SiriusXM is no longer just a satellite radio provider — the company has started streaming to Google smart speakers, so you can now listen at home via a Google Nest Hub (for what it’s worth, SiriusXM has been on Alexa for a while now). To celebrate, you can still make the most of the company’s Cyber Monday …
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On Tuesday, Apple awarded the AI photography app Spectre Camera the title of iPhone App of the Year, as part of its first annual App Store Best Apps and Games awards. Spectre — created by the developer behind photography app Halide — uses machine learning to take simulated long-exposure photos on your iPhone. The app combines hundreds of photos taken …
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We’ve come a long way since the salad days of internet communications, when we used abbreviations such as LOL or keyboard emoji to help put a happy spin on our messages. As with all things internet, the way we express ourselves to others online has become more sophisticated, with animated GIFs replacing keyboard shorthand. Thanks to GIF generators, anyone and …
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We already knew Huawei’s Mate 30 couldn’t use Google’s Android operating system because of the Trump administration’s ban on the controversial Chinese phone maker, but it seems the impact isn’t limited to software. The phone is now being made without any US-sourced components at all, The Wall Street Journal reported. Huawei found non-American suppliers for parts, according to an analysis …
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Google named Glitch Video Effects the Play Users’ Choice App of 2019 on Tuesday, as part of Google Play’s Best of 2019 awards. Google’s top picks followed the news of Apple’s first annual App Store Best Apps and Games awards earlier in the day. Glitch Video Editor, from developer InShot, allows users to take photos and videos and add more …
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Nevermind Black Friday, Target is rocking Cyber Monday with great deals on Apple’s iPad 10.2 and Nikon’s D3500 dSLR bundle, plus major price cuts on Beats Solo3 Wireless headphones, and even more rewards for Target RedCard and Target Circle holders. Target’s Black Friday ad came out a while ago, giving us an early glimpse into likely Cyber Monday deals. And now the giant red bull’s-eye …
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Now a serious Black Friday and Cyber Monday contender, it’s time to stop thinking of eBay as just a place to have an online garage sale. Keep the online shopping giant’s eBay Deals page bookmarked through the end of Cyber Monday for surprisingly big deals on electronics, housewares, toys and all kinds of random goodies. Now with over a billion listings, the mega-merchant sources many of …
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Amazon Web Services has announced three quantum computing services that’ll bring the super-futuristic supercomputing technology within reach of everyday folks, as reported Monday by CNET sister site ZDNet. During its annual AWS re:Invent conference, it unveiled Amazon Braket, the AWS Center for Quantum Computing and the Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab. AWS noted in its announcement that it had joked 10 …
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Black Friday is over and the US is back at work, but the deals are still going strong as Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, GameStop, Sam’s Club and Newegg slide into Cyber Monday mode. And while there are major savings to be had on TVs, speakers, smart home gadgets and gaming devices, it can be difficult to track what’s actually worth buying. …
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With only a few weeks left in 2019, Apple is continuing its recent tradition of closing out the calendar with its list of the best apps and games for the year that was. While big names like YouTube, Netflix and Instagram topped the free download charts for iPhones and iPads, the actual award recipients ran a gamut of developers large …
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