YouTuber Mark Rober and Macaulay Culkin troll porch pirates with glitter bombs

The holiday season brings lots of online shopping -- and lots of porch pirates to steal those packages that show up at your door. YouTuber Mark Rober's most recent video features a new version of last year’s package trap.

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Vintage camera brand Zenit is back with this rangefinder, now shipping in U.S.

Fans of the vintage camera brand Zenit can now get their hands on a digital version inspired by the old cameras -- if they have a lot of cash, that is. The Zenit-M is now shipping in the U.S.

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We're giving away a Black Series Helmet and FX Elite Saber - CNET

One lucky Facebook follower will take home a Luke Skywalker Battle Simulation Helmet and a Kylo Ren FX Elite Lightsaber, courtesy of Hasbro. This giveaway ends on Dec. 20, 2019.

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A year after the first 737 Max crash, it's unclear when the plane will fly again - CNET

Two crashes of Boeing's 737 Max 8 killed 346 people, and authorities are blaming Boeing's design, a faulty sensor and airline staff. Plus: Everything you need to know about the plane.

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NASA surveys grim Australia fire devastation from space - CNET

Nearly 100 fires have torched an area bigger than Connecticut in New South Wales.

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2020's best new TV and streaming shows - CNET

Thanks to more streaming services than ever before, there's even more competition for the traditional networks.

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Instagram will automatically label false content shared from Facebook

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Instagram expands fact-checking worldwide, but it's still 'playing catch up'

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New Zealand 100Mbps fibre plans delivering 99% of promised speeds

The regulator is worried that Fibre Max speeds are only hitting 72% of advertised speeds, or around 650Mbps. Meanwhile, Australia weeps.

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Services Australia claims 'mature' incident response process following outages

The new department was tight-lipped on the specifics of the 2019 myGov outages, however.

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Samsung denies selling a million Galaxy Fold devices

Samsung is aiming to sell half a million of the foldable phones by the end of the year.

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Android 10 is rolling out to Galaxy S10 phones on Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon

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If you use a Samsung Galaxy S10 on Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon, you might be able to download Android 10 to your device right now.

9to5Google surfaced reports on Reddit earlier today that Android 10 was rolling out to Galaxy S10 phones in the US, so we asked each of the big four wireless carriers if they could tell us more about their plans for the rollout. They’re the ones who have the final call to allow the software update to go through on these phones. Here’s the state of the Android 10 rollout for Samsung Galaxy phones on each carrier.

• AT&T: AT&T had no information to share.
• Sprint: Sprint confirmed to The Verge that Android 10 is rolling out to the Galaxy S10 today and that Android 10 will roll out to the Note 10, Note 10...

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Amazon bars Marketplace sellers from using FedEx shipping over ‘delivery performance’

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Amazon has informed third-party Marketplace sellers who use its platform that they may no longer use FedEx Ground or Home shipping services if they’re listing products for Prime, just as holiday package volume begins surging in most of the US. Amazon is reportedly taking issue with FedEx “delivery performance,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Amazon has confirmed to The Verge it is indeed blocking sellers from using FedEx for Prime products.

Amazon is advising sellers use the more expensive FedEx Express to fulfill Prime orders, or remove the Prime label from products. Alternatively, sellers may offer FedEx Ground or Home from the purchasable shipping options. Amazon has not given a timeline for when it plans to resume letting...

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Disney's Artemis Fowl movie: Release date, plot, trailer, cast, director, rumors - CNET

Get ready for a seriously twisted fairy tale as a 12-year-old genius kidnaps a police officer from the underground world of mythical beings.

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Star Wars is already being considered for these Oscars - CNET

The Rise of Skywalker may be up for not one, but two awards.

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Latest Walmart game deals: Get Death Stranding for $35, Jedi: Fallen Order for $40 - CNET

Two brand-new 2019 games hit new pricing lows.

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House passes bill barring government from buying Huawei gear - CNET

The legislation now faces a Senate vote.

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Apple Arcade introduces a cheaper annual subscription option

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For a couple of years now, Apple has been exploring subscriptions as a way of bolster revenue in the face of slowing iPhone growth. This year saw a turning point in that strategy, with Apple TV+, Apple News+ and Apple Arcade joining the company's suite of subscription services that already included Apple Music, AppleCare, and iCloud.

But as this is a relatively new frontier for the company (at least in terms of emphasis), Apple is still testing the waters of different approaches. The latest of these is the introduction of a discounted annual subscription to Apple Arcade priced at $49.99, about a $10 savings compared to the $4.99 monthly subscription that was introduced in September.

Apple Arcade offers subscribers Netflix-style access to around a hundred games on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. While many games have flown under the radar or not made much public impact, a few such as Sayonara Wild Herts, Grindstone, What the Golf?, and Where Cards Fall have received rave reviews from consumers and critics or found significant financial success through the service.

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Uber in Talks to Sell Its Food-Delivery Business in India

Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s chief executive, is paring back the company’s money-losing businesses.

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Uber in Talks to Sell Its Food-Delivery Business in India

Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s chief executive, is paring back the company’s money-losing businesses.

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Indian B2B food tech startup HungerBox raises $12M from Paytm and others

HungerBox, an Indian food tech startup that has courted 10 of the 11 largest companies in the country to use its services, today announced it has raised $12 million from Paytm and others as it looks to sign clients in Southeast Asia.

The three-year-old startup’s new financing round, a Series C, was funded by a consortium of Indian and international investors, including payments firm Paytm and NPTK, an Asian VC fund that invests in emerging firms. Existing investors Sabre Partners and Neoplux also participated in the round, which pushes the Bangalore-based startup’s to-date raise to $16.5 million.

HungerBox offers management services to companies and institutions to improve and run their in-house cafeterias and canteens. HungerBox also enables its clients to connect with food partners through an app and get real-time updates of their order.

The startup, which also provides these firms with a point-of-sale machine, helps them get better insight into the quality of food being catered to their employees, and enables scheduled delivery and tracking of orders to address the long queues, said Sandipan Mitra, co-founder and chief executive of HungerBox, in an interview with TechCrunch.

“We all talk about the food delivery to consumers, but not many are looking to improve the quality of food and how it is being catered to tens of millions of employees in the country each day,” he said. “It’s a challenge that has not been addressed well.”

It turns out, when a startup finally looked into the space, many quickly jumped to appreciate it. HungerBox has amassed more than 126 large businesses and institutions — with more than 100,000 workforce each, across 18 Indian cities, said Mitra. Food delivery startups Swiggy and Zomato have started to explore this space, too, in recent quarters.

HungerBox is processing 560,000 orders each day, a figure that is growing 10% every month, claimed Mitra. The startup’s solutions are today employed at more than 535 cafeterias for its clients that work in IT / technology, retail, healthcare, aviation, education, financial services and manufacturing, he said. He declined to reveal the name of the clients, citing confidential agreements.

Annual food sales on the HungerBox platform have exceeded $100 million, he said.

The startup, which employs 1,500 people, will use the fresh capital to fuel its expansion in 10 additional Indian cities and to markets in Southeast Asia, said Mitra.

In a statement, Madhur Deora, president of Paytm, said HungerBox has enabled Paytm to add new use cases for the company’s payments business and digitization of offline transactions.

“HungerBox is the market leader in the institutional food tech space and we will partner closely with them and bring the benefits of Paytm’s ecosystem to HungerBox,” he said.

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Boeing will freeze 737 Max production as FAA review carries on

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Lyft drivers have to complete safety training if they want to pick up passengers

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