Hasta La Gadget!

The other day Instagram rolled out an activity dashboard feature which basically let users know how long they’ve spent on the platform. Now it looks like Instagram’s parent company, Facebook, is rolling out a similar feature called “Your time on Facebook” to its platform where for the most part it does the same thing.

In fact it actually kind of looks the same, according to a screenshot shared by TechCrunch. It shows users a bar graph in which it tells them how long they’ve spent on the app per day during the week. It also averages out the time that they’ve spent, and also gives users the ability to manage their news feed in an attempt to help reduce the amount of time they spend on the app.

Granted users spending more time on Facebook is a good thing, but companies have been criticized in the past for making their products too addictive, and studies have shown that too much time on social media can actually make you feel lonely. This Facebook feature isn’t exactly new either as it was initially spotted in development back in June, but it looks like it is finally available to all users.

Facebook is also not alone in introducing such features. Apple has also introduced a similar feature on iOS, and more recently Google has started pushing it outs digital wellbeing tools onto Pixel and Android One devices.

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Growing up, my favorite Star Wars characters were Luke Skywalker and R2-D2. In addition to being incredibly versatile, R2 seemed to have more to say with all his beeps and boops than the other characters that had actual words to say. Fans of R2-D2 and his astromech droid pals will want to check out this sweet Star Wars The Black Series Astromech Droids action figure boxed set.

The set includes six droids from different Star Wars films and shows. The each measure 3-3/4″ tall, and they come packed in a 16-inch tall R2-D2-shaped box.

The droid action figures include Jabba’s bartender droid, R7-F5, QT-KT, R7-D4, R2-C2, each from The Clone Wars, and R2-A5, another white and green robot that was in the original 1977 film. Both Jabba’s bartender and R2-C2 include a tiny set of drink glasses and a drink dispenser.

Best of all, this Entertainment Earth exclusive set can be had for just $25.99 in mint condition. That’s a 68% savings off the original price.

The first crop of smart home gadgets from a few years ago weren’t actually very smart, but times have changed, and there’s now plenty of good reasons to upgrade your vacuum cleaner, microwave, and even your sound system, with a bit of AI-enhanced smarts.

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As I’ve said (repeatedly) for the last few months, Sony has run circles around rivals with its A7 series full-frame mirrorless cameras, most recently the A7 III and A7R III. When Nikon and Canon finally released their own models (the EOS R and Z7/Z6)…