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I’ve always wondered why Spotify doesn’t make a portable player. Something small. Something exercise-friendly. Remember the old iPod Shuffle? Something like that. Thankfully, someone else does. It’s called the Mighty, and for a limited time, Cheapskate readers can get the Mighty Spotify player for just $65. (Regular price: $86.) The coupon code, cheapskate, should be …

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Did Apple’s internal iPhone X repair videos just leak?

When you take your Apple iPhones, iMacs and MacBooks to an Apple Store for repair… are you curious how they get fixed? We may have just gotten a glimpse into that world, proprietary Apple tools and all. We can’t be sure that they’re legit — Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment — but Motherboard’s sources report that …

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Manage multiple email accounts with Mailbird Pro: Just $15 for life

Today’s deal is a rerun, but one from way back in 2017 — and with the all-important lower price than last time. I’ll cut right to the chase: You can get a Mailbird Pro lifetime subscription for just $14.99. Get it at StackSocial Why would you want such a thing? Let me answer your question with a question: Do you …

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Your telco can’t screw you so bad on NBN anymore

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced a raft of new legislation that aims to provide additional clarity and protection for consumers looking to switch to the NBN.  A draft of the new rules was first announced by ACMA in April as a response to 12 months of research that demonstrated over one in 10 residential households were left …

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Today I learned: Duck.com redirects to Google, much to DuckDuckGo’s annoyance (update)

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be Google, right?  Until today, if you typed duck.com into your browser right now and smacked the enter key, you’d see google.com appear.  Weird, huh? Particularly considering that there is a search engine known for ducks, and it’s not Google at all — but rather, its privacy-first rival DuckDuckGo, …

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Indulge your Snapchat Spectacles curiosity for $60

I’m going to be 50 this year (the horror, the horror), which means, among other things, I don’t “get” Snapchat. But the kids these days? Oh, yeah. And they’re just the intended audience for Snapchat Spectacles, which debuted in early 2017 and became an overnight Next Big Thing sensation. After that… well, mostly crickets. Maybe everyone realized $130 was a …

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Reddit’s Subreddit chat rooms bring back fast

Community-based Reddit chat rooms are being released to more subreddits each day, a year after beta tests began. Each subreddit can opt to add a chat room as a casual conversation alternative — one that doesn’t require refreshing to update — and it’ll be added to a directory.  Reddit product designer ityoclys outlined his experience of beta testing the new …

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China’s state

There are over 130 million iPhone users in China, and their data is now being stored by a Chinese government-run company. China Telecom, a state-owned carrier in China, is now in control of storing Chinese users’ iCloud data, it announced on Tuesday. It takes this duty from Guizhou-Cloud Big Data, who controversially gained operation control over Apple’s iCloud business in …

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Silence in the deep: Inside the HMS Ocelot stealth submarine

For 29 years, Her Majesty’s Submarine Ocelot quietly patrolled the Atlantic. Many of her missions are still classified to this day, nearly 30 years removed from her decommission in 1991. For months at a time, her crew of 69 men would stealthily listen and track enemy subs and ships using advanced sonar arrays.  She covered over 90,000 miles in her …

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Best Amazon Prime Day 2018 phone deals: $300 off Galaxy Note 8 and LG V35 ThinQ (just updated)

Amazon Prime Day is winding down. The deals below will end Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. PT (Wednesday, 2:59 a.m. ET). Be sure to keep a close eye on this post for the rest of today, as we will be updating it with new deals as we find them. Also, read our overview of the best Prime Day deals from every …

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