Amazon has relinquished more than $61 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission that it withheld tips from over 140,000 of it Amazon Flex drivers for more than two years. And now the agency is sending the settlement money to the drivers, the FTC announced Tuesday. The FTC alleged in a lawsuit it filed …
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If there’s one thing that every party needs, it’s music and lighting. And withBlack Friday looming, you can expect the prices for portable speakers in particular to start dropping. The Ortizan portable Bluetooth speaker caught my eye today with features like waterproof protection and multi-color LED lights that pulse with your music. This speaker looks like a lot of fun, …
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Sony’s WF-1000XM4 may not fit everybody’s ears equally well, but if they do fit, they’re a fantastic set of true-wireless earbuds. Both their sound and noise-canceling capacity are excellent, and their performance as a headset for making calls is significantly improved over the earlier WF-1000XM3. However, they’re normally expensive at $280, and due to high demand after their release this …
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Amazon Fire TV customers can now use the TikTok TV app to watch viral videos on Fire TVs and Fire TV devices. The update comes after Amazon Fire TV and video app TikTok announced a new partnership on Monday. To open TikTok on your Fire TV, according to the release, just say “Alexa, open TikTok.” To get started, download the …
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Apple’s Polishing Cloth made its debut in the Apple Store following the company’s October Unleashed event, where it joined Apple’s product lineup alongside substantially more expensive devices. The newly redesigned MacBook Pro and the third-generation AirPods may have been the biggest highlights of the show, with the former bringing back the HDMI connector, as well as offering MagSafe charging, a full SD …
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Apple announced at its October Unleashed event that its new AirPods 3 and MacBook Pro laptops both feature spatial audio for better movies and music, but what exactly is that? Surround sound has existed in various forms for decades and is most often used in movies and gaming. However, the company is taking its spatial audio concept further and enabling the feature …
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It’s Halloween weekend, but we’re on the cusp on a slew of early Black Friday sales from Target (starting Sunday), Walmart (starting Wednesday) and others as the transition to the holiday shopping season is well underway. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t great deals in the meantime on laptops, power tools and cookware. Check out the Lenovo Chromebook 3 for …
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE (short for Fan Edition) is a midlevel 12.4-inch Android tablet that starts at $529 for a Wi-Fi-only model (£519, AU$799) and $669 for one with 5G. Yes, it might cost more than a basic iPad, but it’s less than an iPad Pro, and this product sits roughly between those two popular products on the …
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I leave more iPhone chargers in hotel rooms than rockstars leave broken TVs. That means I’m constantly looking for one and jumping a the chance to buy a few on the cheap. Right now, Amazon has a three-pack of MFI-certified Zuqieta lightning cables for $13. That’s 20% off the normal price, plus they’ll ship to you with lightning speed too. …
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The newly renamed Meta (previously Facebook) has big plans for fitness and the metaverse. Meta just acquired one of the Oculus Quest’s more notable subscription-based fitness companies, Within, which makes an Oculus app called Supernatural. The app connects with Apple Watches to track real-time heart rate, working similarly to Apple Fitness Plus and Amazon’s upcoming Halo fitness video service. Supernatural was …
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