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Amazon is opening a full-size grocery store
A full-size Amazon Fresh store will be located in Bellevue, Washington. Amazon Amazon is opening its first full-size grocery store in Washington state, the retail giant announced Tuesday. The new Amazon Fresh store will feature its “Just Walk Out” technology where you don’t have to go through a checkout... Read more
How Some Americans Are Breaking Out of Political Echo Chambers
Last October, students in Sarah Candler’s seventh-grade English class in rural Tennessee were discussing the presidential election, echoing each other’s pro-Trump sentiments. One student dared the others: “Who’s a Democrat, anyway?” A lone girl raised her hand. “I saw looks aghast from the other kids,” recalls Candler. Then Candler,... Read more
U.S. Supreme Court sends LinkedIn data-scraping suit back to lower court
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. (Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave Microsoft’s LinkedIn another chance to try to stop rival hiQ Labs from harvesting personal data from the professional networking platform’s public profiles — a practice that LinkedIn contends threatens the... Read more
Netflix: 40 best films to watch this week
Silver Skates, Netflix’s first Russian Original. Netflix Heading into this week, Netflix doesn’t just want to entertain you — it wants to relax you too. On Tuesday, you can tap Headspace’s Unwind Your Mind, an interactive meditate, relax or sleep click-and-choose experience. It’s like Bandersnatch, but with calming breathing... Read more
18 Amazon Prime Perks You Might Not Be Using
Prime Video is also included with your membership. There are some killer originals, like The Expanse (a WIRED staff favorite) and Homecoming, in addition to other movies and shows. Purchased separately, Prime Video costs $9 per month. Finally, we’d be remiss if we didn’t talk about Amazon’s members-only event,... Read more
Min-Liang Tan interview: Razer’s first AMD gaming laptop, a GaN charger, and 27-inch monitor
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Razer took the wraps off some new products today, including its first-ever gaming laptop with a processor from Advanced Micro Devices. It also unveiled a new charger that uses gallium nitride, or GaN, rather than a traditional silicon-based charger.... Read more
Prime Day tablet deals: The best iPad and Fire tablet sales so far
It’s less than a week until Prime Day 2021 (June 21-22), so it’s time for anyone taking note of price cuts on tablets to sit up and pay attention. We’re keeping an eye on two brands herein: Apple iPads and Amazon’s own Fire tablets. The two major things you... Read more
From Tamagotchi to ‘Nintendogs’: Why People Love Digital Pets
Cats and dogs will always be popular, of course, but horses and fish were in high demand too. The Legend of Zelda franchise has Link’s iconic horse as a character mainstay, and Red Dead Redemption 2 yields wonderfully cinematic horse rides through the countryside, as well as necessary interactions... Read more
80% of tech could be built outside IT by 2024, thanks to low-code tools
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. It looks like no-code and low-code tools are here to stay. Today, Gartner released new predictions about technology products and services, specifically who will build them and the impact of AI and the pandemic. The research firm found that... Read more
NBA playoffs: Watch, stream 76ers vs. Hawks, Jazz vs. Clippers today
The 2021 NBA playoffs are in full swing, with pivotal games between top teams every day. They’re broadcast live on national and cable networks — namely TNT, ESPN and ABC — but thanks to live TV streaming services, NBA fans don’t need a cable subscription to watch. Both games... Read more