Move aside 5G, the phones everyone is most excited about at MWC this year are foldable. Huawei has one, Samsung has one, and TCL sort of has one too. Some phone makers (OnePlus) are eschewing them for now. Others, like China-based Honor, are ready to dive on in when the time is right. In an …
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I’m a little obsessed with time right now — specifically, figuring out a way I can shoehorn the awesome web-based Literature Clock into a photo frame or project it on a wall full-time. Today’s deal dovetails with that. It’s a big, free-standing digital clock that does more than just show the time: It spells out the day, date and more. …
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We all have different ideas of what it means to “eat healthy.” Are you part of the low-carb camp? Or the clean-eating, raw crowd? Vegetarian? Flexitarian? Whole 30, Paleo or Keto? Cooking your food at home is the best way to eat what you crave in a healthy way. In the kitchen, you have control. And if you’re shopping for …
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Happy Random Tuesday in February! To celebrate, Amazon has lopped $99 off the price of current-gen iPad Pro tablets — both the 11- and 12.9-inch models. That’s on the heels of yesterday’s iPad deal (which is still running, FYI): The current-gen iPad 9.7 (Wi-Fi, 32GB) for just $250. But if you want bleeding-edge iPads, the fancy-schmancy 2018 Pro models, here you …
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The cloud of legal uncertainty surrounding AT&T’s merger with Time Warner has lifted. A US Appeals Court on Tuesday rejected a bid to unwind the merger between the companies. The merger was completed last year, following a six-week trial in which the US Department of Justice failed to convince a trial judge that the $85 billion merger would curtail competition and …
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Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella is defending himself after a group of employees published an open letter calling on the company to ditch a multimillion dollar contract HoloLens contract with the US Army. Nadella told CNN Business in an interview Monday that the contract was not merely about supplying the military with HoloLens headsets, which overlay computer images on the real world. Instead, …
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Good news, TV lovers! As promised back in January, US streaming service Hulu just dropped the price of its basic plan. Previously $7.99 per month, it’s now $5.99. See it at Hulu That plan affords unlimited access to Hulu’s library of movies and TV shows, though if you want commercial-free viewing, you’ll have to add that option. As before, it …
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I’m standing up right now, working at a normal desk topped with an electric riser. That means with the push of a button, I can elevate my keyboard and monitor, work upright for a while, then go back to sitting with another push. Sound good? Products like these tend to start at around $200 and, ahem, rise from there, which …
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Western Digital had a tiny offering for Mobile World Congress, but it sure can hold a lot of data. The 1TB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSDXC card is the world’s fastest flash memory option, the company said in a release. It has read speeds of up to 160MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s, much like the 400GB one Western …
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Samsung announced last week that it was no longer producing new 1080p or 4K Blu-ray players. If you’re looking for the canary in the video-disc coal mine, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. Whether it’s the latest artist or the hip new show on Netflix, streaming media is the norm today, and owning a streaming movie is more convenient …
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