Month: November 2020

33 Gadgets For Your Bedroom You Didn’t Realize You Need

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A Baby Yoda night light? Check. Twinkle lights? Check, check.

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A heatable dumpling plushie that’ll make you forget all about your sore muscles or stomach cramps so you can lay in bed in peace.


Urban Outfitters

Promising review: “Not

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Queens Library Sets Parolees Up For Success With Smartphones

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QUEENS, NY — A new program at Queens Public Library aims to help formerly incarcerated people put their best foot forward as they reenter society with easy access to smartphones and job training.

The program, called the “Immediate Access: Technology Re-entry Program,” will provide 75 former inmates with data-equipped smartphones, online resources and job training for two years.

In a news release, the library said the program aims to benefit parolees who have been imprisoned for decades, possibly since before smartphones made their way into the mainstream.

Those released during the coronavirus pandemic, the library said, face an even more

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Inspur Information and Samsung Electronics Announce Open All-Flash Storage Resource Pooling Solution at OCP Tech Week

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1U flash memory up to 256TB, designed for high-density, high-performance servers and data centers

Inspur Information and Samsung Electronics announced a jointly-developed 1U server-based open all-flash storage resource pooling solution at OCP Tech Week. It uses the new Ruler SSD, based on the EDSFF standard (enterprise and data center storage) and can achieve a flash memory capacity of up to 256TB in 1U, supporting remote sharing of flash storage resources through NVMeoF technology. It is also suitable for local large-capacity and high-performance storage solutions.

With the growing application of 5G and AI in various industries, enterprise business development is facing

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Investors Weigh In: Will Tech Stocks Deliver Big Returns Over the Next 5 Years?

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Tech stocks have delivered for investors in a big way in 2020. But it’s not justa one-year blip on the radar: The tech industry has deep roots in just about every other sector now. As a result, tech stocks have delivered market-crushing returns for many years now. For example, the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLK) and tech-heavy NASDAQ-100 index have returned almost 500% over the past decade, versus 272% for the S&P 500 index. 

But with valuations stretched, can investors continue to expect tech to deliver? Host Jason Hall recently put that question to Motley Fool Contributors Danny Vena

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9 Best Lightning Headphones (2020)

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As far as digital output headphones go, Sony’s MDR1ADAC is a jack of all trades. Not only does this pair of headphones offer a detachable Lightning cable, but it also includes a USB-C cable, a 3.5mm cable, and proprietary connectors for the Walkman and Xperia mp3 players.

These folding over-ear headphones aim to provide the best digital signal processing at a reasonable price with their built-in DAC and amplifier.

One strange quirk of the DAC on these headphones is that it cannot be driven by Lightning power alone, and has a rechargeable battery that offers about 7.5 hours of playback.

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Smartphones become a lifeline for poor Brazilians

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The majority of financially vulnerable Brazilians performs key daily tasks including study and work exclusively via their smartphones, according to a study from the Center of Studies on Information and Communication Technologies (Cetic.br), the research arm of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br)

This is the latest study of a research series into technology habits of users after the emergence of the pandemic, which utilizes indicators from the center’s pre-Covid studies on tech adoption.

The sample size of the research is 101 million Internet users, which corresponds to 83% of Brazilian users aged 16 or over. The latest survey was

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Semtech and Symmetry Electronics Collaborate to Focus on Pro AV Customers

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Symmetry is now Semtech’s exclusive Pro AV Distributor for North America

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that Symmetry Electronics (Symmetry), a technology-focused distributor offering sales, technical and inventory support, will be the exclusive distributor in North America for Semtech’s Pro AV products.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201112005316/en/

Semtech and Symmetry Collaboration (Graphic: Business Wire)

“Symmetry has extensive experience working with customers in the professional audio-video space,” said Wen Hsu, Director of Sales and Applications at Symmetry. “We are eager to

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Best Black Friday 2020 deals available now: $30 pressure cooker, $10 Star Wars Monopoly and more

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This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2020, CNET’s gift picks with expert advice, reviews and recommendations for the latest tech gifts for you and your family.

The Black Friday gears are grinding fast, with new early deals popping up on a daily basis — and often disappearing again just as quickly. (It’s like Whack-A-Mole, Shopping Edition.) This can get frustrating because stores like Walmart and Target tease doorbuster deals for weeks ahead, then run out of inventory in minutes.

Still, there are serious bargains to be had right now, and it’s worth marking your calendar for those

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