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TP-Link is developing a new smart outlet, but it looks like a regular “dumb” one. And that’s the beauty of it, really. The company’s upcoming smart outlet has all standard smart outlet features you’d expect from one, such as the ability to control power through your phone or via voice commands with a nearby Alexa or Google Assistant speaker. But there is one major difference: It’s an actual outlet. There’s no clunky device that needs to be plugged into your existing dumb outlets installed in your home walls....

What Does ‘E’ Stand For In Engine Oil? In the era of quick-change oil shops, it’s easy to overlook what’s actually going into your vehicle’s engine. After all, the folks doing the work are the experts, so there’s no need to really have that information, right? But what happens if you’re between oil changes, your car is running low on oil, and you need to buy a quart or two? Suddenly, you’re staring at a wall ofdifferent motor oils, and the mix of numbers and letters on the bottles reads like a foreign language....

What Does The ‘CVN’ Designation Mean For US Navy Aircraft Carriers? The aircraft carriers employed by the United States Navy are positively gargantuan vehicles, to put it mildly. We’re talking about 99,000 metric tons of steel, measuring in at over 325 meters long. While there are aircraft carriers that are powered by traditional fuel sources like gasoline, trying to make a vehicle that massive move at a steady clip with traditional fuels isn’t really cost effective....

We seem to be in full swing of the second age where anything that is popular technology has to haveartificial intelligencein it. Nary a decade prior, bits of machine learning made their way into little tricks like identifying subjects in a camera’s vision or creating sentences that may or may not actually be useful. Now, as we approach a peak ofgenerative AI(with more of them perhaps on the way), Google has upped the stakes with its new “multimodal” model calledGemini....

Meta isn’t the only company withits eyes set on augmented reality. Snap, the creator of the social camera app Snapchat, has been finding ways to use AR for just as long. The most popular version of that is the Lenses on Snapchat, which can be applied over what your smartphone sees, but withthe announcement of its AR Spectacles in 2021, the company showed its ambitions in AR were even bigger. And the next version of Snap’s AR Spectacles is coming soon....

After languishing in development for several years, Universal Pictures is finally moving forward with their adaptation of the Broadway sensationWicked. The studio announced today that this long-awaited project has been given a December 20, 2019release date. As of now, the movie’s only direct competition is an untitled live action fairy tale project from Disney. Deadlinereports that producersMarc Plattand Universal Pictures had initially developed this story as a movie, before changing directions and crafting it as a stage show....

With the Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro, the manufacturer is refreshing itsflagship phone rangefor the end of the year. What that means, in broad strokes, is that we get a bit of a spec bump in the internals and a better primary camera on the back. In reality it’s hardly likely anyone with a Xiaomi 12 or 12 Pro would be seeking to upgrade, but for the phone maker, it keeps it ahead of the pack, delivering market-leading performance....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Headlining theOcean’smovies remake, George Clooney has made a massive name for himself as he was the center of each film. The actor portrayed the role of Danny Ocean, his portrayal of the iconic figure with great confidence and charisma has earned him immense love from the viewers. Clooney worked alongside some of the biggest names in the remake version of the film, names like Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and many more....

Follow us on Google News Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed Everyone’s favorite 90s action hero, Nicolas Cage returned to the big screen in November with the horror comedyDream Scenario,wherein he portrayed Paul Matthews, a family man who finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. The actor, who led blockbuster action flicks likeFace/OffandThe Rockduring the peak of his powers, became the subject of jokes in the last decade due to his eccentric choices of roles....

There’s this adage inproductivity, “if you have to do something more than once, you should automate it.“Automationis a great idea for those with the knowledge to do it. For a long time, that was me, being frustrated at doing tasks repeatedly with no skills to automate them. That was until I took the plunge and explored Apple’s Shortcuts app. Shortcuts is a block-based automation app developed by Apple to make automating repetitive tasks more accessible....

We love seeing the magical images created by masters of Photoshop, so when we stumbled across a section of Reddit dedicated to creatinghybrid animalswe were ecstatic. These photos imagine a world where anything is possible and create a variety of new breeds by merging one or more species together. The results are incredible - hilarious, intriguing and thought-provoking. Crocodile Bear We’ve seen some pretty terrifying hybrid animals on this list, but this one really takes the biscuit....

The holiday season is upon us, and along with it are theclassic slew of Christmas moviesand shows that help us get in a cheery mood. We have our Santa Clauses, oursappy Hallmark romances, and all the usual suspects. But for those of us who like a little bit more edge in our Christmas entertainment, we have David Harbour’s subversiveViolent Night.Described by Harbouras a cross betweenDie HardandMiracle on 34th Street,Violent Nightis unlike anything audiences are used to when they think of Christmas movies, and that’s great....

6 Of The Most Powerful Diesel Trucks You Can Get In 2024, Ranked Generally, pickup trucks are desired because they can handle a lot more than your standard sedan or SUV. But some truck enthusiasts might need more power than others, and that’s when the option of a diesel engine usually comes into consideration. As the name implies, diesel engines are powered by diesel fuel instead of gasoline. There are a number of reasons why you might want to opt for a diesel truck over a gasoline one....