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Monopoly… for Millennials?

The mega game company Hasbro recently announced a new twist on the classic board game, updated for these very modern times. It is called "Monopoly for Millennials," joining other special editions, including Monopoly: Fortnite Edition,  Monopoly: National Parks Edition, and Monopoly Gamer Mario Kart, and while it seems like a joke, it is apparently real, in that it exists as an object you can buy exclusively at Walmart for less […]

todayDecember 27, 2018

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Numskulls with Drones Shut Down Gatwick – Again

Gatwick Airport, the UK’s second largest airport, has just become a key example of how thoroughly today’s consumer tech can disrupt our infrastructure. The airport briefly suspended all flights again last week, for the third time in three days, due to suspected drone sightings in the area. That’s right — drones were able to shut down a major UK airport, during the hectic holiday travel season no less, for well […]

todayDecember 26, 2018

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Let Alexa and Google Home Help Make Your Holidays Bright

Whether you’re hosting a holiday hooplah, attending one and have to bring a dish to share, or just hanging out at home with the family, Google Home and the Amazon Echo have got some cute tricks up their sleeves this Holiday season. Here are a few ways your voice assistant can make your holidays merry and bright. Shopping Frenzy.  Amazon’s Alexa used to have the market cornered when it came […]

todayDecember 24, 2018

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Queen Rhapsodizes to the top of the Streaming Charts

Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the most-streamed song from the 20th century, and the most-streamed classic rock song of all time. The song, which reached and stayed at No 1 in the UK for 9 weeks in 1975 and then again in 1991 following Freddie Mercury’s death, has now been streamed 1.6 billion times across platforms that include Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other streaming services, according to Queen’s label, Universal […]

todayDecember 21, 2018

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The Best Apps to Keep Your Child’s Christmas Spirit Alive

Is there really a Santa Claus? As kids, especially tech-savvy ones, get older, it becomes harder and harder to keep that holiday ho ho ho spirit alive.  But now, a visit to the app store or a bit of Photoshop creativity can be just the thing to help restore their little one's belief in the man in the red suit.  Try these and watch that sparkle of belief shine in […]

todayDecember 20, 2018

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How To Walkie-Talkie with Instagram

Instagram just launched a new direct messaging walkie-talkie feature, so now you can send personalized messages, reminders, love notes, to friends, family, really anyone with open DMs on Instagram, that strikes your fancy. The voice messages can be recorded for up to one minute and are stored permanently in both one-on-one or group direct messages. And unlike Instagram Stories, they won't automatically disappear after a set period of time. The […]

todayDecember 19, 2018

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Google+ is Shutting Down After Major Hack

Google announced that it is going to terminate its "social media app," Google+, in 2019.  While Google claims this decision is in response to increasingly poor use and uptake of Google+ among individuals, it might have a little something to do with a potentially large-scale vulnerability in the app's API (Application Program Interface) that may have put many profiles at risk.  A half a million profiles, to be exact. Even […]

todayDecember 18, 2018

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The Best Wireless Headphones to Buy this Christmas

One of the ironies of headphones is that we often end up owning multiple pairs while busily pursuing a single idealized set of cans that will suit all our needs and circumstances. Never mind that the perfect headphones don’t exist; we still want them. The closest thing to that do-everything pair of headphones can be found when looking at wireless over-ear models. This is the sweet spot where portability, high-fidelity […]

todayDecember 13, 2018

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How To Turn Off Motion Smoothing on Your HDTV

Movie buff better pay attention, because your TV may be messing with your favorite flicks. Motion smoothing (also known as video interpolation or the “soap opera effect”) could be changing the quality of your picture. Meant to reduce motion blur, smoothing is useful when you’re watching the quick action in sports, but it’s not great when you’re watching a carefully filmed motion picture. Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie were […]

todayDecember 12, 2018

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