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Here are the best sales to shop during Walmart’s Deals for Days event as of June 20:

• BEST TV DEAL: Hisense 40-inch Class FHD Roku Smart LED TV — save $50

• BEST LAPTOP DEAL: Samsung Chromebook 4 — save $70

• BEST APPLE DEAL: Apple iPad mini (WiFi, 64GB) — save $70

• BEST STREAMING DEAL: Roku Express 4K+ — save $10

• BEST ROBOT VACUUM DEAL: Anker eufy RoboVac G30 Verge — save $120

Oh, you thought Walmart was just going to sit there and twiddle its thumbs while one of its biggest rivals ran a massive two-day sale with over two million deals? Think again.

As Amazon revs up for its sixth annual Prime Day event on June 21 and 22, the big box store kicked off its own “Deals for Days” shopping extravaganza on Sunday, June 20, with “Black Friday-like savings” up for grabs online and in stores now through Wednesday, June 23. (For those of you keeping up at home, that makes it twice as long as Prime Day.) Read more…

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SAVE $70: As of June 20, the 2019 iPad Mini is only $329 at Walmart right before Prime Day — that’s less than Amazon’s lowest price ever.

There are plenty of great tablets out there, but none quite like the iPad. We’re not saying that Apple is the best for everyone, but it’s hard to deny that they’ve pretty much made the word “tablet” synonymous with “iPad.” 

While the newest iPad Pro is the most sought-after tablet at the moment, not everyone is always gunning for the latest and greatest — some are fine picking up an older model that’ll get the job done without all the fancy bells and whistles. A prime example: the 2019 iPad Mini. As of June 20, you can pick one up at Walmart for $70 off the original price; just $329 (that’s less than Amazon’s lowest price ever).  Read more…

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured a brilliant image of spiral galaxy NGC 3254, which has a particularly luminescent and active core emitting as much energy as the rest of the galaxy combined.

NGC 3254 is classified as a Seyfert galaxy. Seyfert galaxies are defined by their extremely active centers. Why are they so active? They each have a supermassive black hole in them.

The intense gravitational pull of supermassive black holes whip gases, dusts, stars, planetary bodies, and other material into a frenzy of high-speed collisions as they’re yanked inward. As all that space stuff rips apart, smashes together, and spaghettifies, temperatures soar.  Read more…

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It wasn’t long ago that your average person had no clue what an NFT was. Nowadays, they’re making headlines for selling for hundreds of thousands of bucks. Predictably, folks are learning about NFTs fast.

An NFT — or a non-fungible token — is a type of cryptocurrency where you basically own a unique digital object. Think of it sort of like digital art. So naturally, people have forked over lots of cash of classic memes — effectively the foundational works of digital art. 

If you grew up on the early internet, some of the folks that made the earliest memes have finally cashed in on the recent NFT craze.  Read more…

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A newly discovered species of gigantic rhino that used to roam Asia around 25 million years ago was detailed by scientists in a paper published in Nature Thursday.

With a name that just rolls right off the tongue, the newly minted Paraceratherium linxiaense was pieced together from a well-preserved skull and a few vertebrae found in the Gansu province of north-central China, in the Linxia Basin. 

Other, more complete skeletons of members of the Paraceratherium genus revealed that these hornless, giant rhinos stood at about 16 feet tall and 26 feet long, and weighed 22 tons, making them the largest land mammals in history…that we’ve found. For comparison: The largest elephants that currently walk the Earth are around 13 feet tall and weigh 7 tons. Read more…

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Amazon released a batch of early Prime Day deals on June 20. Our picks:

OUR TOP PICK: Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet, 32GB — save $45

BEST HOME SECURITY DEAL: Blink Indoor Wireless HD Security Camera — save $30

BEST STREAMING DEAL: Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote — save $25

BEST HOME INTERNET DEAL: Eero Pro Mesh WiFi System — save $128

Prime Day doesn’t officially start until Monday, June 21, but Amazon released a slew of early deals on Sunday to kick things off.

Items on sale include Amazon devices like Blink security cameras, Eero home WiFi supplies, Fire tablets, and the delightfully spherical fourth-generation Echo Dot. Plenty of the picks come in bundles, too, so if you want a multi-pack of Blink cameras or three Eero routers, now’s your chance. Read more…

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Tesla’s reputation often precedes it. But no matter what you think of the electric car company’s “unique” CEO — with his active Twitter presence and unorthodox methods for selling EVs (no advertising, no dealerships, all online) — Tesla’s vehicles are not like any other.

Sure, there are other electric cars out there that feature regenerative braking, one-pedal driving, instant acceleration, and fast charging. But that still doesn’t make them anything like Tesla.

And no car brand, from the EVs to the gasoline-fueled options, comes with as many hidden modes and settings as Tesla. 

Here’s a rundown of the Tesla-only features that make Tesla, well, Tesla. Read more…

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Given how stress-inducing the real world can be at the best of times, movies that rely on tension as a driving force might seem like an odd entertainment choice to some.

But who are we to judge? Maybe spending 90+ minutes sweating and wincing in front of the TV screen is actually a cathartic way to let off some steam — and at the very least, a suspense movie is always a great way to get the ol’ heart-rate up.

But what actually is a suspense movie? How is it different to a thriller? Well, both will get your pulse racing, but we’d argue that suspense films also comes with a little bit of dread thrown in for good measure. Movies like this sit somewhere at the intersection of thriller, horror, and mystery, filling you up like an uncomfortably long held breath. Read more…

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Want to zoom in real close to something on your Mac? Or maybe you’re looking to pull back for a wider view? Either way, we’ve got your back.

If you want to be able to zoom in and out on your Mac — be it your entire screen or just in a specific window — you have a few different options to choose from.

1. Zooming in on a single window using keyboard shortcuts

If you’re looking to zoom in or out solely in a specific window, webpage, or app, one of the most popular ways to do so is by using the helpful keyboard shortcuts below.

• Zoom out: Command + –

• Zoom in: Command + +

You can keep pushing the – or + keys while holding down the Command key until you’ve zoomed to your heart’s content. Go ahead, give it a try. Read more…

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If you, like me, open a new tab on the Safari app of your iPhone every time you have a dumb question to Google search, you probably have a million tabs open right now. 

You definitely don’t want someone to come across your dumbest questions, so yes, you should close your tabs. For good measure, you should also clear your cache, which will erase your internet history from your device and protect you from eternal embarrassment. Here’s how:

Open your Settings, and find Safari. 

Go into the place where all iPhone secrets are kept: the Settings. Scroll down to Safari, and tap it.  Read more…

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