Important: This story is no longer being updated. Please go to Best Cyber Monday 2019 Deals Available Now for the latest deals. OK, Black Friday 2019 is officially in the books! At least, the calendar date is; the Black Friday sales continue. In fact, we awoke this morning to find the following gem had been added …
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Black Friday deals are in full force at Best Buy, there are big savings on popular products, and most locations will have extended hours. A few of the best deals available include $80 off the latest 32GB Apple iPad (a CNET Editors’ Choice), the Apple Watch Series 4, on sale for $349 (read our review here) and the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 with a Core …
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Amazon has early Black Friday deals you can hop on right now, and the next wave of discounts hits this Friday, Nov. 22 when Amazon kicks off its Black Friday Deals Week that runs until Black Friday itself, Nov. 29. In addition to Black Friday Deals Week, Amazon will launch daily deals on Nov. 28 (Thanksgiving), Nov. 29 (Black Friday) …
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Headphone deals are heating up. The other day, the Sony WH-1000XM3 dipped to an all-time-low $228 (but has since returned to $278, still a decent discount), and there’s a Bose 700 deal coming tomorrow. The deal to beat right now, however, is this: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Beats Studio3 Wireless noise-canceling headphones (in gray) are …
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Amazon announced a heap of devices last month, including five new Echo smart speakers, more Ring smart home security, new Alexa commands and pair of smart glasses it’s calling Echo Frames. But the new Echo Loop smart ring ($130) is the one making most people scratch heads and wonder what they would do with it. Echo Loop puts Amazon’s digital Alexa assistant on your body in a way that’s different than the …
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Amazon announced a heap of devices last month, including five new Echo smart speakers, more Ring smart home security, new Alexa commands and a “smart ring” it’s calling Echo Loop. But the new Echo Frames smart glasses ($180) with always-on Alexa voice control are what’s drawing the most attention from gadget lovers and privacy advocates alike. Echo Frames put Amazon’s digital Alexa assistant …
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Bose is discontinuing its noise-masking Sleepbuds following customer complaints that the items failed to charge fully and that they unexpectedly powered down. The decision to stop offering the $249 wireless earbuds was disclosed Thursday in an email to customers. “Based on what we knew, we believed that software and firmware updates could fix the issues. But the failures have continued, …
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Welcome back to CNET’s The Best. This is our new show that tries to answer one simple question, “What’s the best?” In this second installment, we find one noise-canceling headphone to serve as the mayor of sound town. CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy lends us his brains and golden ears. David uses his many years of experience to pit five …
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Amazon is entering the smart glasses field with the Echo Frames, the company announced at its Alexa event on Wednesday. The Echo Frames are part of Amazon’s “Day One Editions,” a program for experimental products that are complete but offered with limited availability, Dave Limp, senior vice president of devices and services, said at the event. The smart glasses don’t …
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Beats, Bose, Bang & Olufsen, Sony… I don’t know about you, but I can’t afford premium headphones priced at $200-$350. That’s why you’ll often hear me touting affordable off-brand models, which often offer “good enough” sound for those of us unwilling or unable to spend that kind of money. But, dang, when something like this comes along, count me in. …
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