Many years ago, I used to live near a New England Comics store. That company is behind the incredibly fun character, the Tick. You may have seen the excellent cartoon that ran on Fox or the short-lived live-action show (that also ran on Fox). This time, the Tick is back for another round with 10 …
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When upgrading to a phone with a bigger screen, buyers often overlook one important consideration: A bigger screen is harder to navigate one-handed. Indeed, back in the days of small screens, your thumb could probably reach all corners without much trouble. But today’s 5- and 6-inch models just don’t allow for thumb-powered operation — not without a little help. Fortunately, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Alexa, do these things on my phone 1:42 Amazon’s Alexa is coming to phones. We’ve seen it on the Huawei Mate 9 and now it’s here for the HTC U11, the phone you can squeeze. But the Alexa voice app works a little differently on the U11. There are still some things you can’t do on the …
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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 Twitter! Now playing: Watch this: HP’s new living room PC looks sharp, but is built for… 1:17 What. Is. This? …
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One of my favorite things about my TV setup at home is the ability to say “Alexa, turn on the TV” and have the TV fire up, my AV receiver switch to the right input and my TiVo ready for action — er, vegetation. To do all that, I use a Harmony universal remote. That’s because Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant …
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The next time you shout at the TV, it might just listen. Amazon is preparing to send out an update that will allow its Fire TV devices — including the Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire TV Edition televisions — to work with its Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show or whatever other Alexa-powered device you have. “But Ian,” I …
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Your internet experience may look a little different today. That’s because Netflix, OkCupid, Airbnb, Reddit and dozens of other popular websites are greeting visitors on Wednesday with messages urging them to protect the free and open internet. It’s all part of a massive campaign called the “Day of Action,” an online protest that’s meant to stir up grassroots support for …
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Amazon‘s Prime Day again proved to be a huge success. The exclusive sale for Prime members, held on Tuesday, broke the e-commerce titan’s single-day sales record for the second year in a row. Amazon said Wednesday that overall sales grew by 60 percent from a year earlier and that more new members joined Prime than on any other day in …
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Today, while scouring the many deals of Amazon’s Prime Day, remember to shop via smile.amazon.com. Entering through that URL gets you to the exact same Amazon you’d normally use, except that 0.5 percent of your purchase goes to a charity of your choice. It may sound unreal, but all of the prices and deals are the exact same too. So be …
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AT&T says it supports net neutrality and to prove it, it plans to join the massive online protest Wednesday to show support for rules under fire by the Trump administration. Yes, that’s right. The nation’s second-largest phone company, which unsuccessfully sued the Federal Communications Commission in federal court to dismantle the 2015 rules, is joining 70,000 online companies, advocacy groups …
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