10 Must-Have Gadgets to Protect You Against Natural Disasters

Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, blizzards, floods, wildfires, droughts. The earth can be cruel. If you underestimate the strength of natural disasters, you may find your life forever upended in the blink of an eye. But disaster preparedness can be an inconvenience. No, not as much a pain as surviving a hurricane but enough of one that we may put it off until it’s too late. Don’t fall into that trap! Survival is the one thing you shouldn’t procrastinate on. Not sure where to begin? Here are ten crucial gadgets, tools, and devices that you should always have on hand in case...

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Like a Boss: 5 Tools Every Team Manager and Leader Needs

It’s not easy being the boss. Whether you are in charge of a two-person team or you head a large department or office, it’s a stressful job. Get a little help from technology to ensure you are doing things right. From essential checklists to understanding and executing your duties, these apps and guides have it all. We made sure that the apps in this list have explicit privacy policies that don’t sell your data to anyone. And in case you’re an underling, pay attention. Before you know it, you will be well on your way to becoming a project manager...

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Facebook Launches New Crisis Response Hub to Streamline Help Efforts During Major Disasters

On the back of several major natural disasters, Facebook has created a new Crisis Response hub for all users. This is a drastic upgrade on the former Safety Check feature many people have used over the years in extreme events. Facebook Crisis Response The Crisis Response hub is the evolution of several crisis help features in existence across Facebook. The new hub will centralize support and recovery tools such as: Safety Check: check into your Facebook to let others know you are safe during a crisis event, natural or not Community Help: ask the local and wider community for assistance,...

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5 Things Bixby Voice Can Do (and One Thing It Can’t)

While Samsung’s initial rollout of its virtual assistant left many users underwhelmed, the full launch of Bixby Voice has piqued the interest of consumers once again. The company promises that its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant is a different breed from the others, thanks to contextual awareness and the ability to learn. But is this just marketing hype? We take a look at five surprising things that Bixby Voice can do, as well as one thing it doesn’t quite get right. 1. Understand Context A welcome feature of Bixby Voice is the assistant’s contextual awareness. This means that the AI is...

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10 Mistakes Not to Make as an Arduino Beginner

Arduino boards, and the many affordable microcontrollers that came in their wake, changed hobby electronics forever. What was once the domain of the super geek, armed with extensive knowledge of electronics and computing, is now available to all. The price of the hardware is always dropping, and the online community is always growing. We’ve previously covered getting started with an Arduino, and there are lots of great beginner projects to get you acquainted, so there’s no reason not to jump right in! But today, we will cover a few mistakes frequently made by folks who are new to this world,...

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Chrome Finally Adding Autoplay Video Blocking; Ability to Mute Entire Sites

What is the most annoying thing on the internet today? I’ll answer for you: autoplaying videos, of almost any kind. That is why Google says it is finally going to do something about it. That’s right! The version of Google Chrome will limit the ability for sites to autoplay videos. No More Autoplay Before you take your hat off and throw it jubilantly into the air, there are some caveats. According to the Google blog post that announced the upcoming change, if you have previously shown an interest in the media, it will autoplay. This means if you have interacted...

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