$299 is an amazing price for any run-of-the-mill unlocked Android phone with last year’s specs. It’s about how much you can expect to pay if you really don’t care about smartphones and you just need something cheap that will keep you connected. But that same $299 can also get you what is easily one of the most innovative smartphones the world has ever seen.

For just two more days, the Nextbit Robin Factory Unlocked Phone is on sale for just $299 shipping on Amazon.

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Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon character is wildly popular among fans of his books. The famous teacher who was able to solve a few mysteries using symbols in art is now back for one more thriller. And this time around, the fate of the entire human race is at stake.

The first trailer for Inferno was just released, with Tom Hanks reprising his role as Robert Langdon.

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You don’t always get a chance to see Mercury, but thanks to NASA you’ll be able to get a unique view of the small planet as it passes in between the Earth and the sun. Mercury will appear as a tiny black dot on the surface of the Sun during this rare event, and you can watch it happen live.

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Apple revolutionized the smartphone business 10 years ago when it introduced the first iPhone. After its first big launch in 2007, Apple has since launched 13 distinct iPhone models. Here they are, in chronological order: iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and iPhone SE . And now one YouTube user has created a massive performance comparison featuring all models, from the old iPhone to the recently released iPhone SE.

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Marvel’s latest blockbuster superhero film divides the avengers in half and pits them against each other in an epic battle for the ages. But the movie is also engaged in an off-screen fight that’s equally impressive. Following a monstrous international debut, Captain America: Civil War continued Disney’s march through the record books this past weekend by helping the studio hit several huge milestones.

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With Apple’s annual WWDC event now just barely more than a month away, we still know surprisingly little about the types of tweaks and features Apple is planning to add to iOS 10. Is it possible that Apple is finally following through on Tim Cook’s 2012 promise to “double down on secrecy” or is it more likely that there aren’t a whole lot of new and interesting features in iOS 10 to begin with? Hopefully it’s the former, but thankfully we’ll only have to wait until June 13 to find out.

In the interim, the iOS 10 rumors that we have seen leak out have been interesting but not necessarily exciting. To wit, a Bloomberg report from a few days ago relayed that Apple plans to touch up Apple Music with a complete UI overhaul. And just over the weekend, MacRumors published a report indicating that iOS 10 will finally see Apple introduce a dedicated HomeKit app.

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Rumors are finally starting to heat up ahead of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus release, but we still have a long time to wait before the company’s latest flagship phones become a reality. In the meantime, the best you can do is fill your phone full of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free so that you get the most out of these last few months with your current iPhone model.

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Going into episode 3 last night, Game of Thrones fans knew one thing: Jon Snow is alive and kicking. The internet was buzzing with Jon Snow’s revival at the end of the second episode last week and pretty much everybody knows he returned from the dead.

But last night’s episode, entitled “Oathbreaker,” seems to make one thing abundantly clear: Jon Snow will be the main character of season 6. If you haven’t seen it yet, then you should know plenty of spoilers follow below.

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Apple’s virtual personal assistant Siri was unquestionably a groundbreaking feature when it first debuted on the iPhone. It got off to a rocky start — of that, there is no question — and people still run into aggravating problems every day with Siri. But Siri has improved dramatically over the years, expanding its functionality and growing more accurate along the way.

Then, Amazon surprised us all when the Echo speaker came out of nowhere and introduced the world to Alexa. And now, Alexa has finally leapt off of Amazon hardware and onto Apple’s iPhone and iPad for the first time.

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We’re starting things off with a bang on Monday, offering readers the opportunity to really kick off the week on the right foot. Saving money is the name of the game and we’ve selected 12 deals in particular out of the hundreds we dug through this morning. Included among them is a deal on the popular Roku Streaming Stick that matches its lowest price ever, a couple of cool drones, one of Logitech Harmony’s best universal remotes, and much more.

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