Older smart TVs and Rokus won’t work on Netflix starting in December. Sorry.

Technological obsolescence isn’t any less annoying when it’s unplanned. 

Scores of smart TVs owner are about to find that out the hard way come Dec. 2, when Netflix will stop supporting their devicesAccording to Samsung, the streaming service will no longer work on “select” 2010 and 2011 smart TVs sold by the manufacturer in the U.S. and Canada. 

The stated reason, notes Samsung, is “due to technical limitations.” However, the company is quick to point out that “there are many other devices that can be connected to a Smart TV to continue enjoying the streaming service.”

You just, you know, have to buy some compatible stuff.  Read more…

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New ‘Westworld’ Season 3 trailer is a creepy ad about the future of our data

Westworld‘s third season is slated to premiere sometime in 2020, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait until the new year to be fully creeped out. 

HBO dropped its latest teaser for the new season on Nov. 8 in the form of a video advertising a fictitious company, Incite, that presumably plays a large role in show. There’s even an accompanying website that promises “to make ‘impossible’ a thing of the past.”

“Here at Incite,” the website reads, “your data doesn’t work for us — we work for you.”

Which, having watched the first two seasons of Westworld, we’re going to reserve judgment on the veracity of that claim.  Read more…

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This is how colossal NASA’s new Hubble Space Telescope successor is

In a cavernous Los Angeles County cleanroom, Northrop Grumman and NASA engineers have pieced together the space agency’s prized next-generation telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope.

It’s big. 

How big? NASA tweeted a picture of a human standing on a crane beside the behemoth cosmic-sleuthing satellite, for reference. 

(Human for scale.)

This photo showcases just how big #NASAWebb is! We’ll be sharing more behind-the-scenes images captured during the integration of the spacecraft and telescope halves of the observatory in this thread.

Picture Credit: @northropgrumman pic.twitter.com/9S6C7EViVG

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MIT’s robot army trains together in a video that will mess you up

What’s more disconcerting than watching MIT’s dog-like Mini Cheetah robot cavort around? Nine of them doing it in unison.

We’ve had concerns about MIT’s robots for some time now, but a new video from the school’s biomimetic robotics lab opens into new levels of terror. After a playful bit of robot soccer, the nine Mini Cheetahs gather together like a military unit and start playing a dystopian version of “Simon Says.”

The synchronized stretches and backflips are creepy enough, but the leaf piles will really mess up your day. This is what the eventual, clearly inevitable robot uprising will look like right in the moment it happens. Read more…

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2019’s word of the year is right on the money

Collins Dictionary, publishing dictionaries now for two centuries, announced its 2019 “word of the year” on Thursday.

It’s a term whose usage increased by a whopping 100-fold between 2018 and 2019, according to Collins’ lexicographers, and since 2013 has been employed four times as much. 

In mid-September 2019, Google Trends shows searches for the term skyrocketed to their highest levels ever. The word, or term, is “climate strike.”

And it’s quite relevant. Earth’s climate has experienced 18 of the 19 warmest years on record since 2000, and in 2019 scientists recorded the hottest month in 140 years of reliable record-keeping. Read more…

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Vaping illness linked directly to one substance in new CDC report

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally named a culprit behind the mysterious lung illness tied to vape use that’s been making headlines since the summer.

A new report identifies vitamin E acetate as a cause of the illness that has come to be identified as EVALI. The CDC reached that determination after 29 EVALI patients from 10 different states were tested, and the offending substance showed up in every result.

“Vitamin E acetate is used as an additive in the production of e-cigarette, or vaping, products,” the report notes. “This is the first time that we have detected a potential chemical of concern in biologic samples from patients with these lung injuries.” Read more…

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Feel guilty about flying? That’s ‘flygskam.’ Here’s what you can do about it.

‘Flygskam’ is a compound of the Swedish words ‘flyg’, which means flight, and ‘skam’ – shame. There, the movement is already changing people’s flying habits. More and more travelers are replacing planes with trains. 

Now, ‘flygskam’ is making ripples around the world. So here are some ways you can reduce your carbon footprint if you truly have to fly.  Read more…

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Refresh your bedroom with this early Black Friday deal on sheets

TL;DR: Experience the sheer joy of sleeping in ultra cozy bamboo sheets — this 4-piece queen sheet set is just $32.99, a 69% savings. 


Sadly, you can’t wave a magic wand to improve your sleeping habits. But something as straightforward as changing your bedding could be a step in the right direction. It makes sense: if you’re uncomfortable, you’re probably not getting the best sleep. And what better time to make the move than Black Friday month? (Yes, it has an entire month now.)

Sleeping soundly all starts with laying on cozy, breathable materials, and these Bamboo Comfort 4-Piece Luxury Sheet Sets deliver exactly that. Read more…

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40 best gifts for teenage girls, according to teenage girls

Teenage girl trends can be an ever-changing hellscape. From VSCO, to Nike Air Force 1s (but only the white ones), to saying things like “sksksk” and “And I oop” as a reaction to literally everything, it’s a confusing world. 

Funneling those trends into a gift that she’ll like and use for longer than a month seems nearly impossible, but plopping $50 in an envelope is basically code for “I don’t get you at all.”

SEE ALSO: Gifts for her 2019: Best gifts for the lady in your life

But you know who does get teenage girls? Other teenage girls. We asked our families, our staff, and the internet what the teenage girls in their life have on their 2019 holiday lists. The top five most-mentioned items were: AirPods, the iPhone 11, Sephora gift cards, Nike Air Force 1s, and scrunchies. Read more…

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Armed robbery at Airbnb under investigation, days after ‘party house’ ban

Airbnb’s party house problems keep piling up.

Less than a week after the short-term rental site banned party houses in response to a shooting at one, another party house listing reportedly became the scene of an armed robbery. 

Atlanta police are investigating after a group of masked men with guns entered a house rented on Airbnb for what may have been a belated Halloween party. The robbers, who showed up at 2:30 a.m. and came in through an unlocked door, struck two of the victims before shouting at the rest to get on the floor. 

“The suspects went throughout the home taking cell phones, wallets, and Nike shoes before fleeing the scene,” according to a police statement provided to Mashable. One victim was taken to the hospital; their injuries are unknown. Read more…

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