A deal for Oracle and Walmart to acquire stakes in the US operations of popular video app TikTok appeared in jeopardy as details of the complicated arrangement were disputed. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would revoke his initial approval of the deal if ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, retained a stake in a newly created company …
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Earlier this week, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE, leading to the inevitable: Price reductions on the Series 5, which is now discontinued (but still a very good watch). Read more: Apple Watch SE first impressions For a limited time, and while supplies last, Walmart has the Apple Watch Series 5 40mm (Gold/Pink Sand) for …
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If it’s time to get Apple Watches for the whole family, AT&T might be about to make your day. For a limited time, if you buy one Apple Watch, you can get a second one for $200 off. The offer covers pretty much any model — the Apple Watch Series 3, Series 4 and Series 5, as well as the …
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It goes without saying that we need new ways to do certain things — ways that help minimize the spread of potentially deadly germs. Here’s one: a contactless payment system, something that eliminates the need to, say, hand a credit card to a cashier or touch a processing terminal. Purewrist Go is one such solution. It’s a small NFC-based card …
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Apple’s new Apple Watch Series 6 goes all-in on health care, including a new feature to measure blood oxygen level — a vital sign that’s been helpful monitoring COVID-19, among other things. Other gadgets that do this known as blood, or pulse, oximeters have been around for ages and have become something of a hot commodity during the coronavirus pandemic. …
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There are countless car mounts out there, and the problem with many of them is that they try just too darned hard — like magnetic mounts that require you to add a metal plate to your phone and automatic models that clamp onto your phone when you set it in the dock. This EasyAcc Car Phone Mount is a refreshing …
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The spotted cow boxes are back. If you’re old enough to have once had an AOL account, a Blockbuster card or a Nintendo Game Boy, then you may recall Gateway’s line of computers that shipped in black-and-white cow-print boxes. Founded in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1985, Gateway enjoyed a successful run in the 1990s selling low-cost computers direct to consumers. …
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Just a few days after announcing a new drone delivery program in North Carolina, Walmart is at it again. The company on Monday said it’s working with Zipline to test deliveries of health and wellness supplies in Arkansas, near its Bentonville headquarters. The new trial comes after Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, teamed up with another drone operator, Flytrex, to …
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Apple AirPods are admittedly overpriced — you can get true-wireless earbuds that give AirPods a run for their money for, well, a lot less money. But there’s no denying that AirPods are a great product, and there’s no shame in wanting them rather than a more generic model. We’d actively discourage you from spending $160 on them, though, since they’re …
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Shopping for a single line of phone service that includes 5G, mobile hotspot, Wi-Fi calling and unlimited high-speed data? The best deal right now is a new one from Mint Mobile (famously owned by Ryan Reynolds): $30 a month when you prepay for 12 months. However, if you’re not sure you want to commit to the carrier for that long, …
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