[ad_1] A cooler is something most people will eventually purchase for an amalgam of reasons. From a casual weekend tailgate to an extended hunting trip, there are many situations where an ice chest certainly comes in handy. While individuals who only need a little extra insulation for quick day trips ...
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[ad_1] How we picked and tested Our testing pool after a few rounds of security testing. Photo: Duncan Niederlitz We spent many hours researching all the locks available from the major brands in the bicycle industry, attending the Interbike trade show to see not-yet-available options, reviewing our previous guide, looking ...
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[ad_1] It’s hard to find a legitimately bad flagship phone these days. Sure, one peeks its head out from time to time, but on a whole most phones are pretty good. The screens, the cameras, the internals. There are always a few bits that could use improving (see: battery and ...
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[ad_1] At any given moment, there are approximately a zillion crowdfunding campaigns on the web. Take a stroll through Kickstarter or Indiegogo and you’ll find no shortage of weird, useless, and downright stupid projects out there — alongside some real gems. In this column, we cut through all the worthless ...
Read More »The search for a habitable second Earth
[ad_1] Scientists are torn on whether extraterrestrial life is abundant, rare or nonexistent. With 300 billion stars in the Milky Way, the late astronomer and futurist Carl Sagan figured there could be up to 10,000 advanced civilizations in our galaxy alone. Others, however, think not only are habitable planets rarer ...
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[ad_1] Gunderson Dettmer is the law firm a good majority of tech startups turn to in the Valley for fundings, mergers, licensing and other deals and it’s been in the business of offering tech companies everyday legal advice to everyone from Oracle to DoorDash since the dot-com boom. It was ranked the “most active ...
Read More »TeslaBot is a new AI assistant from SmartCar for your Tesla Model S or X
[ad_1] Why it matters to you Want to check if your Tesla’s doors are locked? Just ask a new Facebook bot to do it for you. The car of the future can not only transport you from Point A to Point B, it can now converse with you, too. Well, ...
Read More »What to expect at Computex 2017
[ad_1] There’s no doubt that we’ll still be seeing new PCs from the likes of ASUS, MSI, Dell, Acer and more at Computex. In fact, Acer simply went ahead and announced its new laptops and tablet earlier this week, which is certainly one way to beat the competition. Since Intel’s ...
Read More »Don’t call BMW’s futuristic new concept motorbike a scooter
[ad_1] This looks like a scooter, but it’s actually the BMW Motorrad Concept Link, the latest in BMW’s series of exhaustingly-named Motorrad concept vehicles, which imagine a not-so distant future in which we all travel around in angular, sci-fi style. The Link offers an electric drive, which makes possible the ...
Read More »Made from molten glass, world’s largest convex mirror will take a year to cool
[ad_1] Why it matters to you This record-breaking mirror will eventually form part of the world’s biggest optical telescope. Casting of the secondary mirror for the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope has been completed in Mainz, Germany. Weighing 3.5 tons and measuring 14 feet in diameter, the finished piece ...
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