Major League Soccer stopped before it really got started this year. After each of its 26 teams had played two games, the league shut down in March as the coronavirus spread. MLS has returned to the pitch but instead of resuming its regular season, it’s holding a monthlong, World Cup-style tournament at ESPN’s Wide World …
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Facebook said Friday it’s adding official music videos to its social network in the US, starting this week. The feature will allow people to find, watch and share music videos on Facebook, taking on the world’s No. 1 place to watch music videos online (and the No. 1 place to watch, well, all videos online): Google‘s YouTube. Facebook said it would …
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Four of the most powerful men in the world have been called to appear (virtually) before Congress in a star-studded event years in the making. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are set to be grilled over whether their respective companies exert too much influence and control — to …
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YouTube Kids, the child-focused version of Google’s massive video site, plans to add over a hundred movies and specials this summer. YouTube Kids launched “Summer of Movies” on Monday with the aim of keeping your little ones entertained with its child-friendly content. YouTube Kids said its summer collection will include content from cartoon characters like Pocoyo, Oggy, Franklin the turtle, …
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Texting friends you haven’t seen in months gets boring after a while, especially when they’re the friends you used to get together with to watch your favorite YouTubers. Fortunately, if you’re missing those nights with your besties, you can have ’em back. An app called Airtime lets you video chat with others while watching movies and YouTube videos on the …
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A OnePlus phone with 5G, high-end specs and an affordable price tag? Say hello to the OnePlus Nord. OnePlus has always been known for doing more affordable handsets, but its phones have been getting increasingly expensive, with the top-end OnePlus 8 Pro sitting almost exactly at that $1,000 threshold. The company’s new phone, called the Nord, aims to change that. …
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OnePlus just launched a new budget phone called the OnePlus Nord. On the surface this sounds like a typical tidbit of phone industry news that’s not worth much thought. But the Chinese phone-maker is spending an inordinate amount of energy drumming up hype for, what is essentially, a sub-$500 phone that’ll be available only in the UK, Europe and India …
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Spotify on Tuesday launched video podcasts for a select few shows, letting its free users and Premium subscribers access the new feature. In a cool touch, the podcasts will transition seamlessly between video and audio-only if you leave the app, the company noted. “The creator-made videos will start automatically and sync immediately with your audio feed,” it said in a …
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Back in March I wrote about how Bose’s much-anticipated new true wireless earbuds were delayed, with a Bose spokesperson telling me “product development has taken longer than anticipated” and been compounded by coronavirus issues. The Earbuds 500, which I previewed in a post and video last June, didn’t make their 2019 release and ended up being pushed until 2020. The Noise-Cancelling 700 Earbuds, …
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Live TV streaming services promise a cord-cutter’s delight. They’re typically cheaper than a cable TV subscription with similar channel lineups and no need to sign a contract, so you can cancel anytime. Unfortunately they also suffer one of cable TV’s major flaws: constant price hikes. My former favorite such service and CNET’s Editors’ Choice, YouTube TV, announced a monthly increase of …
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