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• HBO Max: Movies, Friends reunion, streaming 'free' and everything else to know - CNET

  29-05-2021 23:31 via cnet.com
  
  HBO Max streams originals like the Friends reunion and big-screen movies while they're still in theaters (including Angela Jolie's new movie -- but not A Quiet Place Part II).
  
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• Quiet Place Part II, Cruella aren't streaming on HBO Max, sorry - CNET

  29-05-2021 23:14 via cnet.com
  
  Both the Quiet Place sequel and Cruella hit theaters Friday, but only Cruella is available to stream -- and not on HBO Max. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Stimulus check update: Track your IRS money, 'plus-up' payments and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 23:00 via cnet.com
  
  The IRS sent out another batch of third stimulus payments this week. We'll explain the rules, timelines and other details if you're still waiting for that money.
  
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• Best Memorial Day 2021 deals and sales: Discounts on Vizio OLED TV, Neato robot vac, Samsung appliances and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 22:57 via cnet.com
  
  Plus, save big on Apple wearables and get 25% off a Hydro Flask.
  
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• Google Photos is ending unlimited free storage Tuesday. Here's everything you need to do - CNET

  29-05-2021 22:48 via cnet.com
  
  Starting June 1, Google Photos will cap free storage at 15GB, encouraging people to sign up for its Google One storage subscription service.
  
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• Best Memorial Day sales on kitchen, cookware and home goods - CNET

  29-05-2021 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Stock up on wine, meats, meal kits, cookware and kitchen gadgets at deep discounts for the holiday weekend.
  
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• Best Memorial Day sales on kitchen and home goods: Deals on NutriBullet, Zwilling, ButcherBox and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 22:00 via cnet.com
  
  Stock up on wine, meats, meal kits, cookware and kitchen gadgets at deep discounts for the holiday weekend.
  
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• Best Memorial Day mattress sales: Shop deals from Casper, Helix, Nectar, Leesa, Tuft and Needle and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 21:51 via cnet.com
  
  Get a big discount on a new mattress for a better night's sleep.
  
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• HBO Max: The 15 best TV shows to stream this weekend - CNET

  29-05-2021 21:25 via cnet.com
  
  Here are a ton of options for your weekend viewing.
  
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• HBO Max: The 10 best movies to stream this weekend - CNET

  29-05-2021 21:20 via cnet.com
  
  Catch great movies like Emma. before they leave the streamer at the end of the month.
  
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• Best Memorial Day 2021 deals and sales we've found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $150 on Neato robot vac and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 21:05 via cnet.com
  
  Plus, save big on Apple wearables and get 25% off a Hydro Flask.
  
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• Child tax credit calculator 2021: How much will your family get starting July 15? - CNET

  29-05-2021 21:00 via cnet.com
  
  Calculating the monthly advance child tax credit payments can be tricky. CNET can help you crunch those numbers.
  
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• Best TV deals: Save on LG, TCL and Vizio TVs - CNET

  29-05-2021 20:19 via cnet.com
  
  Ready for a living room upgrade? Some of our favorite TVs are on sale at Amazon and Best Buy.
  
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• Best Buy Memorial Day 2021 sale: Save big on TVs, gaming and air fryers - CNET

  29-05-2021 19:46 via cnet.com
  
  Best Buy has savings on a Samsung 4K TV, Amazon Echo Auto, Razer gaming mouse and much more.
  
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• Cruella is now on Disney Plus: Here's how to watch - CNET

  29-05-2021 19:08 via cnet.com
  
  The dog-skinning villainess is back, and this time it's Emma Stone in the dalmatian fur.
  
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• Waiting for an unemployment tax refund from the IRS? Here's what to know - CNET

  29-05-2021 19:00 via cnet.com
  
  If you paid taxes on the unemployment benefits you received in 2020, the IRS could owe you a sizable refund.
  
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• Xbox Series X restock: Target has finally restocked. Who's next? - CNET

  29-05-2021 18:45 via cnet.com
  
  Will we see more Xbox consoles in stock this week?
  
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• PS5 restock update: How to buy PlayStation 5 at GameStop, Walmart and other major retailers - CNET

  29-05-2021 18:22 via cnet.com
  
  Who will have PS5s next week?
  
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• Best Memorial Day sales on kitchen, cookware, home goods and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 18:09 via cnet.com
  
  Stock up on wine, meats, meal kits, cookware and kitchen gadgets at deep discounts for the holiday weekend.
  
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• Asus launches Chromebook Flip CM3, Detachable CM3 laptops

  29-05-2021 17:59 via zdnet.com
  
  The new Chromebooks offer buyers a pair of 2-in-1 alternatives, with the Flip CM3 offering a 12-inch display with a 360-degree hinget o allow it to be used in tablet mode, while the Detachable CM3 includes a keyboard that can be magnetically attached to the 10.5-inch tablet base.
  
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• Best Memorial Day mattress sales: Shop deals from Casper, Helix, Leesa, Nectar, Tuft and Needle and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 17:34 via cnet.com
  
  Get a big discount on a new mattress for a better night's sleep.
  
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• Indy 500: How to watch without cable, start time, starting grid, and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 17:08 via cnet.com
  
  Race fans, start your livestreams.
  
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• Online IRS portals for child tax credit: Here's what you need to know - CNET

  29-05-2021 17:00 via cnet.com
  
  Two IRS portals for the expanded child tax credit will be open by July 1 for you to update your information, verify income and opt out of monthly payments.
  
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• Data isn’t oil, whatever tech commentators tell you: it’s people’s lives | John Naughton

  29-05-2021 17:00
  
  The pervasive metaphor likening information to crude obscures the reality of surveillance capitalismThe phrase “data is the new oil” is the cliche du jour of the tech industry. It was coined by Clive Humby, the genius behind Tesco’s loyalty card, who argued that data was “just like crude. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so mus
  
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• A view to a killing: how Amazon will exploit Bond and other MGM classics

  29-05-2021 17:00
  
  The pay-TV giant has the chance to turn popular films into ‘universes’ of stories – and steal a march in the content-hungry streaming warsAmazon’s $8.5bn deal to buy MGM, the Hollywood studio behind James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and Gone With the Wind, has secured it the rights to a century’s worth of TV and film titles that the streaming giant intends to exploit with a wave of remakes, reimaginings and spin-offs.The deal to buy the 97-year-old Metro-Goldwyn
  
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• Best Memorial Day 2021 sales and deals we've found: Save $400 on Vizio OLED TV, $150 on Neato robot vac and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 16:49 via cnet.com
  
  Plus, save big on Apple wearables and get 25% off a Hydro Flask.
  
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• Google Photos is ending unlimited free storage Tuesday. Here's what you need to do - CNET

  29-05-2021 16:35 via cnet.com
  
  Starting June 1, Google Photos will cap free storage at 15GB, encouraging people to sign up for its Google One storage subscription service.
  
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• NBA playoffs 2021: Schedule, how to stream Bucks vs. Heat, Nuggets vs. Blazers today on TNT - CNET

  29-05-2021 16:26 via cnet.com
  
  You don't need cable to watch all the NBA basketball today.
  
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• Father's Day win: Save 57% on a serious OtterBox backpack cooler - CNET

  29-05-2021 15:36 via cnet.com
  
  Bag the 30-quart OtterBox Trooper for just $130 while it's on sale and in stock.
  
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• Is there a 4th stimulus check coming in 2021? Here's what to know - CNET

  29-05-2021 15:00 via cnet.com
  
  Washington continues debating over one more check, so another payment is still possible.
  
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• 7 AirTag tricks for Apple's Tile-like tracker: Find lost stuff, return found items and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 14:15 via cnet.com
  
  Apple’s AirTags are a handy tool to track down lost items. Here’s what you need to know.
  
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• ‘Without books, we would not have made it’: Valeria Luiselli on the power of fiction

  29-05-2021 14:00
  
  The Mexican author won the Dublin literary award last week for Lost Children Archive. She reflects on how reading and writing have helped her through the pandemicI read an article the other day about a computer program that writes fiction. You feed it a few lines, tell it the genre – science fiction, horror – and it produces the rest. And it’s not bad at it. It writes in full grammatical sentences; comes up with metaphors and analogies; emulates a writer’s particular styl
  
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• The best mattress for heavy people in 2021 - CNET

  29-05-2021 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Heavy sleepers, take heart: These mattresses deliver just the right balance of support and softness.
  
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• Quic gives the internet's data transmission foundation a needed speedup - CNET

  29-05-2021 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  It's been eight years since Google first announced the technology to replace the internet's seminal TCP standard.
  
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• Paving stones: DIY a paver patio in 6 easy steps - CNET

  29-05-2021 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Paving stones are a great way to spruce up your home's outdoor areas. Here's how to use them.
  
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• Home security checklist: 9 ways to keep your house safe from burglars - CNET

  29-05-2021 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  You don't have to break the bank to keep your house safe.
  
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• 9 great reads from CNET this week: Broadband costs, UFOs, electric skates and more - CNET

  29-05-2021 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  What to do about the broadband "affordability crisis," what's up with UFO research, what it's like riding Segway's motorized skates, and much, much more.
  
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• 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 revealed, Ferrari Portofino M driven and more: Roadshow's week in review - Roadshow

  29-05-2021 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Here's a look back at the biggest and best stories from the week ending May 29.
  
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• 16 emergency apps for wildfires, earthquakes and other disasters - CNET

  29-05-2021 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Three days of food and water isn't enough. Enlist a digital first aid kit to help you weather the next natural disaster.
  
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• Alexa has a secret new superpower: Transforming into a security camera - CNET

  29-05-2021 13:15 via cnet.com
  
  A new setting recently appeared for some Amazon Echo Show smart displays that makes them behave more like traditional security cameras. Here's how to use it.
  
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• Stop hoarding Steam games. Here's how to share your library with friends - CNET

  29-05-2021 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  The pros and cons of Steam Family Sharing and how to use it to share your gaming library.
  
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• Samsung QN90A series (2021) QLED TV review: Closer than ever to OLED - CNET

  29-05-2021 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  With superior brightness and precise local dimming, this high-end TV gives LG's OLED a run for its money.
  
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• New party for anti-Trump Republicans? Here's what is happening - CNET

  29-05-2021 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  Frustrated by the direction the GOP is heading, a group of Republicans is creating a new movement.
  
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• Microsoft reveals new cyberattack and NASA's Ingenuity copter completes 6th successful flight video - CNET

  29-05-2021 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  In today's top stories, NASA's Ingenuity copter flies its sixth mission above Mars, Microsoft reveals Russian intelligence could be behind a new cyberattack and Amazon invests deeper into the movie industry.
  
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• How to set up a VPN on your Amazon Fire TV Stick - CNET

  29-05-2021 13:00 via cnet.com
  
  Keeping your binge-watch private is easier than you think.
  
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• You're not using iPhone portrait mode correctly: Here's how to fix that - CNET

  29-05-2021 12:15 via cnet.com
  
  We walk you through all the tools Apple has to make your portrait photos look amazing.
  
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• AirPods 3: Everything we know about Apple's new earbuds - CNET

  29-05-2021 12:00 via cnet.com
  
  Will Apple unveil its third-generation AirPods at WWDC? Here are all the rumors in one place.
  
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• WWDC and iOS 15 are almost here: All the rumors about Apple's big event - CNET

  29-05-2021 11:00 via cnet.com
  
  Everything we've heard so far about Apple's June 7 Worldwide Developer Conference, including iOS 15 rumors.
  
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• Are your kids qualified for the child tax credit? Here's what we know - CNET

  29-05-2021 11:00 via cnet.com
  
  The first of the child tax credit payments go out July 15. Now's the time to find out if your dependents meet the eligibility requirements.
  
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• 2021 BMW 430i Convertible is an open-air good time - Roadshow

  29-05-2021 11:00 via cnet.com
  
  BMW's base-trim compact convertible is stylish, efficient and not too expensive.
  
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