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The Best Bluetooth Speaker Is $50 Off Right in Time for Christmas

The audio-visual experts on the WIRED Reviews team have tested hundreds of Bluetooth speakers, going all the way back to 2017. There are plenty of Bluetooth speakers worth recommending, but the JBL Flip 7 is our very favorite for most people. Right now, it’s on sale for $100—a $50 discount—in every single color (there are

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Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me

After shifting its gaming strategy to focus more on games played on the TV, Netflix announced it’s acquiring Ready Player Me, an avatar creation platform based in Estonia. The streamer said Friday it plans to use the startup’s development tools and infrastructure to build avatars that will allow Netflix subscribers to carry their personas and

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UK Foreign Office Cyber Breach Exposed Diplomatic Secrets

The government stopped short of directly attributing the attack to Chinese operatives or the Chinese state. The post UK Foreign Office Cyber Breach Exposed Diplomatic Secrets appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link

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LG TVs will let users delete unwanted Copilot shortcuts

Some owners of LG smart TVs were unpleasantly surprised to see unwanted shortcuts for Microsoft Copilot suddenly pop up on their smart TVs this month. Even worse, these shortcuts were impossible to delete; best you could do is hide them, but the actual Microsoft Copilot app would remain installed on the TV. Now, Engadget reports

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Best MacBooks (2025): Which Apple Laptop Should You Buy?

All of Apple’s processors are scattered throughout different MacBook models. While Apple only currently sells M4 MacBooks, you can find older models at specific third-party retailers online, either completely new or refurbished. If you do stumble upon its older chips (which came out four years ago), you might be wondering how they compare to other

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Pickle Robot adds Tesla veteran as first CFO

Pickle Robot, which builds autonomous unloading robots for warehouses and distribution centers, announced a new chief financial officer just days after a report of a major deal with UPS. The Charlestown, Massachusetts-based company announced that it hired Jeff Evanson as its CFO on Thursday. Evanson had been consulting for the company since September and recently

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TikTok Strikes Deal to Offload US Operations

Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX each secured 15% stakes in the newly formed JV, while ByteDance retains 19.9% ownership of what was once their crown jewel. The post TikTok Strikes Deal to Offload US Operations appeared first on TechRepublic. Source link

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Cher tells Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang to ‘snap out of it’ in ‘SNL’ teaser

Being slapped by Cher and being told directly to “snap out of it” is a recurring dream most of us will never experience IRL. But Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang now have the bragging rights. The Grammy-winning artist back hosting Saturday Night Live on Dec. 20, and in a teaser for the show, Cher had

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Ring Promo Codes and Discounts: Up to 50% Off

If you’re a fan of Amazon’s ecosystem, whether that’s asking your Alexa speaker to tell you about the weather or compulsively checking the video feed from your Ring doorbell, then it makes sense to expand and build onto the system. It’s always easier to keep to one ecosystem as much as you can with smart

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Instacart to pay $60M to settle FTC claims it deceived consumers

Instacart will pay $60 million in refunds to settle allegations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it deceived consumers with false advertising. The federal agency alleged Instacart misled consumers with unlawful tactics, causing them to pay higher fees while also denying refunds. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated Instacart’s “free delivery” claims are misleading

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