When you’re trying to find something to watch on Netflix, sometimes you want to know what others outside of Netflix thought about the show. That’s where zRate can help. The Chrome extension brings in rating info from IMDB and occasionally Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, and offers information about the program’s plot,… Read more… Add IMDB
Read MoreIf you grew up in the United States in the 1980s, chances are you’ll remember riding the Gravitron at the local fair or struggling to get past level one of the video game Robotron: 2084 at the arcade downtown. That would be after you got up early to watch five cartoon robots form the defender
Read MoreAbdel Latif Wahba / Bloomberg: Egypt approves Uber’s $3.1B acquisition of Careem after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive — Egypt signed off on Uber Technologies Inc.’s acquisition of ride-hailing peer Careem Inc. after setting price caps and other measures designed to keep the local market competitive. Egypt
Read MoreIt’s that time of the year where all of us start to think about how we’re going to improve our lives in the following year. Maybe we’re going to start running or spend time more time with friends or family. Whatever your hopes and dreams are for 2020, you’re likely to be a lot more
Read MoreStartup blames employee error for weeks-long data leak. Security camera maker Wyze exposed personal data for millions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSecurity camera startup blames employee error for weeks-long data leak. Wyze data leak may have exposed personal data for millions of users – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHulu is a streaming service whose content depends a bit on what’s available on regular broadcast television, but the service has a number of unique movies and series available as well. Read more… What's Coming to Hulu in January 2020 Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreComposing music can be quite difficult – after all, you have to keep in mind all of the elements of musical theory, from time signature and key signature to the correct length for all of the notes. A team of students from Cornell University’s Designing with Microcontrollers class developed a solution for this problem by
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner talks about the company’s evolution after acquisition by Microsoft, integration with Outlook and other Microsoft products, and more — – Microsoft closed its $26.2 billion LinkedIn acquisition three years ago this month. — LinkedIn has done some things … LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner talks about the company's
Read MoreWell it’s certainly been a long year, hasn’t it? It doesn’t feel like it’s still the same year that gave us Kingdom Hearts 3 and Resident Evil 2 Remake. There have been so. Many. Games. And a lot of them were excellent! Not all of them, but quite a large percentage of them. We’ve really
Read MoreUri Berkovitz / Globes Online: In 2019, nine Israeli startups became unicorns, bringing the total unicorns in the country to 20, and 16 startups completed a financing round of $100M or more — Israel now has 20 unicorns, privately-held tech companies worth more than $1 billion. Only the US, China and UK have more unicorns.
Read MoreA 55" Roku-powered Hisense TV, eufy doorbell camera, 8-week Washington Post subscription, and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle lead off Sundays’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Sunday's Best Deals: Sabred NVMe Enclosure, Cuisinart Cookware, Kindle eBooks, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreIt’s no secret that the average smart phone today packs an abundance of gadgets fitting in your pocket, which could have easily filled a car trunk a few decades ago. We like to think about video cameras, music playing equipment, and maybe even telephones here, but let’s not ignore the amount of measurement equipment we
Read MoreFor when the time comes to trade out your trainers. 9 of the best running shoes for 2020 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDriving long distances without a passenger can be lonely. If you’ve ever done it, you might have wished for a companion to talk to – someone emotionally intelligent who can understand you and help you on the road. The disembodied voice of SatNav helps to fill the monotonous silence, but it can’t hold a conversation
Read MoreHisense 55" 4K UHD Roku TV | $230 | Best Buy Read more… Upgrade to a 55" Hisense 4K Roku TV For Just 0 Source: Life Hacker
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The holidays are here, and if you’re unwrapping a new Kindle (or a non-Amazon-branded e-reader, or just a device with an e-book app on it), you might be looking for some new books to read. If you need some recommendations, here’s a list of some of the
Read MoreThis year’s Las Vegas tech show should offer us more insights than ever about the role robots will play in life. Robots at CES 2020: Robo-cats, sex tech, pizza makers and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImages that made an impact this year. The best CNET photography of 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThese podcasts, guided runs and helpful tips will keep you from shedding a tear of boredom with every step. How to make running on a treadmill more fun – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWell, if you want to get on board with a lifetime subscription to learning up to 14 languages with a world-renowned language training system like Babbel, you better do it now. We hate to break the news, but this is your last chance at getting the entire Babbel catalog for only $159. Today’s your last
Read MoreClocks with hands that turn are all well and good for the common folk, but hacker types prefer something different. [Sjm4306] is one such person, and developed this analog dial clock with parts we’d almost consider retro by modern standards. The microcontroller at the heart of the build is a PIC16F886. An 8-bit micro from
Read MoreGet outdoors or crush your next treadmill run with these iOS and Android apps. Nike Run Club, Strava, Daily Burn: The 7 best running apps – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGené Teare / Crunchbase News: Analysis: 142 startups, including 78 from the US and 22 from China, became unicorns in 2019, down from 158 in 2018; unicorns raised $85.1B vs. $139B in 2018 — In 2019, unicorns were far from mythical and Crunchbase followed them every step of the way. This year (as of Dec.
Read MoreI’ve been covering the nascent — and often weird — world of cryptocurrency and blockchain since January 2015. During this time, I’ve seen banks dismiss the digital currency but declare their undying love for its underlying blockchain technology, and more recently open up about plans to possibly launch their own version. I’ve witnessed the wild
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