Throughout the year, I’ve written about hundreds of things I know my friends and family would like, but there are a select few that I’d made me extra stoked. These are the things I would be overjoyed to receive as gifts for my birthday. If you’re curious, here’s a list of the stuff I loved most 2018. Consider this your excuse to buy new wireless headphones. As I write my music, I need something to listen to the masterpieces....
Omron’s FDA-approved device is liable to make a positive change in the life of thousands of Americans. Individuals with high blood pressure have always been tasked with taking at-home readings to discuss with their physicians; replacing the blood pressure cuff with a simple wristwatch only makes things easier. But in the days leading up to the event, I found myself in the grip of a rising tech-induced panic. As everyone around me calmly strapped on their Heart Guides, my hands were trembling....
So it’s natural that if anything goes wrong with your browser, the glitch will turn into a major problem for you. The good news is that as long as you know what you’re doing, finding out what’s wrong doesn’t have to be all that difficult. The basic steps for troubleshooting any browser problem are the same, so whatever your issue, you should start by working through these one by one....
Your first instinct may be to go ahead and delete your accounts completely, but finding a balance when it comes to your online life will allow you to reap all of the benefits while laying off the toxicity. Using some of these smart strategies will help you find that elusive sweet spot. Follow fewer people Chances are your social media feeds are packed with old friends and colleagues you haven’t spoken to in years....
Instead, holdouts are (and will be) getting constant reminders about WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. Those who accept will still be able to use the app as always. But those who put it off will start losing more and more functionalities until the app eventually becomes useless. To give people more time to get familiarized with the news (and to stop the user exodus to other platforms), WhatsApp gave users until May 15, 2021 to accept the new conditions....
Larry McMahon, who turned 80 in December, is weighing whether to undergo a major surgery. Over the past five years, his back pain has intensified. Physical therapy, muscle relaxants, and injections aren’t offering relief. “It’s a pain that leaves me hardly able to do anything,” he said. Should McMahon, a retired Virginia state trooper who now lives in Southport, North Carolina, try spinal fusion surgery, a procedure that can take up to six hours?...
Kindle Paperwhite, $99.99 (Was $129.99) AirPods 2, $89.99 (Was $159) Apple never discounts its own hardware, which is why we’re so surprised to see such a deep discount on the AirPods 2. Apple’s true wireless earbuds last up to five hours on a single charge and will instantly pair with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac the moment they’re taken out of their case. You can also pair the AirPods 2 with a Windows or Android device, where they’ll work like any other Bluetooth headphones....
This True HEPA air purifier is 30 percent off. The Coway Mighty purifier uses a four-step filtration system to clean the air—from pet dander, dust, mold particles, and more—and reduce odors in a room measuring up to 361 square feet. A built-in sensor registers the air quality of the room and will automatically adjust its power based on the readings. There’s an eco mode that shuts the purifier off after 30 minutes if it senses the air is clear, though you could also just set the timer for 1, 4, 8, or 12 hours....
But properly polishing and caring for your oxfords, wingtips, loafers, or even your classic Dr. Marten boots can be confusing. Let us help you put your best foot forward. Leather is a porous material that absorbs a lot of the humidity generated by your sweaty feet, making it soft and malleable. So when you come home at the end of the day, you want to take off your boots and dry them out as fast as possible to help them maintain their shape....
At the heart of our pinwheeling galaxy lies a black hole with some four million times the mass of the sun stuffed into an area roughly the size of Earth’s orbit. Known as Sagittarius A* (which is pronounced “Sagittarius A star”) or Sgr A* for short, it creates a tumultuous environment, whipping stars around at millions of miles per hour and shredding any asteroids that come close with the force of its gravity....
Inspired by the dolphin, IrukaTact (iruka means ‘dolphin’ in Japanese) uses echolocation to detect objects below the water, and provides haptic feedback to the wearer with pulsing jets of water. As the wearer’s hand floats closer to a sunken object, the stronger the jets become, and the wearer feels more pressure on her fingertips. Since the apparatus has minimal bulk, the wearer can grasp objects easily after they’ve been found....
Nobody wants a fracture in the wing of their aircraft. Or, you know, anywhere on an aircraft. Catching and diagnosing issues like these is one idea motivating a new company called RadiantNano. Co-founders Matthew Alpert and Leslie Dewan want to make radiographic imaging—using radiation to make pictures—easier, cheaper, and literally more flexible. They’ve created a technology that uses a novel material called Novskite to do just that—it could basically take an X-ray of the aforementioned aircraft and catch such structural issues....
Fresh supplies are finally on their way to the International Space Station, after Orbital ATK’s launch was scrubbed 3 times due to inclement weather. The mission got off the ground Sunday at 4:44 p.m. Eastern, and will dock with the station on Wednesday morning. Although there were no concerns about supplies onboard the ISS (its current stock should hold out for several more months), the launch was important because it’s Orbital’s first since its rocket exploded shortly after takeoff in October 2014....
This attack is a bit complicated if you don’t understand how it works, so let’s break it down. It relies on the attackers having three things: Control over a website that their target might conceivably visit (or be tricked into visiting).Their target’s email address, Facebook account, Twitter account, or some other publicly identifiable profile. A service like Facebook, YouTube, Google Drive, or Dropbox that allows for documents, files, or anything else to be shared with specific users....
Do a YouTube search for pretty much any smallish animal you can think of and there’ll be several videos of a “tame” or “pet” version. Any feline, any canid, any mustelid (weasel), any procyonid (raccoon), any non-bonkers primate (baboons, which are completely terrifying, are exempt). “Look at my pet kinkajou, my pet genet, my pet fennec fox, my pet ocelot.” And then on the videos of cute furry animals in the wild, you’ll see the comments: “OMG I want it....
Turn the planet with your cursor to see black smog hovering over countries. The worse the emissions in a country, the more smog shown above it on the globe. It’s sad, but even more disheartening is the year-by-year breakdown: click on the option to view pollution in 2006, then the option for 2010, and the difference will hit you in the gut. (The U.S. barely topped China in emissions back in 2006, but China has taken a wide lead since....
Presidio, population 4,000, sits on the US side of the confluence of the Rio Grande and Rio Conchos rivers, across from Ojinaga in Mexico, in the broader Big Bend region of the state. Its wastewater treatment plant feeds into the nearby B.J. Bishop Wetlands, a human-created wetland fed by treated wastewater that functions as a bird sanctuary. This wetland sits just less than a mile from the Rio Grande, and from the border....
Forests also act as carbon sinks by sucking up more carbon dioxide than the forests produce—regulating some of the CO2 in the atmosphere. The carbon is deposited in parts of the forest biomass, like roots and leaves, and in the soil. A new international study that was recently published in Nature found that intact tropical mountain forests in Africa store about 150 tonnes of carbon per hectare, over 1.5 times more than they were originally thought to absorb....
As Business Insider reports, however, some workers are worried about their employer’s true motives behind Sparrow’s impending rollout. “[It] will take my job,” one warehouse worker told the outlet, who chose to remain anonymous for fear of company retaliation.
Razer Blade 14, $1,899.99 (Was $2,799.99) The Razer Blade 14 is a gaming laptop that gives many mid-range desktops a run for their money. The machine’s stacked tech specs include an 8-core AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, 16GB of RAM (memory), a 1TB SSD (Solid State Drive), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 with 8GB of dedicated video memory, and 14-inch QHD display whose refresh rate can climb up to 165Hz. A display’s refresh rate determines how quickly it can be updated with new information, which is key when playing fast-paced games like first-person shooters where every millisecond makes a difference....
