We’ve all had those rushed moments when we’re late for dinner (or the airport) and there are still a half-dozen things to accomplish on our way out the door—including booking an Uber or Lyft.
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Book Your Uber or Lyft With Google Assistant
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Pokemon developer thanks fans for 23 years of support - CNET
Game Freak is "humbled" by your dedication to catching 'em all as Pokemon Sword and Shield debut.
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Winter is coming to Twitter with new Game of Thrones character art and emojis - CNET
Show Twitter who you want to see take the Iron Throne.
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Amazon Day shipping option comes to all US Prime customers - CNET
Pick a day of the week to get your packages delivered.
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Samsung QLED vs. LG OLED: How the two best TV technologies compare - CNET
When it comes to TV technology, the little line that turns an "O" into a "Q" is a big deal.
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How to Find Out the Status of Your State Tax Refund
If you’ve filed your tax return and are waiting for that sweet, sweet refund, you likely know how easy it is to check on your federal status. You simply go to the IRS’s website or use its app (you can track yours here).
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Name Your Next Project With This Pun Generator
At Gizmodo Media, Lifehacker’s parent company, we love a portmanteau. A lot of our sister sites, as well as their subdomains, are combinations of existing words: Deadspin evokes backspin but also ESPN; Gizmodo contains gizmo and mod. Lifehacker’s subsites find a second meaning within a word or phrase: Skillet contains …
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Neopets’ new mobile game won’t save it from extinction
The beloved browser game Neopets is back with a new attempt on mobile, this time inspired by smartphone hits Puzzle & Dragons and Words with Friends. In its new game, Legends and Letters, Neopets revives old characters from 2005 and earlier in a word game that combines lore with vocabulary building.
Neopets has been dying a slow death over the past decade. The game has had a rough history: the original creators sold it to Viacom in 2005, which then eventually sold to JumpStart in 2014. The result has been massive turnover and a radical restructuring of the people that make up the game’s development team. Only two members of JumpStart’s team have been with Neopets for over ten years, meaning that they were there during Viacom’s...
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Nike is making jerseys for League of Legends teams in China
From the NBA to FC Barcelona, Nike dresses some of the biggest athletes in the world — and now the company is turning its attention to gaming. Today Nike and the League of Legends Pro League, China’s biggest e-sports competition, announced a deal that would see Nike become the official apparel provider for the league. That includes clothing, sneakers, and, eventually, team jerseys. The LPL says that the first Nike-designed jerseys will be unveiled during the 2019 League of Legends World Championship in Paris later this year. The deal runs through the 2022 season.
The LPL debuted back in 2013 and currently features 16 teams, along with big-name sponsors like Mercedes-Benz. The league has been gaining popularity and prominence in recent...
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Fedex trials delivery bots, Facebook to offer "clear history" tool video - CNET
Today's major tech stories include Fedex's trial with delivery robots, Samsung going into production with its fastest storage yet and an update on the timing of Facebook's "clear history" tool.
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Galaxy S10 Plus ongoing review: What's good and bad today - CNET
Can we talk about the Galaxy S10's Bixby Routines, gesture navigation and GIFs for a minute?
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Free money: Spend at least $20 at Walmart, get $20 cash back - CNET
Cheapskate exclusive! This rebate offer can net you something for free or close to it.
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CRISPR explained with crisps (and assorted snacks) video - CNET
The revolutionary gene editing tool has been used to modify the genes of human babies but how does it work? Jackson Ryan explains.
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5G is here. But it will cost you - CNET
So far, Huawei and Xiaomi have talked up pricing, and they’re at opposite extremes. Now let's see which way the needle really swings.
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Our 5 favorite things to do with Alexa video - CNET
There are thousands of things Alexa can do. These are our favorites.
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How 5,000 Instagrammers got inspired by a mysterious woman holding a key - CNET
"A thousand different lenses." Artists the world over are remixing one another's work as part of the viral #drawthisinyourstyle challenge.
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CRISPR gene editing explained: What is it and how does it work? - CNET
Everything you need to know about the gene-editing breakthrough that one day could cure disease, eradicate species and build designer babies.
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The X-Men struggle to contain Jean Grey in the latest trailer for Dark Phoenix
20th Century Fox debuted a second trailer for the long-awaited next (and presumably final) installment its X-Men franchise, Dark Phoenix.
Directed by Simon Kinberg, the film reunites James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, and others to adapt the Dark Phoenix storyline from the X-Men comics. The story is one of the best-known from the X-Men comics franchise, in which mutant Jean Grey is exposed to radiation, which boost her powers. The studio released its first trailer last fall, showing off the danger that Jean Grey’s powers pose to the world, and the complicity that Professor Xavier (player by McAvoy) has in her formation.
We see a bit of this in the trailer: the X-Men head to space and are...
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Clean your phone while charging it with Lexon's Oblio - CNET
Shaped like a flower vase, the pretty little Oblio performs two useful tasks at the same time.
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Pokémon Go spurred an amazing era that continues with Sword and Shield
Since its debut in 2016, more than 1 billion people have downloaded Pokémon Go, which is significantly more than have played every previous entry in the series combined. At its peak, tens of millions of people played monthly, swarming city streets and turning Pokémon Go into the first global real-world video game. It introduced new people to the franchise, and rekindled an interest in lapsed fans.
Often, when a entertainment property reaches that kind of mainstream success, particularly with a streamlined take like Pokémon Go, fans worry about the dumbing down of their beloved games. But that’s not what happened to Pokémon: instead, Pokémon Go inspired a creative boom for the franchise, leading to some of the best, most approachable P...
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The best phones of 2019 so far
2019 is going to be all about fast, foldable, and 5G
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Apple Watch still dominates, but Samsung and Fitbit quadruple shipments
Samsung and Fitbit both quadrupled the number of smartwatches shipped in the holiday quarter of of 2018 compared to the same period in the previous year, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. The growth has caused Apple’s share of the smartwatch market to drop by over 15 percent over the same period, even if it still dominates with control of over half the market. The numbers paint a healthy picture for the global smartwatch market, which overall grew by 56 percent annually, according to analyst numbers.
Despite Apple’s drop in market share it is still selling more smartwatches than ever before. Apple’s shipments increased by 1.4 million units compared to the same quarter in the previous year, for a total of 9.2 million...
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Fortnite season 8 arrives with pirates, a volcano, and two new locations
The eighth season of Fortnite has arrived to the sound of an erupting volcano.
The biggest change is the addition of two new locations that have formed in the aftermath — Lazy Lagoon and Sunny Steps — which can be found in the northwest of the island, around the volcano that sprouted where Wailing Woods used to be. There’s now lava to look out for, and volcanic vents that will give you a boost into the air. The snowy portion of the island that formed in season 7, meanwhile, is still in place leading to the most diverse iteration of the Fortnite island yet.
This season has a pirate and adventure theme, which means not only the changes to the map itself, but also a new pirate cannon weapon. Meanwhile, a number of prominent elements have...
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The future of AR, according to Microsoft - CNET
HoloLens inventor Alex Kipman talks to CNET about haptics, eye tracking, and what happens next
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Lenovo IdeaPad 730S review: Thinner, lighter MacBook Air alternative - CNET
Unless you're married to MacOS, there's good reason consider the 730S over Apple's pricier portable.
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Facebook lets you share events in Stories - CNET
The social network says the new feature will help friends meet up for real-life events.
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2021 Polestar 2 is Sweden's sleek Tesla rival - Roadshow
With an estimated 275 miles of electric range and luxurious accommodations, the Polestar 2 is an appealing entry into the premium EV space.
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Creative Stage review: Crazy-cheap sound bar is good for small TVs, great for desktops - CNET
The excellent Creative Stage sound bar and subwoofer combo sets the standard for a desktop or a gaming system on a budget
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KitchenAid celebrates 100 years with Passion Red Queen of Hearts collection - CNET
The kitchen appliance company has been around since 1919, and this year it is celebrating in style.
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Microsoft's HoloLens 2 isn't meant for you, but it could change your tech in the future - CNET
The software giant doesn't plan to sell its $3,500 augmented reality headset to you and me. Yet.
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Microsoft's HoloLens 2 announced for $3,500, available to preorder now, ships later this year - CNET
Here's everything you need to know about the software giant's next-generation augmented reality headsets.
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The best facial recognition cameras of 2019 - CNET
More and more home security cameras have facial recognition. Here are your best options.
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Hydro Bot ski jacket review: sweat-slurping robots keep you dry
The 7Sphere Ski Jacket from KJUS pumps away sweat as fast as you make it
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2019 Indian FTR 1200 first ride review: A hooligan in racer's clothing - Roadshow
Roadshow finally gets to tango with Indian's much-anticipated naked bike.
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Learning how to ride flat track on Indian's FTR 1200 - Roadshow
We got to skid Indian's big, fast new bike around a frozen dirt oval and we loved it.
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Go west, young trucker, in the 2019 Ram 1500 - Roadshow
The Laramie Longhorn trim is the truck to take to Texas and beyond.
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Microsoft and Facebook’s record-setting undersea cable sets another record
The world’s highest capacity undersea cable could be capable of speeds that are 20 percent faster than thought theoretically possible. A recent experiment using 16QAM modulation achieved record transfer speeds of 26.2 Terabits per second on a 4,000 mile transatlantic cable jointly owned by Facebook and Microsoft. This represents a 20 percent improvement on the 20 Tbps each pair of the cable’s eight optic fibers was originally thought capable of, according to the team of researchers from Infinera that conducted the test.
The speeds were demonstrated on the MAREA cable, which is currently the world’s highest capacity subsea cable with a total theoretical capacity of 160 Tbps. The cable, operated by Telxius, runs between Bilbao in Spain and...
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Ricoh’s $999 Theta Z1 is a prosumer 360-degree camera
Ricoh has announced a new Theta that’s the highest-end model yet in the company’s line of 360-degree cameras. The Theta Z1 should mark a big step up in image quality with dual backside-illuminated 1-inch sensors, RAW shooting capability, and lenses with variable apertures. It produces 23-megapixel images that can be shot at f/2.1, f/3.5, and f/5.6, which together with the much larger sensors are likely to make for a more versatile camera in a variety of situations.
Design-wise, not much has changed from the previous flagship model, 2017’s Theta V. The Z1 has bigger lenses inside a slightly thicker frame, as you’d expect, and there’s now a monochrome OLED screen that provides basic information, but otherwise it’s very much in the vein of...
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Holoscreen is a screen protector that makes any phone display 3D video - CNET
It protects your screen and lets you watch 3D videos all for less than $40.
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New Dark Phoenix trailer shows Jean Grey wielding her ultimate power - CNET
In a new trailer, Jean Grey loses control of her abilities and unleashes the Phoenix. Plus Jessica Chastain reveals more about her evil character.
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Mercedes' new GLE gets the AMG 53 treatment - Roadshow
The 429-horsepower AMG GLE53 will debut at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show.
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A new Star Wars game, by the creators of Apex Legends, will be unveiled in April - CNET
We'll get our first look at Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in April.
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Towing 35,100 pounds in the 2019 Ram Heavy Duty truck video - Roadshow
A new diesel engine and revised platform give the big work truck more capability than ever.
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The solar system's hidden Planet X may finally be spotted soon - CNET
A new paper suggests the hidden world known as Planet X is closer to being seen than previously thought.
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Fortnite Overtime challenges: your last chance to get a free Battle Pass - CNET
There are 16 overtime challenges and if you complete 13 of them, you'll get a free pass for season 8.
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US bars lithium-ion batteries from passenger aircraft cargo - CNET
Don't worry, you can still bring your electronics on board.
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YouTube recommendations for 'alt-right' videos have dropped dramatically, study shows - CNET
But YouTube denies demoting content based on "specific political perspectives".
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Scientists discover horseshoe crabs are related to spiders - CNET
It looks like a facehugger, its blue blood is harvested by scientists and now it's officially part of the spider family! You're welcome!
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Apple Watch accounts for half of Q4's record smartwatch shipments - CNET
But it lost ground to Samsung and Fitbit, according to Strategy Analytics.
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Netflix's The OA Part II trailer has an alternative universe twist - CNET
The mind-bending, time-twisting tale returns with a missing persons mystery and a noir San Francisco backdrop.
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Motorola will sell its first foldable smartphone this summer - CNET
The device, rumored to be an update of the classic Razr flip phone, will stand apart from the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X.
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Anthem still has a path to greatness despite early reviews - CNET
Commentary: As the tepid reviews rolled in after launch, I understood where people were coming from, but I couldn't square them with my experience.
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Fortnite season 8 is about to begin, here's what you need to know - CNET
We only have a few clues about what Fortnite season 8 will bring, but judging from the past, we're about to see some big changes.
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Cohen says Trump knew about WikiLeaks' dump video - CNET
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen tells Congress he witnessed a call giving the president a heads-up on the leak of Democratic Party emails by WikiLeaks.
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BlackBerry lawsuit accuses Twitter of patent infringement - CNET
Suit accuses Twitter of co-opting mobile messaging technology.
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How to watch SpaceX, NASA launch Crew Dragon to ISS this weekend - CNET
Tune in for the SpaceX Demo-1 mission and witness history in the making.
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Confused by USB names? Get used to it as USB 3.1 becomes 3.2 - CNET
The group behind the technology is trying to simplify labels, though.
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The 2020 Jaguar XE gets its first major visual refresh - Roadshow
The updated XE debuts at the Geneva show and goes on sale this summer.
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC gets more power, more tech at the Geneva Motor Show - Roadshow
The updated GLC300 will arrive in the US later this year.
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Apple confirms earlier rumor of layoffs at its Titan self-driving car program - CNET
Cupertino is reportedly laying off 190 employees, effective April 16.
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Apple's streaming TV service: Release date, price and shows to expect - CNET
Just where is Apple putting that $1 billion investment in TV programming? Apple may reveal its plans March 25.
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Senate demands Google CEO answer for hidden Nest microphone - CNET
Congress wants Sundar Pichai to follow up on its questions by March 12.
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Today’s floods in California may be a preview of a more extreme future
A storm in northern California dumped so much water on the region that roads turned into moats, isolating two California towns. It’s the kind of storm that experts project might become more extreme as climate change continues — which could mean a future of even worse flooding for California.
Over the past few days, parts of northern California have been drenched with record levels of rain. North of San Francisco, the Russian River rolled over its banks to surround the Sonoma County towns of Guerneville and Monte Rio, The Press Democrat reports. Yesterday, thousands of people were told to evacuate. By today, it was too late for some: “Guerneville is officially an island,” the Sonoma County sheriff announced on Facebook. “You will not be...
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Fortnite dance lawsuits are bad for copyright and bad for culture
Fortnite is one of the most popular and profitable video games in history, and its publisher Epic is copying creative work from children and independent artists without paying them. So it’s not surprising that seven people have sued the company, claiming Epic broke copyright law by turning their dance moves into Fortnite emotes. These suits are exploring interesting new legal territory. But if they succeed, it could be bad for dance, bad for copyright, and bad for the culture these lawsuits are ostensibly trying to protect.
For anybody who’s not familiar with Fortnite, emotes are short avatar animations that players can buy or earn. Like other cosmetic in-game items, they’re often fun because they’re familiar. You can get generic...
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‘Thunderclap’ vulnerability could leave Thunderbolt computers open to attacks
A team of researchers has revealed a new security vulnerability in the Thunderbolt data transfer specification called “Thunderclap” that could leave computers open to serious attacks from otherwise innocuous USB-C or DisplayPort hardware.
As researcher Theo Markettos explains, Thunderclap takes advantage of the privileged, direct-memory access (DMA) that Thunderbolt accessories are granted to gain access to the target device. Unless proper protections are put in place, hackers can use that access to steal data, track files, and run malicious code.
It’s the sort of OS-level access that accessories like GPUs or network cards are typically granted. Because Thunderbolt is designed to replicate those functions externally, it requires the...
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Why it takes a supercomputer to map a mouse brain
The structure of a mouse mind is incredibly complex
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USB 3.2 standard gets new, even more confusing names ahead of its mainstream debut
First, the good news: USB 3.2, the upcoming specification that the USB Implementers Forum announced back in 2017, is finally coming out this year. The bad news is that the group has also brought with it a slate of new names not only for the new standard, but also for the old versions of USB 3.0, too.
Here’s how it all breaks down:
- USB 3.2 Gen 1: originally known as USB 3.0, and previously renamed to USB 3.1 Gen 1. It’s the original USB 3.0 specification, and it can transfer data at up to 5Gbps.
- USB 3.2 Gen 2: Previously known as USB 3.1, and then later as USB 3.1 Gen 2. It offers speeds at up to 10Gbps.
- USB 3.2 Gen 2x2: formally known as USB 3.2, it’s the newest and fastest spec, promising speeds at up to 20Gbps (by using two lanes of...
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Moderating content doesn’t have to be so traumatic
Lasting trauma doesn’t necessarily have to be in the job description for workers who watch graphic or violent videos as part of their jobs. Content moderators, journalists, and activists often have to wade through horrific images, videos and text to do their work, a task that can imperil their mental health and lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. Luckily, experts say there are ways to minimize the harms of so-called vicarious or secondary trauma.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is caused by experiencing or witnessing a terrifying incident, and the symptoms include acute anxiety, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts. Though most people think about PTSD in the context of war or being physically involved with a crisis, in recent...
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Motorola confirms its foldable phone is coming, and it could look like a RAZR
Following reports that Motorola would, too, get into the folding smartphone scene, the company today confirmed in an interview with Engadget that it is working on a folding device that would launch “[no] later than everybody else in the market.”
That puts Motorola’s timeline at sometime this year at the latest, with Samsung due to launch its Galaxy Fold in April and Huawei’s Mate X in mid-2019. Motorola usually holds an annual smartphone launch event around August. That time last year, it announced its 5G-ready Moto Z3 with the 5G Moto Mod, so we’ll likely get a glimpse at Motorola’s take on foldable screens this summer.
The Engadget interview also confirms that the design would not feature a full-sized screen on the outside of the...
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How to make Scotch eggs, a sausage-wrapped expression of brunch love
If you’re committed to day-drinking, you have to find plausible excuses to do so. Fortunately, neighbors of ours are fans of all things Irish and are also big rugby enthusiasts. This culminates every February in weekend group parties for the Six Nations rugby series, with games that often kick off at 8 a.m. Central…
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Five Things That Cleaning Experts Always Travel With
I’ve got travel on the brain, because I’m heading off on a short vacation soon and it’s honestly all I can think about. But duty beckons, and work continues apace, and so to pass the time before I get on the plane to LAX with my dreams and my cardigans, I thought I’d devote this column to the actual things I, a…
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How to Say No to Meeting Up With an Acquaintance
It can be a fun surprise when you bump into someone you haven’t seen in awhile—for about five minutes. Then it veers into “let’s meet for coffee” territory, which reminds you of why you haven’t really been in touch with this person in the first place. Here’s how to turn down the idea of a catch-up coffee without…
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Become a Lifetime REI Co-op Member Basically For Free When You Spend $100
It already made sense to join REI’s Co-op membership program; for just $20, you’re a member for life, and have access to perks like a 10% back annual dividend, access to in-store REI Garage Sales, and special pricing on REI Outdoor School classes and REI Adventures trips. But now through March 21, it makes even more…
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Play Hand-Clapping Games With Your Kids
Several months ago, I went to Disney World with my extended family for a week. If you’ve ever been to Disney, you know that approximately 75 percent of the experience revolves around waiting. A few days in, while standing a particularly long line, my 9-year-old niece turned to me and said, “Wanna play a game?” She…
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Fix These IRA Mistakes by April 15
If you’re working on your tax return for 2018, you’ll want to make sure you double-check your IRA contributions and disbursements for the year so you don’t incur the IRS’s wrath (well, a penalty anyway).
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Put Yourself on 'Low Power Mode' When You're Feeling Depleted
If you’re going through a big transition or simply feeling drained, it can help to go into “low power mode.” I heard this tip on the podcast “Happier With Gretchen Rubin” while I was on maternity leave, and immediately felt comforted. Low power mode—yes. During this period, you’re able to perform only the most…
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How to Create Mood Lighting With the Google Home App
Google has slowly but surely been transforming the Google Home app into a centralized control hub. If you haven’t opened the app recently, you may not have noticed the bevy of new features and settings available. The most recent of these new features is the ability to change the colors of your smart home’s lightbulbs…
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This Discounted Desktop Charging Hub Includes a 60W USB-C Port
By pairing a couple of standard USB chargers with a super-powerful 60W USB-C Power Delivery port, Aukey built one of the most practical and future-proof desktop charging hubs you can buy. Get it for $36 today with promo code AUKPD070.
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Prepare Yourself for Setbacks in Your Early 20s
“There is no guidance or set path after college,” says redditor u/InvictaVox in a thread on r/AskMen about growing older. When you’ve been spending most of your life in school, graduating one grade a year, you get used to steady forward progression. You might be able to hold onto that feeling at your first job. But in…
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Get a Year of Free Flights For Deleting Your Instagram Photos
What’s the worst part of social media? Seeing friends on tropical vacations, baking under the sun, while you’re seated in a cubicle seething under harsh fluorescent lighting.
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How to Choose the Right Mustard for Your Vinaigrette
Any good vinaigrette contains oil and water-based ingredients which, if we remember our basic chemistry, are not particularly fond of each other. To help these diametrically opposed partners get along and work as one, you need an emulsifier.
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Wednesday's Best Deals: Free Meat, OLED TVs, SSDs, and More
An Xbox One X, Clarks, Gloomhaven, and a Brother printer kick of Wednesday’s best deals.
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You Can Find Your Favorite Retro Exercise Videos on YouTube
When my treadmill broke down a few weeks ago, I wondered how I was going to get in some regular exercise at home during the winter. I texted a friend asking for advice and she sent me a slew of (old) Pilates workouts on YouTube with this note: “Sorry for the lack of modern suggestions. Apparently when I find something…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Intuitive Eating
I first encountered the phrase “intuitive eating” on Instagram, and my first assumption was that it was another list of dieting rules wrapped in a pretty package of empowerment and self-care. Then I noticed the bagels. And the cupcakes. And the glasses of wine. Having struggled with my own sometimes disordered…
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How to Turn on Your Windows PC Automatically Each Morning
Most of us have morning rituals, and yours probably involves a computer at some point. And while it’s not that hard to press the power button, wait for your system to boot up, and then type in your Windows password to log into your desktop, those are a lot of time-consuming steps that morning you has to sit and do. If…
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There's Enough Digital Storage For Everyone In This Gold Box Sale
Isn’t it weird how most of our life is just... data now? Well, right now you can find a place to store all of those memories and work stuff with this Amazon Gold Box sale on memory and storage. There’s something from everybody here—microSD cards, rugged external drives, key chain flash drives, and awesome SSDs from…
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Deadspin Is Kyrie Irving A Fraud?
Deadspin Is Kyrie Irving A Fraud? An Investigation | Splinter Michael Cohen’s Opening Statement Is Buck Wild | The Slot Donald Trump Also Thinks Don Jr. Is an Idiot and Other Petty Dirt You’ll Learn From Michael Cohen’s Testimony | The Root Lawmaker Stricken By Rare, Selective Amnesia That Makes Her Forget Saying the…
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The Best Frequent Flyer Programs of 2019
Whether you travel once per year or every month, there’s value to joining an airline’s frequent flyer program. Which one to choose, though, will depend on your needs: Is having multiple flights in a single day most important to you, or are you a point-value purist?
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Wednesday, 27 February 2019
How to Give Someone Really, Really Bad News
There are bad phone calls, and then, there are really bad phone calls, like the ones in which you’re forced to give someone news that a loved one was in an accident or worse—they’ve died.
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The Google Home app can now change the color of all your smart lights
Google gave its Home app a substantial redesign back in the fall, morphing it into a command center of sorts for all smart home gadgets that are compatible with Google Assistant. Instead of opening separate apps to operate those devices (or relying on voice commands), Google moved many useful toggles and controls right into the Home app and put a centralized hub right in your hand. But it didn’t include everything. For instance, the Home app could adjust the brightness of smart lights around your home or turn them on and off, but not change their color — until now.
The most recent update to the Google Home app adds a new palette of colors that you can choose for each smart light you’ve got to quickly shift its color. As Android Police...
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Five phone cameras? Three? Even phone makers can't decide what's best - CNET
The escalating number of cameras on phones sure seems like it's getting out control. But there's a method to the madness.
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Watch Out for These 'Free' ETF Tricks
Exchange-traded funds are getting cheaper and cheaper for the average investor to trade as multiple firms have introduced or expanded their fee-free options in the past few months. Vanguard, for example, gave investors access to nearly 1,800 different ETFs commission-free in August. Charles Schwab and Fidelity have…
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LG's OLED TV Prices Just Plummeted to Something Approaching Affordability
LG’s OLED TVs have achieved something of a cult status thanks to their inky dark black levels and vibrant colors, and today, we’ve got the best price we’ve ever seen on the 2018 55" and 65" models.
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Galaxy Fold, Huawei Mate X: Foldable phones are so tantalizingly close - CNET
Commentary: Foldables are stunning. Now if only the masses could get their hands on these cutting-edge devices.
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WATCH: Pokemon Direct promises delicious new info - CNET
Nintendo's livestream presentation may reveal generation 8 of the game series on its 23rd anniversary.
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Our favorite multifunction printer is back on sale for $100 - CNET
The Brother HL-L2395DW, normally $170, supports cloud printing, auto-duplexing and more.
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FedEx unveils autonomous delivery robot
Startups do it. Amazon does it. And now even Fedex is doing it — experimenting with robots for short-range deliveries. Today, the company officially announced its new FedEx SameDay Bot, which it says could help make “last mile” deliveries more efficient.
The SameDay Bot is battery-powered, has a top speed of 10 mph, and is autonomous, meaning it can steer itself around pedestrians and traffic using a combination of LIDAR sensors like those found in self-driving cars and regular cameras.
FedEx says it will initially use the bot to courier packages between the company’s offices in its headquarters in Memphis (pending approval from local government). But if these trials are successful it wants to expand the service to other companies and...
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Dating app Hinge is giving users free cocktails to get them to go on dates
Dating app Hinge is participating in “National Day of Unplugging” with a promotion encouraging users turn off the ability to find new dates in order to go out with people they’ve already matched with. The company is partnering with Freehand Hotel Group to offer two free cocktails to Hinge members who participate. The offer extends to Broken Shaker bar locations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami. Anyone who doesn’t live in a city with a Broken Shaker can enter to win a “dream date” worth up to $1,000, which users will be asked to describe when they disconnect. If they’re randomly chosen as the winner, they’ll receive $1,000 for the date.
The app will prompt users to turn off their discover section at 5:30PM local time on...
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I'm Muralist Jonas Never, and This Is How I Work
Jonas Never works in public. His murals are seen by thousands of passerby (and soon after by their Instagram followers), but he has less time to paint them than many artists who can work in private. He’s learned to work quickly and maximize his time to create local landmarks around L.A. and beyond. We talked to Jonas…
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LG’s 5G-rocking V50 ThinQ and G8: Editors react video - CNET
We break down LG’s two flagship phones and debate whether Z-Camera should be pronounced Zed-Camera. (It shouldn’t.)
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Samsung Galaxy fold gets serious competition video - CNET
At Mobile World Congress, Huawei unveils a flexible phone design that makes the Fold look a little dumpy. Meanwhile, LG is introducing phones with their own weird gimmicks. All that, your comments and more on this episode of Alphabet City!
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How Fortnite, AR and YouTube influence toys video - CNET
At Toy Fair 2019, Bridget Carey reflects on the evolution of tech toys and how today's internet culture is influencing the future of playtime.
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FTC forms Tech Task Force, sleep monitoring headed to Apple Watch? video - CNET
Today's major tech stories include the FTC's formation of a Tech Task Force, sleep monitoring possibly heading to the 2020 Apple Watch and a report that says the US took Russian trolls offline during the 2018 election.
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Xiaomi's Mi Mix 3 joins the MWC 5G party - CNET
Launching in May in Europe, the Mi Mix 3 5G isn't set to come to the US anytime soon.
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SanDisk’s 400GB microSD card is a must-buy at $62
SanDisk’s 400GB microSD dipped below $100 for the first time just a few months ago, but today it’s down to $62.30 at Amazon. This is almost $20 off of the best price that we’ve seen recently. If you’re in the market for a microSD card to add storage to your camera, phone, computer, or Nintendo Switch, today is the day to do it. Just note that this UHS-I card isn’t rated for 4K video capture, according to SanDisk, but your mileage may vary.
If you don’t see yourself reaching the 400GB limit of the aforementioned microSD card, the 200GB model is $29.21. While technically a better deal, since you can buy two of them for less than the cost of the 400GB card, having to switch to a new card when you fill one up may be a major downside for...
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Foldable phones: a brief history of their beginning
Starring the Huawei Mate X, Samsung Galaxy Fold, and the Royole Flexpai
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Spider-Man VR lets you shoot webs with 5G video - CNET
The virtual reality experience puts you in the famed webhead's spandex shoes.
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Elon Musk says SEC oversight is 'broken' in wake of Tesla numbers tweet - Roadshow
The Tesla boss isn't happy with the agency's urge to see him held in contempt and he's got until March 11 to explain himself.
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Save nearly 25% on Adobe Creative Cloud all-app annual subscription - CNET
On the surface, it's a good deal -- but the subscription lock-in isn't far behind. Available through March 1.
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How to transfer a Metro Exodus save game to another gaming PC - CNET
By moving to the Epic store from Steam, the PC version of the new Metro game loses cloud saves.
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Polestar 2 Launch Edition will cost $63,000, less-expensive variants to follow - Roadshow
Cars will only be available through online ordering or Polestar's subscription service.
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The 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid requires few sacrifices to save gas - Roadshow
Toyota's 53-mile-per-gallon Corolla looks and drives very similarly to the non-hybrid model.
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2021 Polestar 2 arrives with 408 hp and an estimated 275-mile range - Roadshow
Polestar's first EV debuts at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show and goes into production next year.
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The 2020 Toyota Corolla improves in nearly every way - Roadshow
With a new design and a new chassis, Toyota's compact sedan is more appealing.
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Polestar 2 vs. Tesla Model 3, Jaguar I-Pace, Mercedes EQC: How do they stack up? - Roadshow
We know what the Polestar 2 is packing, but will Volvo's first fully electric vehicle be enough to stand up to giants like the Model 3?
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Huawei chairman accuses American critics of hypocrisy over NSA hacks
Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping has gone on the offensive this week at Mobile World Congress, following continued pressure on US allies to drop the Chinese telecoms giant over national security fears. In a strident on-stage speech and a Financial Times editorial, Guo is escalating Huawei’s side of the story by explicitly calling out the NSA, which Edward Snowden has shown to have hacked Huawei in the past, while presenting his company as a more secure option for the rest of the world.
“If the NSA wants to modify routers or switches in order to eavesdrop, a Chinese company will be unlikely to co-operate,” Guo says in the FT, citing a leaked NSA document that said the agency wanted “to make sure that we know how to exploit these...
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Microsoft’s Xbox chief hints at PC gaming announcements for E3
Microsoft’s Xbox and gaming chief, Phil Spencer, has previously admitted the company has a lot of work to do on Windows for PC gamers. Whether it’s a poor Windows Store (Microsoft Store) experience, or Xbox party chat and game management through the Xbox app, Spencer has pledged to work on both the store and Xbox app for Windows 10. It now looks like E3 2019 might be when we start to hear about Microsoft’s planned fixes.
In an interview with PC Gamer, Spencer reveals that Microsoft is prioritizing fixing its store for PC gamers. “First priority is delivering a new Store experience for games that factors in all of our learnings from past challenges on the PC,” says Spencer. Part of the problem is that Microsoft’s own first-party games are...
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The Polestar 2 is a Google-powered all-electric Tesla competitor
Coming in 2020 with 275 miles of range and a native Android infotainment system
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