I picked the Nikon D3500 as my favorite “entry DSLR” in our camera gift guide this year. To reiterate: Nikon and Canon’s cheap DSLRs are usually offered in aggressively priced kit bundles this time of year, making them great gift choices for the newbie photographer who’s ready to move beyond a phone. Nikon’s entry-level models …
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If you’re a veteran or an active duty military member in any branch of the Armed Forces, thank you for your service. But also, you should always be on the lookout for discounts aimed at service members. Here’s an especially valuable one: You can get a year of Amazon Prime for just $79. You need to jump on this quick, …
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Black Friday is starting earlier than ever in 2019 and now LG is getting into the discount game. The TV-maker has just dropped the prices on its newest OLED televisions to their lowest levels yet. They’re not cheap by any means, but they’re less expensive than any other new OLED TV. Here’s how the pricing stacks up. 2019 LG OLED …
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Hand it to Apple: The new AirPods Pro noise-canceling earbuds have won almost universal acclaim, despite the jaw-dropping $250 price tag. Surely there are cheaper options? Yep: I recently rounded up some affordable AirPods Pro alternatives, a list that includes the popular Sony WF-1000XM3. Alas, at $228, you’re not saving much. But try this on for size: For a limited …
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Now playing: Watch this: UPS drone delivers CVS prescription meds 1:18 UPS has been plowing resources into its drone deliveries business. UPS UPS has been speeding up its drone delivery work, announcing this year a new drone subsidiary and a growing list of new partnerships. Now, it’s starting to make an early push to test out shipping stuff directly to …
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Let’s restate the obvious: Black Friday deals are no longer confined to the Friday after Thanksgiving. Amazon’s Black Friday deals have already begun, Walmart has its “Early Access Sale” and Costco is readying its first holiday sales for Nov. 7. Dell is getting in on the early sales action with a Black Friday Sneak Peek sale that started a few days …
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The Optoma HD143X is the 2018 successor to the Optoma HD142X, which David Katzmaier praised for offering “a huge, hella impressive picture for a small price.” That price, incidentally, was a then-impressive $550. (Here’s the full Optoma HD142X review for your reference.) The newer model, meanwhile, has mostly lingered around $450 — until today. For a limited time, and while …
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Unified middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is moving up two weight classes to take on Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light heavyweight championship. Canelo is putting on 15 pounds to fight the hard-hitting Kovalev in a bid for a world title in a fourth weight class. It’s a huge jump in weight for the 29-year-old Mexican superstar, who most recently …
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The AirPods Pro went on sale this week and initial reviews are looking very favorable for the wireless earbuds. (Read our in-depth AirPods Pro review here.) We also take a look at the latest rumors around the long-awaited 16-inch MacBook Pro, and check in on the Mac Pro, which Apple is supposed to release this fall. AirPods Pro have 3 big things …
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The new Apple TV Plus streaming service launches today, Friday Nov. 1, with a handful of all-new exclusive shows, and one of the most intriguing (and critically popular) is For All Mankind. Created by Emmy-winning producer Ronald D. Moore, best known for Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Outlander, the drama series explores a world “in which the global space …
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