Peacock, the free streaming service from Comcast‘s NBCUniversal that launched on July 15, is finally coming to Roku. After news broke that NBCUniversal’s other apps on Roku were going to be removed from the streaming platform on Friday, the two sides were able to finally reach a deal. As part of the deal, those apps — which include …
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For months, we’ve been hearing rumors that a new Google Chromecast streamer was in the works. Code-named Sabrina, the device was reportedly being built around a revised and full-fledged Android TV interface, with a debut planned for fall. Now, weeks ahead of the Sept. 30 virtual event where we expect it to debut, a new leak posted on the German …
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With many restaurants limited to pickup and delivery in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, food delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats have become a particularly convenient way to grab some grub. DoorDash and Uber Eats are currently the biggest food delivery services in the United States. On the surface, these apps have similar features — they’re both available …
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Google Maps is your go-to when checking driving times and finding the closest grocery store open late on a Sunday night. However, if you’re only using the Maps app on your iPhone or Android phone for the basics, you’re missing out. Google Maps has several overlooked features that you may not know about. For example, when visiting other countries, you can …
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What a time to be a tablet shopper. Apple just launched a major revision to its iPad Air, and also gave the plain old basic iPad a power boost. Microsoft’s Surface series makes regular Windows 10 feel more like a tablet experience. And Samsung has a new pair of premium tablets — the Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7 Plus …
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Editor’s note, Sept. 17: We’re in the process of testing out the Motorola One 5G and will post our full review soon. You can buy the Motorola One 5G starting Friday, Sept. 18, at AT&T for $445. Motorola hasn’t yet shared pricing or availability for the Verizon version. With affordable and feature-packed offerings like the Moto G Stylus, G Power …
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Google Drive will start automatically deleting your trash files after 30 days, Google said this week. The new trash policy will begin Oct. 13. If users have items that have been in their trash folder for months, those files will remain there until 30 days after the new policy starts. Gmail and other G Suite services already follow this policy. …
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Users have found a major bug in Apple’s iOS 14 iPhone software. The free software upgrade, which Apple made publicly available Wednesday, includes features many users had long asked for, such as better ways to organize apps, living programs called widgets on the home screen, and the ability to change which default apps the phone uses to browse the web …
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It goes without saying that we need new ways to do certain things — ways that help minimize the spread of potentially deadly germs. Here’s one: a contactless payment system, something that eliminates the need to, say, hand a credit card to a cashier or touch a processing terminal. Purewrist Go is one such solution. It’s a small NFC-based card …
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We won’t be wearing our magic Tony Stark AR smartglasses this year, or the year after, or maybe not even the year after that. Although Facebook is already working on smartglasses with Luxottica, those won’t be world-sensing mixed reality devices yet. But Facebook’s Project Aria is ready to start mapping the real world with a head-worn sensor array being deployed …
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