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With new 12th-generation CPUs, Intel’s desktop CPU portfolio is completely overhauled
The last few generations of Intel’s mainstream desktop processors have been a mixed bag. The company has built some excellent chips that are highly competitive with AMD and even NVIDIA in the price range of $150 to $300. However, those same chips have also had numerous issues including overheating, performance throttling, poor overclocking support,
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Airthings Wave Plus Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitor with Radon Detection
Nothing says love like caring about the air someone breathes. Before, in-home high tech air quality monitoring was bulky, and prohibitively expensive The AirThings Wave+ looks just like a puck shaped smoke alarm, but it monitors air quality, CO 2, Radon, air temperature, humidity, and air pressure. Poor air quality both indoors and outdoors...
Education In The Middle East
Despite a significant improvement of formal education in the Middle Eastern countries during the past few decades the gap between education and employability is still widening. Governments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have invested heavily in educational institutions, and the past decade saw a rapid expansion of primary and secondary...
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iRobot Roomba i3+
Not many people we know enjoy the unpleasant chore of vacuuming so why not outsource it to a robot? iRobot‘s latest models are the most intelligent and reliable robot vacuum cleaners around, and they’ve got some nifty tricks up their sleeves… or dust buckets! The i3+ has some amazing features. Most notably, it's able...
Airthings Wave Plus Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitor with Radon Detection
Nothing says love like caring about the air someone breathes. Before, in-home high tech air quality monitoring was bulky, and prohibitively expensive The AirThings Wave+ looks just like a puck shaped smoke alarm, but it monitors air quality, CO 2, Radon, air temperature, humidity, and air pressure. Poor air quality both indoors and outdoors...
How to make digital fitness devices work for you
People became obsessed with tracking everything they eat when they started using calorie counters. We've been keeping track of our activities for quite some time now.
DaVinci invented a pedometer to help soldiers keep track of their daily walking distances. His invention was used by the Roman army for years until modern day technology came...
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Sensibo Air Smart AC Controller
As most of the west coast of the U.S has discovered, not all homes come with central air conditioning, so window air conditioners are still very much a reality. The problem is most people aren’t very intelligent. There are several fine options for adding app controls to your window box, but the Sensibo Air...
Your phone becomes a walkie-talkie with Microsoft Teams
A hallmark of Boost Mobile prepaid phones from the early 2000s was its PTT function, allowing you to talk through another person's cell phone speaker by pressing one button. Microsoft has announced plans for an upcoming update to Office 365 which will bring a similar feature to iOS (iPhone) and Android smartphones. However, Microsoft...
Education In The Middle East
Despite a significant improvement of formal education in the Middle Eastern countries during the past few decades the gap between education and employability is still widening. Governments across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have invested heavily in educational institutions, and the past decade saw a rapid expansion of primary and secondary...
3 Easy Workouts for Busy People
One of the most common things people come up to me asking for help with is having too few hours in their day. We're going to admit it. There’s always something we can fit into our schedule if we plan ahead properly and put some effort into it.
First off, let’s establish some ground rules...
Tips and Tricks for Staying Fit After 60
If you don't use it, you lose out on it, and this adages could not be more true for seniors' fitness. My years of experience working with hundreds of older adults has taught me one thing above everything else: Everyone can push just a bit farther, travel just a little longer, and achieve just...