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More Amazon Prime Day is over, but you can still find deals from Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and more Amazon workers say they've been hassled to meet Prime Day quotas Alexa, why should I upgrade my Echo? What is Walmart Plus and how does it compare to Amazon Prime? Amazon's Halo is the perfect fit for its healthcare strategy. Here's why … [Read more...] about Best Alexa device to buy in 2021: Pick the best Echo for you

In the days since the attack, social platforms have been seared by a reckoning. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have all reined in Trump in some fashion, with Twitter banning him permanently. Facebook is taking down posts that use the rallying cry "stop the steal," YouTube has banned former Trump advisor Steve Bannon's podcast, and Twitter has purged more than 70,000 accounts of QAnon devotees, who baselessly believe the government is run by a cabal of Satan-worshipping sex traffickers. … [Read more...] about At 20, Wikipedia has become a refuge from Big Tech’s misinformation

Luckily, it's not hard to roll your phone back to Windows Phone 8.1, at least as long as you have access to a PC and an Internet connection. Download the Windows Phone Recovery Tool (EXE download), install it, and launch it. Connect your phone to your PC, and the app should automatically detect it. Though it won't detect any newer software for your phone, click "reinstall software" and the app will download and reinstall Windows Phone 8.1 for you. … [Read more...] about How to install (and uninstall) the Windows 10 preview for phones

As for what we're missing, I'm not sure I'm upset about being out of the loop around the virtual water cooler about Sharknado 3. I have lost access to sports channels—including MASN, the network co-owned by the Orioles and Washington Senators Expos Nationals. ESPN, NBC Sports and Fox Sports. But there is a bar five blocks from my house that has all those channels on seven days a week, and National Bohemian is something you need to drink in the compay of others anyway. Besides, based on what I'm saving I can take the family to the ballpark at least twice a month, concessions included. … [Read more...] about I finally kicked cable TV to the curb

Google prudently opted out of including a video camera on the Hub itself, getting ahead of some privacy concerns, and likely prompting Amazon to include a manual video shutter on its new, smaller Echo Show 5 display. If you really want a Google-based smart display that allows for video chatting, a few third-party options can make that happen. Even without it, the Nest Hub is the best, most affordable marriage of a voice assistant and a display interface on the market. Read our Google Nest Hub review. … [Read more...] about The best smart home devices for 2021: Amazon, Google and Apple race to control your home