An Eddie Bauer sale, discounted Dr. Dan’s Cortibalm, and a USB-C battery pack lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: J.Crew Factory, Home Storage, Towable Tube, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreFilming in slow-motion has long become a standard feature on the higher end of the smartphone spectrum, and can turn the most trivial physical activity into a majestic action shot to share on social media. It also unveils some little wonders of nature that are otherwise hidden to our eyes: the formation of a lightning
Read MoreThe Vector-R taking off on its second suborbital test flight in 2017 | Photo: Vector Aerospace startup Vector — a US company developing small rockets to send small satellites into orbit — announced on Friday it is pausing operations due “to a significant change in financing.” The company’s CEO, Jim Cantrell, has also left and
Read MoreAcuvue Oasys Transitions contacts protect your eyes from UV rays, block excess light and help you squint less in the sun. And, depending on who you ask, look creepy or cool in the sunlight. Why I love these Transitions contacts, even when they make me look like an alien – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHuawei has announced its first HarmonyOS-powered devices: a pair of smart TVs called the Honor Vision and Honor Vision Pro, which will go on sale in China next week, reports Gadgets360. Announced yesterday, HarmonyOS is Huawei’s big attempt to decrease its reliance on Google’s Android operating system. Since Google suspended Huawei’s Android license back in
Read MoreA new fan’s guide to watching this ancient martial art. Karate at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Everything you need to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis new Olympic sport features two disciplines, dizzying courses and loud music. Everything you should know about skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreNick Heath / ZDNet: Interview with Python creator Guido van Rossum on creating a programming language in the 1980s, the draw for developers, Python’s evolution, and its future — Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python. With the language now used by millions … Interview with Python creator Guido van Rossum on
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! If you haven’t accepted video games into your life, then, really, what are you doing? When somebody tells me they have zero interest in gaming, I feel the same sort of way when people say they don’t really like
Read MoreAccidental presses be gone! The Galaxy Note 10 gets rid of the Bixby Key button, finally – CNET Source: CNet
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Read MoreThe SInclair ZX 8-bit computers of the early 1980s were masterpieces of economy, getting the most out of minimal hardware. The cassette tape interface was a one-bit port, the video was (on the first two models anyway) created by the processor itself rather than a CRT controller, and the keyboard? No fancy keyboard controllers here,
Read MoreWe took a look into our crystal ball and compared Apple’s future iPhones to Samsung’s newest Note 10. Galaxy Note 10 vs. the rumored iPhone 11 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: By using all of Wyze’s products, you could potentially save over $1,000 for a full smart-home setup. The era of the 0 security camera is over. This alternative is impressive – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJoel Stein / Bloomberg: A reporter describes trying to regain privacy by hiding from Silicon Valley using a slew of location-altering, signal silencing, face-masking gadgets — As the spy gear piles up on my desk, my 10-year-old son asks me what my mission is. “I’m hiding,” I whisper, pointing in the direction I think is
Read MoreSince the first use of electric lamps in the 19th century, society hasn’t looked back. Homes and streets are lit at all hours so that people can go about their business when they’d once have been asleep. Besides the obvious benefits to societies and the economy, there’s growing awareness of the negative impact of artificial
Read MoreHere’s what you missed for the week ending August 8, 2019. Corvette breaks the internet, Acura's NSX is awesome and more: Roadshow's week in review – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreAcoustic lenses are remarkable devices that just got cooler. A recent presentation at SIGGRAPH 2019 showed that with the help of 3D printing, it is possible to build the acoustic equivalent of optical devices. That is to say, configurations that redirect or focus sound waves. One fascinating demonstration worked like an acoustic prism, able to
Read MoreJust a day after announcing its new OS, Huawei has launched the first device running it through its subbrand Honor. The company launched a smart TV named Honor Vision Pro which has a pop-up camera for some reason. The TV has a 4K UHD screen that has 178-degrees of viewing angle and goes up to
Read MoreBrianna Wu / Washington Post: Video games don’t cause violence, but toxic gamer culture, which has become a fertile recruitment ground for white supremacists and misogynists, does — For some players, advocating violence became a free-speech virtue — I was 22 when politicians started blaming video games for mass shootings. Video games don't cause violence,
Read MoreThe lightsaber is an iconic weapon from the Star Wars franchise, designed in all sorts of shapes and colors. Several fan-made versions have been built as well, quite a few of which use the almost ubiquitous neopixel. [Tirenoth] decided to build his first lightsaber using a series of neopixels, but decided on a unique build
Read MoreKevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast: 8chan users who are migrating to 08chan, an unofficial site hosted on ZeroNet, inadvertently lose anonymity because the P2P network exposes users’ IP address — An unofficial new version of the hate-filled forum isn’t as anonymous as its users might hope. — Refugees from the anonymous 8chan forum …
Read MoreChris Welch / The Verge: FCC filing reveals Sonos is working on its first-ever Bluetooth speaker — The portable speaker could arrive this fall — One of two devices recently filed by Sonos with the FCC is a Bluetooth speaker, The Verge can confirm. In the filing for product model S17, Sonos directly states that
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge One of two devices recently filed by Sonos with the FCC is a Bluetooth speaker, The Verge can confirm. In the filing for product model S17, Sonos directly states that it’s “a high-performance wireless speaker and part of the Sonos sound system. The device’s primary function will be
Read MoreThanks to the wonders of the internet, collaborating with others across great distances has become pretty simple. It’s easy now to share computer desktops over a network connection, and even take control of another person’s computer if the need arises. But these graphical tools are often overkill, especially if all we really need is to
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