Streaming music service Pandora has announced special pricing for students and members of the military and their families. Pandora Premium, which is ad-free and lets users skip songs and download music for offline listening, normally costs $10 per month. The new Pandora for Students plan costs $5 month and is available to both new and existing users. New …
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The Kansas City Royals haven’t given their fans much reason to cheer since winning the World Series in 2015. They bottomed out last season, losing more than 100 games and finishing dead last in the AL Central. In 2019 the Royals are in the middle of another rebuild, but with young talent on the roster like Hunter Dozier, Whit Merrifield, …
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This story is part of Mother’s Day Gift Guide. CNET editors round up the hottest gadgets for Mom this year. Mother’s Day is coming up, so why not get Mom the gift she really wants? A new video streamer or smart TV says “I Love You” almost as much as flowers, and will definitely last longer. Streaming video can be …
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We’ve seen this sale before, but Amazon and others are offering the Roku Premiere 4K HDR for $30, or $10 off the regular price. As CNET video guru David Katztmaier notes, the Roku Premiere is the cheapest streaming device on the market that can stream 4K HDR video. “This finger-sized mini box is barely big enough for the (included) HDMI …
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Get your ridiculous hats and mint juleps ready — Derby Day is almost here. The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby takes place today, Saturday, May 4 — and the world’s best horses have already been flown in on their custom plane for the race. Last year, Justify won the Kentucky Derby and went on to become only the 13th horse …
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The San Diego Padres shocked the baseball world by landing free agent prize Manny Machado this past offseason. With Manny manning third base and one of baseball’s top prospects, rookie Fernando Tatis Jr., playing next to him at shortstop, the future is beginning to look promising for a team that last reached the postseason in 2006. Padres fans who also …
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Mike Trout is hands-down the best baseball player on the planet, and after signing the largest contract in professional sports history with the Los Angeles Angels, he’ll continue mashing in balls in southern California for the next decade and more. But Trout isn’t the only attraction in Anaheim: I would argue smooth-fielding, rocket-armed Andrelton Simmons is also worth the price of entry. And …
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The San Francisco Giants play in the most beautiful park in all of baseball. I would pay good money to watch a Planet Earth-style documentary of an empty Oracle Park (previously Pac Bell Park, SBC Park and AT&T Park). The camera slowly pans across the outfield grass and rises up so I can catch a glimpse of McCovey Cove behind the tall …
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After four consecutive last-place finishes, the Cincinnati Reds shook things up this past offseason by trading for Yasiel Puig and replacing three-fifths of their starting rotation with newcomers Sonny Gray, Tanner Roark and Alex Wood. With their revamped rotation along with young sluggers Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker and steady vet and on-base machine Joey Votto, the Reds hope to …
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It’s that time of year in New York, when digital media companies put on “Newfronts,” splashy presentations for video advertisers. Usually, it’s a chance for services like Hulu and YouTube to impress marketers with their buzzy new shows and trot out their highest-wattage talent. So for its Newfront, Verizon put its biggest star center stage: 5G. Verizon, which bought digital media …
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