The Apple Store will now let you buy stuff online with PayPal in the US and the UK. Along with the new payment option, Apple is also promoting PayPal Credit, which lets you pay for that shiny new MacBook in interest-free monthly instalments, rather than having to sell a kidney upfront. [ re/code ] Read more…
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The Apple Store will now let you buy stuff online with PayPal in the US and the UK.
If you’re running out of digital storage and are on a tight budget, you could do a lot worse than consider Seagate’s latest hard drive. Part of its Archive HDD line , you can pick up an 8TB model for just $260. Read more…
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This 8TB Seagate Hard Drive Only Costs $260
A new year means a new flagship smartphone brain, and Qualcomm has detailed some of the most fun features of its upcoming Snapdragon 810 chip, which will start popping up in phones next year. It’s faster, and it supports better graphics sure, but it also has other tricks up its sleeve. Here’s what you can expect to see. Read more…
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Snapdragon 810: Your Next Phone’s Brains Are Way More Than Just Fast
You turn on your PC, start up a particularly taxing program, and then—you hear it. A high-pitched sound emanating from somewhere as if your ears are ringing. You’re not going crazy, it’s coil whine, and it can come from a number of components in your computer. Read more…
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Why Your PC "Whines," and How to Avoid It
According to an article in World News Daily Report , loggers in the Amazon have accidentally cut down a 5, 800-year-old Samauma tree, the oldest in the world. Except there is no such tree. This “news” article with 143, 000 Facebook shares is a wholesale fabrication. Read more…
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Loggers didn’t cut down world’s oldest tree—but the real story is better
Reminder: Computers are dangerous. Lenovo issued a recall this week for over 500, 000 possibly defective power cords that could overheat, spark, burn, or melt. Yeesh. Read more…
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Lenovo Is Recalling 500,000 Power Cords for Being a Fire Menace
Skin is complicated. Our body’s largest organ senses touch—but also temperature, pain, wetness, itching, and more. A new, stretchy artificial skin can pick up many of the sensations from the real thing, and it could someday cover a lifelike prosthetic hand. Read more…
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This Artificial Skin Can Feel Pressure, Heat and Dampness
LastPass just announced a new feature for the password manager that automatically changes your password for sites when a hack is reported. Read more…
Windows 8.1 now natively supports the MKV video format , which has been supported by the Xbox One for a little while now. Read more…
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Windows 8.1 now natively supports the MKV video format, which has been supported by the Xbox One for
There’s residential design, and then there’s jigsaw puzzle design. This elegant project by the San Francisco architect Christi Azevedo , who wedged a full guest house into a laundry and boiler room from 1916, f alls somewhere in between the two. Read more…
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There’s an Entire House Crammed Into This Tiny 98-Year-Old Boiler Room