Amazon has the Moto Z’s back. Lenovo’s Motorola unit on Sunday unveiled a number of new Moto Mods — replaceable backs to the Moto Z that add new capabilities like extra battery life, a projector or better audio. One of the more notable additions is one coming from Amazon, which plans to build a Moto …
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The 89th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 26. Red carpet coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. PT, and the awards ceremony gets underway at 8:30 p.m ET, 5:30 p.m. PT. Jimmy Kimmel will host. Justin Timberlake, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Legend and Sting will sing. ABC will broadcast. ABC will also let you stream the show …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Netgear’s Orbi satellites are kind of big, something to consider if you’re concerned about your decor. Netgear I’m writing this from the folks’ …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET It’s Oscar season, the time when people’s thoughts turn to movies — including the movies that have …
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When you unpacked your new TV or streamer for the first time, you probably couldn’t wait to start watching it. In the excitement to put it through its paces, chances are you just clicked “I agree” to all those screens of legal mumbo jumbo that came up during the setup process. Did you know one of the things you likely …
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Amazon Prime video is essentially a bonus for people who don’t mind paying an annual fee to get expedited shipping. So when we see a month of video that looks like March 2017, it’s hard to get too upset. The second and final season of “Hand of God” arrives on Amazon on March 10. The series stars Ron Perlman, which …
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User reviews are the internet’s gift to consumerism. When you want to know if a product or destination is worth your time and money, you can see what others had to say about it. That kind of crowdsourced opinion-sharing simply wasn’t available pre-internet. Just one problem: Not all user reviews are legitimate. A restaurant owner, for example, might try to …
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“Hi everyone — the photo you are all excited about is NOT what you think it is.” So said Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz on Twitter earlier this month, responding to the latest PR crisis embroiling his Florida-based augmented reality (AR) startup. Days before, Business Insider published what it said was the first photo of Magic Leap’s secretive, never-before-seen hardware. …
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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. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. With an effective price of $3.75 per pair, this 4-pack is too good to pass up. Samsung Yesterday’s post was, um, not good. …
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Baseball just nabbed one of digital media’s biggest hitters. Michael Paull, an Amazon executive who oversaw the e-commerce giant’s popular Prime Video service, is becoming the new CEO of BAMTech, Major League Baseball’s video-streaming service, the MLB said Tuesday. Amazon exec Michael Paull is leaving the e-commerce giant to run Major League Baseball’s popular video-streaming service. Greg Doherty, Getty Images …
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