a few deals that should be on your radar, followed by a password-manager exclusive and some crazy-good wireless-charger discounts: Today only, and while supplies last, Speck is offering two of its backpacks for just $15.99 each: The eight-pocket Turbo and stylish-looking Ruck. Regular price: $39.99. I really like the look of the olive-colored Ruck, …
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