Amazon’s $80 Halo View addresses one of my biggest complaints about Amazon’s first fitness band: its lack of a screen. As its name implies, Amazon’s latest wearable has a color touchscreen for showing health statistics and the time, along with other things like text messages. It’s a big departure from the distraction-free approach Amazon took with …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn’t just oversee one of the world’s most valuable companies. He’s also become a seasoned politician, forging relationships with world leaders, including now former President Donald Trump. A new report Tuesday outlined his role in negotiating with Chinese government regulators too, paving the way for Apple to invest at least $275 billion over the past half …
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Thinking back on 2021 — the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, billionaires going to space, NFTs — I can’t help but feel tired. And Duolingo agrees. Duolingo released its 2021 Language Report Monday, and “I am mentally exhausted” is its phrase of the year. The company said it chose the phrase, featured in its Japanese course, “to reflect the tone and overall …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Cyber Week has officially wrapped up, but if you missed your chance to jump on its great selection of deals, don’t panic. Like other retailers such as Walmart and Amazon, many of the Cyber Week offers from Best Buy have rolled over into a new …
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I finally got to try Snap’s AR glasses in my own backyard, testing a handful of its augmented-reality Lenses in bright outdoor light. The hour or so I spent with them was like a quick sprint through the possible future of how developers will play with AR beyond the current phone-powered experiences. I was able to try out a handful …
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The Apple Watch Series 7 has some new features, a bigger screen and upped durability. It charges a bit faster, apps load quickly and is fitted with WatchOS 8. But as I flick through it and its watch faces, I have to ask myself: Has anything really changed? Of course things have changed, a bit. But the newest Apple Watch …
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are long gone, but that doesn’t mean that there are no great deals to be had. Best Buy has just kicked off another Apple Sales Event, which offers discounts of up to $800 on various products. Some of these discounts are better than what we saw with Black Friday deals; others are not quite as …
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Until now Amazon’s Fire TV system has generally appeared on cheap TVs with middling image quality, but the new M-Series from Toshiba aims higher. Out today, it’s the first Fire TV equipped with full-array local dimming, a feature that boosts all-important contrast and allows an LCD TV to take more advantage of high dynamic range (HDR) TV shows, movies and games. The …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Both Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but the 2021 holiday shopping season is far from over. (Check out the best holiday deals that are still available here.) In fact, we are only a few weeks away from Christmas, one of the …
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Apple products are notoriously difficult to find on sale, but every now and then you can find good deals at authorized Apple retailers. The MagSafe Battery Pack is compatible with iPhone 12, iPhone 13 (including Mini, Pro and Max editions) and it snaps directly onto the back. It starts charging automatically, so there’s no button to press and no hassle. …
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