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Best Deals of the Week, August 15-19 – Deal Alert

Best Deals of the Week, August 15-19 – Deal Alert Check out this roundup of the best deals on gadgets, gear and other cool stuff we have found this week, the week of August 15th. All items are highly rated, … Continue reading

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Verizon wants to push even more bloatware to your Android phone

Verizon is reportedly looking to sell access to your device for $1 to $2.

Netflix moved cord cutting forward; it’s also holding it back

Like lots of people who’ve cut cable TV, I couldn’t have done it without Netflix. For a fraction of a typical cable bill, Netflix provides more TV shows, movies, and comedy specials than I have time to watch. And while … Continue reading

Netatmo Welcome review: Support for door/window sensors is great, but this camera’s facial-recognition feature still falls short

Most Wi-Fi security cameras are designed to look for people who aren’t supposed to be in your home. The Netatmo Welcome is made to look for the people who are. The smart appliance manufacturer built this $199 camera around facial … Continue reading

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Uber, Volvo hook up to create next-generation autonomous cars

Volvo and Uber today joined forces to work on developing the “next generation of autonomous driving cars … up to and including fully autonomous driverless cars.”

50% off Vimtag VT-361 Pan&Tilt HD WiFi Video Security Camera with Night Vision – Deal Alert

This full-featured camera broadcasts over wifi, allowing you to view live from multiple mobile devices at once. Its footage records to micro SD where it is stored and accessible remotely as well. Remote pan/tilt/zoom, 2-way voice, motion-detection alert, and night … Continue reading

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Study of distant Iris Nebula yields clues to the origin of life on Earth

Readings from the Iris Nebula could reveal where Earth got the complex molecules needed to start life all those millennia ago.

50% off Anker Compact Car Jump Starter with USB Power Bank – Deal Alert

This device from Anker is compact enough to fit in your glovebox, and powerful enough to jump start any 3L gas or 2.5L diesel engine many many times over on a single charge (Anker claims around 15 times). Surge protection … Continue reading

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AI beats doctors at visual diagnosis, observes many times more lung cancer signals

This new machine learning algorith, is much better at diagnosing cancers than the doctors who designed it.

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AMD unveils new details for its next-generation 2017 Zen CPU core

Now the company has actually demonstrated an 8-core, 16-thread Summit Ridge system — and is showing it outperforming an Intel Broadwell-E processor, at least in certain applications, at the same clock speed.