The audiophile folks here at CNET have mad love for the Beats Powerbeats Pro true-wireless sport earphones, but the $250 price tag? Not so lovable. Thankfully, Best Buy just resurfaced a deal that’s pretty great: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Geek Squad Certified Refurbished Beats Powerbeats Pro true-wireless earphones for $119.99, …
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The Jabra Elite 65t true-wireless earbuds have been a CNET favorite for the past two years, offering a comfortable fit, excellent sound and great call quality. (This last attribute is often overlooked when evaluating earbuds, but it’s extremely important to some people.) The newer Elite 75t recently knocked the 65t off CNET’s list of the very best wireless earbuds, but …
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Sorry for the late notice, but Best Buy is having a flash sale — and it’ll be gone in a flash. (It ends tonight at 9:59 p.m. PT, 12:59 a.m. ET.) As usual, the sale encompasses a wide variety of items — TVs, headphones, laptops and so on — many of which have been discounted before. Still, there are some …
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The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining the nation’s four largest wireless carriers $200 million for selling access to their customers’ real-time location information. Under the proposal released Friday, the agency said T-Mobile would face a fine of more than $91 million. AT&T would be fined more than $57 million; Verizon more than $48 million; and Sprint more than $12 …
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Regular readers know of my affinity for the Amazfit Bip, an $80 smartwatch that’s way better than its price would suggest. But it’s been nearly two years since that thing hit the scene. Where are all the challengers? Here’s one, and it’s almost ludicrously inexpensive: The BingoFit Epic is just $19.99 with promo code 9ZCKRR7W (which should work with any of the six available …
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Parasite may have cleaned up at the Oscars this month, but plenty of movies, actors and actresses also shared the spotlight at this year’s Academy Awards. Heavy favorite Joaquin Phoenix won for his role in Joker. Renée Zellweger won best actress for her portrayal of Judy Garland in Judy. Laura Dern won best supporting actress for Marriage Story, and Brad Pitt won …
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Do you have older smart TV that’s not so smart? Maybe it has a clunky interface or doesn’t offer newer channels like Philo and Disney Plus. Or do you have an old Roku that’s a little sluggish, with a remote that lacks TV power and volume buttons? Sounds like it’s time for an upgrade. Presto: For a limited time, and …
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Repeat after me: “I will not buy a new phone on launch day.” Because, seriously, just wait awhile and you’ll be able to buy it for less — maybe significantly less. Case in point: Daily Steals is once again offering major savings on the Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus, both of which debuted about a year ago. First up: …
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Bluetooth speakers are all well and good, but they have limited range and use audio-compression technology that many audiophiles don’t appreciate. They’re also harder to configure for multiroom setups. Enter Wi-Fi speakers, which hit the scene years ago but never really caught on, for reasons I don’t fully understand. Well, actually, I do: Most of them were premium products with …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook has been looking into posts supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential election campaign that were deemed suspicious, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. Facebook confirmed it’s investigating just one claim by a researcher, but said it wasn’t able to …
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