On this podcast, special guest Iyaz Akhtar joins us to talk about: The OnePlus 6 review, and what’s missing from this great smartphone. Elon Musk’s bold plan to shuttle us underground at 150 miles per hour. How Amazon ships weirdly shaped and supersized packages. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the …
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Rich Hanna stands amid a seemingly unending series of long gray metal shelves loaded with a random assortment of items, including trash barrels, stacks of Kibbles ‘n Bits dog food, a stuffed-animal chipmunk sealed in a plastic bag, an LED-glowing underwater stool for a pool and a 35-pound tube of Safe Paw Ice Melter. That’s just the start. “You wanna …
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Amazon is creating another app store, but it’s not for consumers. Instead, the online retail giant will for the first time put its seal of approval on a bunch of third-party apps intended for professional sellers with its new Marketplace Appstore. It launches to sellers starting Monday, the company said. CNET reported on plans for the app store earlier this …
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The pressure is easing off on Huawei, and the company is taking full advantage. The Chinese mobile hardware manufacturer first announced its MateBook Pro X laptop at MWC in February. But thanks to bad karma such as government agencies banning its phones and Best Buy dropping its products, the laptops been scarce in the US. Now that things are cooling off a …
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Samsung is expanding its Bixby smart assistant way beyond phones. The Korean electronics giant is reportedly adding its AI voice assistant to the robot vacuum cleaners and ovens Samsung makes as well this year, according to ZDNet. The feature, known as Bixby Voice, will allow you to issue voice commands to control your appliances. So, now you can tell Bixby to queue …
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V-Moda is having its “Supersonic Spring Sale,” with discounts on headphones and its Remix Bluetooth speaker. The highlight deal is on the Crossfade 2 Wireless, which is one of our favorite Bluetooth headphones. It normally retails from $330, but it’s on sale for $250. The top-end rose gold model, which features AptX support, is also on sale for $250. You …
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If you’re not an Amazon Prime subscriber, meaning you don’t get free shipping with nearly every order, you’ve probably encountered this dilemma: You have just under $25 worth of stuff in your cart — not quite enough to qualify for free shipping — so you go trolling the site for something to tip the scales. And that’s never easy, so …
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Amazon on Tuesday introduced a new 10 percent discount on Whole Foods sales items. But you’ll need to be a Prime member to get the deal. The company said it will also start offering “weekly deep discounts on select best-selling items” for Prime members, too. The savings are only available in Whole Foods’ Florida stores and they’ll come to Whole …
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DirecTV Now is rolling out an updated app for web browsers, iOS and Apple TV, expanding its cloud DVR program to all customers and adding and local channel streaming on-the-go. The new interface emphasizes favorite channels as well as offering more on-demand content with up to 25,000 titles. The DVR currently offers 20 hours of recording a month and users …
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Can a $40 over-the-ear headphone possibly rival one costing 2-3 times as much? No. Don’t be silly. However, a $40 over-the-ear headphone can look gorgeous, feel comfortable and sound pretty darn good. And because you read the headline, you already know that I’ve roped one for half that price. Check it out: For a limited time, and while supplies last, …
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