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Friday deals: MacBook Air $349 off, LIFX Tile Lighting hits all-time low, and iPhone 7 is $189

Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Air with 256GB of storage is $349 off to lead today’s best deals. Other notable offers include the LIFX HomeKit Tile Lighting system at $166, and a refurbished 128GB iPhone 7 for $189. Hit the jump for more in this 9to5Toys Lunch Break. If you’re willing to go with a previous generation MacBook Air, there are currently big savings to be had. B&H offers the…
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HTC stops selling phones in UK while patent dispute rumbles on

HTC has stopped selling phones through its UK website while a patent issue plays out. Its handsets are all listed as out of stock, including the Exodus 1 blockchain phone, though the company is still selling them in other nations. They’re also available through Amazon’s UK site. It’s long been tussling with an R&D company named Ipcom over intellectual property, particularly…
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GamingNews

This expensive adapter makes the Nintendo 64 look good on modern TVs

In hindsight, the Nintendo 64 was a pretty weird system. The controller was weird, the decision to go with expensive cartridges was weird, and the internal hardware was in a weird place where early texture filtering was possible even though storing and displaying detailed textures was not. It hasn’t aged well, exactly, but it’s aged interestingly — you can recognize an N64 game a mile away.
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