How to make sure you never pay too much for an Uber ride again

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As we’ve seen in the past, Uber can be a cheaper alternative to taxi cabs but you really have to watch out for surge pricing that occurs during peak driving hours when you may end up paying as much as seven times the average rate. While Uber does offer you a ride calculator to estimate how much your ride will cost, there now may be an even simpler way to make sure you don’t end up forking over an unexpectedly high sum of money on your ride.

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‘7 hours of terror’: Watch live as scientists land a probe on a comet for the first time ever

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For the first time in the history of mankind, scientists are attempting to make physical contact with a comet. A 10-year project by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft will culminate on Wednesday when scientists attempt to land a probe on a comet for the first time ever. The final stage of the mission — actually landing the probe on the comet — has been described as “seven hours of terror” by a scientist involved with the project, and that terror is about to begin.

The actual touchdown of the probe “Philae” on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is scheduled to take place just before 11:oo a.m. EST / 8:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday, and the attempt is being streamed live, as are the events leading up to tomorrow’s landing.

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A step-by-step guide for recovering your stolen iPhone… and proof that it works

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If your iPhone has ever gone missing and you fear that it’s been stolen, don’t fret too much — it turns out there’s a pretty simple way to get it back that doesn’t involve calling the cops. The Verge’s Sam Sheffer over the weekend got his iPhone 6 Plus stolen right from his back pocket but instead of panicking, he borrowed his brother’s iPhone 6, installed Find My iPhone on it and got to work tracking the device. Below, we’re written up a step-by-step summary of how Sheffer got his device back.

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BlackBerry CEO’s wife is having an affair with Android

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As if BlackBerry didn’t have enough to contend with in a market that is constantly threatening to leave it behind, CEO John Chen revealed in an interview with Financial Times this weekend that his wife would rather use her Samsung Galaxy than a Passport. One of the toughest challenges of his career so far has been attempting to convert his wife to BlackBerry.

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Did this REALLY just happen? Samsung reviewed its own smartwatch…

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Samsung is known for using lots of hopelessly cheesy gimmicks to promote its products, including making its own unboxing videos for them, conducting its own consumer surveys about them and putting them through its own in-house drop tests. Now Samsung has taken these gimmicky promotions to absurd new heights by writing a review of one of its own smartwatches, the Gear S.

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This gorgeous Galaxy S6 concept gives Samsung’s flagship a premium metal design

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Both the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Note 4 were incredibly solid entries from Samsung this year, but they lack an element of surprise that many smartphone users have come to expect from their favorite vendors. As Samsung’s profits continue to sink, the company is desperately looking for ways to entice new users and satisfy old ones, but a concept from 3G.co.uk might show off exactly what the Galaxy S6 needs to look like for Samsung to turn things around.

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Samsung is finally making metal phones, but they may have a serious design problem

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Samsung has recently announced the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5, its first metal smartphones that should launch in certain Asian markets this month. A recent report stated that Samsung encountered certain manufacturing problems when making the handsets, which explains their delayed launch. But that doesn’t appear to be the only problem for Samsung, as hi-tech.mail.ru reports the phones may have a serious design flaw that could affect their performance.

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BIG SALE: You can now get the world’s most beautiful Android phone off contract for $299

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HTC announced last week that it will be offering huge limited-time sales every Tuesday for nine weeks, and it started things off with a huge sale that offered up to half off on the just-released Nexus 9 tablet from Google and HTC. Now, the company is back with its second big sale, and the discounts are even deeper — but there’s a huge caveat.

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