Dating site SeekingArrangement.com is getting a lot of attention from the Chinese, but WeChat isn’t feeling the love. China’s WhatsApp-equivalent has axed the dating site from its platform, state media China Daily reported Friday. The move comes after Global Times — also state-run — said authorities in Shanghai launched a probe into SeekingArrangement’s operations in the …
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About 18 months ago, CNET’s Joshua Goldman called the GoPro Hero5 Black the GoPro to get. And that was based on its then-$399 list price. Today, and for a limited time, you can get the GoPro Hero5 Black for $199.99 shipped when you apply promo code BOT20 in your shopping cart. That price includes a free spare battery and free …
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Over the past few months, the combination of Google and PayPal have become a go-to service whenever you’re paying for something. Buying something in a store? You can use PayPal via Google Pay. Owe your friends money? You can use Venmo (which is owned by PayPal). Paying for Google services? That’s PayPal territory, too. As far as Google’s concerned, it’s …
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Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will take on the guys that play for the Golden Knights of Las Vegas. (Sorry, I stopped following the NHL after my Minnesota North Stars left for Dallas in the early ’90s.) I can be excused for not knowing the name of a single Golden Knight because the franchise didn’t exist until this season …
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You may not have heard, but the cryptocurrency card crunch is over. There’s no longer a global shortage of high-octane graphics cards and GPU hardware. Also bear in mind that a refresh of Nvidia’s GeForce line will happen sooner or later. That means you should actively avoid under-powered products like Nvidia’s latest GeForce GTX 1050 3GB. With lower memory bandwidth (96-bit bus …
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Some business owners are allegedly getting calls from “Google” — calls that threaten to mess with their Google Search ranking unless they cough up some dough. They’re not Google, of course, but scammers trying to make a quick buck. The real Google isn’t having any of it. In a blog post, the search giant says it’s taking action against these …
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Malaysians are coming together to try to satisfy the police’s alleged sweet tooth. A campaign called #chocs4cops was launched Sunday calling for Malaysians to give chocolates to their local police officers, Reuters reported Wednesday. The campaign came about after the country’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, alleged that police “helped themselves to food and chocolates in the refrigerator” when they …
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Apple is currently offering $29 iPhone battery replacements, but if you paid full price ($79) for an out-of-warranty replacement before Apple discounted its rate, you may get your $50 back. Apple announced that it’s giving $50 refunds to customers who paid full price for an iPhone battery replacement, for iPhone 6 or later, at an authorized Apple store between Jan. 1, …
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Legal troubles stemming from unhappy MacBook users are piling up for Apple. A new class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple over its use of “butterfly switch” keyboards on MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Defendants say the keyboards, which Apple introduced in 2015, are defective. This is the second lawsuit over the keyboards this month. It follows blog posts, tweets, support-forum comments, a Change.org petition, …
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Google Photos is adding two simple features that make it more like Facebook or Apple’s Photos. The online photo storage library is introducing a Favorites and Heart feature to help sort the photos you love the most. When browsing through your own pictures you’ll see a star icon that you can use to mark a photo as a favorite. Tapping …
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