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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE evaluation: Good cellphone, improper time
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ICYMI: NVIDIA’s RTX 3050 is a good price range GPU
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Corsair’s new Ok70 keyboard is a welcome enchancment
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Snapchat is internet hosting a digital live performance starring Jennifer Lopez
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Paramount+ hits 32.eight million subscribers; will supply Showtime for a charge
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Washington DCs AG sues Google for deceiving customers and invading their privateness
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Microsofts Xbox Elite Wi-fi Collection 2 controller is $40 off once more
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