Day: November 1, 2020

Best Buy early Black Friday sale: Last day (for now) to get these steep discounts on TVs, laptops and smart speakers – CNET

Get ready for the lowest price to date on some Sony and Beats headphones — and that’s just for starters. …read more Source:: CNet


iCloud Outage Now Affecting 14 Different Apple Services

Apple’s “System Status” page indicates 14 current issues, some of which began nearly five hours ago. CNET reports the services affected “include Find My, iCloud Account & Sign In, iCloud Backup, iCloud Bookmarks & Tabs, iCloud Calendar, iCloud Contacts, iCloud Drive, iCloud Keychain, iCloud Mail, iCloud Storage Upgrades, Photos and Screen Time.” Engadget writes “the…


Apple AirPods Pro down to $195 at Woot – CNET

Woot is selling Apple’s true wireless noise-canceling earbuds for close to their best price ever. …read more Source:: CNet


Early Black Friday deals on Amazon Echo devices available now: $19 Dot, $45 Show 5 and more – CNET

Why wait around for November when you can get Black Friday pricing today? …read more Source:: CNet


Brassy, Classy WiFi Clock Shows Weather, Too

Circuit sculpture is a great way to elevate your soldering and electronics skills to the realm of three-dimensional art. In this case, art can be practical, too. Take [romaindurocher]’s interactive WiFi clock for example. Left alone, the clock cycles through showing the time, temperature, and if applicable, the precipitation forecast. But [romain] doesn’t have to…


Walmart’s Black Friday sales kick off Nov. 4. Here are the best deals already announced – CNET

The retailer is spreading out its best savings over three events dubbed Black Friday Deals for Days. …read more Source:: CNet


Officials Raise Concerns About Software for the Most Powerful Rocket Ever Flown

NASA’s 322-foot rocket “Space Launch System” rocket “would be the most powerful rocket ever flown, eclipsing both the Saturn V that flew astronauts to the moon and SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy,” reports the Washington Post. But “it’s not the rocket’s engines that concern officials but the software that will control everything the rocket does, from setting…


Several iCloud services hit by outages – CNET

Some services are slow, while others are inaccessible. …read more Source:: CNet


NFL 2020: How to watch Steelers vs. Ravens, 49ers vs. Seahawks, RedZone and the rest of Week 8 today without cable – CNET

You don’t need cable to watch all the football today. …read more Source:: CNet


Zuckerberg Acknowledges ‘Risk of Civil Unrest’ After US Elections, Promises Newsfeed Updates

ZDNet reports: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg told analysts on a conference call Thursday evening that the company plans to post notices at the top of users’ news feeds on November 3rd discrediting any claims by either candidate in the U.S. presidential election that they have won the election if the site deems the…