Marvel's 'Eternals' is now on Disney+

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If you have been waiting for Marvel's Eternals to make its debut on Disney's streaming service, then your wait is over. The Marvel film is now available to stream on the service with no additional cost over your monthly subscription fee. The Eternals got a theatrical-exclusive period that's almost as long as some films before the pandemic. It was in theatres for around 68 days, when the pre-pandemic norm was about 75 to 90 days. 

The difference is you'll get to stream it on Disney Plus at the same time as you can buy it online on major digital platforms. Before the online rentals, Blu-ray and DVD releases would get the first home-viewing options after a film's theatrical run. As CNET pointed out, it'll be more than twice as expensive to purchase the Eternals outside of a month's subscription to Disney Plus.

TCL Book 14 Go is the company's first laptop geared towards students

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One of the new devices TCL launched at CES is its first laptop. The TCL Book 14 Go is a new affordable laptop designed for students and young professionals entering the working world. The company priced the device at US$349 (around CA$440), with plans for a release in select regions in Q2 2022.

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Beats Fit Pro earbuds are coming to Canada for $250

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After launching late last year in the US, the Beats Fit Pro is making its way to Canada and several other countries before the end of the month. You can get your pair in black, white, grey, or purple for $250 starting January 28. Preorders will kick off on January 24. It'll also be available in Europe and Japan in the same timeframe.

The Beats Fit Pro earbuds feature a flexible wingtip design built to help them stay comfortably anchored in your ears even through workouts. They get the same active noise cancellation system as the AirPods Pro, IPX4 water resistance, and head tracking when listening to spatial audio. These earbuds offer a battery life of up to six hours on a charge, plus an extra 21 hours with the case.

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Google, Ford want to use small radar for more touch-free control, health-tracking

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Radar might play a more significant part in more personal tech soon. Google, Ford, and four other partners have published specs for a Ripple standard to bring small radar to more devices in a "privacy-respecting" fashion. The framework, hosted by the Consumer Technology Association, theoretically lets any device maker use small-scale radar for tasks like touch-free gesture control, occupancy detection, health monitoring, and more.

You can check out the early details through GitHub, focusing on interoperability between radar types. Developers can initially add special use cases through extensions, but the Ripple team hopes to build those add-ons into later versions of the standard. As Engadget pointed out, Google and Ford's involvement makes sense given they ship products with radar in them (Nest Hub for Google and Ford's Co-Pilot 360).