Jan 21
Jan 21
NASA has been using the Spitzer Space Telescope to study the heavens for over a decade and a half. The space agency is now ready to retire Spitzer and is celebrating the successful 16-year mission of the telescope. A live program will be hosted at 10 am PST Wednesday, January 22, to celebrate Spitzer. The event will air live on … Continue reading
Jan 21
Jan 21
Planned obsolescence is the bane of consumer electronics. On that front, Sonos has stood out as one of the few tech companies that build longer-lasting products. In fact, the company is keen to point out that 92 percent of all the products it has ever shipped are still in use today. But now, Sonos wants you to know…
Jan 21
A demonstration for pro-gun protesters was sidelined by militia members, neo-Nazis and conspiracy theorists.
Jan 21
Nunes, they wrote, has “betrayed the truth, betrayed the trust of voters and, quite possibly, betrayed our country.”
Jan 21
The supermodel’s jiujitsu chokehold on “The Tonight Show” surprised the host with its effectiveness.
Jan 21
Do you like to have a drink while you’re playing the guitar? Well, if you’ve got any booze left over, you can now put it to good use as part of your performance. Yep, this unique guitar effects pedal is designed to sip liquids and uses them to influence its sounds.
Simply unscrew the watertight lid on its top, pour the beverage of your choice into the Rainger FX Minibar Liquid Analyzer, and the conductive properties of said liquid will be used by its circuit to affect signal gain. In addition, the opacity of your drink will affect the equalization of the sound.
So your IPA will sound dramatically different than your chocolate stout, and your Kentucky bourbon will most definitely make different sounds than your Highlands single malt scotch. It works with other kinds of liquids too, like soda pop, coffee, or even nail polish remover.
The Minibar stomp pedal is available direct from Rainger FX for roughly $150. Booze not included.
[via Guitar World – Thanks, Mike!]
Jan 21
We buy a lot of things online these days and as such, getting text message notifications letting us know that our purchase has been shipped out is pretty common. However, it seems that there is a new text scam making its rounds that is disguising itself as a FedEx tracking notification, making users more inclined to click on it.
According to the report, basically users will receive a text message informing them that their purchase has been shipped via FedEx. Users are then given a link that they can click to track their shipment, but when they click on it, they are taken to a fake Amazon page that offers you a reward to complete a survey.
Then in order to claim the reward, users are required to pay for the shipment of their reward by entering their credit card info, which will ultimately result in you being charged $98.95 every month. There are many red flags in this scam to begin with, such as being redirected to a rewards page instead of FedEx’s website.
Secondly, the rewards page has been designed to look like Amazon’s website, but the URL clearly gives it away that this does not belong to Amazon. If you do receive such a notification, then these are some of the things to keep an eye out for.
New Text Scam Disguises Itself As A FedEx Tracking Notification , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 21
Devices that are meant to be used throughout the day and used by multiple users should be designed to be durable, and that’s exactly what Acer has done with the company’s latest Chromebook 712 which they have designed for the educational environment in mind.
According to James Lin, General Manager, Notebooks, IT Products Business at Acer, “Every aspect of the new Acer Chromebook 712 was designed from the ground up with the educational environment in mind. In addition to meeting several durability and safety standards, we’ve also provided extras such as a student-friendly keyboard and the latest processing and Wi-Fi technology, giving students and teachers a powerful tool that will enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.”
The laptop has been designed to meet MIL-STD 810G specifications. It also sports a spill-resistant keyboard with mechanically anchored keys, and also offers ASTM F963-16 and UL/IEC 60950-1 child safety certifications.
As for its specs, we’re looking at a 12-inch 3:2 display where it can be configured to be powered by Intel’s 10th Gen Core i3 processors, up to 12 hours of battery life, and there will be configurations of 4GB or 8GB of RAM, and up to 64GB of eMMC storage. The Acer Chromebook 712 will be priced at $329.99 and will be available for purchase this March.
Acer’s New Chromebook Has Been Designed To Be Extra Durable , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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