Parents using ‘dodgy’ Amazon Fire sticks to stream children’s TV lost £2,000 to scams in London
Two in five households across the capital became victims of financial fraud, higher than national average Source link
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Amazon is running a Fire sale on its 4K TV Sticks for up to 50% off right now
Kerry Wan/ZDNET The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max got a big refresh, with 16GB of internal storage, cloud gaming support, and a gallery of over 2,000 pieces of museum-quality art to turn your TV into a frame. Ahead of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, you can snag the Fire TV Stick 4K Max for over 40% off, bringing the price down to just $35. You’ll also find the latest Fire TV Stick 4K Plus on sale for just $25, saving you 50% off the regular price. Also: The best Amazon Spring Sale TV deals live now The Fire TV Stick 4K Plus is one we recommend over the Roku Streaming Stick Plus if you value Dolby Vision and seamless Alexa integrations. It features Alexa and Wi-Fi 6 support, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and immersive Dolby Atmos audio, as well as access to free movies and TV shows from ad-supported streaming apps like Fire TV Channels, Prime Video, Tubi, and Pluto TV. You can also use it to play Xbox games without a console through your Xbox Game …
11 Best USB Flash Drives (2026): Pen Drives, Thumb Drives, Memory Sticks
Photograph: Simon Hill Other Flash Drives We Like We have tested many other USB flash drives that did not make the cut. Here are a few that might be worth considering for some folks. Photograph: Simon Hill Kingston Dual Portable SSD (1 TB) for $229: With a snazzy metallic red body, this SSD disguised as a flash drive is very speedy, matching the stated 1,050 MB/s read and 950 MB/s write in my tests. It is USB 3.2 Gen 2 with a C jack at one end and an A jack at the other, both with removable covers. As much as I like this drive, which comes in 512-GB, 1-TB, and 2-TB models, it is on the pricey side. Amazon Basics Flash Drive (128 GB) for $18: I like the grippy texture on the slider of this drive because it’s easy to open one-handed and locks in place securely. The loop at the top is perfect for a key ring, and it is lightweight. Performance was limited, as you might expect at this price, but …
These Official ChromeOS Flex USB Sticks Can Give Your Old Mac or Windows PC a Second Life
“People want something that lasts them a long time, that is quality, that is useful,” says Google senior director Alexander Kuscher. “Eventually, when it breaks or when you lose it, you get a new one because you feel taken care of. So I think that builds trust, and the trust is important.” Flex started as an enterprise service for businesses; Google offered companies worried about security vulnerabilities on aging hardware a way to easily update to a more secure operating system. Or, at least, one that still received updates. After a while, other users started to get ahold of the software, downloading and installing it on their own USB sticks for their personal machines. “We didn’t make it particularly easy at the time,” Kuscher says. “But people did it.” What led to the more consumer-oriented push of ChromeOS Flex—like this partnership with Back Market—was the end of software support for Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system last fall. While the OS still technically works, it stopped receiving security updates, and Microsoft has encouraged users to update …
Warner Bros Rejects Revised Paramount Bid, Sticks With Netflix
By Dawn Chmielewski, Kritika Lamba and Dawn Kopecki LOS ANGELES, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery’s board unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4 billion hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject. In a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, Warner Bros’ board said Paramount’s offer hinges on “an extraordinary amount of debt financing” that heightens the risk of closing. It reaffirmed its commitment to streaming giant Netflix’s $82.7 billion deal for the film and television studio and other assets. Paramount and Netflix have been in a heated battle for Warner Bros, its prized film and television studios, and its extensive content library. Its lucrative entertainment franchises include “Harry Potter,” “Game of Thrones,” “Friends” and the DC Comics universe, as well as coveted classic films such as “Casablanca” and “Citizen Kane.” The Warner Bros board voted against the $30-per-share cash offer on Tuesday, telling shareholders that Paramount’s financing plan would saddle the smaller Hollywood studio with $87 billion in debt once the …
US will need both carrots and sticks to reach net zero
Subsidies can encourage the adoption of low-emission technologies like electric vehicles Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in the US will require not only the “carrots” of green subsidies, but also eventually the “sticks” of carbon taxes – which both appear unlikely under President Donald Trump. The most effective way to reduce carbon emissions is by putting some kind of price or tax on them. But the US government has repeatedly failed to pass cap-and-trade legislation, which would cap emissions and require companies over the cap to buy allowances. Subsidies are easier to adopt and can bring down the cost of low-emission technologies like electric vehicles, making a price on carbon less painful. Wei Peng at Princeton University and her colleagues modelled the impact of subsidies, taxes and various timings of both to determine the best sequence of policies for reducing carbon emissions in the US. While subsidies could reduce energy system emissions by 32 per cent before 2030, their effect diminishes after that, since fossil fuels …
What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of “Sticks & Stones” is a sign of the times
On September 17, 2001, the great David Letterman became the first late night host to return to television days after 9/11 blindsided New York City, and the world. In his monologue, Letterman eschewed attempts at humor, choosing instead to meet the confusion and mourning blanketing America with an appropriate solemn acknowledgment. This became the pause the nation needed before feeling permission to laugh again in the wake of a horrific tragedy. Nearly 20 years later another great Dave — Dave Chappelle — has handed a different permission slip to Americans: one giving folks the green light to laugh at tragedies and, more to the point, the victims and survivors. Maybe that’s not being fair. The 9/11 attacks resulted in the deaths of 2,996 people and the injuries of more than 6,000 others — a massive culture-shifting calamity by any feeling person’s definition. In his new Netflix special “Sticks & Stones,” the objects of Chappelle’s ire are folks ostensibly making their personal tragedies everyone’s problems by using them to perpetrate career death and reputation homicide upon …