The Super Bowl is live now, and even after halftime, it’s still anyone’s game. It’s a rematch of 2002’s Super Bowl 36, which started the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick dynasty, when the underdog Patriots knocked off the then-St. Louis Rams to win the first Super Bowl in franchise history. Now, Brady and Belichick are seeking their …
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Microsoft is helping you battle fake news on your phone: Its Edge browser now tells you how reliable sites are. The company started installing the NewsGuard plug-in — which you previously had to download manually — on all mobile versions of the browser, as reported by The Guardian. After turning on news rating in Edge’s settings menu, you can see …
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MacBook, MateBook. MateBook, MacBook. It’s no stretch to say this Huawei laptop was cut from the same cloth as Apple’s venerable line. Thankfully, the Chinese machine doesn’t have the same premium price. In fact, today it’s even cheaper than usual. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Newegg has the Huawei MateBook D 14-inch laptop for $529.99 shipped. Regular …
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Got a Roku TV? Sure, the interface is great, but what about the audio? As a general rule, flat-screen TVs fall short in the speaker department. Late last year, Roku introduced a solution — albeit a pricey one. If you’ve been hoping for a sale, hope no more: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Roku TV Wireless …
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If your current phone is on its way out, or you have a phone sitting in a drawer somewhere collecting dust, think twice about tossing it away blindly. In addition to all the precious digital content and media your phone accumulated, it holds a wealth of sensitive personal data that you don’t want disappearing or falling into the wrong hands. …
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Like pretty much everyone right now, I’m watching Marie Kondo on Netflix and trying to get better at tidying up. Among my biggest challenges: all the little electronics stuff. The cords, the earbuds, the flash drives, the microSD cards and so on. I’ve just never found a particularly good way to organize and store all these items. Until now. For …
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The US Department of Justice on Monday charged Huawei with theft of trade secrets, wire fraud and obstruction of justice. A 10-count indictment alleges that China’s Huawei stole trade secrets from US carrier T-Mobile beginning in 2012. Huawei also allegedly offered bonuses to employees who stole confidential information from companies. In addition, a 13-count indictment charged four defendants, including Huawei …
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The TV hits just keep on coming. Last week brought the likes of a 43-inch Toshiba model with Fire TV for $200 and a 58-inch Sharp with Roku for $350. Today, and for a limited time, Amazon has the TCL 49S325 49-inch LED TV with Roku for $199.99. Most other places, it runs $250. And, somehow, you can get the …
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A newly discovered FaceTime bug could pose an eavesdropping problem, and Apple says it will have a fix out later this week. The bug allows iPhone users to call another device via the FaceTime video chat service and hear audio on the other end before the recipient has answered the call. That is, it can turn any iPhone into a …
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If you’ve just spent your hard-earned dollars on a brand-new iPhone XR, iPhone XS or Galaxy Note 9, you’ll definitely want to get a tough case to protect it against accidental drops, bumps or scratches. Just check out some of our drop tests to see what happens if you drop a phone without a case, like the iPhone XR that suffered from a cracked …
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