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Get Streamer

Have you been trying to stream or record gaming content, but your videos seem a bit dark? If so, then try this Logitech Litra Glow Streaming light at Office Depot for $56.  While you’re only saving a few dollars ($4 to be exact) on this ring light compared to other retailers, why not get one …

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15 Procreate app tips for aspiring digital artists

Over the last two years, using the Procreate app — a CNET Editors’ Choice Award winner in 2021 — to draw on my iPad has become one of my favorite hobbies. The digital illustration app costs $10 to download, but its suite of art tools and creative features make it well worth the price.  Procreate is accessible whether you’re a …

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Polaroid Now Plus review: An analog instant camera bursting with creative tools for $150

Although traditional film cameras are long dead to most people and even the DSLR is fading away, instant film cameras like Fujifilm’s Instax line and Polaroid’s Now and OneStep Plus continue to be popular. But even an analog instant camera can benefit from some digital assistance.  The $150 Polaroid Now Plus (£140; AU$330) takes the original Now camera and adds …

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Get this intriguing AirPods alternative for $35, in black

I never tried the original Fiil CC earbuds, but the next-generation CC2 improves on the performance of the originals, with better battery life (they’re rated at five hours on a single charge) and no audio latency issues when watching videos. They list for $70, but an instant 50% off coupon on Amazon drops the price to $35.  See at Amazon …

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Square to build new Bitcoin business for developers of financial services

Digital payments company Square will create a new business focused on the Bitcoin cryptocurrency to help developers design decentralized financial products, CEO Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets on Thursday. The business will build “an open developer platform with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial services,” Dorsey said. The new …

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Amazon to bring its cashierless checkout tech to full

Amazon is opening its first full-size grocery store with its cashierless checkout tech in Washington state, the retail giant announced Tuesday. The new Amazon Fresh store will feature its “Just Walk Out” technology, which means you don’t have to go through a checkout register to pay for your items.  The store will open June 17 at the marketplace at Factoria …

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Microsoft: Bing hiding image results for Tiananmen Square ‘tank man’ is due to human error

Microsoft’s search engine Bing isn’t displaying image results for the famous 1989 “tank man” photo of a Chinese protester on Friday, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The tech giant has attributed the ongoing issue to “accidental human error” amid claims of possible censorship. Microsoft is “actively working to resolve this,” a company spokesperson told CNET in an emailed …

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Jack Dorsey says Square may build a hardware Bitcoin wallet

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, on Friday said his digital payments company is considering building a hardware wallet for Bitcoin. If the company goes forward with the project, Dorsey said it will be built “entirely in the open, from software to hardware design, and in collaboration with the community.” Dorsey shared guiding principles for the possible Bitcoin …

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Jay

Square, the mobile-payments company owned by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has added Jay-Z to its board of directors. In an SEC filing Friday, Square said it has expanded its board from 11 to 12 directors to add Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, as reported earlier by MarketWatch.  Square also reached a marketing and sublease deal with Jay-Z’s company Roc …

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Polaroid Go is an adorably small instant camera ready for summer

Phone cameras get better and better every year, but analog instant-film cameras still have an unbeatable shoot-and-share experience. Polaroid is now helping you take that experience on the road with its new ultracompact camera, the Polaroid Go.  The $100 Go (£110, which is about AU$200) is only 4.1 inches long by 3.3 inches wide by 2.4 inches tall (104 by 84 …

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