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Regular AirPods are also on sale for $129. Update 12PM ET: AirPods Pro are now available at the $199 sale price at Staples.com. Update 9:41AM ET: The $199 sale price is not currently being reflected at Staples’ online store. The sale was first advertised in the Staples Connect weekly ad, which was available late last week. We’ve contacted Staples for … Continue reading AirPods Pro hit new all-time-low price of $199 at Staples Continue Reading →

The pandemic and broadcast rights put an end to Amazon’s plans. You’re out of luck if you were hoping to use Amazon to stream Yankees games during the shortened 2020 MLB season. Bloomberg has verified that Amazon won’t be streaming any Yankees games this season through a combination of COVID-19 and broadcast rights. With the number of games down from 162 … Continue reading Amazon won’t stream any Yankees games during the 2020 season Continue Reading →

As usual, the issue isn’t clear cut. Two TV giants are once more at loggerheads over channel rates, and this time it might significantly hurt your access to local news. Local Scripps-owned stations in 42 markets (including New York City and San Diego) have gone dark on Dish Network after the companies failed to reach a deal on … Continue reading Dish subscribers lose access to local Scripps stations in channel dispute Continue Reading →

You might get 5G and wireless DeX, however. There might not be much mystery left when Samsung reveals its devices at its August 5th Unpacked event. WinFuture has posted (via SamMobile) what it says are leaked images and specs for the Galaxy Tab S7 line, and they suggest Samsung is shaking up its Android tablet line in a big way — … Continue reading Major Galaxy Tab S7 leak hints at a smaller model without AMOLED Continue Reading →

Alternate history meets ’80s spaceflight. Apple committed to a second season of For All Mankind before the first even premiered, and it’s finally clear how the tech giant will follow up its alternative history of spaceflight. The company has premiered a teaser trailer (via Space.com) that has Ron Moore’s Apple TV+ series leaping into the 1980s, when the Space Shuttle was NASA’s shining … Continue reading ‘For All Mankind’ season 2 teaser introduces the Space Shuttle Continue Reading →

If you’ve ever wondered how Nintendo’s classic games evolved before they reached store shelves, you might have a good chance to find out. According to VGC, (via Eurogamer) a “gigaleak” of Nintendo art assets and source code from the mid-1990s has surfaced online, revealing prototypes of games that looked and behaved quite differently than the final products. Yoshi’s … Continue reading Nintendo ‘gigaleak’ reveals the classic games that never were Continue Reading →

If you’ve ever wondered how Nintendo’s classic games evolved before they reached store shelves, you might have a good chance to find out. According to VGC, (via Eurogamer) a “gigaleak” of Nintendo art assets and source code from the mid-1990s has surfaced online, revealing prototypes of games that looked and behaved quite differently than the final products. Yoshi’s … Continue reading Nintendo ‘gigaleak’ reveals the classic games that never were Continue Reading →

Adults can drive it, at least. Bugatti hasn’t produced an electric car since the ultra-rare Type 56 from 1931, but it’s ready to leap back into the field… in a manner of speaking. Autoblog reports that the automaker has introduced the Baby II, a 75 percent scale electric replica of the Type 35 that’s more of a functional “toy” than … Continue reading Bugatti’s first EV in decades is a $35,000 ‘toy’ car Continue Reading →

Online shopping service Instacart  says reused passwords are to blame for a recent spate of account breaches, which saw personal data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Instacart customers stolen and put up for sale on the dark web. The company published a statement late on Thursday saying its investigation showed that Instacart “was not compromised or breached,” but … Continue reading Instacart blames reused passwords for account hacks, but customers are still without basic two-factor security Continue Reading →

Fintech startup Revolut just announced that it has raised $80 million as part of its Series D round that it announced in February. The new influx of funding comes from TSG Consumer Partners. In February, Revolut  raised a $500 million led by TCV at a $5.5 billion valuation. Today’s new funding extends that funding round to $580 million — the company says the … Continue reading Revolut extends Series D round to $580 million with $80 million in new funding Continue Reading →