$30 laser measure will have you measuring everything in your house
There’s a whole category of tools out there that you don’t really need, per se, but you still have to have them. It’s time to add the Bosch GLM 15 Compact Laser Measure to the top of that list. On sale on Amazon for just $30 shipped, this little laser measure has a range of up to 50 feet and it’ll have you measuring everything in your house that you possibly can.
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Leaked OnePlus 3 pic looks like the iPhone 6s and HTC 10 had a lovechild
The OnePlus 3 is probably going to be sold as the next “flagship killer,” a phone billed as being better than any other high-end handset out there and more affordable than other leading devices. But if there’s one thing the OnePlus 3 might not “kill,” it’s smartphone design. A new leak showing what seems to be official press renders of the handset suggest the device is more like the lovechild of an iPhone 6s and an HTC 10.
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Nvidia’s new, cheaper graphics card is just as powerful as promised
When Nvidia announced that it was launching the new GTX 1080 last weekend, it promised power far in excess of the flagship Titan X, but at a much lower price point. We now have more specs details as well as first impressions from a number of reviewers, and it looks like the claims are holding up.
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Kit Harington hilariously Jon Snow’d his way out of a speeding ticket
“Look, there’s two ways we can do this,” the officer told Kit Harington after stopping him for speeding. “You can either follow me back to the police station now and I book you in, or you can tell me if you live in the next series of Game of Thrones.”
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Someone set out to make the world’s stupidest bot and hoo-boy did he succeed
An event taking place this week in San Francisco called the Stupid Hackathon is exactly what it sounds like. Programmers convene and try to outdo each other by coming up with the stupidest ideas possible and then hacking them together during the event. These hackathons always result in some pretty spectacular creations, but among what we’ve seen so far there is a clear and obvious winner.
Prepare yourself for “Picnic,” the brainchild of programmer Max Goodman.
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Dad uses Tesla’s Autopilot software to scare the crap out of his son
Shortly after introducing its innovative Autopilot software to the world, Tesla, as it’s prone to do, issued a software update for the Model S which included a new ‘Summon’ feature. As the name implies, the feature allows owners to summon their car even when they’re not inside it. When activated, a Tesla will autostart, open up a user’s garage door if need be, and slowly roll out to greet the driver.
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Sony’s E3 2016 plans have been revealed – here’s everything you need to know
Although a public announcement has yet to be made, Sony sent out invitations for its E3 2016 press conference on Monday, confirming that the venue would be switching from the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena to the Shrine Auditorium.
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This may be the simplest home security solution on the planet
Once upon a time, companies preyed on homeowners’ fear to get them to cough up huge amounts of cash for overly complicated home security systems. Then, as icing on the cake, they also got them to pay even more money each and every month for home monitoring service that is essentially useless. Heaven forbid an intruder does gain access to your home, he or she will take off the moment your alarm starts blaring — no one’s waiting around for a phone call from your monitoring service or for the cops to show up.
It’s the age of the smart home, and you can secure your house, condo or apartment for a fraction of what you’d pay for an older alarm system. Check out the Korner Home Security 3 Sensor Package, an insanely simple home security system that costs less than $100 on Amazon.
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People are still driving into lakes because their GPS tells them to
We’ve seen the “GPS directions gone awry” scenario play out on TV shows any number of times, but perhaps the most well-known example comes from an old episode of The Office where Michael and Dwight both ignore their common-sense instincts and instead blindly drive a car into a lake.
Recently, and rather unfortunately, a Canadian woman on the road had her own Michael Scott moment when, in the midst of a rainstorm and accompanying fog with low visibility, she followed her GPS’s driving directions — only to find herself in the middle of a freezing cold lake in Ontario.
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10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
Do you have any room left in your phone after yesterday’s post on paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free? If not you had better make some because we have 10 freshly discounted iOS apps for you in today’s post. For Tuesday we have a killer word processor that’s normally $10, a cool app that turns the world around you into an RPG of sorts, and much more.
Of course if you have plenty of free storage on your phone and you missed yesterday’s list, be sure to hurry back and you’ll find several remaining freebies.
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