I’m not here to tell you why pizza-ordering, TV-pausing shoes exist. But, I can tell you how they work. Pizza Hut created a marketing stunt of specialized sneakers last year that could order a pizza (Pizza Hut only, of course) with a press of a large button on top. This year, these shoes have returned: …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! That’s a lot of printer for $80. Canon Every home needs a printer, but I’ll go a step …
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Here’s some sobering news: Hackers are reportedly selling Apple IDs on the dark web for about $15 a pop. Yep, someone has literally put a price on your personal information — and it’s the equivalent of one month’s worth of HBO Now. Of course, a compromised Apple ID could cost you a lot more than that, as thieves could potentially …
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Now playing: Watch this: Trump blocks Broadcom-Qualcomm merger 1:24 5G promises to be the solution to everyone’s problems. For Broadcom, it’s the potential key to completing its hostile takeover of fellow chip maker Qualcomm. Qualcomm, with its Snapdragon processors, is the world’s biggest maker of mobile chips and an attractive target for Broadcom. Qualcomm Broadcom, which makes chips for everything …
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Being able to see a movie every day for just $9.95 per month seems too good to be true. Depending on how much you value your privacy, maybe it is. MoviePass built a business model on selling the data of its users to make going to the movies affordable again. What MoviePass wasn’t so upfront about, however, is how it …
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Amazon Prime’s core customers have typically been middle- and upper-class shoppers. That may soon change. The e-commerce titan said Wednesday it will now offer the popular membership program to Medicaid recipients for $5.99 a month, less than half the regular monthly price. The move vastly expands the number of people now eligible for that discounted rate, with about 35 million …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Start building your 4K Blu-ray library with this excellent freebie. Best Buy I’m on record as saying 4K …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Don’t worry, FKA Twigs. HomePod will change your life. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Do you come home at night and stare into a gray, messy living room? Do you sometimes stay out late, drinking with lonely strangers, so that you don’t have to go …
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Longtime tech entrepreneur Halsey Minor has a plan for tapping into all those idle servers — think of them as “zombie” computers — sitting in data centers and having them process, store and distribute video. And he says that plan will cost far less than rival services from Google and Amazon. Oh, and he’s come up with a way for …
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If you’re looking for a new wireless Bluetooth headphone, you’ve probably looked at one of the two big names out there: Beats and Bose. Both the BeatsX and the Bose SoundSport Wireless headphones are $149 in the US, share similar specs and design. How do you decide which one’s right for you? (International pricing is slightly different for both: the …
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