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This AR contact lens startup is gaining steam despite Magic Leap’s struggles

There’s little debate that, as tech pushes further into our lives, we’ll soon be using augmented reality glasses that overlay computer images on the real world. While we still don’t know when that’ll happen, or what companies we’ll be buying them from, investors are making their bets — including a $159 million bet with a …

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Amazon and NFL extend Thursday Night Football streaming deal

Amazon and the NFL are teaming up again for Thursday Night Football. As part of a new multiyear deal, Amazon Prime Video and Twitch will stream the 11 Thursday Night Football games being broadcast by Fox, the online retailer and the league announced Wednesday. Amazon will also stream one additional game that’ll be played on a Saturday in the second …

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Amazon may have broken labor laws in employee firing, New York AG says

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. New York’s attorney general said Amazon may have violated the state’s whistleblower laws last month when it terminated a warehouse employee who led a protest on workplace safety. In a letter to Amazon last week, state Attorney General Letitia James’ office said its …

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Where to find household goods when Amazon, Walmart and others are out of stock

Even though you’ve been working from home for a few weeks now, there’s a good chance you still don’t have all the gear you need. Or maybe you’ve been brushing up on your culinary chops during quarantine, but now your knives are dull and you’re tired of cooking rice on the stovetop, but you haven’t upgraded any of your kitchen tools …

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Amazon offers a free year of its Food Network Kitchen app

Many people are flexing their cooking skills while stuck inside during the coronavirus pandemic. If you own a Fire TV or tablet (or are looking for a reason to invest in one), Amazon is giving away free one-year subscriptions to its Food Network Kitchen app and service. The app includes dozens of live, step-by-step and on-demand cooking classes.  Users will get …

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Facebook Portal is finally a hit, thanks to a pandemic and your grandparents

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. James McConnell didn’t know much about Facebook’s Portal until Nan Owen, his 91-year-old neighbor, needed help setting up her video chat device last month as the UK locked down to combat the coronavirus. Owen’s active social life — friends and family would stop …

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The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active hits an all

I’m not sure why, but smartwatch deals are coming fast and furious right now. Fossil’s Wear OS-powered Gen 4 Explorist was down to $99 a couple weeks ago (it’s still available for $119), and Apple’s Watch Series 5 was briefly $100 off. Now we have this: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active is …

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Get a 1

If you’ve always wanted to join a warehouse club but didn’t relish the idea of paying a membership fee, this is the deal for you. For a limited time, you can join Sam’s Club for $45 and get $45 in discounts the first time you go shopping inside one of the brick-and-mortar stores. That effectively makes the membership free. And, …

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Save $200 when you create a home theater with the Epson EF

The living room is fine for watching movies, but the weather is getting warmer, and ’tis the season for watching a family movie in the backyard by projecting it on the back wall of your home. That’s why portable projectors can be awesome — don’t want to watch in the backyard? Then carry the projector into the bedroom and enjoy …

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Remember when Apple Watch was a luxury item? We look back at its 5

A $17,000 model. A fitting appointment. A cover spread on Vogue. The Apple Watch was more than a fitness-tracking device when it debuted five years ago. It was a fashion item and status symbol. It was luxury on your wrist.  Fast forward to 2020, the fifth anniversary of Apple’s smartwatch. Millions of people around the globe wear Apple Watches to …

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