Your future school and home STEAM toy selection has compressed: odds are, it’ll be made by Sphero. Two of the biggest players in the educational electronics space are merging. Sphero has acquired Littlebits, with plans to possibly move into new product territories, the company announced this morning. Littlebits, founded in 2011, sells a number of …
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Samsung’s midrange Galaxy A20 phone is now available on Boost Mobile, with the prepaid carrier charging $129.99 plus tax for the device. Boost is also charging $25 per month per line for unlimited data, talk and text. The Samsung Galaxy A20. Boost Mobile The Samsung Galaxy A20 comes with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display, an 8MP selfie camera, a 13MP …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In a matter of hours Apple will begin the keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2019. This year’s WWDC presentation takes place at 10 a.m. PT on Monday, June 3 in San Jose, California. The weeklong conference will likely show off upcoming versions of iOS 13 and …
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Amazon is interested in snapping up the Boost Mobile prepaid wireless service if Sprint and T-Mobile decide to divest it to push through their $26.5 billion merger, a report says. The online retail giant wants Boost so it can use T-Mobile’s wireless network for the next six years as part of an attached wholesale deal, Reuters reported Thursday. “Amazon would …
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This weekend, the Easter Bunny takes care of one basket; allow me to take care of another. I mean your shopping basket, of course, because there are a few good deals to be had. For starters, Best Buy has a pair of TVs worth considering. If you already own a media-streaming device like an Amazon Fire TV or a Roku, …
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In late March Apple announced Apple Arcade, a subscription service that allows Apple users to play games across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV devices. Back then Apple promised that 100 exclusive games would be playable out of the gate, games that wouldn’t be available on other subscription services or even other mobile devices. But it looks like that promise may cost them. Apple …
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Apple is moving deeper into online gaming. The tech giant announced Monday that it’ll offer a gaming subscription service through its App Store called Apple Arcade. “With a single subscription you’ll get access to over 100 new and exclusive games,” Ann Thai, senior product manager for the App Store, said during an event at Apple’s Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, …
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Lego’s jumping on the foldables bandwagon along with Samsung and Huawei, but not with a phone. The Danish toymaker made a direct visual reference to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold unveiling in a Monday tweet about its “Lego Fold” pop-up story book. “A stunning 5-inch cover display unfolds into an 11-inch pop-up story book,” it wrote. “For endless creative play that never …
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I’m looking at a Lego brick construction sitting on our office table and I don’t know what to make of it. It’s an old mansionlike building that feels Harry Potter-esque. The building’s sides bend down, windows flip open and now it’s a snarling beast. I’m handed a phone, and I aim an app at the bricks. I see virtual ghosts …
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There are two porgs from Star Wars running around a living room. One waddles near my feet while the other is out of my sightline behind a small bookshelf. Things are getting chaotic, but also really fun. To get them to behave, a hologram of C-3PO advises I gain their trust by offering the porg near my feet a treat. …
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