Something new is coming soon: The Cheapskate Hall of Fame. It’s a pantheon of some of my favorite cheap products and services. Watch this space for more details! Are there any potential inductees in today’s roundup? I can’t say, but there are some genuinely great deals here. Check ’em out: Vankyo Vankyo V600 1080p projector …
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New legislation from Sen. Mark Warner would make changes to Section 230, which shields social media companies from liability for content published by users of their platforms. Loosened legal immunities could expose the companies to more lawsuits over what’s posted on their sites. Virginia Democrat Warner introduced to the Senate on Friday his Safe Tech Act, otherwise known as the …
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Apple Arcade on Friday added Lumen, a new light-based game from Lykke Studios, to its catalog of over 145 games. Lykke also created the meditative watercolor game Tint that’s available on Apple Arcade. You can try your hand at Lumen this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV. See at App Store In Lumen, when you open a mysterious …
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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on the invite-only, audio-based social app Clubhouse on Thursday night. The news comes less than a week after Tesla’s Elon Musk did the same. Zuckerberg talked about Facebook’s Reality Labs group, noting how virtual reality and augmented reality technology can widen the scope for remote work, according to Business Insider, which reported on …
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The Samsung Galaxy S21 lineup arrived last month with one unexpected, but welcome, surprise: lower prices. The new phones start at $800, a full $200 below the Galaxy S20’s starting price of last year. They rise sharply from there, however, and $800 is still anything but cheap. Read more: Samsung’s Galaxy S21 upgrades likely won’t spell an end to Galaxy FE or …
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A year after its official launch, Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is close to completing its expansion to support every platform. Just last week the beta of the service became available for Chrome on Windows and Mac, and on Thursday the company announced the app will work on Apple Macs that use the new M1 CPU via the Rosetta …
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Venmo will expand its functionality in the coming months, according to an earnings call with the app’s parent company, PayPal. Not only will users be able to send a few bucks to a friend quickly, but they’ll also have the option to buy some cryptocurrency, save money and even keep up to date on shopping deals with integrated tools from …
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As many companies consider the future of their workforce, and whether it will exist in an office, remotely or some combination, video chat giant Zoom is adding new features to its Zoom Rooms conferencing platform to boost employee health and productivity, wherever work is taking place. Zoom Room customers can now pair their Zoom Room with their mobile device, to …
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In a bid to slow the spread of misinformation on its platform, TikTok announced that users who try to share flagged videos will soon be prompted to reconsider. TikTok said in a Wednesday blog post that while it partners with independent fact-checking organizations to vet certain content for removal, the new pop-up prompt will be displayed to users sharing videos …
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This is one of those ideas that makes you go “D’oh! Why hasn’t anyone done it before?” Apple accessory maker Fledging’s Hubble for iPad pairs a full USB-C dock — two USB-C connectors, one USB-A, a 3.5mm analog headphone jack, HDMI connector and a micro and full-size SD card slots — and a sturdy metal case with a magnetic cover …
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