Almost every smartphone today is constructed from slippery metal and glass, so cases are an essential accessory for the more clumsy among us. Phone cases are big business, and it looks like two of the leading makers are headed to court. Dbrand has filed a lawsuit against Casetify, claiming the latter copied and slightly modified its “Teardown”
Source: Hot Hardware – Dbrand And JerryRigEverything Sue Casetify For Allegedly Ripping Off Skins And Case Designs
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1Password Black Friday deal: Save 50 percent on the password manager's individual and family plans
At this point in time, you probably have a ton of passwords to keep track of across a vast number of websites, apps and services. One way to keep them safe and organized, and to prevent losing access to your accounts, is to use a password manager. For Black Friday this year, 1Password is giving you the chance to purchase an individual or a family subscription for 50 percent off their normal prices, as long as you’re a new subscriber. The manager’s individual account normally costs $35.88 a year, while its family account is typically priced at $59.88, so expect to pay half those amounts, respectively.
Both subscription tiers come with access to the service’s mobile and desktop passwords, as well as its browser extensions. You can save not just log in credentials with 1Password, but also addresses and credit card details, and you can hide select vaults when you switch on Travel mode. 1Password will allow you to temporarily share logins with anybody, as well, even if they’re not a user. But if you purchase a family subscription, you can share the account between five people who can create an unlimited number of shared vaults. Each member can also help another recover their access in case they get locked out.
It’s worth noting that 1Password recently went beyond well, passwords, and rolled out support for passkeys to desktop and mobile users. That means you’ll be able to sync your passkeys across devices and across platforms, so you can log in to your accounts without having to resort to using your credentials. This special Black Friday discount will be available from November 24 to November 27 only.
Your Black Friday Shopping Guide: See all of Yahoo’s Black Friday coverage, here. Follow Engadget for Black Friday tech deals. Learn about Black Friday trends on In The Know. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Black Friday deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Black Friday sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/1password-black-friday-deal-save-50-percent-on-the-password-managers-individual-and-family-plans-173051507.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – 1Password Black Friday deal: Save 50 percent on the password manager’s individual and family plans
The Dyson Airwrap is at its lowest price yet for Black Friday 2023
One of social media’s seemingly favorite hair styling tools is down to a record low for Black Friday. Dyson’s Airwrap has a list price of $600 but is now on sale for $480 at QVC and for the same price on Amazon, after you clip the on-page coupon. The innovative AirWrap relies on air instead of extreme heat to dry and shape hair — which could help keep your hair healthier over using a curling iron, straightener or blow dryer.
The Dyson Airwrap uses a technology called the Coanda effect, a phenomenon describing airflow’s tendency to follow the path of a curved surface. Here, the air jet flows around the tool’s barrel or brush attachment, so it wraps, dries and styles hair all at once. Since it doesn’t use a lot of heat, it’s meant to be less damaging to your hair in the long run. Dyson claims the Airwrap monitors the device multiple times per second, ensuring the temp stays safe for your hair.
It comes with a rotating cool tip, three airflow speeds, three heat settings and a cold shot feature that immediately turns off the heating element, helping to set your with a blast of cool air. And there are plenty of accessories too: A barrel that’s 1.2 inches around, a barrel 1.6 inches in diameter, two smoothing brushes, a smoothing dryer, a volumizing brush and a detangling comb. Plus there’s a filter cleaner and a case to neatly store everything.
Considering the attention this item has been getting — and the fact that it’s been a fast-selling gift for the holidays — means it may go out of stock quickly. If you’ve got your eye on it, either for your own hair or someone else’s, you may want to snap it up.
Your Black Friday Shopping Guide: See all of Yahoo’s Black Friday coverage, here. Follow Engadget for Black Friday tech deals. Learn about Black Friday trends on In The Know. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Black Friday deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Black Friday sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-dyson-airwrap-is-at-its-lowest-price-yet-for-black-friday-2023-180025525.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – The Dyson Airwrap is at its lowest price yet for Black Friday 2023
Razer Black Friday deals for 2023 include up to 70 percent off gaming mice, keyboards and webcams
If you’ve been looking to pick up some new gaming gear ahead of the holidays, several noteworthy Razer accessories have dropped to lower-than-usual prices for Black Friday. Not all of these Black Friday gaming deals are winners, but the offers do include a couple of top picks from our guides to the best gaming mice and gaming keyboards. The Razer Basilisk V3, for one, is the chief recommendation in the former, and it’s currently available for $40 at Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy. That’s $10 off its typical going rate and matches the lowest price we’ve tracked.
The Basilisk V3 is a wired model, and it’s not the lightest thing around at roughly 100 grams. But if you don’t spend all of your PC gaming time in twitchy multiplayer titles, it’s a superb value at this price. Its sturdy, pleasingly textured shape should be comfortable for most hand sizes and grip types — lefties excluded, sadly — and its sensor had no major issues with tracking accuracy in testing. Its scroll wheel is on the louder side, but it’s also versatile: You can use it to navigate left or right and switch it to a free spin mode that lets you navigate large files faster. The whole thing comes with 11 customizable buttons, including a useful “sensitivity clutch” that lets you momentarily drop or raise the mouse’s DPI in moments where you need to aim more precisely. Speaking from experience, that won’t stop you from getting destroyed in Halo Infinite, but having a little bit of extra flexibility doesn’t hurt.
Elsewhere, the Razer Huntsman V2 TKL keyboard is also worth shouting out at its Black Friday price of $80. That’s the lowest price we’ve tracked for the model with Razer’s Linear Optical switches, which is the runner up pick in our gaming keyboard buying guide. This tenkeyless board doesn’t have the multifunctional analog switches of our top pick, the Wooting 60HE (which isn’t on sale), but it offers a well-crafted design at a much lower price. The linear switches here are fast and noticeably quiet in operation, while the PBT-coated keycaps feel crisp. The keyboard connects over a detachable USB-C cable and comes with a wrist rest in the box as well, though the latter can’t magnetically attach to the keyboard like some competitors. A variant with Razer’s Clicky Optical switches is also on sale for a new low of $45, but we found typing on that model to be distractingly loud in testing.
Among the rest, the Razer Naga Trinity is a decent value at $65 if you want a gaming mouse for MMOs and MOBAs, while the Razer Viper Ultimate is worth a look at $70 if you want a lighter mouse that comes with a charging dock. A handful of Razer’s webcams and bass-heavy gaming headsets are also on sale. If you want to look beyond Razer, we have a more general roundup of Black Friday gaming deals with additional discounts on peripherals we like.
Your Black Friday Shopping Guide: See all of Yahoo’s Black Friday coverage, here. Follow Engadget for Black Friday tech deals. Learn about Black Friday trends on In The Know. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Black Friday deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Black Friday sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/razer-black-friday-deals-for-2023-include-up-to-70-percent-off-gaming-mice-keyboards-and-webcams-180006261.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Razer Black Friday deals for 2023 include up to 70 percent off gaming mice, keyboards and webcams
These Are the Best iPhone Apps on Sale for Black Friday
Black Friday comes with sales on Apple products, including Apple Watches, AirTags, MacBooks. But it’s also a good time to move beyond free apps and consider paid ones—those you may have had your eye on or can improve your life in small ways. There are more apps on sale than can be reasonably covered here, but here are some of my favorite ones, along with resources to check out even more app deals.
‘Bound’ is a great audiobook player
If you have DRM-free audiobooks in your collection, you need a great player to play them all, and Bound is down to $2 for Black Friday (50% off). It’s a steal at that price: You can easily import audiobooks into Bound and the app does a great job at sorting and playing them.
‘1Blocker’ is a great adblocker for Safari
If ads are bothering you on Safari, 1Blocker does a good job at hiding them. It has a Safari extension and built-in firewall to block trackers in other apps too, and for Black Friday, 1Blocker is offering a free two-week trial along with a 30% discount on its annual subscription. You can use it for a year for $9.99 if you use this link to redeem the offer.
‘Crouton’ is a great recipe app
Crouton is an excellent app to log all of your recipes. Its basic features are good enough for most people, but if you want to access the premium subscription at a discounted rate, you can get the annual subscription for 50% off (list price $12.99 per year).
‘Classifier’ is gold mine for collectors
For those who love collecting things like stamps, Pokémon cards, board games, or sneakers, Classifier is a great app. It allows people to organize their collections and keep track of the items they want to buy. If you want its premium features, the app has discounted its lifetime subscription to $14.99, which is 25% off.
‘Drafts’ is a great note-taking app
Drafts is a unique notes app that puts the focus on capturing your ideas quickly. It has great text editing tools and supports automations that’ll help you speed up sharing, and if you want to try it to see if the app works for you, use this link to get a three-month free trial.
‘Infuse’ is a great app to rganize and play your movie collection
Some of us have a personal collection of DRM-free movies and TV shows that we’ve painstakingly ripped from Blu-Ray, DVDs, and CDs, or acquired from…elsewhere on the internet. If that sounds like you, Infuse is an excellent app to manage and play all these videos. It has a nice UI, great search filters, and works well across Apple devices. For Black Friday, if you buy an annual subscription, you can get 15 months in your subscription. That’s three months free.
‘Things 3’ is my favorite app to get things done
Things 3 is the best GTD (get things done) app for iPhones. It has an excellent task management system, a neat UI, and the developers have been adding great features to it for over five years now. This is one of those apps that you pay for once and enjoy forever, and. you can get it for $6.99 on Black Friday, down from its usual price of $9.99. The app is sold separately for iPad and Mac, and discounted on those platforms too.
‘PCalc’ is a great scientific calculator
PCalc is one of the best-known calculator apps for Apple platforms. The app has been in development for over 25 years now, and it’s great even on your iPhone. You can get it for $4.99 during Black Friday, which is 50% off its list price.
Some bonus app sales for iPhone users
There are many, many more Black Friday app deals, and you can go track them all at various sources to see if your favorite ones are on sale. Here’s a list to help you get started:
Source: LifeHacker – These Are the Best iPhone Apps on Sale for Black Friday
World's Biggest Iceberg on the Move After 30 Years
The world’s biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor. From a report: The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island. At almost 4,000 sq km (1,500 sq miles) in area, it’s more than twice the size of Greater London. The past year has seen it drifting at speed, and the berg is now about to spill beyond Antarctic waters. A23a is a true colossus, and it’s not just its width that impresses.
This slab of ice is some 400m (1,312 ft) thick. For comparison, the London Shard, the tallest skyscraper in Europe, is a mere 310m tall. At the time, it was hosting a Soviet research station, which just illustrates how long ago its calving occurred. Moscow despatched an expedition to remove equipment from the Druzhnaya 1 base, fearing it would be lost. But the tabular berg didn’t move far from the coast before its deep keel anchored it rigidly to the Weddell’s bottom-muds.
So, why, after almost 40 years, is A23a on the move now?
“I asked a couple of colleagues about this, wondering if there was any possible change in shelf water temperatures that might have provoked it, but the consensus is the time had just come,” said Dr Andrew Fleming, a remote sensing expert from the British Antarctic Survey. “It was grounded since 1986 but eventually it was going to decrease (in size) sufficiently to lose grip and start moving. I spotted first movement back in 2020.” A23a has put on a spurt in recent months, driven by winds and currents, and is now passing the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – World’s Biggest Iceberg on the Move After 30 Years
The World's Most Expensive Pikachu (Birthday) Card
If I told you there was a Pokémon card going for $50, you’d wonder why I was bothering you. In a world where such things regularly change hands in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, such a figure is a shrug. But sorry, I should have been clearer: it’s a birthday card. A brand new one. Mass-produced. It’s a $50…
Source: Kotaku – The World’s Most Expensive Pikachu (Birthday) Card
The Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad is 28 percent off in an Amazon Black Friday deal
Amazon has a hefty price cut on the Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro / Air. The Black Friday deal drops the (typically $299) accessory’s price to $215, which represents a 28 percent discount. Initially launched in 2020, the Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad provides an easy and seamless way to jump between tablet and laptop(-ish) modes. Attach your iPad magnetically to the accessory’s back (it appears to “float”), and Apple’s software immediately recognizes it for typing and cursor control — no Bluetooth pairing or cables required. Engadget recommended it as one of the best iPad accessories.
Its (scissor mechanism) keys feel similar to those of recent Mac keyboards, and its trackpad, although smaller than those on MacBooks, gives you desktop-like cursor control and swipe-based multitasking gestures in iPadOS. The accessory supports USB-C passthrough charging, so you can juice up your iPad while plugging an external drive or monitor into the tablet’s port. The accessory is available in black and white.
This model is only compatible with recent iPad Pro and iPad Air models. Specifically, it supports the 11-inch iPad Pro (1st generation through the current 4th-gen model) and iPad Air (4th and 5th generations). If you have the 12.9-inch iPad Pro, there’s a separate Magic Keyboard model for it that’s also on sale: You can grab that one for $299 (it’s usually $349).
If you’ve already got a keyboard that works for your iPad setup, a few of our other favorite iPad accessories are on sale as well. The second-gen Apple Pencil has dropped to $89 for Black Friday, and Tablift’s iPad holder is on sale for $32 for Amazon Prime members as well.
Your Black Friday Shopping Guide: See all of Yahoo’s Black Friday coverage, here. Follow Engadget for Black Friday tech deals. Learn about Black Friday trends on In The Know. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Black Friday deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Black Friday sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-apple-magic-keyboard-for-ipad-is-28-percent-off-in-an-amazon-black-friday-deal-175522472.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – The Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad is 28 percent off in an Amazon Black Friday deal
Amazon Black Friday deals include up to 50 percent off Logitech PC and gaming accessories
Logitech is selling a number of PC and gaming accessories at a steep discount as part of a larger Amazon Black Friday sale. The impacted products include the well-regarded Signature M650 Wireless Mouse and the G230 Wired Gaming Mouse, among other items. All told, you’ll find discounts on mice, keyboards, lights, headphones and chargers.
The Signature M650 is the perfect mouse for most people, with a lightweight form factor and a number of ergonomic enhancements. There are both right or left-hand options, which change the placement of the customizable side buttons, and each mouse boasts the company’s proprietary SmartWheel scrolling technology. This gives you more precision as you scroll line by line.
It’s wireless via Bluetooth or a Logi Bolt receiver and the batteries last two years. There are reasons, after all, why this mouse made our list of the best stocking stuffers. About the only downside here is that the mouse requires AA batteries, but with the two-year battery life, that’s not the biggest deal in the world.
This is part of a larger Logitech PC accessory sale that offers discounts on all kinds of products, including the company’s POP wireless mechanical keyboards and the G Litra Beam Premium LED computer light, which is $85 instead of $100. There’s also a sitewide sale on Logitech G gaming accessories, like the G203 wired gaming mouse for just $20 instead of $40. Black Friday, you dastardly dog.
Your Black Friday Shopping Guide: See all of Yahoo’s Black Friday coverage, here. Follow Engadget for Black Friday tech deals. Learn about Black Friday trends on In The Know. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Black Friday deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Black Friday sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/amazon-black-friday-deals-include-up-to-50-percent-off-logitech-pc-and-gaming-accessories-174550109.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Amazon Black Friday deals include up to 50 percent off Logitech PC and gaming accessories
Peacock Black Friday 2023 deal: Get a one-year Premium plan for only $20
Black Friday deals have come for streaming services, and NBC’s Peacock has a noteworthy sale going on right now. Peacock Premium has been discounted to $2 per month, instead of the usual $6 per month, when you use the code BIGDEAL at checkout. You can spend even less overall if you pay for one year upfront — it’ll cost only $20 for the first year that way, with the code YEARLONG at checkout.
The codes are only valid between November 22 and the 27th, and the offer excludes current Peacock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers. Since launching, Peacock has accumulated over 20 million subscribers and for good reason. It offers a variety of classics, from Dreamworks’ Shrek films, to hit reality TV shows like Love Island. The streaming service has been expanding its titles, with a new season of Dr. Death arriving in December and a prequel series to the Ted films from Seth MacFarlane set to premiere in the new year.
Peacock has been trying to set itself apart from the competition with offerings like next-day streaming of Bravo shows. A subscription could be a holiday treat for yourself or a loved one — the flash monthly sale is hard to beat, especially with streaming prices rising as much as they have been recently.
If you’re interested in other Black Friday streaming deals, Max, Hulu and Paramount+ are among the many who have discounted their memberships for the holiday shopping period. Max’s ad-supported plan is only $3 per month for the first six months; Hulu has discounted one year of access to only $12 and Paramount+ is only $2 per month for the first three months for new subscribers.
Your Black Friday Shopping Guide: See all of Yahoo’s Black Friday coverage, here. Follow Engadget for Black Friday tech deals. Learn about Black Friday trends on In The Know. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Black Friday deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Black Friday sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/peacock-black-friday-2023-deal-get-a-one-year-premium-plan-for-only-20-173213127.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Peacock Black Friday 2023 deal: Get a one-year Premium plan for only
How to Install Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
This guide will demonstrate two methods to install Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish with the command-line terminal. The first method will be utilizing Ubuntu’s default repository and the second will be downloading and compiling Memcached from the source for the latest version.
Source: LXer – How to Install Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
The Best Black Friday Deals on Pro Windows Laptops for Less Than $1000
A light and powerful laptop goes a long way. While it might not feel like it from the offset, buying a higher-end pro Windows laptop can speed up your workflow and make everyday tasks a little easier. It’s less weight to lug around, longer to go between charges, and overall, just a faster way to get through your work. But Windows machines usually have this weird niche where no middle-to-good laptop exists. There are great budget laptops, and then there are great expensive laptops.
Luckily, for Black Friday, you can snag a pro-level Windows laptop for less than $1,000.
The best pro Windows laptops for Black Friday
By spending less than $1,000, you’ll get a high resolution 2K touchscreen displays, fast SSD storage, and 16GB RAM as standard. Plus, you can get fast Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 processors that will give you performance to rival that of a desktop machine.
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Lenovo Yoga 7i (2 in 1 Touch-Screen Laptop – Intel Core i5-1335U – 16GB Memory – 512GB SSD): $549.99 on Best Buy (down from $849.99)
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LG Gram 16 (Intel 13th Gen Core i7 Evo Platform, Windows 11 Home, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD): $899 on Amazon (down from $1499)
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LG Gram 14 ( 2in1 Lightweight Laptop, Intel 13th Gen Core i5 Evo Platform, Windows 11 Home, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD): $799.99 on Amazon (down from $1299.99)
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Lenovo X1 Nano 13 (13.0″ Touchscreen 2K Notebook Intel Core i5-1130G7 8GB RAM 512GB SSD Black – Intel Core i5-1130G7 Quad-core – 2160 x 1350 (2K) Display): $614 on Newegg (from $2888)
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MSI Summit E13FlipEvo (13.4″ Touchscreen Laptop i7-1280P (1.80GHz) 16GB RAM 1TB SSD Intel Iris Xe Graphics): $799 on Newegg (down from $1199).
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Acer Swift Go (14″ 1920×1200 100% sRGB Touch Screen Display, Intel Core i7-1355,U Intel Iris Xe, 16GB LPDDR5, 512GB Gen 4 SSD): $649.99 on Amazon (down from $899.99)
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Dell Inspiron 16 5635 (AMD Ryzen 7-7730U, QHD 16 inch, 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon Graphics): $702 on Amazon (down from $999)
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 2023 (12.4″ Touchscreen, Thin & Lightweight, Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD SSD): $599 on Amazon (down from $799)
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HP – Envy 2-in-1 15.6″ (Full HD Touch-Screen Laptop – AMD Ryzen 7 7730U – 16GB Memory – 512GB SSD): $649.99 on Best Buy (down from $1049.99)
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Galaxy Book3 360 (2-in-1 15.6″ FHD AMOLED Touch Screen Laptop – Intel 13th Gen Evo Core i7-1360P – 16GB Memory – 1TB SSD): $999.99 on Best Buy (down from $1549.99)
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Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 (13.5” Touch-Screen – Intel Evo Platform Core i5 with 8GB Memory – 512GB SSD): $899.99 on Best Buy (down from $1299.99)
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Black Friday Deals on Pro Windows Laptops for Less Than 00
Find Your Ideal Type And Save Big On Black Friday Gaming Keyboard Deals Up To 75% Off
It is officially Black Friday and the deals are aplenty for gaming keyboards this holiday shopping season. Whether the gamer on a shopping list is the type who loves a custom keyboard experience, or a tried-and-true brand, there is a stupendous deal for everyone.
Glorious Custom Gaming Keyboard
Custom gaming keyboards allow gamers to
Source: Hot Hardware – Find Your Ideal Type And Save Big On Black Friday Gaming Keyboard Deals Up To 75% Off
Solo Stove’s Pi Prime Pizza Oven is $50 off for Black Friday
Solo Stove’s gas-powered Pi Prime pizza oven is on sale for $300 for Black Friday, which is a discount of $50. You also get a free stainless steel pizza peel with this deal, for those times when you don’t want your bare hands anywhere near a contained flame that reaches 950 degrees Fahrenheit. That should be all of the times.
The Pi Prime is the company’s second pizza oven and, unlike the original Pi, is completely self-contained, with a built-in gas burner. This makes it a great option for those new to the world of pizza slinging, as there are fewer pieces to fiddle with. As mentioned above, the temperature maxes out at 950 degrees Fahrenheit, but the front-facing control dial lets you quickly lower this temperature when needed. It’s a thin line, after all, between a pleasantly charred crust and something resembling the surface of Mercury.
The round shape recalls the company’s well-regarded fire pits and there’s plenty of room to maneuver and cook a 12-inch pizza, in addition to other items. Inside, there’s a two-piece cordierite pizza stone that can be easily removed for cleaning and transport. There’s also nothing stopping you from using the pizza stone in your home oven during the colder months (like now.)
Speaking of those colder months, the Pi Prime ships with a cover, so you don’t have to haul it inside at the first sign of snow. So what’s the downside? As previously mentioned, this is a gas-only stove, and propane costs money. This isn’t a huge deal if you only make pizzas once in a while, but could get frustrating if you’re working diligently to perfect recipes.
Your Black Friday Shopping Guide: See all of Yahoo’s Black Friday coverage, here. Follow Engadget for Black Friday tech deals. Learn about Black Friday trends on In The Know. Hear from Autoblog’s experts on the best Black Friday deals for your car, garage, and home, and find Black Friday sales to shop on AOL, handpicked just for you.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/solo-stoves-pi-prime-pizza-oven-is-50-off-for-black-friday-130041838.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Solo Stove’s Pi Prime Pizza Oven is off for Black Friday
The Best Apple Watch Sales on Black Friday
For iPhone users, there’s no better smartwatch than the Apple Watch. It has the tightest integration with the Apple ecosystem, is a great fitness tracker, and strikes a great balance between features and battery life. As with all Apple devices, though, the nicer models are pricey, but you can get one for less than its list price for Black Friday.
The best Black Friday sales on Apple Watches directly from Apple.com
Apple.com is offering a $50 gift card if you buy an Apple Watch Series 9 or an Apple Watch SE directly from their site. You can use this gift card on other Apple products, so if you plan to buy multiple Apple products, you might want to place separate orders to use your gift cards.
Many people prefer buying Apple products directly from the company’s online store to guarantee a genuine product and so they don’t have to worry about dealing with third-party sellers. Apple’s online store can also offer a wider variety of color options that may be missing from third-party sites. So if you prefer not to buy from a third party, you can still get a good Black Friday deal on your new Apple Watch.
The best Black Friday sales on the Apple Watch Ultra 2
If you want the best Apple Watch money can buy, the Ultra 2 is the best choice. The lowest Black Friday sale price on the Apple Watch Ultra 2 is $740 on Amazon, which is down from its usual price of $800. If you don’t mind getting a the older model, the original Apple Watch Ultra is going for $659 at Target. That’s a really good price to get an Apple Watch designed for hiking, triathlons, and other adventure sports.
The best Black Friday sales on the Apple Watch Series 9
The Series 9 is a great Apple Watch for those who want the latest features but don’t need the additional battery life or extra features from the Ultra. These are the best deals on the Apple Watch Series 9 for Black Friday:
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Apple Watch Series 9 41mm GPS is going for $330 (from $400)
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Apple Watch Series 9 45mm (GPS + Cellular) is now available at $449 (from $499)
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Apple Watch Series 9 45mm GPS is down to $360 (from $430)
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Apple Watch Series 9 45mm (GPS + Cellular) is down to $459 (from $529)
The best Apple Watch SE sales on Black Friday
The cheapest Apple Watch offers great value for people who need notifications, fitness tracking, and a budget-friendly price. Here are the best Apple Watch SE deals on Black Friday:
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Apple Watch SE GPS 40mm at $179 (from $249)
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Apple Watch SE GPS 44mm at $209 (from $279)
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Apple Watch SE GPS + Cellular 44mm at $270 (from $330)
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Apple Watch Sales on Black Friday
A New Way To Predict Ship-Killing Rogue Waves
AI models can find patterns and make predictions, but their reasoning is often inscrutable. This “black box” issue makes AI less reliable and less scientifically useful. However, a team led by Dion Hafner (a computer scientist at the University of Copenhagen) devised a clever neural network to predict rogue waves. By restricting inputs to meaningful wave measurements and tracing how they flowed through the network, the team extracted a simple five-part equation encapsulating the AI’s logic. Economist adds: To generate a human-comprehensible equation, the researchers used a method inspired by natural selection in biology. They told a separate algorithm to come up with a slew of different equations using those five variables, with the aim of matching the neural network’s output as closely as possible. The best equations were mixed and combined, and the process was repeated. The result, eventually, was an equation that was simple and almost as accurate as the neural network. Both predicted rogue waves better than existing models.
The first part of the equation rediscovered a bit of existing theory: it is an approximation of a well-known equation in wave dynamics. Other parts included some terms that the researchers suspected might be involved in rogue-wave formation but are not in standard models. There were some puzzlers, too: the final bit of the equation includes a term that is inversely proportional to how spread out the energy of the waves is. Current human theories include a second variable that the machine did not replicate. One explanation is that the network was not trained on a wide enough selection of examples. Another is that the machine is right, and the second variable is not actually necessary.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – A New Way To Predict Ship-Killing Rogue Waves
YouTuber Accuses Casetify Of Copyright Theft, Has Receipts
There’s a brilliant trick map makers use to prevent plagiarism, called “trap streets.” They deliberately put an entirely fictional road, or even entire imaginary towns (“paper towns”), so that if someone lifts their work without permission it’s immediately identifiable to them. Something very similar is at the center…
Source: Kotaku – YouTuber Accuses Casetify Of Copyright Theft, Has Receipts
[$] Reducing kernel-maintainer burnout
Overstressed maintainers are a constant topic of conversation throughout
the open-source community. Kernel maintainers have been complaining more
loudly than usual recently about overwork and stress. The problems that
maintainers are facing are clear; what to do about them is rather less so.
A session at the 2023 Maintainers Summit took up the topic yet again with
the hope of finding some solutions; there may be answers, perhaps even
within the kernel community, but a general solution still seems distant.
Source: LWN.net – [$] Reducing kernel-maintainer burnout
Best Deals This Week For Geeky Holiday Pop Culture Finds
The season of giving is upon us, and fandom friends, here’s a list of deals and festive inspired geeky gifts and gear ideas.
Source: Gizmodo – Best Deals This Week For Geeky Holiday Pop Culture Finds
The best Black Friday air fryer deals for 2023
One of the big selling points for air fryers is they can do far more than just make french fries crispy. Heating up leftovers is one big plus; the fact that they don’t overheat your entire kitchen is another. They’ve surged in popularity over the past few years, but if you or someone on your gift list somehow doesn’t have one yet, Black Friday is a great time to snag a deal on an air fryer — and three of our top picks are currently on sale. These are the best Black Friday deals on air fryers we’ve tested and recommend.
Instand Vortex Plus Air Fryer
Ninja Foodi Dual Zone air fryer
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
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Source: Engadget – The best Black Friday air fryer deals for 2023