Echo, Roku, Surface and Dot reviews, Windows 10 updates, T-Mobile TVision, moon water, iPhone 12 drop and Borat Assistant. It is a very full week of news and we’ve got a lot of great information for you. Read through all the headlines below and click on a headline to get the full story.

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Electronics

• Amazon Echo (2020) review: The best Alexa smart speaker in years
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• 4 best uses for Amazon Echo in your living room
• How big a TV to buy? As big as you can
• Yamaha SR-C20A soundbar review: A sound fit for small spaces
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• What we bought: Our favorite USB-C chargers
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• Roku Ultra 2020 review: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
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• How I built my dream 8K-capable video editing PC
• Microsoft Surface Pro X review: Better battery life for the coolest Surface
• Your Amazon Echo knows who’s talking to it, and answers just for them. Here’s how
• NVIDIA RTX 3070 review: A hot rod GPU for the practical gamer
• Amazon enables a smart home Device Dashboard on some Fire tablets
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• Wyze Cam v3 review: This $20 security camera now goes inside or outside
• Amazon Echo Dot (2020) Review: Wait for a sale
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• AMD’s $649 Radeon RX 6800XT will take on NVIDIA’s RTX 3080

Privacy and Security

• Phishing groups are collecting user data, email and banking passwords via fake voter registration forms
• FBI warns hospitals of ‘increased and imminent’ ransomware threat

Coronavirus / COVID-19

• Should your business continue remote work after COVID-19?

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Software

• New Windows 10 build fixes lots of bugs
• Microsoft gives admins easier access to info on Windows 10 feature update blockers
• Microsoft will forcibly open some websites in Edge instead of Internet Explorer
• Microsoft adds mouse and trackpad support to Office apps on iPad
• Windows 10 update removes Flash and prevents it from being reinstalled
• Microsoft is planning a big refresh to the Windows 10 UI with ‘Sun Valley’ in 21H2: Report

Technology

• AT&T loses another 600,000 TV customers as it seeks buyer for DirecTV
• Google was sued by the US government. Here’s what that means for you
• Tech conference calendar for 2020 and 2021: What’s cancelled, what’s not and what’s digital due to COVID-19
• Canceling Disney Plus isn’t as simple as you think. Here’s how to do it
• NASA telescope uncovers definitive evidence of water on the moon
• T-Mobile TVision streams live TV channels starting at $10 per month
• T-Mobile’s TVision is a cable-cutting package for its mobile customers
• T-Mobile TVision channels and features vs. Philo, Sling TV, Hulu and YouTube TV
• Starlink testers will pay $99 per month for SpaceX’s satellite internet
• A T-Mobile bundle of 5G wireless and home broadband and TVision is compelling
• AMD to acquire chipmaker Xilinx for $35B as chipmakers race to be the biggest
• Bugatti’s Bolide is a 1,825HP ‘morphable’ hypercar

Phones

• Lidar on the iPhone 12 Pro: What it can do now, and why it matters for the future of AR, 3D scanning and photos
• I want MagSafe on every Apple product now
• iPhone 12 teardown reveals how 5G has changed things
• iPhone 12 drop test results are in: Ceramic shield is as tough as it sounds
• iPhone 12 Pro cameras show off around Lake Tahoe
• Apple’s iPhone MagSafe charger could ruin your credit card, passport or security badge
• Crash Bandicoot is landing on Android and iOS devices in spring 2021

Fun Stories

• What Really Happens When Food Goes Down the ‘Wrong Pipe’?
• Wa Wa Wee Wa: The Origin of Borat’s Favorite Catchphrase
• Why Ireland’s Pub Owners Have Long Moonlighted as Undertakers
• How African Dust Storms Create the Caribbean’s Beautiful Beaches—and Protect Them from Hurricanes
• The Segregated Campground That Was a Refuge for Black Travelers
• Found: A Shipwrecked Nazi Steamer, Still Filled With Cargo
• How Princess Margaret Inspired the Modern Horoscope
• Washington, D.C., and the Quest for a Perfectly Square City
• The Cute Critter Rewriting Our Understanding of Prehistory
• The 25 Greatest Vampire Movies Ever Made
• 10 Words and Phrases That Came From TV Shows
• Ask Alexa to open Borat Assistant for the best potato news
• The Grim, Depression-Era Origins of Dance Marathons
• When a Long Island Housewife Handed Out Arsenic to Kids on Halloween
• Larry David Shared His Favorite Episode of Seinfeld
• 7 People Killed by Musical Instruments
• The Italian Village of La California Hosted Its Own American Elections

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