A new study published by Counterpoint Research sounds like good news for Google’s efforts to expand the user base of its generally well-regarded Pixel smartphone series.

According to the study, the Pixel 3 is a solid enough handset that it’s convincing plenty of Samsung owners to switch over to a device that offers a pure Android experience. It turns out that a little more than half of the buyers this study classifies as having switched over to the Pixel 3 (51%) were former Samsung handset owners.

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Today’s oceans are full of interesting and bizarre creatures, many of which would seem utterly unfathomable to us if we hadn’t learned of their existence from a young age. Take a starfish, for example. If you hadn’t been taught about them as a child they’d seem otherworldly once you finally saw one.

The same is true for long-extinct species that populated ancient Earth. Now, a new discovery reveals the existence of a very, very peculiar creature from Earth’s past, and it’s drawing comparisons to an evil entity from the mind of H.P. Lovecraft.

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1. Researchers find fossil of ancient creature with 45 arms

Researchers find fossil of ancient creature with 45 arms originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 22:05:42 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Netflix announced a deal today that will bring the streaming giant’s content to, for the first time, audiences of another subscription media company — opening up an outlet for Netflix via a new medium: Radio.

Netflix and SiriusXM have teamed up to launch Netflix is a Joke, a full-time comedy channel that will be exclusive to SiriusXM and which will be found on the radio service’s channel 93. Netflix, of course, has over the years developed an increasingly robust slate of comedy specials, which is what this new channel will feature highlights from.

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1. Netflix is getting its own SiriusXM radio channel starting Monday

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The year 2019 started off on a bittersweet note for NASA with the unfortunate demise of the incredibly trusty Opportunity rover on Mars. It was a sad day for the scientific community as a whole, but it wasn’t the only rover cruising around on the Red Planet, and NASA’s Curiosity rover has continued its stellar work even as it (probably) mourns the loss of its comrade.

Now, continuing on its quest to learn more about the Martian landscape, Curiosity has successfully drilled another hole in a new location, securing a sample that the robot will soon analyze.

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1. NASA’s Curiosity rover just drilled a new hole on Mars

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Google is reportedly about to bring a version of the same playbook that turned its best-in-class search engine into an unstoppable money machine over to Google Maps, its service that more than 1 billion people rely on for directions and other related information. What that means for users, according to a new Bloomberg report, is that we may start to see more things like sponsored listings from businesses that have paid to be atop Google Maps results when you search for a variety of information, like nearby businesses.

Hopefully, Google’s reported interest in leaning on Maps as it hunts for new sources of revenue won’t mean the company goes overboard — like the way you have to scroll down past a slew of ads and highlighted results after conducting a Google Search, for example. As a heavy Google Maps user, though, I’m wary, especially given that relevancy may be even more important when looking for information within Maps than in Search.

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1. Google wants to start making more money from Maps, and we all know what that means

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: SpaceX is going to launch the Falcon Heavy rocket for the second time. I know, I know, that was supposed to happen this past weekend, and then again on Tuesday, but delays pushed it back repeatedly. Now it’s scheduled for today, and the weather looks like it’s going to cooperate.

Today’s launch, which is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. EST, will see SpaceX use the Falcon Heavy in a commercial capacity for the very first time, sending a communications satellite from Arabsat into orbit around Earth. When it does so, you can watch the entire event live right here.

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Sonos had a bunch of decent deals going this past Black Friday, but there was one in particular that was our favorite. For just $298, you could get a Two Room Set with Sonos Play:1 + $30 Amazon Gift Card. That’s two wireless speakers with amazing sound and a free $30 Amazon gift card for less than a single Apple HomePod speaker… even after Apple just reduced the price! That great deal might’ve started on Black Friday last year, but it’s somehow still available on Amazon’s site so get in on the action while you still can.

Two Room Set with Sonos Play:1 + $30 Amazon Gift card: $298.00

Here are the highlights from the product page:

• Works with Alexa for voice control (Alexa device sold separately)
• Fill two separate rooms with different music, or link them together to hear the same song in both. Great surround speakers for your Sonos home theater, too
• Versatile, compact fit. Place them wherever you want and enjoy rich, room-filling sound
• Streams all your favorite music services like Amazon Music Unlimited, Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music and more
• Easy 10-minute wi-fi set up. No Bluetooth pairing problems or interruptions
• Connects wirelessly to Sonos speakers in other rooms so you can expand your Home Sound System when you’re ready

Two Room Set with Sonos Play:1 + $30 Amazon Gift card: $298.00

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1. Get two Sonos speakers and a $30 Amazon gift card for less than the price of one rival speaker

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iTunes used to be the app I used most frequently on my Mac. It’s where I’d go to buy and listen to music, enjoy podcasts, and even watch downloaded movies and TV shows on occasion. These days, though, I rarely use iTunes. In fact, I can’t even remember the last time I opened the app at all.

Part of the problem — aside from the fact that the world has largely gone mobile — is that iTunes on the Mac has steadily become a bloated mess. As it stands now, Apple houses an insane amount of content under the iTunes umbrella and, as a result, actually using the app to find and enjoy content has become downright cumbersome, if not confusing.

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1. Apple is rumored to be replacing iTunes on the Mac with something even better

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Before you head over to Apple and spend $400 or (much) more on a new Apple Watch Series 4, there’s a killer sale happening right now on Amazon that you really should check out. And we do mean REALLY. The $309 Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS, 42mm) is on sale right now for $229, which is a massive 26% discount and an all-time low price on Amazon. If you want cellular connectivity, no problem: the $409 Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular, 42mm) is down to $329 today, also an all-time low. There’s no telling how long these deals will last though, so definitely grab one before it’s too late.

Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS, 42mm)

• GPS
• Optical heart sensor
• Digital Crown
• S3 with dual-core processor
• Accelerometer and gyroscope
• Swim proof
• watchOS
• Aluminum case

Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS, 42mm) – Space Gray Aluminium Case with Black Sport Band: $229.00

Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular, 42mm)

• GPS + Cellular
• Optical heart sensor
• Digital Crown
• S3 with dual-core processor
• Accelerometer and gyroscope
• Swimproof
• watchOS
  
• Aluminum case

Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular, 42mm) – Space Gray Aluminium Case with Black Sport Ba…: $329.00

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1. The Apple Watch Series 3 has never been this cheap on Amazon

The Apple Watch Series 3 has never been this cheap on Amazon originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 16:38:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It was probably inevitable that we’d eventually see a smartphone design that combines transparent screens with a foldable form factor. LG has just patented a design for such a handset this week, following its experimentation with see-through displays over the last few years — and then showing off a partly transparent OLED TV at CES a few months ago.

Sony, meanwhile, has also been thinking along these same lines in terms of smartphones, patenting a design for a transparent handset at the end of 2018. And then on Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office published the LG patent (which you can see here) for its own version of that same idea — a smartphone that’s transparent, but also foldable.

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1. LG’s transparent foldable smartphone design barely looks like a phone at all

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