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21 Mar

Samsung’s Music Frame speaker is now available for preorder for $400

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When Samsung announced its unique Music Frame speaker at CES, the company left out two key pieces of information: price and availability. It's following up now that the device is nearly ready to ship. The Music Frame is up for preorder starting today for $400. Samsung says it's planning to start shipping the speaker next week for an April 1…

21 Mar

Samsung Galaxy S24 phones are on sale for record-low prices in the Amazon Big Spring Sale

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The Amazon Big Spring Sale may not be considered a spring Prime Day, but it has brought a number of good discounts on the new Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphones. Perhaps you've been waiting for a solid deal on the top-end Galaxy S24 Ultra, which usually starts at $1,300 for a version with 256GB of storage. That variant is currently $150…

21 Mar

Researchers ask Meta to keep CrowdTangle online until after 2024 elections

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The Mozilla Foundation and dozens of other research and advocacy groups are pushing back on Meta’s decisions to shut down its research tool, CrowdTangle, later this year. In an open letter, the group calls on Meta to keep CrowdTangle online until after 2024 elections, saying that it will harm their ability to track election misinformation in a year where “approximately…

21 Mar

DoorDash is testing a drone delivery feature in Virginia

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DoorDash just announced the launch of a drone delivery pilot program, in partnership with Alphabet’s Wing. The testing began in Christiansburg, VA (approximate population 22,000), and is limited to only "eligible items" from fast food chain Wendy's. Whether that includes the iconic Frosty dessert/fry condiment is as yet unclear.There’s only one affiliated Wendy’s location, but local consumers should see a…

21 Mar

A Threads beta lets you share to Mastodon and other fediverse services

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Fediverse support in Meta Threads is up and running in beta. Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday that adult Threads users in eligible countries can now turn on sharing to the fediverse — including Mastodon and other ActivityPub services. Before today’s wider beta rollout, Meta had been testing the cross-platform compatibility with a handful of accounts since late last year.The fediverse…

21 Mar

HBO Max will soon just be Max in most of Europe too

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Just as it did in the US last year, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is transitioning HBO Max to just Max in Europe, folding in Discovery+ content and live sports in the process. Max will first be available on the continent in the Nordics, Iberia and central and eastern Europe on May 21. It will hit Poland, the Netherlands, France and…

21 Mar

Prime members can get $30 off the Kindle Paperwhite Signature in the Amazon Big Spring Sale

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The Amazon Spring Sale will continue through Monday, and right now it's bringing a $30 discount to the company's upgraded e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite Signature — but unlike most of the savings we're seeing this week, this Kindle deal is only for Prime members. The sale makes the E-Ink slab just $160 instead of its $190 list price. While we've…

21 Mar

The best deals under $50 from the Amazon Big Spring Sale: Earbuds, chargers, streaming sticks and more

John RoutledgeLatest News

Amazon's Big Spring Sale is still rolling on. While the offers aren't as extensive as what we typically see during Black Friday or Prime Day, there's still more than a few discounts worth calling out. And if you're specifically looking to make an upgrade without spending too much, a few of the sale's best deals apply to budget tech we've…

21 Mar

Get up to 49 percent off Roborock robot vacuums during the Amazon Big Spring Sale

John RoutledgeLatest News

Roborock robot vacuums are up to 49 percent off as part of the Amazon spring sale. All told, dozens of items are available for a discounted price, from standard robot vacuums to manual cleaners.The most enticing offer here is likely the company’s flagship S8+ robot vacuum, which is 30 percent off. That drops the price down to $700, a record…

21 Mar

Logitech webcams, keyboards and mice are up to 33 percent off in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

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As Amazon's spring sale rolls on, we're seeing deals on some of the Logitech gear we recommend, including the Logitech Brio 500 webcam. It's down to $96 after a 26 percent discount off its $130 list price. That's not an all-time low — just this January, it dipped about $13 lower, but this is still a decent savings on the…