CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Want want want. ThinkGeek Can we get our geek on for a minute? I love me …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Google Greetings from Chicago, quite possibly my single favorite city in these United States. It’s where I first experienced Trapped in …
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Drones can help you up your photography game and sometimes they make deliveries. Eventually, they could save — or end — lives. Connecticut lawmakers are considering equipping drones with “deadly” weapons for use by police, the Associated Press reported Thursday. North Dakota is currently the only state where police can weaponize drones, but they are restricted to nonfatal equipment like …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image The FQ17W comes with a remote, but can also be flown via phone. FQ777 Move over, Elfie: There’s a new pocket …
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Samsung is set to reveal the Galaxy S8 on Wednesday, and we’ve got some questions. A day before the event in New York, we discuss what we hope the unveiling will answer: Can the new device overcome the burning stench of the Galaxy Note 7? Which of the many S8 rumors are actually plausible? And with all the leaks over …
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Now playing: Watch this: Amazon delivery drone makes US debut 1:00 Amazon Prime Air said Thursday it shipped its first package out in public in the US this week, marking another small step toward its goal of filling the skies with delivery drones. The e-commerce giant’s drone delivery arm has been testing flights for years, though due to federal regulations …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Battop Like I said earlier this week (when that ding-dang cable organizer sold out so quickly), I love simple, effective, inexpensive …
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If the roads are terribly congested and there’s just no way to get home fast, perhaps hopping on a flying drone taxi may be the best way to get home in Singapore in 2030. That’s at least the plan for the island state’s Ministry of Transport, who has been in talks with companies to start trials on drones that can …
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There are 130 million students around the world who haven’t learned basic math or reading, even after being in school for several years, according to UNESCO. Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, wants to whittle down that number. Over the next two years, it’s giving $50 million in grants to nonprofits focused on improving education in developing countries using tech-based learning tools, …
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Fast shipping is — finally — no longer all about Amazon. On Monday, eBay announced it will offer a new guaranteed-delivery program in the US starting this summer, pledging deliveries in three or fewer days for more than 20 million products. For the first time, eBay’s shoppers will be able to filter searches to see only items guaranteed to arrive …
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