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WWE releases Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana and more
WWE releases Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana and more
WWE on Wednesday announced a new round of talent cuts -- and they're even more surprising than the round of releases from April. Braun Strowman, former Universal Champion and an established top star, was one of several talents released Tuesday.
"WWE has come to terms on the releases of Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana, Murphy, Ruby Riott and Santana Garrett," the company said in a statement on its website, belying the momentous news.
Strowman is the biggest shock, having been positioned as a top-tier star for much of the past five years. Last year he defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania to win the Universal Championship, and at this year's show he starred in a heavily promoted cage match against Shane McMahon.
Aleister Black is a highly reguarded performer and a former NXT Champion who enjoyed a consistent run on the main roster last year, making his release another surprise. Black hadn't been seen on TV for six months, but in late May re-emerged with a new character.
It follows a similar round of talent releases that came in April -- WWE traditionally cuts performers after WrestleMania -- which included Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Mickie James and, hugely surprising at the time, Samoa Joe. In May WWE reportedly trimmed its corporate side too, terminating contracts with staff in film, TV, social media and international teams.
The round of releases on Wednesday led to increased speculation that Vince McMahon, founder and CEO of WWE, is cutting costs ahead of a potential sale. Rumors of such a sale have swirled around since January, when WWE announced that its WWE Network streaming service would be migrating to NBC's Peacock.
"You don't cut talent assets on this level unless you are trying to maximize profits before a sale," wrote Dave Schilling, a former writer at WWE, in a tweet. Sean Ross Sapp, a wrestling journalist from Fightful, tweeted: "The only way I can rationalize the kind of cuts is for an eventual sale. Several of these people signed big contracts before the pandemic when WWE were in talent hoarding, lock em up for years mode."
WWE didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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This Bella air fryer and Shark cordless vacuum are both 50% off today at Best Buy
This Bella air fryer and Shark cordless vacuum are both 50% off today at Best Buy
I bought my dad an air fryer this past holiday and quickly -- via his unbridled enthusiasm for it -- learned that you really can use this thing for every meal. Like quick, no-mess air fryer frittatas for breakfast, for instance, with crunchy breakfast potatoes that use far less oil. It also makes juicy lunch-salad proteins like chicken breast and shrimp in about half the time of a standard oven, and for dinner, he spoils himself with healthy(er) chicken wings or "fried" chicken, and easy sides such as sweet potato wedges and crispy Brussel sprouts.
Read more:15 unexpected air fryer recipes you have to try
As it happens, Best Buy has a highly rated Bella Pro Series 3.7-Quart Digital air fryer on sale for just $60 today, more than half off its usual price. The Bella air fryer can cook up to three pounds of food (enough for a group) and do it fast with a 1,500-watt super convection heating system. And simple digital controls and timer settings make for a real "set it and forget it" situation.
Should you spring for the air fryer, you're likely going to be hosting get-togethers more often, which may also mean more mess to clean. For every problem, a solution: Best Buy also has the powerful Shark ION powered-lift cordless vacuum on sale for $225 (50% off). It too gets high marks in user reviews and is often compared to a Dyson in terms of performance, just at a lower price.
Both the Bella air fryer and Shark vacuum will ship for free by Friday if you order today. Or you can buy it online and pick it up at a local Best Buy in just a few hours, pending inventory.
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Rattlesnake takes slo-mo bite out of a GoPro camera
Rattlesnake takes slo-mo bite out of a GoPro camera
Don't mess with a pit full of rattlesnakes. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET
Sean Penn and a pit full of reptiles have something in common. Rattlesnakes don't like paparazzi, either.
YouTube user Michael Delaney posted a video Sunday with the simple but intriguing title "Rattlesnakes strike GoPro." With a teaser like that, there's no way you can resist taking a look.
If snakes give you a serious case of the heebie-jeebies, you might not want to watch the video. It involves not just a single snake, which is serious enough, but a whole writhing pile of rattlers, busy warning the camera not to come closer by shaking their tails. This is the soundtrack of your nightmares.
The dramatic slo-mo footage shows a series of three bites, the last of which knocks the camera into the pile of snakes. Perhaps what's most impressive is that even in slow-motion the snake bites come so fast as to be a blur.
Delaney is no stranger to combining technology and animal life. His previous videos include the use of a DJI Phantom 3 drone to check on a herd of cattle (the cows are much more chill about the camera's presence than the snakes). Delaney offers cow and agriculture-monitoring camera kits for ranchers through his CowCams business.
You might wonder how Delaney retrieved his wayward GoPro to share the video. He reported on his CowCams Facebook page that he "used a hockey stick to fish it out."
This is a great time to note that you probably shouldn't be trying this sort of snake-GoPro experiment yourself. Here's hoping Delaney had the world's longest selfie stick in use while he was capturing the footage.
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Biden Sends $53B to US Chipmakers by Signing CHIPS Act Into Law
Biden Sends $53B to US Chipmakers by Signing CHIPS Act Into Law
President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law Tuesday, sending $52.7 billion to processor manufacturers over five years in an effort to help the US reclaim semiconductor industry leadership lost to Taiwanese and Korean companies and challenged by increasingly capable Chinese firms.
The legislation has already helped encourage smartphone chip designer Qualcomm to spend $4.2 billion with chipmaker GlobalFoundries to build processors in New York, the White House said in a fact sheet released Tuesday. And Micron will invest $40 billion in memory chip manufacturing capacity, the White House said, a move that could elevate the US share of memory chipmaking from 2% to 10%.
"The CHIPS and Science Act supercharges our efforts to make semiconductors here in America," Biden said in a speech Tuesday at the White House's Rose Garden. "America invented the semiconductor, and this law brings it back home."
It costs billions of dollars to build new chip fabrication facilities, called fabs. The CHIPS Act will knock about $3 billion off a $10 billion leading-edge fab, said Intel, which is sinking more than $40 billion into new and upgraded fabs in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon and stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries.
US fabs made 37% of processors in 1990, but that's dropped to 12%, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The CHIPS Act is designed to reverse that trend, shoring up an industry that's critical to electric vehicles, laptops, weapons systems, washing machines, toys and just about anything that uses electricity about anything with a power plug or battery.
The law emerged after a chip shortage made it clear how much US industries and the US military now rely on processors made overseas. As Intel, a Silicon Valley fixture, struggled to advance over the last decade, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in Taiwan and Samsung in South Korea took the lead. China, eager to foster a native chipmaking industry, subsidized its own rivals like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
TSMC and Samsung are foundries, businesses that build chips for other companies. Intel, in contrast, has chiefly built its own chips. Part of Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger's recovery plan is to add a foundry business, expanding its manufacturing volume and drawing in new customers such as Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek. Although Samsung and TSMC have headquarters and most of their chipmaking business overseas, both are building new fabs in the US, too. GlobalFoundries, a foundry based in the US, isn't on the leading edge of chipmaking for most technologies, but it's expanding capacity, too.
That chip shortage frustrated consumers eager to lap up PlayStation 5 game consoles during the COVID-19 pandemic and shuttered US auto plants as crucial electronic components stalled manufacturing. The shortage also provided a measure of rare bipartisan support for the CHIPS Act, which passed with a 243-187 vote in the House of Representatives and a 64-33 vote in the Senate in late July.
Waning chip manufacturing in the US comes with geopolitical worries. China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has been saber-rattling with military exercises since Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, visited Taiwan last week. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent cessation of high-tech product imports also shows how vulnerable a country without its own industry can become. This week, the chip shortage led the US auto industry to drop production of 100,000 vehicles.
RK Anand, chief product officer at automotive AI chip designer Recogni and a longtime Silicon Valley executive, laid out the problem. One of his earlier employers, network gear maker Juniper Networks, relied on IBM to make its chips. But as Big Blue slipped behind, Juniper switched manufacturing to TSMC to keep up with rivals like Cisco, Anand said. IBM eventually exited the chipmaking business altogether.
"In the last 20 years, it's been disappointing that we've given up that leadership," Anand said. "We better get back on it."
Nantero, a startup trying to leapfrog today's memory chips using an exotic material called carbon nanotubes, could be the opposite example to Juniper, hoping CHIPS Act funding will let it find a fab in the US.
"Right now fab access is so limited in the US that many companies either fail or go overseas while waiting in line," said CEO Rob Snowberger, who attended Biden's signing. "Nantero will now be able to plan our future around staying in the US."
Massive government subsidies are anathema to the free-market ethos that generally prevails in the US, but CHIPS Act allies argue they're necessary to compete with subsidies in South Korea, China and Taiwan. Japan's government subsidizes the development of the exact technology Nantero hopes to commercialize.
US chipmaking won't suddenly surge
Businesses and consumers shouldn't expect immediate relief from the CHIPS Act. For one thing, it takes years to build a new fab, so new capacity won't arrive right away.
For another, many of the processors that have stalled products are built with older, less advanced chipmaking technology. Chipmakers are generally more eager to invest instead in leading-edge methods that make premium chips like those that power Apple iPhones, Nvidia graphics accelerators and Amazon data centers.
Making a handful of fabs significantly cheaper can help US manufacturing, but it's a long way from building the rich network of companies that prevail in Asia, supplying materials like giant polysilicon crystal ingots that are sliced into chip wafers to all the testing, packaging and assembly work that takes place after chips are made.
"Efforts must also support the larger semiconductor ecosystem, which spans everything from wafer substrates to chip probers to items as mundane as shipping materials," said Jim Witham, CEO of power electronics maker GaN Systems. He believes the CHIPS Act funding is only a beginning. "We've lost many of these capabilities in the US, and rebuilding them takes time and money."
The Boston Consulting Group expects it would cost $350 billion to $420 billion to create a self-sufficient semiconductor supply chain in the US.
Fusion Worldwide, which distributes chips worldwide and has had a front-row seat to the semiconductor supply chain crisis, expects it'll be two or three years before the CHIPS Act funding really makes a difference. And the law largely sidesteps some of the most acute shortages, said Paul Romano, chief operating officer at Fusion.
"The legislation will improve long-term US standing around newer, complex chip production but isn't likely to do much to boost supply of older technology components," still in high demand for cars and other industries, Romano said. Although the CHIPS Act helps US manufacturing, it "won't go nearly far enough in helping achieve parity with the Asian fabs."
Chip industry cheers the CHIPS Act
Chip industry players cheered the law. The Semiconductor Industry Association estimates that it will create thousands of jobs and make supply chains more resilient for industry and military customers that rely on processors. The Information Technology Industry Council, whose members include dozens of tech companies, included the CHIPS Act as a top policy priority. It's now the Commerce Department's job to rapidly approve CHIPS Act applications so the money can flow, the ITI said in a statement Tuesday.
Under the law, companies receiving the subsidies may not use them for dividend payments or stock buybacks, Biden said.
The CHIPS Act includes $39 billion in manufacturing incentives. Of that $2 billion is for the older generation chips that automakers and military equipment makers require. It also includes $13.2 billion to spur research and development and to improve worker training.
The full title of the legislation — the CHIPS and Science Act, with CHIPS standing for Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors — is so named because the $53.7 billion in semiconductor industry funds are part of a larger $280 billion law that also funds basic and applied research at the government's National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Commerce Department.
The chipmaking subsidies and research funding will "cultivate the tech hubs of tomorrow, spurring new innovations and technologies right here at home," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, which stands to benefit from investments by GlobalFoundries and other chip makers.
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DeLonghi MultiFry 1363 review: This countertop air fryer lets you cook with less guilt
DeLonghi MultiFry 1363 review: This countertop air fryer lets you cook with less guilt
Air fryers, I'll bet that's a type of kitchen cooker you've probably overlooked. They're not in vogue like the Instant Pot, but air fryers such as the $230 (converts to £163, $284 AU) DeLonghi MultiFry 1363 have compelling features all their own. Thanks to powerful convection fans and dual heating elements, the MultiFry doesn't use much oil, if any.
Despite DeLonghi's claims, the MultiFry is not a true multicooker. It can't steam or use pressure to shorten cooking times of tough proteins and grains. Nor is it designed to run all day long as slow cookers do. It's not a rice cooker either, something both Instant Pots and the Crockpot Express can tackle. If you love fried dishes but not tons of grease, then the MultiFry is worth checking out. The same goes for people who entertain often and would appreciate a steady supply of party snacks.
A different kind of cooker
The MultiFry 1363 is not what I'd call a compact countertop appliance. It's about the size of a motorcycle helmet and roughly the same shape. Squat and round, the cooker splits in two like a clam shell to open and close. Inside its mouth you'll find a large bowl that's coated with ceramic. This surfacing helps keep food from sticking but is prone to scratches. Both the Crockpot Express' more traditional nonstick bowl and Instant Pot's steel chamber have greater durability.
With a 6-quart (192 fluid ounces) capacity, those multicookers can hold more as well. That's not to say the MultiFry can't cook a lot at once. DeLonghi says its basket can process 3.7 pounds (1.7 kg) of fresh potatoes or a little less if they are frozen (3.3 pounds, 1.5 kg).
The MultiFry's bowl comes with a paddle arm that stirs food while cooking.
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At the center of the MultiFry's bowl is its paddle stirrer. It spins slowly while the MultiFry is cooking and acts as a mixing arm for contents inside the bowl. The paddle is specifically designed to churn chunks of potatoes and other large objects. You can remove the paddle if you'd like, and that comes in handy when you need extra space for searing bigger items or when you're cooking delicate ingredients.
There aren't many controls on the MutiFry's panel. Shown here are buttons for power, bottom heater, and lid release.
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The front face of the MultiFry houses most of its few controls. There's an on/off button to fire up the appliance. Next to it is a key to activate (or deactivate) the bottom heating element. The primary heater above the bowl is always active unless you open the lid or switch off main power.
One big problem I have with the MultiFry is that it doesn't turn off automatically. You can't set it to operate by a timer either. That seems like a serious hazard in a high-temperature cooker like this. DeLonghi does equip the fryer with a tiny, removable timer module nestled inside a receptacle on the front panel. You can set It to display a countdown (in minutes). The timer also sounds an alarm when it hits zero.
There's an included portable timer to track cook times.
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I do like the design for the fryer's bowl handle. The handle grip flips up from the front panel so you can both lift and lower the bowl easily. When you're ready to cook, the handle folds back down into the panel and out of the way.
Fry with air power
The DeLonghi MultiFry is at heart an air fryer. It operates by pumping heat into its cooking chamber while circulating the hot air within at a high rate. It's the same way the convection mode on a regular kitchen oven works. The major difference with the MultiFry is its chamber is a lot smaller. That means it has to heat less air. Its heating elements are also much closer to the food inside. All this adds up to an efficient cooker with plenty of relative thermal power.
Under the MultiFry's lid is a powerful heating element and convection fan.
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Performance and taste
All that heat and airflow helped the MultiFry to convincingly "fry" standard deep-fryer fare. Items like frozen french fries and chicken nuggets came out of the machine golden brown, crispy and delicious. The paddle in the cooker kept everything inside moving and heated evenly. Larger pieces of food were pushed around better by the paddle, though. Waffle fries clumped together at times, while the paddle mixed longer cut fries just fine.
Frozen items like these waffle fries came out crisp without adding any extra oil.
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I didn't have to add any oil to the bowl either. Of course these snacks are pre-cooked at the factory so they already have a coating of grease in the bag. I cooked the same fries in a fancy Jenn-air oven (on convection) and the results were not as enjoyable. Their texture was drier and tasted, well, baked.
The MultiFry handled fresh chicken wings well, too. I didn't add any extra oil (as the manual advises). Even so, the skin was crispy and caramelized, while the meat inside remained juicy and tender.
There are definitely some aspects to the MultiFry that weren't as impressive. Despite what DeLonghi claims, the air fryer didn't cook anything noticably faster than the conventional method. French fries needed about 16 minutes in the MultiFry. It took about 17 minutes to finish in the oven.
Fresh chicken wings came out of the MultiFry nicely seared, with crispy skin and a juicy interior.
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Neither is the MultiFry a true multicooker, as DeLonghi describes. When it comes to dishes like stews, soups and rice, it's no Instant Pot. I tried to whip up some risotto just for kicks since the official product page says it's possible. The results were awful. Continuous stirring when cooking risotto is essential. Unfortunately, the MultiFry's paddle failed to grab a swath of rice grains around the bowl's outer edge. That caused them to sit on the sideline and then burn -- unacceptable.
The MultiFry didn't mix risotto well. As a result rice on the edges were burnt.
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It's no Instant Pot
The $230 DeLonghi MultiFry 1363 is a worthy purchase for those who enjoy fried dishes often but would like a healthier way to prepare them. The same is true if you entertain often and need a dedicated party snack machine. This cooker's ability to use less oil and its relatively easy clean up have you covered there.
That said, it's not a true multicooker that's able to function as multiple kitchen products. The MultiFry can't speed up cooking times of tough meats, steam, cook rice or make soups. Neither does it have any fancy cooking modes or preset programs to match your ingredients. So steer clear of the MultiFry if you crave lots of cooking flexibility and choose an instant Pot-style appliance instead. With these gadgets like the Instant Pot Lux 6-in-1 V3 and CrockPot Express (both $80) you'll save a bundle, too.
Are you curious about all the other air fryers we tested out? Check out our air fryer roundup here.
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Imagining an arsenal of slick new James Bond gadgets (pictures)
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Bond is pretty attached to his Walther PPK pistol in most of his films, so why not load it up with some spectacular bullets?
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Living with Chromebook: Can you use it to actually get work done?
Living with Chromebook: Can you use it to actually get work done?
In the first part of our Living with Chromebook series, I outlined the initial hardware and account setup required to use a laptop running Google's Chrome OS. In this second installment, the focus is on productivity.
For my long-form Chromebook test-drive, I'm spending most of my computing time with the HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook. Like the smaller 11- and 12-inch Chromebooks we've reviewed, it operates almost entirely within the Chrome Web browser, which looks and feels the same as the Chrome Web browser you may be using right now on your Windows or Mac OS computer.
That makes for a familiar experience in some ways, as many of us have already moved large swaths of our lives online, into Web-based tools such as Gmail, Facebook, and Netflix. More than most, I've embraced cloud services for as many things as possible, primarily because reviewing laptops means moving into a brand-new, fresh-from-the-box PC at least once or twice a week.
Working in the cloud If you're anywhere near as invested in cloud services as I am, then the transition to a Chromebook should hypothetically be fairly painless. Most of the things you want to do -- send e-mail, share via social-networking services, stream online video -- are available on a Chrome OS device, and largely work the same way as on a traditional OS.
That said, there's still a natural resistance to this type of Web-only setup. Maybe the idea that in a traditional PC there's a desktop lying underneath it all is a comforting one. Perhaps traditional folders-and-file systems are a security blanket, because despite having used Chromebooks before this, I found being locked into a browser-only world still felt confining, especially for office work -- documents, spreadsheets, and folders of files nestled within each other.
That's no doubt why the Chrome OS now has a more pronounced (if still rudimentary) file system than the very first Chromebooks did, making it possible to save and easily access files. This Hewlett-Packard model only includes 16GB of solid-state drive (SSD) storage, but Acer's C7 Chromebook includes a standard 320GB platter hard drive. In either case, photo, music, and video files can all be stored and sorted there, by downloading online or sideloading from a USB drive or SD card. Consider it all to be backups for the versions "in the cloud," for those times when you can't get online.
Image and video files on the Chrome OS hard drive.
Do you need always-on Internet? While the original pitch for the Chromebook was that this would be an always-on device, connected to either Wi-Fi or mobile broadband, that idea seems to have fallen by the wayside. The HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook, for example, does not include a 3G antenna, something found in the original Google Chromebook, as well as the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550. Google's high-end Pixel model even offers a 4G LTE version. But the bundled wireless service always comes with an asterisk; in the case of the 4G Pixel -- which is $250 more than the Wi-Fi-only version -- it's this: 100MB per month for two years of mobile broadband from Verizon Wireless. In other words, it's way too paltry to do anything substantive.
Perhaps sensing that always-on broadband isn't going to always work for sub-$400 laptops, Google now emphasizes the offline capabilities of Chrome, which are largely tied in to the offline modes that have been built into Google's various tools, such as Google Docs, over the years.
The offline-ready apps in the Chrome Web Store.
A few other Chrome-compatible Web tools also work offline, and Google has set aside a section of its Chrome Web Store (really just a dressed-up set of links to Chrome OS versions of web sites) to make them easier to find.
Google Drive as office suite I'll let you in on a little secret. I've been using Google Drive (nee "Google Docs") as my main word processor for a few years now, and it's such a useful, well-maintained online tool that the benefits far outweigh a few significant shortcomings. For that reason, using Google Drive on a Chromebook was a natural transition for me, and one of the elements of Chromebook use that felt the most comparable to using a non-Chrome OS laptop.
Like nearly all writers, I spent years using Microsoft Word on both Windows and OS X systems. It's still the default for word processing, and DOC and DOCX are still universal file formats (fortunately, Google Drive allows you to open and export these formats).
But, reviewing new laptops all the time, I was setting up a new system once or twice a week at least, which often made using these new laptops for writing a pain. Microsoft now has an ad-supported "free" version of Word that comes preinstalled on some (but not all) laptops, but previously, if you were lucky you had a trial version, or else nothing at all. Very often, I ended up either installing OpenOffice (a free, if clunky, office suite), or digging up an old install disc for Office 2003. Even under the best of circumstances, I had to remember to e-mail myself the latest version of my Word doc, or sneakernet it around on a USB stick. (Nowadays, I'd store the documents on Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, or the like, but I'd still be stuck installing the word processing software itself.)
So many of the work tools we use now are online and collaborative that it's hard to remember when that wasn't the norm, but when I started using Google Drive in earnest in 2009 it was a major change to my workflow. Even now, on the HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook, I can open any document I've been working on from another laptop, add some text, and then seamlessly switch back to the first laptop at any point. It's also easy to share docs with anyone else via a few button clicks -- and multiple authorized users can access and edit a document in real time (which is something you may or may not want).
Working on a document in Google Docs.
Google Drive works best for simple text-based documents with minimal formatting. You can add images, tables, and other design elements, but these are not as full-featured as in Microsoft Office, and don't always translate as one might expect when exporting to a DOC file.
Another thing that drives me crazy about Google Drive is the lack of a "show hidden characters" command in its word processor. That's not something everyone uses, but for writers, especially those who got their start in print publishing, being able to see every tab, paragraph break, and even the spaces between characters is important. I've learned to live without it, but it's still my least favorite part of the Google Drive experience.
The presentation and spreadsheet apps included with Google Drive are somewhat less successful. My needs for XLS files are limited, but even then I've run out of available columns and been forced to start a new tab in a spreadsheet. In fact, all the Google Drive apps have size and complexity limitations, and you can find more details about that here. Those are limitations to the actual Google Drive platform, not something specific to Chrome OS or the Chromebook.
Another option for Microsoft Office purists is Office 365, the cloud-based version of Office. It's a paid service, not all features work in Chrome OS, and it doesn't facilitate the easy sharing that Google Docs does with anyone who has a free Gmail account.
It may be something you'll need to use every day, but I've had good luck exporting Google Docs files into the PDF format (it's a setting built right in to Google Docs under File > Download as), and the file browser in Chrome OS can open PDF files for easy reading.
One handy thing to keep in mind is that most Google Drive files can be accessed even when your Chromebook (or other PC) is offline. But, you have to set up the offline mode for your account first by following the instructions here. Gmail also has an offline mode, and you can find more apps and features that work on an offline Chromebook in this special section of the Chrome Web Store (of course, you'll have to be online to see this list).
Using a mouse, printer, and other peripherals One of the big problems I had with the less-expensive Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer has been the terrible touch pads built into those systems. I don't care if your laptop cost less than $200, if the touch pad is unusable, you're just not going to be productive on it.
The touch pad on the $329 HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook is a bit better, but still not even as good as the touch pads found on budget Windows laptops. It was passable for basic Web surfing, but if you plan on using your Chromebook for more than a couple of hours at a time, an external mouse is recommended.
Fortunately, despite not having any way to install drivers or dive into the deeper functions of pointing devices, I had good luck getting external devices to work. Both the wireless Microsoft mouse and the external Logitech touch pad I tried worked instantly, both via USB dongle (a second wireless mouse, from Targus, did not work).
Printing is a little more complicated. You'll need to use a service Google calls Cloud Print. That works one of two ways. The less likely scenario is that you already own one of a handful of Cloud-Print-ready printers, in which case you should be able to connect easily if you're on the same network. More likely, you have what Google generously refers to as a "classic printer," in which case, you have to run a Cloud Print app on a separate Windows or OS X machine, and from there, connect to your Chromebook.
This is about as far from the simple, stripped-down appeal of Chromebooks and the Chrome OS as one could imagine.
That said, when I followed the steps outlined in this support doc from Google, the Cloud Print feature worked the first time I tried it.
Workaround apps If your job involves only e-mail, text documents, and simple spreadsheets, moving to a Chromebook may well be a very simple transition for you, especially if you already make use of Google's online tools.
If, however, you have occasional need for programs such as Photoshop, you're going to have to find a workaround. There actually are a few basic image-editing features built into Chrome OS, but if you need to do more than adjust the rotation or brightness and contrast of an image, you'll hit a wall very quickly.
I've always used a Web-based tool named Pixlr for emergency photo edits. It's a cloud-based image editor that looks and feels a lot like Photoshop. You upload an image, edit it, then download the resulting file. It works well enough in a pinch, although if you're a heavy Photoshop user, a Chromebook just isn't for you.
I found Pixlr listed in the Chrome Web Store, but "installing" the app really just takes you to the Pixlr Web site. Similar online tools, including some basic video editors, can be found in the Creative Tools section of the Chrome Web Store. One caveat, especially if you're working with big images: remember that you'll have to both upload and redownload the image file, so make sure you have the time and bandwidth to work that way before you count on an online app such as Pixlr.
You can be productive on a Chromebook, sometimes As an on-the-go system for catching up on e-mail (especially if you use Gmail or Google's corporate e-mail services), and creating or editing basic office documents, a Chromebook works, and works well considering the less-than-$250 investment (for the Samsung Chromebook Series 3, the most affordable Chromebook CNET can recommend).
That said, it does not excel in any particular area, and even a budget Windows laptop offers more flexibility and the ability to run more software. Even if you only need a particular app once in a great while, unless there's an online version that works in the Chrome browser, you're out of luck.
Here's what worked:
Google Drive/Google Docs works the same as it does on non-Chrome PCs
Having cloud-based documents makes it easy to share and access documents on multiple PCs
Many mice and other accessories are plug-and-play
Offline access to some features helps the Chromebook be more universally useful
Here's what didn't:
You're stuck with second-rate online alternatives to programs such as Photoshop
Setting up a printer is a hassle
Google Docs lacks many of the bells and whistles of Microsoft Office
In the next Living with Chromebook installment, we'll look at entertainment options in Chrome OS, from streaming video to games.
Paris may soon use sound radar to target loud motorcycles, report says
Paris may soon use sound radar to target loud motorcycles, report says
Major cities are loud, and that noise pollution often has a lot to do with people driving extremely loud cars around at all hours. I lived in downtown Los Angeles for three years and can attest to this personally. (I'm looking at you, everyone who drives a late-model V8-powered Stellantis product with an exhaust modification.) Paris wants to combat this kind of noise pollution by using a device called sound radar, also known as Medusa.
What exactly is sound radar? Well, it's this weird bundle-of-snakes-looking thing that city officials are considering putting up throughout Paris. The four microphones are triggered by sounds louder than a certain decibel level, which then triangulates the source of the sound and uses CCTV to photograph and cite the offending vehicle. By vehicle, I mean motorcycle, since that appears to be the primary target for this program.
Modern motorcycles sold in Europe have to meet extremely stringent emissions standards, and these include sound emissions. The current Euro 5 regulations limit new motorcycles with engine displacements over 175cc to just 80 decibels, which is the rough equivalent of a household garbage disposal, so it's unlikely that folks on newer, unmodified two-wheelers have much to be worried about.
"We have nothing against Ferraris or Harley Davidsons, but their owners sometimes like to demonstrate their vehicles' power and the noise really troubles residents," said Villeneuve-le-Roi official Remy Jourdan in an interview with Reuters.
These Medusas are part of an extensive plan to make Paris a quieter and more pleasant place to live overall. This plan -- which would allow the Medusas to start ticketing people -- will be put to a vote on Oct. 12 and will be in effect from 2021 through 2026, according to a report published Wednesday by French publication Liberation.
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Incase's ARC bag collection will handle your tech-carrying needs with eco-friendly materials
Incase's ARC bag collection will handle your tech-carrying needs with eco-friendly materials
Incase, which designs bags and other protection for creatives, announced a new collection Thursday that puts a focus on using sustainable and recycled materials. Called ARC, short for "A Responsible Carry," the collection consists of three backpacks and a tote: the Travel Pack, Commuter Pack, Daypack and Tech Tote. All of the bags are made from recycled polyester with a polyurethane coating to protect them from wear and weather.
The shoulder straps and the back panels on the backpacks use eco-friendly Ortholite Impressions memory foam. The foam's open-cell design helps with breathability and moisture and also fights bacteria growth. Incase used nylon lining throughout the collection that helps inhibit bacterial growth as well.
The backpacks all have a well-organized tech compartment on the outside at the top. It has elastic straps for cables, a stretchy mesh pocket that's perfect for earbuds and a slip pocket that runs the length of the compartment. Behind that slip pocket is a zippered pocket lined with RFID-blocking material. The tote has a similar tech storage compartment that also has RFID blocking.
The ARC collection is currently three backpacks and a tote.
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I had a chance to test out two of the four bags in the lineup, the $229 Travel Pack and $199 Commuter Pack. (My first impressions on those are below.) Prices for the UK and Australia weren't immediately available but those prices convert to £165 and AU$315 for the Travel Pack and £145 and AU$270 for the Commuter Pack.
The $129 Daypack is a trimmed-down version of the Commuter Pack but can still fit a 16-inch laptop and a 13-inch tablet. The Tech Tote, $79, fits a 13-inch laptop, has quick-access front and back pockets, and can be carried by its cushioned top handles or on your shoulder or across your back with its removable shoulder strap.
Incase ARC Travel Pack
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The Travel Pack is a small suitcase that also has room for your tech. If you regularly take a second set of clothing for your commute, e.g. gym clothes and shoes, as well as a laptop up to 16 inches and a 13-inch tablet, too, this would be a great fit. It is compact and slim but it can actually fit quite a lot.
Organization inside and out is spot-on. The main compartment butterflies open and there are zippered mesh dividers to help keep your packing tidy. A separate, expandable shoe compartment accessed from the front keeps your clothes clean and has room and then some to fit my size-12 shoes (11 in the UK and Australia).
Using the shoe storage does eat into your internal space but you can open a zipper that wraps around the body to give you a couple of inches of additional storage space. There are compression straps on the outside to help cinch things down, however they look sloppy compared to the overall clean look of the bag. Similarly, with no way to secure the shoulder straps to the bag's back panel, the shoulder straps simply sag and flap around when you carry the bag by its side handle.
One of the bag's best features, an internal water-bottle pocket that's accessible from the outside, helps keep the outside of the bag looking tidy. It also lets you put the bag down on its side without the water bottle getting in the way, and it would make sliding it under an airplane seat easier as well.
There is a separate laptop-and-tablet compartment at the back of the bag with a YKK weather-sealed zipper. However, unlike the company's EO Travel Backpack, the compartment doesn't fully open and lie flat to make passing through airport scanners easier. There are also no loops on the zippers to add a lock to secure your tech or other belongings in the backpack.
Incase ARC Commuter Pack
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While the Travel Pack is a mixed bag for me, the Commuter Pack is a winner. Again, organization is great, but this time the bag's design is more all-around thoughtful. For example, the zippered pockets on each side can be used to hold a water bottle or umbrella but can also be used to simply secure small items. It's also a good place to charge your phone on the go. And when they're not in use, there's no saggy pockets to look at.
The main compartment has plenty of room for a lunch, headphones, books or whatever, and there's a large slip pocket for files, too. There is also a set of elastic tie-down straps similar to what you'd find in a suitcase that are perfect for holding a jacket. Just like the Travel Pack, you'll find a separate laptop-and-tablet compartment with a weather-sealed zipper. The laptop sleeves are lined with faux fur to protect your tech and feel amazing to boot.
My favorite feature, though, is the hidden faux-fur-lined pocket on the top. It's a quick-and-easy spot to drop your phone or sunglasses, and it has a magnetic closure so stuff won't fall out. But the best part is that the pocket is accessible even when the pack is on your back.
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9 Tips to Help Your Baby Enjoy Baths
9 Tips to Help Your Baby Enjoy Baths
Bath time with your baby can go one of two ways. It's either a sweet time to bond and have your child explore the sensory sensation of water, or it's a tear-filled challenge. But just because bath time is hard now doesn't mean it'll always be stressful. By making some adjustments -- such as picking the right tub, temperature and time -- you can help your baby actually enjoy baths.
We rounded up nine helpful tips to help make bath time a pleasant experience for your baby.
Read more: Baby Bath Time: How to Bathe Your Newborn Baby
Tip 1: Keep your baby warm during the bath
Your baby's body loses heat four times faster than your own. And because you're not going to submerge them in water, bath time can make your baby chilly and uncomfortable.
If you're sponge bathing your newborn, you can keep them wrapped in a towel except for the part you're actively cleaning.
Once they graduate to a baby bathtub, it gets a little trickier. You shouldn't have them in more than a few inches of water, but that leaves their tiny body exposed to the air. Warm your bathroom up to about 75 degrees Fahrenheit and make sure you're gently splashing the bathwater over your baby throughout. You can also drape a warm washcloth over them and periodically submerge it in the bathwater to keep their temperature up.
All this might make you want to use hot water, but that isn't the best idea. Water doesn't have to be very hot to burn your baby or dry out their skin. The temperature should feel warm, not hot, when you test it on the inside of your wrist. If you have a bath thermometer, it should read 120 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
Tip 2: Bathe your baby only a few times a week
Until your baby gets mobile, they don't need a daily bath. The experts at the Mayo Clinic say that bathing your baby three times a week is probably enough. More than that can irritate your baby's delicate skin, making bath time less enjoyable for them.
That means you don't need to force bath time if your baby isn't in the mood. If they're tired, hungry or just grumpy, you can skip the bath that day. As long as you thoroughly clean their diaper area every time they need to be changed, they should stay clean enough for another day.
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Tip 3: Get prepped before you start bath time
You should never leave your child alone in the bath. Babies can drown even in small amounts of water. Plus, leaving them alone can make the bath feel scarier.
Before you run the water, make sure you have everything you need:
Washcloths
Gentle baby soap and baby shampoo
Bath toys, if your baby's old enough to enjoy them
Their baby bathtub, if applicable
Towels to dry them off
A clean diaper for afterward
The last thing you want is to have to run to the next room because you forgot something. But if you do, make sure you bring your baby with you (wrapped in a towel so they don't get cold).
Tip 4: Use soap sparingly during the bath
While you might have images of a bath filled with bubbles, skip it. Not only can excess soap irritate your baby's skin, but it can also lead to urinary tract infections. Instead, stick with a few drops of baby-safe soap or shampoo to clear away any grime.
Your baby's skin probably won't need any lotion afterward, but you can talk to your pediatrician if you notice dry skin. Just remember that anything you introduce onto your baby's skin can upset its delicate balance.
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Tip 5: Make the bath part of your baby's routine
Your baby might feel more comfortable in the bath if you make it part of their routine. Some parents choose to integrate bath time into the bedtime routine, for example, using it to soothe their babies as they ready them for bed.
You don't have to make a hard-and-fast rule about when to bathe your baby. If they're fussy one night, it's OK to try again the next morning. Forcing bath time can make them dislike it even more.
Tip 6: Have fun during baby bath time
If your baby seems to like the water, use bath time as playtime. Splash around gently and let them play in the water, too. If you end up staying in the bath for a while and need to add more warm water, run the cold first to avoid scalding your baby and make sure you add warm, not hot, water.
Once your baby starts playing with toys, you might want to introduce them to the bath to make it more fun.
Tip 7: Use the right tub for your baby
To set you both up for an enjoyable bath, get the right type of tub for them.
While they have their umbilical stump, this means no tub at all. Your baby should only get sponge baths.
Once the umbilical area has healed, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends using a safe, sturdy bathtub without a fabric or mesh sling. This will give your baby the support they need while freeing up your hands to gently wash them, keep soap out of their eyes and see to their needs.
When your baby can sit up on their own, you can use a full-sized bath, but only fill it up a couple of inches.
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Tip 8: Don't rush through bath time
If you're stressed during bath time, your baby can sense it. If you feel rushed, consider postponing the bath to the next day.
Bath time should be an opportunity for you and your baby to bond, maybe even playing together in the water. If you have to hurry through it, you're both going to have a less enjoyable time.
Tip 9: Make your baby comfortable after the bath
How good does it feel to get out of the shower and wrap yourself in a big, fluffy towel in a warm room? Your baby will enjoy that sensation, too.
Right after the bath ends, put a towel around them and use a second towel or washcloth to gently pat them dry. Don't forget to get inside any folds and rolls. Have a clean diaper and clothes, pajamas or a robe handy to get them back into something to keep them warm and comfy after their bath.
The information contained in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as health or medical advice. Always consult a physician or other qualified health provider regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition or health objectives.
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Spotify Lets You Change the Order of Your Playlists. Here's How
Spotify Lets You Change the Order of Your Playlists. Here's How
Music is fun, and science says people can even benefit from it across different situations. Studying for an exam? Classical music can help you absorb information better. Driving on a sunny day? Rap can make you a more attentive driver. Feeling angry? Heavy metal can help inspire and calm you down.
Spotify has a playlist for all of these situations, and more. However, if you follow (or create) a lot of playlists, you might lose track of your favorite ones. Then, instead of listening to the perfect gaming playlist because it's buried under other playlists, you're listening to your date night playlist, and you have the worst game of your life.
You can rearrange your Spotify playlists in whatever order you want, though, so you know where your playlists are in your library. Here's how.
How to rearrange your Spotify playlists
1. On desktop, open a web browser and sign in to your Spotify account, or open the Spotify desktop app.
2. On the left side of the window, you should see your liked and created playlists. Click and hold on the playlist you want to move and drag that playlist up or down the list. You should see a green line appear when dragging the playlist that indicates where the playlist will be.
3. When your playlist is where you want it, drop the playlist.
Can I rearrange my Spotify playlists in the mobile app?
Unfortunately, you can't rearrange the order of your Spotify playlists on the mobile app at this time. Once you've rearranged playlists on desktop, though, you can sort your playlists by that same Custom order on mobile. Here's how.
When the Playlists bubble near the top is selected, Custom order is an option. Otherwise, you wont have the Custom order option.
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1. Open your Spotify app.
2. Tap Your Library.
3. Tap the Playlists bubblenear the top of your screen.
4. Underneath Playlists, tap the ↓↑ symbol. This opens up the Sort by menu.
5. Tap Custom order.
The order of your Spotify playlists on mobile and desktop should now be the same. Remember, if you don't rearrange the playlist order on desktop first, Custom order won't show up as an option. You can also arrange your playlists in the Sort by menu by Recently played, Recently added,Alphabetical or Creator, which arranges the playlist in alphabetical order based on who created the playlist.
For more on Spotify, you can read how to make your Spotify playlists sound better, what Spotify's Car Thing is and how to find the lyrics to what's playing on your Spotify.
