The "Solo" director tweets a glimpse of a TIE Fighter firing its gun and says work on the film set for May is running ahead of schedule.
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Saturday 31 March 2018
Google is shuttering its URL shortening service, goo.gl
Google announced that it is shutting down its URL shortening service, goo.gl. The company says that new and anonymous users won’t be able to create links through the goo.gl console as of April 13th, but existing users will be able to use it for another year, after which it will be discontinued completely.
Firebase Software Engineer Michael Hermanto says that the company introduced the URL shortener in 2009, and that since then, the ways in which people share information on the web has changed, while additional URL shorteners grown in popularity. He notes that Google is refocusing its efforts by replacing it with Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL), which allow users to specific locations in iOS, Android or web apps.
Existing users will be...
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The Best Time to Buy Fights, Based on 917 Million Airfares
Anyone who has ever purchased a plane ticket can tell you there’s a “right” and “wrong” time to buy.
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Report: Netflix is ‘in advanced talks’ to acquire Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp studio
Last year, French filmmaker Luc Besson released Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a glitzy, CGI-filled summer blockbuster which ended up being a disappointment at the box office for his studio EuropaCorp. According to a report in the French site Capital (via The Playlist and io9), Netflix is “in advanced talks” to purchase the studio.
Besson co-founded the studio in 1999, and since then, it’s been known for films such as Lucy, Taken, Lock-Out, The Circle, and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The studio blamed the later and other weak performers for an $83 million loss at the end of 2017, and weeks later, Variety reported that there were several buyers interested in purchasing the company, which was struggling with...
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Mineko’s Night Market is a cat-filled spin on Animal Crossing
The world of Mineko’s Night Market is one obsessed with cats. Felines roam freely around its cartoony, cutesy island. Mini-games make sport of their adventures, and occasionally they’ll trail after you like ducklings behind their mother. On Mount Fugu Island, inhabitants even worship cat deities — specifically, the Sun Cat, a portly, upright creature called Abe. Developer Meowza Games has made no secret of its love of one specific animal, but the pleasing aesthetic of its upcoming game only lends to the friendly, approachable atmosphere of it all.
Mineko’s Night Market, launching this year, follows a girl named Mineko who’s recently moved to Mount Fugu Island. She currently runs a market, but it’s been in a financial pinch as of late....
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The Viva Egoista 845, where extreme high-end audio meets Italian style - CNET
If Ferrari ever made a headphone amp, it would look and sound like the Viva Egoista 845.
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Dayton’s $98 Bluetooth speakers do full-on stereo - CNET
If you've never heard room-filling stereo at home, you don't know what you're missing.
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April Fools' Day 2018: The best pranks to hit the web so far - CNET
Roku streaming socks, an AI-powered ATM that won't stop talking, an Airbnb-like service for renting out the empty side of your bed. Keep up with the best hoaxes of 2018.
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Amazon Will Give You Gift Cards For Your Old Tech and Textbooks
Growing up, my dad instilled in me the mantra: “If it’s still useful, you don’t throw it away.” That means that if you get something new, you probably should keep the old thing as well “just in case.” That just in case might be because your new thing breaks, or because your friend just happens to need it - but if it’s…
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Ask The Salty Waitress: What can I do about this crazy loud restaurant?
Salty Waitress is The Takeout’s advice column from a real-life waitress that will teach you how not to behave like a garbage person while dining out—and maybe in real life.
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President Trump accuses Amazon of scamming the USPS
This morning, Trump once again tweeted about online retailer Amazon.com, alleging that it is scamming the United States Postal Service and that the agency should raise its shipping rates. He also says that The Washington Post — owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos — should register as a lobbyist.
Earlier this week, Axios reported that President Donald Trump wanted to take on Amazon. The President followed up with a tweet on March 29th, saying that Amazon was taking advantage of the USPS, paying little in state and local taxes, and putting retailers out of business.
The New York Times outlined earlier this week that Amazon has collected sales taxes since April 2017. The retailer reported $957 million in income taxes last year. The Times also...
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How an extra lens can transform your iPhone’s photos
A few years ago, the hit Sundance film Tangerine was shot entirely on an iPhone 5S to surprisingly good results. And last year, Steven Soderbergh did the same the same thing while making Unsane, with his only camera being an iPhone 7 Plus.
While a lot more than camera gear goes into making those movies look the way they do, the fact that professional filmmakers are using cameras that many of us keep in our pockets is a pretty encouraging sign when it comes to what we should be able to produce.
I wanted to test out just what you can do to improve your phone’s photo- and video-taking abilities, so I tried out a few different things: some add-on lenses, a microphone, and a stabilizer. You can see the results in the video above.
One thing I...
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Electrification shines at 2018 New York Auto Show - Roadshow
With so many options for electric and hybrid powertrains, now is a good time travel green.
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Google Maps knows where Waldo is for April Fools' Day - CNET
The Google Maps April Fools' Day joke tries to answer one of the most vexing questions of our time: "Where's Waldo?"
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Use Google Maps to Find Waldo This Week
Starting today, if you ask Google Assistant on your phone, Chromebook, or Google Home device “Where’s Waldo?” you’ll actually get an answer.
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How Much Did You Stretch This Month?
Well, folks, we’ve come to the final day of the March flexibility challenge. How did it go?
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Saturday's Best Deals: Travel Accessories, World Backup Day Sales, C.S. Lewis Ebooks, and More
Amazon’s huge luggage sale, our readers’ favorite travel pillow, a ton of discounted storage for World Backup Day, and more lead Saturday’s best deals.
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9 new trailers you should watch this week
About a month ago, I saw American Made while on an international flight to Barcelona. It seemed like it would be a big and fun enough film to work on a small, dull screen — it’s based on a real story about a guy who simultaneously worked for the CIA, the DEA, and the foreign drug cartels they were trying to bust — and for the most part, it was.
The downside is, that’s also what was disappointing about the film. The movie seems to have so much to say about the United States’ meddling in foreign affairs to continually ludicrously effects. And yet, despite establishing all that went wrong, the film never manages to comment on it, or at least not very much.
That lack of depth makes the fun experience ultimately feel just a bit too empty....
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Fighting Fantasy Legends RPG is heavy on dice, light on story - CNET
Review: This digital update of an old-school adventure is a fun, casual game, but I couldn’t get lost in its world.
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Microsoft’s Spring sale, Amazon Device discounts and a Verge exclusive deal
Spring has sprung. You might not be able to tell with the weather, but the calendar says so. For this weekend only, Microsoft is marking down some of its most popular PCs to celebrate the change in season. Until Monday April 2nd, laptops like the newest Surface Pro and the Dell XPS 15 256GB Laptop are both being marked down hundreds of dollars. There are more than 80 deals and PCs on sale for all price ranges.
In other deals news, Amazon is discounting some of their Alexa-enabled devices until Saturday March 31st at 11:59PM EST. The Echo Show is being marked down to $159.99, a $70 discount and the second-lowest price we’ve seen on it so far. Kid’s Edition Fire Tablets, the 7 and 8, are on sale for $79.99 and $99.99, respectively. Amazon...
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Trump again attacks Amazon, claiming 'Post Office scam' - CNET
The president tweeted about Amazon's use of the US Postal Service and lobbying efforts.
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No one won the Google Lunar X Prize, but these competitors are still shooting for the Moon
Today was the official deadline for the now-defunct Google Lunar X Prize competition — an international contest to send the first private spacecraft to the Moon. There is no winner; no one got to the Moon in time. But many of the teams that competed in the Google Lunar X Prize say they are still forging ahead, even without the promise of millions of dollars in prize money.
The rules of the competition were relatively straightforward: build a robotic lander, using mostly private money, that can touch down gently on the Moon. Once there, the spacecraft had to explore the lunar surface — and then send back video and pictures to Earth. The winner was promised $20 million and the second-place team would have won $5 million. Other teams could...
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How to turn an old tablet or phone into a baby monitor - CNET
Keep an eye on your baby, for free, with this DIY system.
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MyFitnessPal hack hits 150M users, Tesla recalls over 100,000 Model S cars video - CNET
In this week's wrap-up, a big data breach hits the popular calorie tracker app and site. Meanwhile, Tesla wants to fix a faulty steering bolt that could pose a problem for some of its cars.
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'Westworld' on HBO: Everything we know so far - CNET
Not only is the disturbing Old West theme park open for business again, so are a few more parks. Here's how to watch and what to expect when season two returns.
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Best comedies and stand-up on Netflix for April 2018 - CNET
The funniest movies and stand-up specials you can stream this month.
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Celebrate The Weekend's Big Holiday (World Backup Day) With This One-Day Sale On Amazon
Nestled between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is the holiest day of them all: World Backup Day. Amazon’s marking the occasion with a one-day sale on storage gear, so your own data can be resurrected.
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Read an excerpt from Luna author Ian McDonald’s heartbreaking new time-travel romance
I’m a big fan of Ian McDonald’s science fiction novels. The Dervish House and Luna: New Moon are complicated, intelligent stories about how societies cope with advanced technologies. McDonald’s next (and final) novel in the Luna trilogy, Moon Rising, isn’t hitting bookstores until 2019, but we will have a new story from him to tide us over while we wait: Time Was.
This book is a novella from Tor.com about Ben and Tom, two engineers who fall in love while working on a secret project for the British government during World War II. When they vanish during an accident, the two men are presumed to have been killed, but they’re still alive, simply cast apart in time. They search for one another across the decades, leaving clues in books as...
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Birds don’t fart, neither do sloths, and other secrets of #DoesItFart
For the bolson pupfish, a good fart can be a lifesaver: These little fish live in shallow pools in Mexico where they slurp algae off of rocks and burrow into the sediment to hide from predators. When temperatures rise in the summer, the algae squirt out gas bubbles that the pupfish suck down when they eat — making them bloated, and, worse, buoyant.
The puffed-up pupfish float back to the water’s surface where they’re easy pickings for predators. But that’s not even the worst part: if they don’t fart in time, “sometimes, it’s so bad that they explode,” says Dani Rabaiotti, a zoology graduate student at University College London.
These pupfish are among the 80 different animals that Rabaiotti, her co-author Nicholas Caruso, a...
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Phicomm Smart Home Wi-Fi router (K3) review - CNET
The Phicomm K3 smart home router has fast, consistent speed on 2.4GHz, but the user experience is lacking and it doesn't offer extra security for smart devices, like you'd expect.
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This is what the iPhone X looks like under a macro lens - CNET
The Apple iPhone X is one of the most gorgeous phones ever made. But you've never seen it quite like this. CNET photographer Josh Miller used a macro lens to photograph some of its tiniest features.
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HP ZBook x2 G4 review - CNET
HP's detachable workstation melds class-leading Wacom feel with HP DreamColor accuracy and hits the bullseye for some.
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Google AI to predict NCAA Final Four winners at half time - CNET
Commentary: The search giant will run ads that predict the future during Saturday's March Madness Final Four games. Bookies will surely love it.
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HP ZBook x2, a detachable designed for the creative class - CNET
Well-designed and feature-packed, the ZBook x2 G4 workstation delivers the color accuracy and stylus feel a lot of creatives want.
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Largest Star Wars toy ever made coming from Hasbro - CNET
Hasbro's new campaign HasLab is making a highly-detailed, massive 14-pound toy replica of Jabba's sail barge available to dedicated collectors.
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Tesla says Autopilot was engaged during fatal Model X crash
Tesla says Autopilot was engaged at the time of a deadly Model X crash that occurred March 23rd in Mountain View, California. The company posted a statement online late Friday, after local news reported that the victim had made several complaints to Tesla about the vehicle’s Autopilot technology prior to the crash in which he died.
After recovering the logs from the crash site, Tesla acknowledged that Autopilot was on, with the adaptive cruise control follow distance set to a minimum. The company also said that the driver, identified as Apple engineer Wei “Walter” Huang, had his hands off the steering wheel and was not responding to warnings to re-take control.
The driver had received several visual and one audible hands-on warning...
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Jake Paul is getting his own talk show on YouTube Red
Controversial vlogger Jake Paul, brother to similarly controversial vlogger Logan Paul, is developing a talk show for YouTube Red. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paul will host and executive produce the show, which is described as having a “late-night variety show feel.” The pilot for the as-of-yet untitled series is expected to start shooting as early as May.
Gavin Purcell will executive produce the pilot. (Purcell produced Late Night with Jimmy Fallon before working as head of video for The Verge’s parent company, Vox Media; he recently signed on as showrunner for Sarah Silverman’s upcoming Hulu show I Love You, America.) However, a YouTube spokesperson told Variety that the Paul show is just one of several projects the service...
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The ‘plant messiah’ on what it takes to save the world’s rarest species
A fifth of all the world’s plants are in danger of extinction, and Carlos Magdalena is traveling the world to save them. Magdalena, a botanical horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is popularly known as the “plant messiah.” He’s gone to countries like Australia, Peru, and Mauritius to find the world’s endangered species and learn how to cultivate them before they go extinct.
Magdalena’s memoir, aptly titled The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species, will be out from Doubleday on April 10. The Verge spoke to Magdalena about the importance of plant conservation, why he considers himself a “codebreaker,” and what it takes to save the plants.
The interview has been lightly edited and condensed for...
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Amazon’s Alexa can now set DVR recordings
Alexa’s ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future. Amazon announced today that it’s updated its Video Skill API so that Alexa can now start recordings, launch an app, or carry out playback commands. Multiple set-top box makers already committed to updating or building Alexa skills with these features, including Dish, Verizon, TiVo, and DirecTV. Amazon says some have already been experimenting with these new features.
Users will be able to say things like, “Alexa, record the Cubs game,” and the set-top box will plan a recording. They’ll also be able to tell the assistant to launch specific apps or services, like, “Alexa, launch Netflix.” Finally, they’ll be able to say, “Alexa, pause,” without having to explicitly...
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I Kill Giants director Anders Walter on making a likable fantasy with a hateful protagonist
Originally, it seemed like any film adaptation of Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Niimura’s 2009 graphic novel I Kill Giants would have to be animated. The book follows a troubled fifth-grader named Barbara who wears animal ears, engages in strange rituals, and dubs herself a giant-hunter. Her strange behavior makes her a pariah at her school, and especially draws the attention of some vicious bullies. But readers can see what the bullies can’t: that Barbara is surrounded by fairies and strange creatures, and that there’s a weird and threatening magic to her world. When she forges an awkward friendship with another young girl, Sophia, she slowly starts to drop her guard. But that proves dangerous to her equilibrium, given what she’s fighting.
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Eight new anime shows to watch this spring
The 2018 spring anime season is almost here and with it, a new slate of shows (about 53) as well as 11 carrying over from the winter season. Many of these shows are available for viewing outside Japan within a day thanks to streaming services like Crunchyroll, Netflix, and Amazon. With so many new shows to sort through, we tried to highlight some that might be interesting for anime fans and non-fans alike.
If you like superhero action and high school drama/comedy
My Hero Academia
In a world where 80 percent of people are born with superpowers called quirks, Midoriya wasn’t. Despite that, he dreams of enrolling at UA High School where new heroes begin their training. A chance encounter with his idol and the world’s greatest hero, All...
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Samsung’s Always-On Display can now show GIFs
Samsung is giving owners of its recent smartphones even more personalization options for the Always-On Display. According to Android Police, now you can showcase GIFs on the screen when your phone is asleep. The Always-On Display appears whenever you lock your phone and it shows the time, your notifications, remaining battery percentage, and other critical info. Users can change the colors, clock style, and other aspects of the AOD to make it feel a little more customized to their own liking.
For the past couple years, Samsung has also let customers choose between preloaded images or pick their own photo to appear alongside those indicators. It’s a good place to stick a picture of your partner, a family member, your kid, or maybe just a...
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The new iPad is now available to purchase in-store at Apple and Best Buy
Apple’s new, cheaper iPad is now in stock at Apple retail locations and Best Buy stores, as spotted by 9to5Mac. Announced earlier this week at an education initiative in Chicago, the sixth-generation iPad has Pencil support, with the base model starting at $329.
This is the first non-pro iPad with Pencil support, and it also comes with Touch ID, an HD FaceTime camera, 10 hours of battery life, an 8-megapixel rear camera, LTE option, and Apple’s A10 Fusion chip. As far as colors, it’s available in silver, space gray, and a new gold color.
Make sure to check both the Apple and Best Buy websites first to make sure there’s iPad stock in stores by you.
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Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One improves immensely on the book
Fans tend to either love or hate Ernest Cline’s bestselling 2011 novel Ready Player One. There are legitimate reasons for both reactions. On the love side: it’s a light, airy pop confection, crammed with familiar cultural references, which Cline recontextualizes in surprising ways. On the hate side: the prose can be extremely clumsy, as it is in this paragraph where teenage protagonist Wade Watts describes the virtual car he constructed for himself in the vast online world where he spends most of his waking hours:
The DeLorean came outfitted with a (nonfunctioning) flux capacitor, but I’d made several additions to its equipment and appearance. First, I’d installed an artificially intelligent onboard computer named KITT (purchased in an...
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Watch Will Smith try to romance Sophia the robot, and fail - CNET
Smith may be irresistible to human women, but Sophia the robot seems unimpressed with the actor's smooth moves in this hilariously awkward video.
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Jimmy O. Yang goes from supporting asshole to main one on 'Silicon Valley' video - CNET
We gathered some the best moments from our interview. He talks about HBO, his dad and his new book "How To American: An Immigrant's Guide To Disappointing Your Parents."
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2018 New York Auto Show: Lots of cars you can actually buy, and soon - Roadshow
Not just filled with eye candy and fanciful concepts, the 2018 New York Auto Show has a ton of debuts that will end up in dealer showrooms in the near future.
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A look at Facebook's 'ugly' memo - CNET
Facebook needs to confront the "ugly" in chasing its beliefs, says a top exec's leaked note from 2016. What exactly does Facebook believe? Here's a peek at the memo.
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Alleged LinkedIn hacker extradited from Czech Republic to US - CNET
Yevgeniy Nikulin is charged with aggravated identity theft in the hack that compromised usernames and passwords for more than 100 million accounts.
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Accused LinkedIn hacker extradited to US video - CNET
Yevgeniy Nikulin, the Russian suspected in the massive 2012 LinkedIn breach, is in the US now. CNET News reporter Laura Hautala explains the significance of this rare move.
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iOS 11.3: How to talk to businesses using iMessage - CNET
Instead of calling customer service, use iMessage to get help with an order, book a room and more.
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Westworld's hidden trailer isn't just a trailer, it's a Door to more - CNET
Ahead of season 2 of the HBO show, the Discover Westworld and Delos sites are coming alive. Be afraid, be very afraid.
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After leaked memo, Facebook seems to reckon with culture shift - CNET
In the wake of an explosive leak, there's the growing sense that Facebook “isn’t the company it once was.”
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This dance party is powered by a 50,000-watt hi-fi - CNET
LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy helped create a towering system from components usually seen in a hi-fi.
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Quitting Facebook? Download your data before you go - CNET
What does Facebook know about you? Learn how to download your Facebook data to find out.
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Magic Leap ships out AR headsets to developers, report says - CNET
Under strict security requirements, Magic Leap is reportedly sending out its first batch of mixed-reality headsets.
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Netgear's XR500 router gives gamers complete control video - CNET
The Netgear XR500 router has high-end hardware and lots of gaming features to reduce latency and ensure a more reliable local connection.
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SimpliSafe's DIY home security system looks better than ever video - CNET
Our Editors' Choice Award-winning home security system features a better-looking design and all of the same protections at no additional cost.
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Dayton Audio T652-AIR review - CNET
The Dayton Audio T652-AIR minitower speaker gives you a whole lot of sound for the price of a romantic dinner.
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Is Tiangong-1's death dive to Earth scary? Yes, and no - CNET
Commentary: China's "Heavenly Palace" space station is headed back to Earth, and it almost certainly won't hit you. Still, it's human nature to worry, at least a little.
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Twitter lights up with strong reactions to leaked Facebook memo - CNET
"The Ugly," a memo written by Facebook hardware chief Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, highlights a growth-at-any-cost attitude.
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'ReBoot' gets rebooted on Netflix - CNET
A new version of the computer-generated cartoon show is now available, but there are some changes.
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What's new to watch online for April 2018 video - CNET
HBO has a ton of great shows and films coming up, including the much-anticipated return of the "Westworld" series.
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Check out the electrified drivetrains at the New York Auto Show video - Roadshow
From full EVs to plug-in hybrids, there's plenty of power to go around.
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iPad Pro 2018: All the rumors on specs, price, release date - CNET
Having refreshed the entry-level iPad, Apple looks to redefine the iPad Pro.
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AutoComplete: Toyota recalls 2018 Camry for oversized pistons video - Roadshow
Plus, Takata whistleblowers split $1.7M and the Alfa Romeo blacks out.
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Star Wars petition wants to cast Meryl Streep as Princess Leia - CNET
After the loss of Carrie Fisher, some fans believe the acclaimed Oscar-winning actress should step into the pivotal role.
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Buy Three Months of Online Cable For $105, Get a $179 Apple TV 4K For Free
DirecTV Now is one of the better over-the-top cable replacements out there, and with this deal, there’s very little reason not to give it a try.
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Friday's Best Deals: Home Networking Gold Box, OLED TVs, Amazon Dash Buttons, and More
Upgrade your home’s networking setup, binge watch on an OLED TV, grab some Dash buttons essentially for free, and find the rest of Friday’s best deals.
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Never Start a Story With the Weather, and Other Rules for Better Storytelling
Being a good storyteller can improve your presentations at work, boost your social skills, and make you more likable in general. But it’s not an ability that comes naturally to everyone. If you’re not sure how to go about telling stories that captivate an audience, these simple dos and don’ts will give you a good…
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11 Tell-Tale Signs Your Accounts and Devices Have Been Hacked
No one likes getting hacked, and it’s generally true that the quicker you can spot something has gone awry, the better your chances of minimizing the damage. These are the main warning signs to look out for, what they might mean, and some quick pointers about what you should do next.
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How Do You Unlearn Your Parents’ Fucked Up Money Habits?
Our parents are our first and, for better or or worse, most influential teachers. They instill in us our values, expose us to their ideas and politics, and shape who we become.
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How to Make Chuck Roast Taste Like Prime Rib
Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Will It Sous Vide?, the column where I usually make whatever you want me to with my immersion circulator. This week we’re using our precisely controlled water bath to transform something somewhat pedestrian into something quite special.
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How to Separate Your Work and Personal Life on Your Devices
Starting a new job can be fun and exciting. If you’re lucky, you can keep everything you do within the confines of the office. But let’s be realistic: You’re probably going to be working from home a little bit, either playing catch-up or sipping delicious drinks while you take advantage of your company’s “you don’t…
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Clear The Rack Is Back With an Extra 25% Off Over 9,000 Clearance Styles
Yes, it’s happening again. Nordstrom Rack has brought back their Clear the Rack sale and it’s full (and I mean FULL) of really incredible deals. Designer clothing, brands you’ve never heard of, everything in clearance an extra 25% off their already discounted prices.
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How to Make Puns Without Making Enemies
Puns have long been the ugly stepchildren of comedy, derided for generations as the dull weapon of choice of trying-too-hard dads and uncles. But what was once considered the lowest form of humor has quietly risen in the ranks, and in recent years, the pun has gotten a makeover. Thanks to the rise of competitive…
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How to Keep Selfies From Making Your Nose Look Bigger
It’s official: selfies definitely make your schnoz look drastically larger than it actually is—up to 30%. That’s according to a recent study that compared photos of people’s faces being taken from different distances. But don’t worry you selfie fiend you, there’s an easy way to fix it.
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Make Sure Your Money Advisor is a 'Fiduciary'
If you care about your money, you should memorize the word “fiduciary.” It’s critical if you hire someone to help with your finances. And with the Fiduciary Rule on the chopping block, it’s up to you to make sure your financial advisor acts in your best interest.
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Private Internet Access Is Discounting Several VPN Plans, Just For Our Readers
VPNs have been in the news, and whether you want to get around video geoblocks, circumvent proxy filters, or just keep prying eyes out of your browsing data while using sketchy public Wi-Fi, reader-favorite Private Internet Access has a deal to fit your needs.
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This April, We're Doing Planks
Dear readers, I’m sorry. When I asked Lifehacker staffers what’s been missing from our monthly fitness challenges, the resounding answer was that we all need to spend a month working on our plank game.
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When Do You Add Your Co-Workers on Facebook?
Deciding whom to friend on Facebook, and when, can be stressful. Deciding this in the workplace is fraught on all kinds of levels. When does a co-worker earn Facebook friendship?
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Improve Eye Contact By Finding Out a Person's Eye Color
The book The Nonverbal Advantage tells us that in the earliest days of human survival, the children who could maintain eye contact—and therefore attract people’s attention—had the best chance of being fed and cared for.
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Don’t Update to macOS 10.13.4 If You Use Duet Display
With all the excitement of yesterday’s iOS 11.3 release, you may not have noticed that Apple also unleashed macOS 10.13.4 on the world. The latest Mac update includes a bunch of smaller fixes, with a focus on “stability, performance, and security,” but if you’re using Duet Display you should avoid the newest version…
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Bacon is great, but candied bacon is better
I’m a pretty pro-bacon person: I make BLTs on the reg, and would never kick it out of any salad, sandwich, or pasta. Using the beloved cured meat slab as dessert, though, I may have an issue with: Candied bacon? What the hell is that about? It’s like putting bacon with ice cream and/or chocolate: Maybe some wonderful…
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Stop Saying You'll 'Start Meditating' Someday and Actually Do It
When we last rounded up our staff’s Weekly Upgrades, our editors were email batching, meal prepping, spring cleaning, and scheduling in extra downtime.
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3-Ingredient Happy Hour: An Easter-Appropriate Bluebell
Happy Easter weekend, my friends, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. This week we are making a super refreshing, easy on the eyes beverage.
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How to Stop Severe Bleeding in an Emergency
When somebody gets a traumatic injury like a gunshot, it’s often not the trauma itself that kills them, but blood loss. In honor of Stop the Bleed Day (March 31), hospitals and schools across the country are holding free classes in stopping blood loss in an emergency. Look for one near you, or read on for the basics…
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Keep Chips From Going Stale by Storing Them in the Freezer
Storing chips long-term isn’t exactly a priority for most of us, who tend to inhale the entire bag within a day or two. If, however, you get overly ambitious and buy the family size, you may find yourself with a sad, stale, half-full bag of chips within a week or two—that is, unless you seal ‘em up tight and stick…
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Learn Pixel Art With These 566 Tutorials
Making pixel art is like writing kids’ books: Shockingly nuanced, and way harder than it looks. But pixel art site Lospec has collected a gobsmacking 566 tutorials on how to draw at micro-size. Each tutorial is tagged and categorized by medium (such as videos or slideshows). To get specific tips and lessons, search…
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Earther This Rusty Old Shipyard Might Be the Greenest Place in Europe | News Lindsay Lohan loses leg
Earther This Rusty Old Shipyard Might Be the Greenest Place in Europe | News Lindsay Lohan loses legal battle over Grand Theft Auto character | The Takeout World’s hardest rapper Drake now endorsed by Canadian salad chain |
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Your Owner’s Manual Can Teach You Everything You Need To Know About How To Drive Stick
Learning how to drive a stick shift is hard. There’s a little shifter knob with a weird pattern, some numbers and an “R,” along with three—yes, three—pedals. That’s a lot to pay attention to. But if you’re sitting on a dealership lot in your brand-new car and no one is there to teach you, check out your owner’s manual.
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