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Climate-related disasters are driving up the cost of insurance while some properties are being dropped from coverage.

With companies continuing to push people towards wireless audio this was an inevitability. Today Lenovo took things to their natural conclusion with the ThinkBook 15 Gen 2, which is the world’s first laptop to feature a pair of built-in wireless earbuds.

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Microsoft’s Xbox Series X will come with 1TB of storage. It sounds like a lot, but you might be interested to learn that according to GameSpot who got their hands on the console, it seems that nearly 200GB of that 1TB of storage will be going towards the system files itself. This means that gamers are basically left with 800GB to install their games on.

So what does this mean for gamers? Is 800GB enough? It’s a bit hard to say, but generally speaking, a lot of modern games these days cross 100GB in terms of file size, which means that you could install a maximum of maybe 6-7 titles if you’re lucky. However, Microsoft did previously state that they are introducing technology in the Xbox Series X that will make games more storage-friendly, but we’ll have to wait and see how that translates to real-life usage.

If you’re the type that doesn’t keep their games around once you’re done with them, we suppose this isn’t really going to be an issue. However, for those who love storing their games, then this might prove problematic in the long-run. Thankfully, there are ways to expand the storage using expansion cards, but it will not come cheap.

So unless you’re willing to fork out the cash for an Xbox expansion card, maybe it might not be the worst idea to be a bit conservative with your game installs.

Xbox Series X Will Use 200GB Just For System Files

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Right now there are a variety of methods that you can use to make payments. There’s always good old cold hard cash, credit/debit cards, and mobile payments. However, it seems that Amazon wants to introduce a new method of paying, and that is through its new Amazon One program that will utilize palm scanning/recognition technology.

How this works is that customers will need to sign up and register a credit card with the company first, and then scan their palm. After that, whenever customers shop, they can simply hold their palm above the reader and it will scan it, and then after that it will authenticate the user and the payment will be made, all in about a second or so.

The idea of palm recognition isn’t exactly new and we have seen companies introduce it in the past. However, for whatever reason, it simply did not catch on, but with Amazon’s reach like the fact that they own Whole Foods and also its Amazon Go stores, perhaps this might give the technology a chance to become more mainstream.

In a way, it is also “safer” given the current pandemic, where contactless payments will help reduce our need to touch surfaces which may or may not be contaminated. Right now, Amazon One will be trialed at two Amazon Go stores – the original Amazon Go store at 7th & Blanchard and the store at South Lake Union at 300 Boren Ave. North.

Amazon Wants To Start Making Paying With Your Palm A Thing

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Lenovo’s foldable PC, the ThinkPad X1 Fold, is up for preorder, with the 13.3-inch laptop-tablet hybrid putting Windows 10 Pro on some very unusual hardware. While at first glance the X1 Fold may look like an OLED tablet, its ability to fold down the center makes for a PC that behaves more like a sci-fi movie prop. The screen is … Continue reading