Sam’s Club has unveiled a new app feature to get its big-ticket items home with buyers without having to worry about cramming it into your car or organizing a truck. Scan & Ship, which is being trialed at three Sam’s Club locations across the US, allows customers to scan the barcode of an item displayed …
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Twitter said Monday it mistakenly verified a “small number” of fake accounts before permanently suspending the users and removing their blue badges for violating its rules against spam and platform manipulation. The error has raised concerns about the company’s new application process for verifying notable, authentic and active accounts because the blue badge is meant to help people determine if …
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ESPN Plus is once again rolling out a price hike, according to a Monday report by Variety. Starting Aug. 13, the cost of an ESPN Plus subscription will reportedly go from $6 a month to $7 a month, and from $60 a year to $70 a year. A Disney representative didn’t immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment. Prices for …
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The iPad, iPad Air and iPad Pro lines have all been updated with new models in the past 9 months, so it makes sense that the iPad Mini, the last of the bunch, will come next. That is indeed the case, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who in his newsletter reports a redesigned iPad Mini “should be a go” for …
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The iPhone’s design hasn’t changed much over the years, but each time it does, Apple changes the role each button plays. For example, holding in the side button on the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 doesn’t prompt you to turn off your iPhone. Instead, it triggers Siri, which awaits your question or command a split-second later. I’ve received countless emails and DMs on Twitter …
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Care to take a 360-degree look at what appear to be Samsung’s latest foldable phones, smartwatches and earbuds? Well-known Twitter tipster Evan Blass is happy to oblige. Blass, whose Twitter handle is @evleaks, served up some delicious animated GIFs for Samsung fans Friday night, along with the simple note “#GalaxyUnpacked 11 August 2021.” That would suggest, of course, that Samsung …
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TikTok on Friday outlined new video removal software designed to automatically block violent and pornographic material. It’ll reduce the number of videos that breach the company’s policies on “minor safety, adult nudity and sexual activities, violent and graphic content and illegal activities and regulated goods,” the video-based social media company said in a blog post. The company will begin using …
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Belkin just launched its new Soundform Freedom earbuds on Amazon and is offering up a pretty sweet deal to CNET users: $50 off the buds’ list price of $120 when you apply the code 50OFFBELKIN at checkout. I know that’s pretty easy math, but just to be clear, that brings the price down to $70. The deal doesn’t have a …
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Dozens of WeChat accounts that focused on LGBTQ topics were reportedly deleted from the popular social media and messaging app on Tuesday. WeChat, owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent, told account owners they’d violated rules, but it didn’t offer further details, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. Many of the accounts reportedly belonged to university students and nongovernment groups. The …
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A number of companies have focused on spatial audio technology in recent months. From Dolby Atmos to Apple’s recent Music update, the higher-quality sound experience has been making headlines as it’s become integrated into more devices and services. Verizon threw its hat into the ring Wednesday, announcing what it calls Adaptive Sound. The new feature will be integrated on a …
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