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Google is Testing a Play Button for Chrome’s Toolbar

It appears that Google will soon add a play button to its Chrome browser.  As first reported by ZDnet and Techdows, the button will live on Chrome’s toolbar, and will allow users to play or pause a video or music that’s playing in a tab. The feature is called "Global Media Controls," and it’s currently being tested on Chrome’s Development browser, Canary. Once it’s enabled, the feature appears next to […]

todayJuly 10, 2019

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There’s an Earthquake. Did Your ShakeAlert App Warn You?

After the recent earthquake near Los Angeles, some residents were left wondering why their ShakeAlert LA app hadn’t notified them. After all, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Ridgecrest, California, about 150 miles away, and that quake was the first test of ShakeAlert since the app was released in 2018.  The system was working exactly as it was designed to, as the Los Angeles Times reported in the aftermath of the […]

todayJuly 9, 2019

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Microsoft Goes Back to the Future with Stranger Things 3 and Windows 1.0 Tie-In

For the first few days in July, Microsoft was making a number of very curious teases all centered around Windows 1.0. Which is odd, because it’s been decades since Windows 1.0 was the operating system of the day, so these teases definitely piqued the interest of many. From the very start, multiple people have been guessing that these teases could be a tie-in with the third season of Stranger Things, […]

todayJuly 8, 2019

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Fourth of July Tech Deals and Steals

Prices on tech tend to drop around each major US holiday, and with July 4th here, it's happening again.  These are the best deals that we’ve seen this week, courtesy The Verge. Phones Sony’s Xperia 1 is now available for preorder. The price is $949.99, which is admittedly not cheap for a phone, but if you order before July 12th, you’ll receive a free set of Sony’s 1000X M3 wireless […]

todayJuly 4, 2019

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Tech in the Kitchen Can Make You Healthier

Properly equipping your kitchen can be first step toward improving your diet, and tech can help you do it.  Whip up healthy, delicious meals with these nifty tools and small appliances. Breville Avance Steamer Breville’s steamer can simultaneously steam three dishes on three tiers, and comes to temperature in just 30 seconds. Unlike boiling, which washes away vitamins, steaming keeps them intact. Plus it makes rice! KitchenAid 5-Speed Diamond Blender […]

todayJuly 3, 2019

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10 Smart Kitchen Gadgets Every Tech Nerd Needs

Here's a handful of high-tech smart kitchen gadgets to make cooking even more satisfying. Find the perfect gift for your favorite tech geek—even if that's you!   Drop.  A Wi-Fi-equipped food scale, Drop works with a recipe app to make baking simpler. If you’re short on an ingredient, it can adjust measurements, offer substitutions and give you screen-by-screen, illustrated instructions as you cook.   Hiku.  The ultimate fridge magnet, this […]

todayJuly 2, 2019

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Take Your Tech on Your Next Camping Trip

Going for a Campout but want your tech to tag along?  Take along the BioLite CampStove, that claims to "turn fire into electricity." Leave gas canisters behind, load this little award-winning camping stove with twigs, and it will not only burn clean with patented combustion technology that creates a vortex of smokeless flames for a portable campfire that can cook your meals, but the fire’s heat will power an internal […]

todayJuly 1, 2019

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Robot ‘Duck’ Aims to be a Weed Zoomba for Rice Fields

For centuries, rice farmers in Asia have used ducks as a natural alternative to pesticides. While paddling around in flooded rice 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 could change that.   An engineer working for Japanese carmaker Nissan has built a […]

todayJune 27, 2019

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Google Cedes Tablet Battle to Apple

Google will not be launching a sequel to last year’s Pixel Slate tablet, according to Business Insider and Computer World, and will instead focus its Chrome OS hardware efforts on traditional laptop devices like the Pixelbook. “For Google’s first-party hardware efforts, we’ll be focusing on Chrome OS laptops and will continue to support Pixel Slate,” a spokesperson told Business Insider.  Translation: you can expect the Slate to continue to receive […]

todayJune 26, 2019

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