Новости за 04.12.2018

PC gaming can get really expensive.

It's something I know all too well: I had to save up for almost seven months in order to afford the $1,500 Alienware laptop I wanted when I was in high school. It wasn't my fault Blizzard finally decided to make and release StarCraft II, but I digress.

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Since a decent gaming laptop still costs around that much, you can easily imagine what building out a whole setup with a tower and all the necessities could be. Читать дальше...

Santa Claus is coming to town Google.

Google has just rolled out a slew of new games and features to its Santa's Village holiday page, including a location-based "Santa Tracker" that follows Santa  as he travels around the world delivering presents on Christmas Eve. You'll also find new holiday commands for Google Assistant and brand new educational games.

The Mountain View, Calif.-based tech giant announced its latest interactive Christmas-themed web portal on Tuesday with a message... Читать дальше...

Students from two Swiss universities designed SpaceBok, a quadruped robot being trained for missions to Mars and the moon. Read more...

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From eschewing bar soap to saying no to mayo, Millennials just want to do things differently—and that’s true in many ways, including reimagining how our society views common life decisions.

Mostly, that means giving today’s rising generations more time before diving into major personal and financial changes. Compared to Boomers and Gen X, Millennials are marrying later, buying homes later, having children later—and that’s if they’re doing these things at all

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Hello, beautiful: The 6-quart Instant Pot Ultra is on sale for $30 off at Amazon, dropping it down to just $119.99 — the price that it was for Prime Day 2018. Random, but we'll take it.

As the daughter and granddaughter of two artists who are very persnickety about what constitutes as "real art," I'm reluctant to reveal my love of paint-by-number kits. 

Amsterdam's Clean Energy Challenge inspired Guillaume Roukhomovsky and Blaž Verhnjak to design S-Park. It's a system that consists of a front bicycle wheel, and bike rack. As a rider bikes around, the spinning wheel stores kinetic energy in batteries. When the bike is parked at the S-Park rack, that energy flows out to the area's electric grid. There isn't a prototype, but the duo is getting a lot of attention, and we might see the idea come to life in the near future.  Read more...

We don't need any convincing about the fact that Marvel comics are awesome. The characters and plot lines are essentially modern versions of ancient Greek and Roman myths: Quicksilver is like Hermes, Iron Man is like Hephaestus, and Jean Grey is suspiciously reminiscent of Athena and Pandora. And it doesn't hurt that the costumes are pretty freakin' sweet too.

Facebook is rolling out a brand new sharing feature just in time for the holidays.

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It's cuddle-up-with-a-book season, y'all.

On Monday, Bill Gates released a list of his five favorite books of 2018 on his blog, without an Amazon link in sight. 

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The recommendations include a meditation guide, a non-fiction look at autonomous warfare, the Theranos story, the memoir of a Mormon survivalist escapee, and a book that articulates a framework for worrying. 

Dude's got range! Читать дальше...

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Dyson launched a big upgrade to its air purifier earlier this year with the Dyson Pure Cool.

Donald Trump's, uh, unique use of capitalization in his tweets has again become a gift for Twitter users. 

Let's start the day with amazing deals from retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and Macy's. We rounded up deals on camping gear, kitchen products, and Amazon devices for video streaming, home security, tablets, and e-readers. We also have deals on Udemy online courses for web coding and design starting at just $10.99.

Get ready to kick some Poké-ass.

After months of waiting, Pokémon Go players have finally gotten a glimpse at the light at the end of the tunnel — trainer battles are coming to Pokémon Go this December.

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Trainer battles are player vs. player encounters where you and an opponent take your teams of Pokémon and duke it out to see who's got the better collection. You'll be able... Читать дальше...

Remember the browser wars? In 1995, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer and started bundling it with Windows in order to snatch away market share from the then-dominant browser, Netscape. It worked — in the early naughts, all everyone ever used for browsing was Internet Explorer. 

2018 is nearly in the rearview mirror, and while reflecting on this interesting year is occasionally painful, there was at the very least some great new TV shows that showed up and showed out in the entertainment landscape. 

If you are one of the millions (maybe billions) of people around the world who rely of coffee to get them through the working day, you may find yourself spending an inordinate amount of money on cups of the good stuff.

This is what happens when MekaMon invade a model village. They seem to pop up in the unlikeliest of places... Read more...

When I was in elementary school, my chorus teacher, riding that multicultural music wave, introduced some Hanukkah songs into our holiday concert line-up that were extremely — how do I say it? — bad.

Columbia is striking back with this sick coat, which is inspired by the one worn by the crew on the 1979 set of the Empire Strikes Back

While it comes with a bit of a steep price tag at $500, it is certainly worth dreaming about for collectors of the franchise.  Read more...

Warning: Spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8 may lie ahead!

You know it's coming. You might even have seen that major spoiler. The ultimate battle between the living and the dead will be upon us in Season 8 of Game of Thrones. And one major character just let slip a pretty big piece of information about said battle. 

Game of Thrones star Vladimír Furdík, who plays the frightening, blue-eyed creature that is The Night King, revealed that the legendary battle might be on your screen sooner that you'd expect. Читать дальше...

A record-breaking cold night in Siberia back in 2012 spurred the creation of a more reliable ride-hailing service that spread through Russia and now that company is making its way to the U.S. First stop: New York City.

When Norwegian footballer Ada Hegerberg became the first woman to win the Ballon D'Or, she likely wasn't expecting to get asked about her dancing prowess.