❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Today — 1 December 2024Main stream

The Acer Aspire 3 is a total Cyber Monday bargain for $280

✇PCWorld
1 December 2024 at 10:46

We love a good budget laptop, and the Acer Aspire 3 is exactly that, thanks to this Cyber Monday deal. Now available for just $280 at Amazon, the Acer Aspire 3 is 13% under its MSRP, making us wonder if there’s really any lower it can go.

With an AMD Ryzen 3 7320U CPU and 8GB DDR5 RAM, this laptop will get you through the day without issue. Clearly, it’s not a gaming laptop unless you count playing Solitaire as gaming, but it’s a decent device that allows you to take the notes you need during class or meetings, use your browser just fine, and perform other daily tasks.

The laptop also features a 128GB SSD, which isn’t a very lot, but it’s enough for most files. Plus, you can get a portable SSD with 1TB for just $60 if you want more storage space.

What makes this laptop an absolutely awesome partner for all your Netflix streaming sessions, however, is the display. The 15.6″ 1080p IPS display is easily one of the best features of this laptop, delivering clear images, increased color accuracy, fast response time, stellar contrast, and wide viewing angles.

This Cyber Monday, get your hands on the Acer Aspire 3 laptop for just $280 at Amazon while you still can.

The Acer Aspire 3 is a total bargain

A 256GB SanDisk flash drive for $22.49? That’s Cyber Monday magic

✇PCWorld
1 December 2024 at 10:28

Storing files offline is always preferable to the cloud because you never know how you’re going to need them just when your internet is down, or there’s a data breach exposing your files. So, when we saw the 256GB SanDisk Ultra Dual Drive Go for $22.49 on Cyber Monday, we may or may not have done a happy dance.

It’s true that we love any good storage deal we find, but this one’s quite special. That’s because this particular SanDisk model features two connectors — a USB-A and a Type-C. This immediately makes this flash drive even more useful than it already is simply because you can use it with your computer or your smartphone just as easily.

Plus, since this is a USB 3.2 flash drive, it can reach read speeds of up to 400MB/s, which means you’ll be moving files around in a blink.

The 256GB storage capacity is not too much and not too little. Frankly, it’s about the minimum option you should consider nowadays, especially taking into account just how affordable these are.

Other capacity options for this thumb drive are also on sale:

Don’t miss out on getting this super light and compact SanDisk flash drive for just $22.49 for 256GB at Amazon this Cyber Monday.

256GB at this price is a total bargain

This 43K power bank harnesses the sun and is under $26 for Cyber Monday

✇PCWorld
1 December 2024 at 09:53

We found the perfect power bank for outdoorsy folks. No, really, we have! Because this power bank doesn’t just have a massive capacity, but it also charges by simply being in the sun. The best part is that it’s only $25.90 at Amazon, a good 28% under its MSRP.

Let’s start by saying this power bank has a 42,800mAh capacity. That’s absolutely massive! It’s enough to recharge your phone fully about eight times. This power bank has two USB-A and one USB-C port, so you can charge multiple devices at once.

Since durability will obviously be a concern when you’re out and about in nature, you shouldn’t worry about this power bank. It’s not only IP67 waterproof but also drop-proof and dust-proof. However, we’d probably be careful with that solar panel.

You can hook the power bank to your backpack so it’s always exposed to the sun and, thus, always recharging. Otherwise, at that capacity, you’d need quite a bit of time to get back to 100% if it drops to zero.

As a bonus, the power bank also comes with a built-in 200-lumen flashlight that will come in handy at night.

So there you have it — the Mregb solar power bank with 42800mAh is only $25.90 right now, an absolute Cyber Monday bargain that you need to get your hands on.

A solar-powered massive power bank for under $26

GOP senator says he supports Trump’s pick for FBI director Kash Patel

✇NBC News Technology
1 December 2024 at 09:23
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) says on Meet the Press that he encouraged Donald Trump to bring Kash Patel — the president-elect’s pick for FBI director — “to the table.”

💾

©

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) says on Meet the Press that he encouraged Donald Trump to bring Kash Patel — the president-elect’s pick for FBI director — “to the table.”

‘Main players’ backing Syrian government have been ‘weakened’ by other conflicts, NSA Sullivan says

✇NBC News Technology
1 December 2024 at 08:30
National security adviser Jake Sullivan reacts to the rebel offensive on Aleppo, one of Syria’s largest cities. Sullivan said it’s “no surprise” that rebels have tried to take advantage of the main players backing the Syrian government — Iran, Russian and Hezbollah — being distracted by other conflicts.

💾

©

National security adviser Jake Sullivan reacts to the rebel offensive on Aleppo, one of Syria’s largest cities. Sullivan said it’s “no surprise” that rebels have tried to take advantage of the main players backing the Syrian government — Iran, Russian and Hezbollah — being distracted by other conflicts.

Supermassive black hole binary emits unexpected flares

✇Ars Technica
By: Elizabeth Rayne
1 December 2024 at 07:05

What happens when a gargantuan cloud of gas swallows a pair of monster black holes with their own appetites? Feasting on the gas can cause some weird (heavenly) bodily functions.

AT 2021hdr is a binary supermassive black hole (BSMBH) system in the center of a galaxy 1 billion light-years away, in the Cygnus constellation. In 2021, researchers observing it using NASA’s Zwicky Transient Facility saw strange outbursts that were flagged by the ALerCE (Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events) team.

This active galactic nucleus (AGN) flared so brightly that AT 2021hdr was almost mistaken for a supernova. Repeating flares soon ruled that out. When the researchers questioned whether they might be looking at a tidal disruption event—a star being torn to shreds by the black holes—something was still not making sense. They then compared observations they made in 2022 using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to simulations of something else they suspected: a tidal disruption of a gas cloud by binary supermassive black holes. It seemed they had found the most likely answer.

Read full article

Comments

© Northwestern University

Trump picks Charles Kushner, Jared Kushner's father, as ambassador to France

✇NBC News Technology
By: Alexandra Marquez
30 November 2024 at 15:03
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would nominate Charles Kushner, a real estate developer and the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, as ambassador to France.

© Tom Williams

Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, with Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

What a Marine Heat Wave Reveals About Our Warming Oceans

✇NYT: Science
By: Delger Erdenesanaa and Ian C. Bates
1 December 2024 at 05:23
An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future.

Rodeo Beach in Mill Valley, Calif.

Manchester United v Everton, Chelsea v Aston Villa and more: Premier League – live

✇The Guardian
By: Luke McLaughlin
1 December 2024 at 08:49

Here we go.

Maresca has made 10 changes from the midweek win at Heidenheim. Jadon Sancho is the player to keep his place in the lineup.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

© Photograph: Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC/Getty Images

Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

✇The Guardian
By: Bryan Armen Graham
1 December 2024 at 08:37

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in the sixth game of their world championship showdown on Sunday in Singapore. The 18-year-old Indian challenger fought back from a questionable decision to decline a draw despite an inferior position to negotiate a bloodless result after 46 moves in 4hr 15min.

Ding played a new first move (1 d4) for the third time in three games with the favored white pieces, opting for the en vogue London System like he did in Game 6 of his world title match with Ian Nepomniachtchi last year, creating structural imbalances early by doubling black’s pawns on the c-file.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Chin An/Fide

© Photograph: Chin An/Fide

Iran’s top diplomat to visit Damascus as Syria’s allies rally after fall of Aleppo

✇The Guardian
By: Ruth Michaelson
1 December 2024 at 08:34

Bashar al-Assad’s supporters scramble to respond to sudden losses to Islamist insurgents in northern Syria

Iran’s top diplomat is expected to go to Damascus in a show of support to the Syrian regime as it attempts to repel the strongest challenge to its authority in years, after a sudden advance by Islamist insurgents in which it seized control of Aleppo.

The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told reporters he would travel on Sunday to Syria to convey the strength of Tehran’s backing for Bashar al-Assad and his rule. Araghchi is expected in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the following day, as Damascus’s allies and opponents scramble to adapt to Assad’s sudden losses in northern Syria.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Bakr Alkasem/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Bakr Alkasem/AFP/Getty Images

UK weather: Arctic blast will end unseasonably mild weekend

✇The Guardian
By: Josh Halliday North of England editor
1 December 2024 at 08:12

Widespread sub-zero conditions in rural areas forecast from Monday, with high ground in Scotland as low as -12C

An Arctic blast will send temperatures as low as -12C in parts of the UK this week after an unseasonably mild weekend.

The hillier parts of Scotland are braced for the coldest weather, although forecasters expect widespread sub-zero conditions in rural areas on Monday and Tuesday.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

© Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

Belgium’s sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first

✇The Guardian
By: Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
1 December 2024 at 08:11

Move by lawmakers hailed as ‘huge step forward’, ending legal discrimination against sex workers

Belgian sex workers have gained the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world.

Lawmakers voted in May to give sex workers the same employment protections as any other employee, in an attempt to clamp down on abuse and exploitation.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Belga News Agency/Alamy

© Photograph: Belga News Agency/Alamy

Boys, 14 and 16, charged after suspected chemical attack at Surbiton station

✇The Guardian
By: PA Media
1 December 2024 at 08:05

British Transport Police ‘exposed to a substance believed to be alkaline’ at railway station

Two schoolboys have been charged after a suspected chemical attack at Surbiton railway station that caused two police officers to be taken to hospital.

The suspects, aged 14 and 16, were at the station in south-west London at about 4.20pm on Friday when they were spotted by British Transport Police “acting suspiciously”.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Nick Harrison/Alamy

© Photograph: Nick Harrison/Alamy

Community turns ancient oak into single-tree table in Devon woodland

✇The Guardian
By: Amelia Hill
1 December 2024 at 08:00

Table to seat 60 being built by local artists and craftspeople in woodland on edge of Dartmoor

A community in Devon has raised £22,555 to turn a 500-year-old oak tree into what they believe will be the longest table ever crafted from a single English oak tree.

The 18 metre-long (59ft) Great Oak Table, capable of seating 60 people, was being built in a small patch of private woodland near Chagford, on the edge of Dartmoor.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: Claire Shauna Saunders

© Photograph: Claire Shauna Saunders

❌
❌