This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. This year, Black Friday is sort of like Groundhog Day, only in a good way. Every morning, we wake up and discover there’s still a sale going on somewhere. Today, it’s the end of Best Buy’s week-long string of daily …
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If you’ve got a Fitbit Sense or Versa 3, you have a few new features to explore on your smartwatch. With the update to Fitbit OS 5.1, you’ll now have the option to use Google Assistant as your Fitbit’s voice assistant instead of Amazon’s Alexa, which has been available on the watches since launch. The update will also allow you to take …
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OnePlus unveiled its more affordable Nord phone this summer, marking the official launch of a brand-new line that company executives have described as a “new beginning” for the Chinese phone-maker. (Read our in-depth OnePlus Nord review here.) It came about three months after OnePlus debuted its flagship line for the year, the OnePlus 8 series. OnePlus has also released the OnePlus 8T …
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I’m not much of an outdoorsman, but when I do go camping, I desperately crave a hot meal. Dealing with camping stoves is always a hassle, and I hate having to handle fuel like propane or kerosene. That’s why I love the idea behind Solo’s portable wood-burning stoves. They run on whatever twigs and sticks you can scrounge up when …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. After a month of seemingly nonstop deals leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it seems like the big retailers have some sort of addiction to sales. Now it’s Walmart’s turn to roll back prices on TVs, headphones and audio gear, cameras, kitchen appliances …
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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 processor won’t support a much ballyhooed video compression technology developed by Google, Netflix and other technology giants, dealing a blow to data efficiency and streaming quality improvements for the next-generation of Android phones. Judd Heape, a Qualcomm vice president for product management, says the mobile chip leader couldn’t include AV1 technology in the new chip because …
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Sometimes you need to connect all the things. If you need to run your laptop with multiple monitors, for example, and need more than the single USB port (or two) that your laptop manufacturer deigned to provide, I’ve got a solution for you. This 15-in-1 docking port has a little of some things and a lot of others, and right …
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Here at Cheapskate HQ, we often joke that power banks are a dime a dozen — really good deals come fast and furious to the point that we’re pretty selective about what ones we post on these pages. It’s not hard to find a high-capacity portable charger that isn’t just cheap, but has cool extra features as well. But sometimes …
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An old battle over who governs the internet will likely reignite as Democrats take control of the Federal Communications Commission following the inauguration of Joe Biden. Reinstating Obama-era net neutrality rules thrown out under the Trump administration will likely be a top priority for the agency, experts say. Earlier this week, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, an appointee of President Donald …
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It’s official: YouTube Music will fully replace Google Play Music this month. This won’t come as a surprise — YouTube announced the change back in August, and over the last few months, Google Play Music users lost the ability to purchase, preorder, upload or download music on the platform, or stream music from the app. But don’t worry — you still have …
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