If you’re redeeming reward miles for an international trip on United, there’s an easy way to get a little more bang for your virtual buck: plan a trip with at least three legs. Read more… Use United's 'Excursionist Perk' to Get a Free One-Way Flight When Using Miles Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreSarah Dai / South China Morning Post: Didi begins opening its ride-hailing platform to rivals, starting with a pilot project in Chengdu, allowing users to hail cars dispatched by competitor Miaozou — Chengdu, capital of southwest Sichuan province, has been used to trial a pilot project since late May Didi is battling new competition …
Read MoreWe will admit it: mostly when we see a homebrew CPU design on an FPGA, it is a simple design that wouldn’t raise any eyebrows in the 1970s or 1980s. Not so with [Henry Wong’s] design, though. His x86-like design does superscalar out-of-order execution, just like big commercial modern CPUs. Of course [Henry] designs CPU
Read MoreAmazon Prime subscribers in Canada now have access to Prime Reading, a membership perk that offers access to “a rotating selection of books, comics, and more” at no extra cost. This content can be accessed from Kindle and Kindle Fire devices, and also via the Kindle app on Android and iOS. You can download up
Read MoreIn San Francisco, it started with The Museum of Ice Cream, a “museum” downtown where for $38 dollars you can snap selfies of yourself next to a unicorn or submerged in sprinkles in the building’s “sprinkle pool.” Read more… Use This App to Find the Perfect Instagram Shot When You're Traveling Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAt the AT&T Shape conference in LA we get a taste of blazing 5G speeds. The confab also promises a glimpse of how you’d actually use the technology. Our AT&T 5G speed test yields the craziest speeds yet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAshley Carman / The Verge: Owners of Jibo, a social robot designed to be loved, on their attachment to the robot companion and their slow mourning knowing its servers will go dark soon — The story of Jibo — The robot showed up at Kenneth Williams’ doorstep when he needed it most. Owners of Jibo,
Read MoreThe 50th anniversary of the moon landing is happening in just a few weeks, but Krispy Kreme is celebrating a little early by passing out free doughnuts today, one of the chain’s original glazed doughnuts that is filled with cream. Read more… Get a Free Filled Original Glazed Doughnut From Krispy Kreme Today Source: Life
Read MoreNeon Genesis Evangelion has returned for a second life on Netflix, legally available for the first time in a couple decades. Watching Neon Genesis Evangelion in 2019 is fascinating for a number of reasons — namely, seeing what a new generation of people will make of the show — but the most interesting is the
Read MoreWhen we recently discussed the skills that we might wish to impart upon a youngster, one of those discussed was the ability to speak more than one language. If any demonstration were required as to why that might be the case, it comes today in [Byfeel]’s Notif’Heure, an ESP8266-powered clock and display (French-language, Google Translate
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Legal tech startup Atrium’s business model incentivizes efficiency over milking billable hours, as most law firms do, giving it a leg up in automating busywork — Law firms have little incentive to build or buy software that will save their lawyers time since they often bill clients by the hour. Legal
Read MoreFrom stainless steel to silicone, find an Apple Watch band for every purpose. The 13 best Apple Watch bands to get on Amazon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAnd a VR-ready Alienware Aurora desktop, too. Dell deals: Save on Dell G5, XPS and Alienware gaming laptops – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis is Amazon’s lowest price ever. The new AirPods with wireless charging case are 0 at Amazon (save 10%) – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere have been a few good deals worth checking out this week, but the best one comes in today from Amazon and Walmart. Both retailers have cut the price on the iPad Pro (12.9-inches, 64GB, WiFi) down to $824.99. That’s over $150 off of its usual $999 price. This is the lowest price that we’ve
Read MoreAn inflatable lounger for your summer outings, a one-day backsplash tile sale, and a preorder discount on next year’s most highly anticipated game lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: Chillbo Shwaggins, Cyberpunk 2077, Backsplash Tiles, Star Trek, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Less than a day after breaching $10K, Bitcoin climbs to $11K+, as the unveiling of Libra and increased institutional support spur hopes of mainstream adoption — The world’s most popular cryptocurrency gets a boost from Facebook’s plan to launch Libra — Bitcoin rose over $10,000 … Less than a day after breaching
Read MoreWith the use of AI growing in almost all areas of business and industry, we have a new problem to worry about – the “hijacking” of artificial intelligence. Hackers use the same techniques and systems that help us, to compromise our data, our security, and our lifestyle. We’ve already seen hackers try to pull this
Read MoreTen years ago this week, a video appeared on the Something Awful forum describing a trove of unlabeled tapes that had been recorded as part of a student film project. The director had supposedly instructed for the tapes to be burned. But years after the project was suddenly ended, the video’s narrator reveals that he
Read MoreBaking is a wonderful pastime, as much an art as a science. [Alex] pursues the craft with plenty of vigor, and had built his very own dough sheeter to assist in his work. Unfortunately, the design had several flaws, and came out of a recent move rather the worse for wear. Growing tired of having
Read MoreDon’t misjudge JBL’s Stage A 170 by its plain vanilla looks, it’s a little powerhouse! JBL’s mighty little tower speaker is a keeper – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDenafrips may be a funny-sounding name for an audiophile electronics company, but its Ares digital converter’s sound is seriously great! This digital converter sounds so good it might 'convert' LP-loving audiophiles – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft has banned the use of the free version of Slack for its 100,000+ employees. GeekWire reports that Microsoft has a list of prohibited apps and services, and even Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Docs are “discouraged for use” inside the company. The Slack ban isn’t primarily driven by Microsoft’s competing Teams product, though.
Read MoreThe iPhone 2020 Max screen could get a sizable upgrade, while the regular iPhone screen might lose some headroom. 2020 iPhone could go bigger — and smaller — than before – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor centuries, rice farmers in Asia have used ducks as a natural alternative to pesticides. While paddling around in flooded paddy fields, ducks tear up weeds and snack on insects, with their manure even acting as additional fertilizer. In the 21st century, this practice is not widespread, but a new technological twist on the method
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