This Meditation Headband Made Me Feel More Like a Naruto Reject Than a Mindful Blogger

When stay-at-home orders were first issued, wearing the Muse S headband, a smart headband intended to help you practice mindfulness and meditation, seemed like a good idea. I am an overly anxious person with too much brain poisoning from Twitter and I’m weathering lockdown in a cramped studio apartment with my partner…

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Hacker Permanently Solves Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Drift With a Touchpad Upgrade

After shutting down its US-based repair centers over two months ago as a result of the pandemic, Nintendo is starting to reopen them again, which is good news for Switch owners still dealing with Joy-Con drift. Hacker Matteo Pisani came up with a different solution: a Switch without joysticks is a Switch that never…

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Incoming Space Junk Caused a Dramatic Light Show Over Australia Last Night

Incredible video taken last night in Australia shows what was likely the late-stage of a Russian rocket burning up on re-entry, in a light show that was seen across the southeast portions of the country.

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These new Pixel 3a deals bridge the Pixel 4a delay nicely

Google’s Pixel 4a is coming, and do you may not be surprised so see that means some great Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL deals as the last of the old stock gets moved off the shelves. Though the Pixel 3a was launched last year, and based off Google’s previous-generation flagship, that’s not to say it’s a phone that should … Continue reading

Purdue researchers create a smartphone app to help assess anemia

One of the methods that doctors use to diagnose the condition known as anemia is by looking at the person’s eyelid and judging its redness, which indicates the number of red blood cells. The challenge for doctors is that the simple test isn’t precise enough to give a diagnosis without drawing a blood sample from the patient. Researchers at Purdue … Continue reading

Samsung 2020 TV and soundbar range detailed for eyes, ears & wallet

Samsung’s headline TV for 2020 may be its weatherproof The Terrace intended to take 4K out into your garden, but that’s not the company’s only new model for the year. The Samsung Lifestyle 2020 series of more design-focused sets is getting an expansion with new Frame and Serif models, while there are also a whole pallet-load of new soundbars for … Continue reading

NVIDIA's AI built Pac-Man from scratch in four days

When Pac-Man hit arcades on May 22nd 1980, it held the record for time spent in development having taken a whopping 17 months to design, code and complete. Now, 40 years later to the day, NVIDIA needed just four days to train its new GameGAN AI to wh…

The best fitness trackers you can buy

The fitness tracker isn’t dead, and if you’re reading this, you’re probably one of the people keeping these little devices alive. Smartwatches have all but taken over the mainstream wearable space, but the humble fitness tracker remains an option for…

Joe Biden Sympathizes With Pandemic-Hit Americans On ‘The Late Show’

The presumptive Democratic nominee shared his feelings about the “big black hole” of grief in a lengthy interview.

Forecasters Predict Busy 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Social distancing and CDC guidance “may impact the disaster preparedness plan you had in place,” a FEMA official warns