Uber is cleaning up its ride-hailing app and bidding adieu to most of its luxury ride options. 

Drivers across the U.S. and Canada were told Friday that by the end of July, ride options for more luxury experiences often in bigger, nicer, and new cars were being consolidated. 

That means Select, Premium, Premium SUV, Lux, and Lux SUV will no longer be an option. Instead Uber Comfort and different tiers of Uber Black will be the only “luxury” level rides available to order. 

Last year we got Uber Comfort as a halfway point to a black car (with quiet mode!), but it made the options for anything other than a regular UberX or Uber Pool shared ride even more confusing and bloated.  Read more…

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In a perfect world, we’d all be able to stare at the perfect pothos on our windowsill for at least 12 hours per day. Unfortunately, that’s not possible: We have to do other things, like “go to work.”

So when you’re sitting at your desk missing your little plant guys — or if your home isn’t suited for growing real plants at all — it’s nice to have a little virtual plant care to fill in the gaps. Enter plant care games, which abound on the indie game community itch and are extremely wholesome, even therapeutic.

There are quite a few options out there, from classic plant-raising simulations to a truly weird experience where you drive a succulent around like a car. The following four are my favorites. Play them on your coffee break and think fondly of your fiddle-leaf fig at home. You’ll be back in its leafy arms soon enough.  Read more…

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Warning: Contains spoilers for the final season of Bojack Horseman.

Well, it’s over.

After six seasons of Hollywoo, existentially-challenged equines, and heart-shattering pathos, Bojack Horseman has finally hung up its reins.

Given how tear-inducingly crushing the show had the capacity to be at times, Season 6 was always likely to deliver a sob or two — and it certainly did that.

From meditations on mental health to final farewell conversations, here are some of the moments that got to me the most…

1. Young Bojack curling up on the sofa with his mother after taking his first drink

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Looks like another case for Detective Benoit Blanc.

On Thursday, Lionsgate announced a sequel to Knives Out, the popular ensemble whodunit from last fall. CEO Jon Feltheimer told investors and journalists on a quarterly earnings call that the project was officially in development — reaffirming writer-director Rian Johnson’s reported interest in an Agatha Christie-like anthology.

A release date was not specified, although Feltheimer hinted that the company’s “2022 slate will be one of our most exciting ever.” (Notably, John Wick 4 is also in-development at the studio.) 

In January, Johnson told The Hollywood Reporter, among other outlets, he was eager to expand upon the universe created in the first film, with Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc as a potential franchise through-line. That said, he’s not eager to call the project “a sequel.” Read more…

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Horologists, fear not.

On Wednesday, consulting firm Strategy Analytics reported that Apple Watches outsold the entire Swiss Watch industry in 2019 by 10 million units. Tim Cook himself boasted about Apple’s dominance over the traditional watch market in 2018. However, the latest data (and that specific 10 million figure) prompted speculation from many about how much Apple had disrupted those most elite makers of timepieces, the Swiss. 

But naturally, the story is more complicated than that — because “Swiss Watches” is a very broad term.

Apple doesn’t release its sales figures, but to determine how many smart watches the company is slinging, Strategy Analytics used a “hybrid methodology of financial analysis and polled data from vendors.” It found that Apple Watch sales increased 36 percent between 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile, sales of all Swiss watches declined by 13 percent in the same time frame. Read more…

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TL;DR: Grab some solid Zs with the Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR-Neck support pillow for $40.76. Normally $99, you save 59%.

Are you a log sleeper, or a restless toss-and-turn type? Do you arise each morning refreshed and rejuvenated, or do you always feel like a zombie barely able to function? 

Obviously, no two people sleep alike and some of us get way less than the recommended 7-8 hours of nightly rest due to the vagaries of life — and there is only so much coffee you can drink to keep you going the other 16 hours of the day. 

If you can’t get cozy at night and have given up on ever sleeping through the night again, perhaps it is time you replaced your standard pillow with one that is ergonomically designed to provide maximum support and comfort. Nothing fancy, mind you, but definitely something a step up from that shapeless blob you’ve been saddled with for years. You know, the thing that kinks your neck every night, twists your shoulders, gets too hot, and is the reason you are a sleep-deprived zombie when the sun is out. Read more…

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Look who’s returning to Studio 8H! 

On Thursday, NBC announced Saturday Night Live‘s hosts and musical guests for two more episodes of Season 45. Feb. 29, former writer and two-time host John Mulaney will appear alongside Talking Heads’ musician David Byrne. Byrne recently collaborated with Mulaney for a segment called “Papier-mâché time with David Byrne” in Netflix’s John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch.

On Mar. 7, No Time To Die star Daniel Craig will host for his second time with two-time musical guest The Weeknd, whose next studio album is expected later this year.

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Netflix knows you hate those autoplaying previews. 

The streaming giant finally copped to that fact Thursday morning, acknowledging that the oft-reviled “feature” where a preview — with sound blasting — would start playing the moment you scroll your mouse over a show is not always welcomed. But Netflix did more than just admit reality— it also officially offered up a way to disable the feature. 

“Some people find [autoplay while browsing] helpful,” wrote Netflix in response to a presumed customer’s complaint. “Others not so much.”

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The single has even made it to the platform’s top 10 “most played” list.  Read more…

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The eWheels V2 is a pushcart that can handle any terrain on the golf course. Read more…

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