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Best Buy flash sale: Save hundreds on a 65

Best Buy is having a flash sale today that includes a variety of products from all over the store, with worthwhile deals on MacBooks, Lenovo laptops, Klipsch speakers, TVs and more. The standout deal here is TCL’s 8-Series Roku TV, which CNET dubbed the best 65-inch non-OLED TV of 2019. It’s selling for $1,000 today, which matches its …

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Slack revamps iPhone and Android app with simpler design

Slack on Wednesday rolled out a major update to its iPhone and Android apps, which aims to improve navigation and make it easier to access DMs and availability and status settings. The mobile improvements follow a big update to Slack’s desktop platform that arrived in March, just as coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines were beginning and more people started working from …

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New features for Apple’s rumored AirPods Studio headphones get detailed in report

Apple’s been rumored to be prepping over-ear AirPods headphones for some time, and now we seem to be getting a little more detail about what some of the features will be in the rumored AirPods Studio.  The latest rumor, via 9to5Mac, details how the new headphones will have “neck detection” sensors that may function similarly to how current AirPods pause …

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Apple headphone deals for 2020: AirPods Pro on sale for $228 at Amazon

Amazon has posted its lowest-ever price for the AirPods Pro. Slicing $21 off Apple’s $249 list price, the retailer is now offering the noise-canceling earbuds for $228. That’s just $8 more than the all-time low of $220 we saw at Nationwide Distributors back in April. If you’ve been considering buying them, now would be a good time to do it. Otherwise, …

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Google Play’s Change the Game design challenge is now taking applications

Google Play’s Change the Game, an initiative that empowers women as gamers and creators, started accepting applicants for its 2020 design challenge on Monday. To enter, designers 13 to 18 years old can submit their idea for an original mobile game with a statement on why they’re passionate about gaming or what change they’d like to see in the gaming …

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 768G processor gives 5G boost to midrange phones

Qualcomm has a new processor that should provide a performance boost for some nonflagship phones. On Monday the chipmaker introduced its latest chip, the Snapdragon 768G, which should deliver better performance on midrange phones.  The company says that the new chip, which has a 2.8GHz clock speed compared to the 2.4GHz speed found on last year’s Snapdragon 765G, will offer …

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iPhone 12 Pro may get ProMotion display with 120Hz refresh rate

The forthcoming iPhone 12 Pro is expected to feature a ProMotion display with a refresh rate of 120Hz, according to EverythingApplePro. It’s also expected to feature Face ID improvements and an upgraded camera. The annual fall iPhone refresh is expected to be called the iPhone 12 and feature three tiers of varying features. If the report is accurate, the iPhone …

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Apple opening some US stores next week, with new social distancing rules

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple is beginning to open its retail stores around the globe, another sign that the weeks-long stay-at-home orders we’ve all been under to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus are starting to come to an end. The tech giant closed its stores in …

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Apple highlights how to shop and get technical help from home

To help those who are home because of the coronavirus pandemic, Apple is now offering in its online storefront some of what you’d find in the company’s brick-and-mortar Apple Stores. Spotted earlier by AppleInsider, Apple’s shopping page collects in one place the company’s various in-store services, including getting help from an Apple Genius and chatting with an Apple specialist about a purchase. …

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Apple Arcade’s new action survival game makes all the best parts of board games digital

This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. The Otherside, a digital board game from indie studio Barbacube, joins Apple Arcade‘s growing catalog of over 110 games on Friday. The action survival game was created by Mark Rubin, a former executive producer of Call of Duty at Infinity …

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