Walmart is making its PS5 inventory available to buy on its site in several timeslots Thursday, but its site got overwhelmed by customers rushing to buy Sony’s next-gen PlayStation during the first wave. CNET staffers and people on social media reported having the console in their cart with shipping info before the site crashed and …
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The Xbox Series X and Series S came out Tuesday, and iFixit wasted no time in opening up the more expensive Series X. The repair site’s teardown revealed that Microsoft included plenty of parts to keep the next-gen console cool, including a sizable fan, a heat sink and thermal paste. It found that the console’s modular design should make the …
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Hey, you with the wrist. Wouldn’t you like to strap on something that could count your steps, track your runs, remind you of meetings, notify you of incoming text messages and, oh yeah, tell time? Sounds like you’re in the market for a fitness tracker. Or smartwatch. What’s the difference? That’s just one of the questions we’re tackling in this …
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Black Friday is still weeks away, but it’s also here with a vengeance — it’s the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle of holiday sales. How do we know? Because it’s not just Best Buy and Walmart anymore. Everyone is getting in on the sales, including Office Depot. From now through Saturday, Nov. 7, or while supplies last, the retailer is having a …
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DJI hasn’t let up on the new product announcements in the second half of 2020. At the end of August, it released the OM 4 phone stabilizer followed by two new camera stabilizers, the RS 2 and RSC 2, and the Pocket 2 palm-size 4K vlogging cam in October. Now, it’s adding a drone to the list, the DJI Mini …
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The value proposition for scanners reads like an ad from 1998: With this scanner, you can digitize your documents and join the paperless office of the future! There’s probably no way to talk about scanners without sounding like a goofy advertisement hawking the information superhighway, but don’t let that overshadow the real value that a scanner adds to your home …
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Let’s talk audio. If you’ve been following along, you know that Walmart’s first early Black Friday sale kicks off today at 4 p.m. PT. One highlight: $99 AirPods. But guess what? Best Buy just jumped in with Apple AirPods for $100, currently (and temporarily) the lowest price on record. Apple sells them for $159, though they’ve been available for $129 …
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Happy Monday, cheeps! (If you’re new here, that’s my longstanding portmanteau of “cheap” and “peeps.”) Hopefully you’ve all recovered from the Halloween-candy sugar coma and heinous government-imposed time change. Maybe today’s deals will help. Arcade1Up Arcade1Up Countercade machines $100 for Frogger, Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man A potentially great addition to a game room, Arcade1Up’s Countercade machines give you the full …
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Still on the hunt for a new laptop for working from home, schooling from home or the like? My top pick right now is from Best Buy’s early Black Friday sale, which kicked off yesterday. It’s the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6-inch laptop for $300, still available as of this morning. See the IdeaPad at Best Buy There’s another Lenovo that’s …
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Want to do some good while you shop for your holiday gifts on Amazon? With Amazon Smile, you can support charity easily and automatically. Just point your browser (or modify your Amazon bookmark) to smile.amazon.com, then choose the charity you want to support. There are countless options; I even found hyperlocal organizations like our high-school marching band. Then just shop like normal. …
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