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There are only two things I keep plugged into the USB hub on my desk: a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica, complete with glowing eye and sound effect, and a small fan to beat the heat in the summer. One of them is useless; the other is blowing air on me even as I type this …

Facebook is testing a new design for some celebrity and business Pages on its mobile app. The social media giant said on Wednesday that the experimental update removes the Like button and the Page’s number of Likes to put more focus on the follower count.  The new layout, which was reported earlier by TechCrunch, aims to make it easier for …

HBO Max had 4.1 million subscribers signed up as of late June, one month after its May 27 launch in the US, parent company AT&T said Thursday. AT&T CEO John Stankey said that out of the 4.1 million, about 3 million accounts subscribe directly to $15-a-month HBO Max. The remaining 1.1 million or so activated a Max account by upgrading their existing HBO service …

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 5G, a variant of its clamshell foldable packed with next-generation cellular capabilities, will launch on Aug. 7. But that extra performance will cost you $1,450. A 4G version of the Galaxy Z Flip went on sale for $1,380 on Feb. 14 — about a month before the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns in the US. That device, …

My mother-in-law is used to seeing me always carrying a new gadget. She was there when I strapped on my first smartwatch in 2013, and she’s seen me excitedly try out new camera lenses that attach to my phone. But it was different the time I first showed her a virtual reality headset. After she cautiously strapped the $199 Oculus Go on her head, the …

I’m as much an Amazon addict as the next shopper, so I’m always on the lookout for ways to maximize my savings. For example, I use PriceBlink to see if there might be a better price elsewhere, and I frequently peruse Amazon’s secret shopping pages for deals that aren’t widely advertised. OK, maybe they’re not exactly secret, but they’re also …

Slack filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft in the European Union on Wednesday. The workplace messaging company said Microsoft linking its Teams collaboration software to its Office programs violates competition law. Microsoft forces people using Office to install Teams, stops them from removing it and won’t let the software work with some of its rivals’ programs, Slack alleged. It wants …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Amazon’s annual Prime Day sale has been delayed worldwide, the company confirmed Tuesday, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to sicken millions of people and close down borders. In a typical year, the Prime Day dates would have been announced in June and the …

I’m a fan of Totallee’s thin and slim phone cases. I like the “barely there” approach that gives you grippability (modern phones are engineered from the ground up to slip out of your hands) and a small amount of protection from falls, but still feels like your phone is almost naked. Now you can try a Totallee case — for …

My mom once told me that you can never have too many socks. That’s probably true, but I tend to believe that you can never have too many power accessories. I have so many Qi wireless chargers scattered around my house that if they were glasses of water, I’d be able to fight off an alien invasion in an M. …