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Amazon Go has reportedly found its New York home across the street from the World Trade Center. The cashierless store, which the e-commerce giant last month confirmed would be coming to the Big Apple, will be in Brookfield Place, according to Recode. We don’t know when it’ll open, but Amazon has reportedly already started hiring …

If you’re among those distressed by the new Apple iPhone XS’ propensity for plastic-skinning your high-contrast selfies, you can relax now: The fix for beauty-gate is in. Or will be in, once the current beta of iOS 12.1 goes live. The facial smoothing, first thought of as an unwanted “beauty mode” by some users on Reddit and YouTube, turned out to be isolated to …

Two of baseball’s classic teams are set to square off in the Fall Classic. Founded in 1901 as one of the charter franchises in the American League, the Boston Red Sox play in Fenway Park, baseball’s oldest stadium. The Dodger franchise began playing in Brooklyn in 1883 (as the Brooklyn Atlantics) before heading west to Los Angeles in 1958. Dodger …

Verizon’s last few weeks brought dramatic highs and lows.  After taking preorders last month, Verizon kicked off October with the launch of its Verizon 5G Home broadband-replacement service, which it argues made it the first to the next-generation wireless technology (rivals would debate this point). But over the last two weeks, Verizon has had to deal with another challenge: recovering …

Instagram. WhatsApp. And now Oculus. Top executives at companies Facebook has acquired keep heading for the exits. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, who co-founded the virtual reality startup Facebook bought for more than $2 billion in 2014, on Monday became the latest high-profile leader to depart the world’s largest social network. That list reads like a who’s who of the tech …

eBay will now let you sell your old phone in “a matter of minutes,” but there’s a small catch: You get paid in eBay vouchers. Known as Instant Selling, the service could be useful if your previous phone is just gathering dust and you’re bidding on some big-ticket item. The e-commerce site says it offers returns that are up to …

Apple’s new iPhone XR comes with the all-screen design of the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone X. Some people may be eager to get their hands on the XR’s big 6.1-inch screen. But for those of us whose clumsiness have betrayed iPhones in the past, it’s hard not to imagine the spiderweb of cracks that are waiting to …

Our full review of the iPhone XR is here. How does it compare to the iPhone XS and Pixel 3? We answer that and much more in our exhaustive review.  When Apple announced its new batch of iPhones last month, the iPhone XS and XS Max were the stars of the show and first to go on sale. Now the spotlight turns …

Twitter has suspended more than a dozen accounts associated with Infowars and Alex Jones, its banned founder. A Twitter spokesman confirmed Monday it had suspended 18 accounts “under the Infowars umbrella,” as CNN had reported Monday afternoon. The social network said it had previously banned five accounts with links to Jones after several warnings. Twitter said last month it had …

The New York Police Department removed thousands of officers’ body cameras Sunday after one cop’s camera exploded. The Staten Island officer was on duty around midnight Sunday when the Vievu LE-5 camera started to smoke, the department wrote. The police officer quickly removed the device, which then exploded on the ground. No one was injured, the department said. Now playing: …