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The Miatone MagBoom Mini
Meet the Miatone MagBoom Mini, a magnetic speaker that snaps right to the back of your smartphone. Roughly the same shape (although slightly larger) than a coffee pod, it attaches to iPhones via MagSafe, giving you not just an external… Read More ›
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Facebook “Pay us if you want to scam our customers.”
The above is yet another scam advert on Facebook. Click the link and you will be taken to a website that sells fake Rolex watches and other brands. How on earth can one of the biggest social networks on earth… Read More ›
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Music and AI
I would hope that AI would be a tool to inspire and work out tough passages for musicians instead of a way for non-musicians to create music, but it sure doesn’t look like we’re headed that way. And of course… Read More ›
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Ugly Big Box Stores
Below is a wonderfully educational video about big box stores and how they have too many advantages for others to compete. There is much more detail than just criticising how they look. Please watch…
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Old fashioned simple thinking in a modern complex world does not work Donald
Despite Trump’s plan to use tariff pressure to bring more manufacturing to the U.S., analysts estimate moving even one-tenth of Apple’s supply chain to the U.S. would cost $30 billion and take three years. If Apple passes increased costs to… Read More ›
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CHRONOMÈTRE FURTIF
First of all, this is not a coated watch, nor is it ceramic. The Chronomètre Furtif has a 42mm by 9.5mm sandblasted tungsten carbide case and bracelet that plays into F.P.Journe’s lineSport collection aesthetic. That means a very round port-hole… Read More ›
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250,000 microplastics in one piece of chewing gum
In their study, the team used a technique called ‘automated Raman spectroscopy’ to assess just how many particles enter your saliva through chewing. Their analysis revealed that within just one hour, a whopping 250,000 microplastics are released. Worryingly, the long-term… Read More ›
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Is a Garmin subscription realistic?
To say that Garmin has upset its users with its new subscription service would be putting it mildly. The company recently announced Garmin Connect+, a new paid premium tier of its Connect app that features some shiny new paywalled features,… Read More ›
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Internet Phone Calls: war
It used to cost money to call someone, and if that someone was in another country – you would pay a premium: in the mid-90s a prime time call to Paris from New York cost around $113 an hour (in… Read More ›
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The Nintendo Switch 2
We own a Nintendo Switch and have enjoyed it the past few years, but for whatever reason we haven’t even powered it on for the past year. I’m not sure why, but despite some great games and a sense of… Read More ›
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