Best coolers of 2020: Cabela, Igloo, Yeti, Coleman and more - CNET

Nothing beats a frosty beverage on a hot summer day, but you'll need a dependable cooler to hold the cold. Here are the winners out of the 18 we've tested.

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How to pre-order the PS5

As excitement for the PS5 grows, consumers are eagerly awaiting the ability to pre-order. Here's what we know.

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How to set up your Google Home, Home Mini, or Nest Hub

Google Home units can do a whole lot, but first you need to properly set up your device: Here's exactly how.

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The best washer dryer combo machines for 2020

Live in a small space? Tired of going to the laundromat? A washer dryer combo may just be a good solution.

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Animal Crossing update brings cloud saves, fireworks, and dreams

The new content also bring the ability to dream and fireworks to the island

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YouTube is trying to crack down on QAnon videos. It’s not working

A Digital Trends investigation found the content is still being recommended

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Zuckerberg to tell Congress that Instagram, WhatsApp needed Facebook to succeed

“Instagram and WhatsApp have been able to grow and operate their services using Facebook’s bespoke, lower-cost infrastructure"

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CES goes virtual, Trump Jr.’s Twitter timeout, and more | Digital Trends Live

On this Digital Trends Live, we dig into the top trending tech stories, including CES going virtual, and more.

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The best Mac apps for 2020

Your Mac may already have a lot of great apps, but these ones are must-haves for the full experience.

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How to install a Ring Video Doorbell

Want to install your Ring Doorbell yourself? Don't worry, you can do it. We'll show you exactly how it's done.

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Hevo draws in $8 million Series A for its no-code data pipeline service

Hevo founders Manish Jethani and Sourabh Agarwal

According to data pipeline startup Hevo, many small- to medium-sized companies juggle more than 40 different applications to manage sales, marketing, finance, customer support and other operations. All of these applications are important sources of data that can be analyzed to improve a company’s performance. That data often remains separate, however, making it difficult for different teams to collaborate.

Hevo enables its clients’ employees to integrate data from more than 150 different sources, including enterprise software from Salesforce and Oracle, even if they don’t have any technical experience. The company announced today that it has raised an $8 million Series A round led by Singapore-based venture capital firm Qualgro and Lachy Groom, a former executive at payments company Stripe.

The round, which brings Hevo’s total raised so far to $12 million, also included participation from returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Sequoia Capital India’s early-stage startup program Surge. The company was first covered by TechCrunch when it raised seed funding in 2017.

Hevo’s Series A will be used to increase the number of integrations available on its platform, and hire sales and marketing teams in more countries, including the United States and Singapore. The company currently has clients in 16 markets, including the U.S., India, France, Australia and Hong Kong, and counts payments company Marqeta among its customers.

In a statement, Puneet Bysani, tech lead manager at Marqeta, said, “Hevo saved us many engineering hours, and our data teams could focus on creating meaningful KPIs that add value to Marqeta’s business. With Hevo’s pre-built connectors, we were able to get data from many sources into Redshift and Snowflake very quickly.”

Based in Bangalore and San Francisco, Hevo was founded in 2017 by chief executive officer Manish Jethani and chief technology officer Sourabh Agarwal. The two previously launched SpoonJoy, a food delivery startup that was acquired by Grofers, one of India’s largest online grocery delivery services, in 2015. Jethani and Agarwal spent a year working at Grofers before leaving to start Hevo.

Hevo originated in the challenges Jethani and Agarwal faced while developing tech for SpoonJoy’s order and delivery system.

“All of our team members would come to us and say, ‘hey, we want to look at these metrics,’ or we would ask our teams questions if something wasn’t working. Oftentimes, they would not have the data available to answer those questions,” Jethani told TechCrunch.

Then at Grofers, Jethani and Agarwal realized that even large companies face the same challenges. They decided to work on a solution to allow companies to quickly integrate data sources.

For example, a marketing team at a e-commerce company might have data about its advertising on social media platforms, and how much traffic campaigns bring to their website or app. But they might not have access to data about how many of those visitors actually make purchases, or if they become repeat customers. By building a data pipeline with Hevo, they can bring all that information together.

Hevo is designed to serve all sectors, including e-commerce, healthcare and finance. In order to use it, companies sign up for Hevo’s services on its website and employees enter their credentials for software supported by the platform. Then Hevo automatically extracts and organizes the data from those sources and prepares it for cloud-based data warehouses, such as Amazon Redshift and Snowflake. A user dashboard allows companies to customize integrations or hide sensitive data.

Hevo is among a roster of “no code, low code” startups that have recently raised venture capital funding for building tools that enable non-developers to add features to their existing software. The founders say its most direct competitor is Fivetran, an Oakland, California-based company that also builds pipelines to move data to warehouses and prepare it for analysis.

Jethani said Hevo differentiates by “optimizing our product for non-technical users.”

“The number of companies who need to use data is very high and there is not enough talent available in the market. Even if it is available, it is very competitive and expensive to hire that engineering talent because big companies like Google and Amazon are also competing for the same talent,” he added. “So we felt that there has to be some democratization of who can use this technology.”

Hevo also focuses on integrating data in real-time, which is especially important for companies that provide on-demand deliveries or services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jethani says e-commerce clients have used Hevo to manage an influx in orders as people under stay-at-home orders purchase more items online. Companies are also relying on Hevo to help organize and manage data as their employees continue to work remotely.

In a statement about the funding, Qualgro managing partner Heang Chhor said, “Hevo provides a truly innovative solution for extracting and transforming data across multiple data sources–in real time with full automation. This helps enterprises to fully capture the benefit of data flowing though the many databases and software they currently use. Hevo’s founders are the type of globally-minded entrepreneurs that we like to support.”

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Best digital experience in Australia, bar none: Commonwealth Bank CEO's promise

Matt Comyn said his bank is planning to send almost all of its applications to an 'integrated cloud installation'.

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Amazon Fraud Detector now generally available

Using machine learning, users can identify potentially fraudulent online activities, such as online payment and identity fraud, the creation of fake accounts, and loyalty account and promotion code abuse.

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Jeff Bezos To Washington: 'My Dad's Name Is Miguel. He Adopted Me When I Was 4'

The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are set to testify about whether their companies have too much power. Jeff Bezos begins his prepared remarks with a personal story.

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2020 Emmy Awards: Start time, how to watch or stream online - CNET

Emmy nominations have dropped, so it's a good time to get prepped for the main event.

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The best VPN service for 2020 - CNET

A virtual private network lets you send and receive data while remaining anonymous and secure online.

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Best deals for off-lease used cars under $15,000 - Roadshow

These cars are only three years old, but only one is a crossover.

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Time to report now? Follow these steps to tell the IRS your stimulus payment never arrived - CNET

The second stimulus check is now under debate in Washington. But if you're still waiting for your first check, here's how to let the federal agency know about your absent money.

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Best face masks for exercising for 2020 - CNET

And what to look for when you shop for a performance face mask.

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It's back! Nearly impossible-to-find Nintendo Switch Lite is at Best Buy right now - CNET

Just updated: Here's the retail status of the $200 portable version of Nintendo's hot gaming console.

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Kodak gets $765M loan from US government to produce medicines, reportedly including hydroxychloroquine - CNET

Kodak Pharmaceuticals will produce key components for drugs.

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Apple Store Field Trips retired, new education events coming soon

Apple says a new educational experience is on the way.

What you need to know

• Apple has officially retired Apple Field Trips at the Apple Store.
• The program was popular for educators and students.
• New educational experiences will take its place, but they have not been announced yet.

When the pandemic caused Apple to close its retail stores across the world, two of its popular in-store programs were also affected.

While Today at Apple went virtual and will be returning to stores in due time, Apple's popular Field Trips program has gone another way. Reported by 9to5Mac, the program has been officially discontinued the program.

Both Today at Apple and the Apple Field Trip program were disrupted when nearly every Apple Store closed this spring due to the pandemic. While Today at Apple has returned online with virtual sessions and will someday return to physical Apple Stores, the Apple Field Trip program will not. Apple today removed its Field Trip registration system and noted that customers can no longer book sessions. "Stay tuned," Apple says, for "a new educational experience."

Apple has not said exactly what the "new educational experience" will be, but it will most likely resemble something similar to benefits that the Field Trips program brought to students and educators. The Field Trips program brought together teachers and students with Apple's Creative Pros to learn how to use Apple's technology to take their learning even further.

Prior to the onset of COVID-19, K-12 students, youth groups, and teachers could schedule hands-on group sessions at their local Apple Stores through the Apple Field Trip program. Students worked together with Apple Creative Pros to find their creative passions, and educators explored how to take their classrooms further by making the most of Apple tools and resources.

It is currently unclear when Apple will roll out a new program to replace Field Trips. If digital, it could launch at any point, but if held in stores we could be in for a wait depending on region.

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New Universal movies to hit iTunes just 17 days after theatrical release

You can watch a new movie on iTunes in less than 3 weeks after release.

What you need to know

• Universal films will release on iTunes just 17 days after theatrical release.
• AMC Theaters and Universal Pictures have reached a deal on the schedule.
• This has moved the theatrical release window down from 75 days.

Your most anticipated movies may start to come to iTunes a lot faster.

Reported by The Wall Street Journal (via MacRumors), AMC Theaters and Universal Pictures have reached a deal that will allow films released in theaters to come to digital services like iTunes just 17 days after release. Previously, films had to stay in theaters for at least 75 days before becoming available on streaming services.

After Universal Pictures saw a major success with the digital-only release of "Trolls World Tour", AMC Theaters threatened to never show Universal films in its locations if the company continued to release films that way. This led to discussions which resulted in an agreement to shorten the theatrical release window.

During the pandemic, Universal had been experimenting with offering movies online while they're still in theaters, which AMC was not happy with. Universal's digital release of "Trolls World Tour" in the early months of the coronavirus was a success, earning more than $100 million in three weeks, and spurring the company to further experiment with digital releases ... Movie theaters have been closed, but AMC said that if Universal released new movies direct to digital platforms, it would not show new Universal releases. With the new 17-day theatrical release window, however, the dispute between the two companies has been settled.

The deal between the two companies, according to The Wall Street Journal, could result in similar deals between other companies to bring titles to digital release earlier.

According to The Wall Street Journal, this deal for shorter theatrical releases between AMC and Universal Pictures could put pressure on rivals of both companies to establish similar online release timelines. AMC Chief Executive Adam Aron said that AMC will have an opportunity to generate additional revenue by offering new Universal films on its AMC Theaters on Demand platform. New Universal titles will also be released on digital platforms like Apple TV and Amazon.

Currently, most films are seeing delays due to the pandemic. If more deals like the one between Universal and AMC happen, we could hopefully see some of these new movies hit the small screen sooner than later.

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