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Thursday, 7 November 2019

Thursday's Best Deals: Sony Headphones, a Marshall Stanmore Speaker, Ugg Boots, and More

A great deal on Sony Noise Canceling Headphones, a popular Marshall Stanmore II Speaker, and an Ugg Flash Sale at Nordstrom Rack lead off Thursday’s best deals.

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New Updates From Stranger Things, The Mandalorian, and More

The next Ghostbusters movie adds another mystery role to its cast. Disney previews the one scene you really wanna see from the Lady and the Tramp remake. The CW is trying a new take on Zorro. Plus, what’s to come on American Horror Story 1984's finale, and Werner Herzog continues to Werner Herzog for The Mandalorian.…

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EU Hearing 'Many Concerns' About Potential Anticompetitive Issues With Apple Pay

European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager today acknowledged that her department has received "many concerns" over Apple Pay and potential anticompetitive issues, noting that "people see it becomes increasingly difficult to compete in the market for easy payments," reports Reuters.

Vestager's comments come after the European Commission sent a questionnaire to a number of companies in August seeking information on whether Apple was restricting online payment options.

The questionnaire asked if companies were under a contractual obligation to enable a certain payment method and also if such contracts included conditions for integrating ‌Apple Pay‌ in their apps and websites.

Regulators wanted to know if Apple has rejected merchant apps as incompatible with the terms and conditions for integrating ‌Apple Pay‌ in their apps.

Apple touts the safety and security of ‌Apple Pay‌, but critics have claimed that Apple stifles competition by locking down the NFC chip in iOS devices to only work with ‌Apple Pay‌, making it difficult for other payment services to compete.

Antitrust concerns over ‌Apple Pay‌ are not the only issue for Apple and the EU at the moment, as the European Commission is also still dealing with Spotify's complaint that Apple's App Store unfairly disadvantages third-party app developers in favor of its own apps and services.

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How to Speed Through Youtube Videos, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Even Netflix

Who has the time to watch and listen to everything out there, right? Netflix has riled up movie makers by testing out variable speed settings in its Android app so you can speed up the movie to get through it faster. For the time being, it’s only a limited test, but you’ve got a host of other ways to get through your…

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These Devices Will Lose Netflix Support on December 1

Starting on December 1, 2019, a bunch of older Samsung and Roku devices will no longer be able to access Netflix. Netflix is citing “technical limitations” as the reason for this sudden loss of support but it’s unclear what those technical limitations are in the first place—though the ability to auto-play episodes (or…

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