Ever since the original PlayStation back in the ’90s, game consoles have been at the cutting edge of playing optical discs. The DVD and Blu-ray formats both got a huge boost from Sony‘s machines. With the latest optical format, 4K Blu-ray, it’s Microsoft’s turn to lead the pack. Sony decided to omit 4K disc support from its …
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Amazon’s Echo may dominate smart speakers, but Pandora appears to rule the Echo. Pandora’s streaming music service represents more than 40 percent of listening on Amazon’s Echo devices, Pandora CEO Tim Westergren said Tuesday at a keynote discussion during A2IM Indie Week, an independent music label conference in New York. That jibes with third-party data released earlier this year suggesting …
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Tech companies including Amazon, Etsy, Vimeo, and Reddit are coming together for a day of action July 12 to protest the potential rollback of net neutrality rules proposed by the Federal Communications Commission. Announced Tuesday, the internet-wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality will involve getting people to contact Congress and the FCC, said Evan Greer, campaign director for …
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Amazon is keeping up its effort to attract more low-income customers to its Prime membership program. The e-commerce giant said Tuesday it cut the price for a Prime subscription to $5.99 a month for people with an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. These cards are used to disburse funds for food assistance and other government-aid programs. At that rate, Prime would cost $71.88 …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. After years without an official Amazon Video app, Apple TV is finally jumping into the river. Apple Monday confirmed rumors that an official app for the popular Amazon Video service will be available later this year on its fourth-generation $150 Apple TV streaming and gaming box, which …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. We’re expecting Apple to announce a few new products Monday as it kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference. In the lead-up to the keynote address, which begins at 10 a.m. PT, the Apple Store is down, showing only the simple tease, “We’ll be …
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Amazon seems to be writing its own story of Ice and Fire. After the company’s first Fire Phone flamed out, Amazon is said to be going back to the drawing board for its next push into smartphone territory. According to a report from NDTV’s Gadget 360, Amazon’s working on a phone internally nicknamed “Ice.” The phone will run Android 7.1.1 and have …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. With more voice assistants competing for your attention than ever before, the time was right for Apple to introduce a slew of Siri upgrades on Monday, June 5, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. On top of that, we finally got our first …
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Want to prepare for Game 2 of the NBA Finals Sunday night with some corny jokes about the competing Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors? Alexa is ready to help you out. Game 1 goes to GSW.@warriors stay perfect in the #NBAPlayoffs, beat @cavs 113-90 on 38/8/8 from Durant. LeBron: 28/15/8.#NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/CgvdVuvUCd — NBA (@NBA) June 2, 2017 Whether you’re …
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