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The 1More Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale is here, allowing you to save up to 52% on the company’s most popular headphones, earbuds, and more. And if the usual savings aren’t enough for you, you can use the promo code 1MOREBFCM at checkout to take an additional 5% off your order. There are bigger discounts than that available, such as the price drop on the 1More true wireless ANC earbuds.

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TL;DR Some Galaxy S8 units reportedly turn on inadvertently throughout the day The issue doesn’t appear widespread, though it seemingly affects all three of Samsung’s flagships Inadvertent screen wake-up normally leads to much faster battery drain As great as we thought the Galaxy S8 was, and still is, Samsung‘s flagship smartphone is not immune from problems. One such issue, according to folks on the official Samsung community and Reddit, is that the phone is inadvertently waking up.

It’s been one year since NVIDIA debuted the Tegra Zone, the premier destination to get games optimized for Tegra specific hardware. The jump in performance from Tegra 2 to Tegra 3 was absolutely massive, and the number of quality titles that keep popping keep getting better as time goes by. If you’ve never seen them in action, then you’re missing out, as the titles of today optimized for Tegra 3 hardware are getting very close to console like quality.

Image Credit: AllThingsD Eric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO and current Chairman, talked to AllThingsD’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher for an hour on Wednesday evening, sharing his views on Google’s current state of affairs but also on the tech world as a whole. Apple vs Google – the “defining fight” Apple came up quite a few times during the interview, with Schmidt eyeing it as one of the most important Google competitors, if not the most important one – he sees important rivals in other companies like Amazon and Facebook, but not Microsoft, at least not for now.

Essential’s Andy Rubin was revealed to be taking a break from Essential yesterday in the wake of a report regarding an “inappropriate relationship” he was alleged to have had while at Google. Though there must be a lot going on at the company currently, Essential continued with its bi-weekly Reddit “Ask Me Anything” threads yesterday where the team weighed in on a variety of topics. Firstly, they did touch on Rubin’s absence, simply stating that it was “business as usual” at Essential.

TL;DR Google employees will continue to work from home until at least July 2021. The decision will affect approximately 200,000 individuals. The move comes as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies in the US. Update: July 27, 2020 at 12:48 PM ET: Google confirmed its new work-from-home policy in an email to Android Authority. Sundar Pichai sent an email to employees this morning, which said: To give employees the ability to plan ahead, we are extending our global voluntary work from home option through June 30, 2021 for roles that don’t need to be in the office.

Since 2011, Zagat has been under Google ownership in an effort to push the search giant’s local search efforts. Fast forward six years, and it looks like Google might be ready to offload the restaurant review guide onto someone else’s shoulders. According to Reuters, Google informally met with several companies regarding a possible Zagat sale. Even though we do not know how much Google wants to sell the restaurant guide for, and that there is no guarantee that Zagat will even be offloaded, any sale will presumably include Zagat’s brand name and website.