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Thursday, 1 June 2017

Could the US stop a nuclear missile attack?

If a nuclear-tipped missile were hurtling toward the United States, would we be able to stop it? Maybe, if we were very lucky. But some experts warn that the United States’ missile defense system isn’t as reliable as people might think.

Right now, a constellation of sensors and 36 interceptor missiles make up the ground-based midcourse defense system, or GMD. It’s intended to act as insurance against a small-scale nuclear attack from North Korea, or possibly Iran, according to the Department of Defense. (Neither country has missiles capable of reaching the US, although US officials say North Korea is getting closer.) It’s not meant to ward off an unlikely attack from the much larger and more sophisticated arsenals of Russia or China —...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/30/15713966/ballistic-missile-attack-department-of-defense-pentagon-north-korea

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Samsung's new SmartThings and Wi-Fi mesh router goes up for preorder on Sunday

We now have a release date and price for the Connect Home, Samsung's attempt to marry a router with a SmartThings hub. The unassuming Samsung Connect Home is meant to sit out in the open to blanket your home in a mesh of Wi-Fi for data, and Zigbee and Z-Wave for wireless control over all your compatible home automation devices. Samsung Connect Home goes up for preorder at BestBuy.com starting Sunday, June 4th, and will be sold in a variety of configurations.

For large homes up to 4,500 square feet, Samsung offers a three-pack solution for a suggested price of $379.99, which seems about right compared to the $350 Netgear Orbi 2-pack, $395 Eero 3-pack, $330 Plume six-pack (prices will vary).
Smaller homes up to 1,500 square feet can buy a...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15723794/samsung-connect-home-router-price-date

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/06/samsungs-new-smartthings-and-wi-fi-mesh.html

Plex Live TV is live

Today Plex is taking the wraps off its first live television offering: Plex Live TV, now available in beta. Combined with Plex DVR, the Plex platform is even more compelling for people hoping to cut the cord from their cable company. With today's announcement, Plex is now a one-stop shop for live and recorded television, in addition to personal videos, images, and music, accessible from just about any device with a screen.

In addition to a Plex Pass subscription, Plex Live TV requires a digital tuner (and antenna) to suck down that free over-the-air signal — an option I’ll bet most of you have largely forgotten about. Once procured, you'll have access to local news, live sports, and 86 of the 100 most popular US network television shows,...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15723572/plex-live-television-price-date

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Misfit’s new tool lets you customize your fitness tracker to match your look

Misfit has launched a new tool that lets users personalize their wearables more easily. M.Y Misfit lets customers change the color, strap style, and material of a range of Misfit products, with the company claiming that a total of “600 unique possible combinations” are available. Colors include Jet, Rose Tone, Silver, Midnight, and Champagne, and strap styles range from leather to silicone to paracord.

The new tool works with the following Misfit products:

Shine 2 — the original Misfit design: a simple aluminum disc with a circle of LEDs that tracks steps and sleep, and can vibrate to nudge you awake or keep moving. Costs from $100
Ray — probably the most stylish Misfit; a sleek minimalist cylinder with basic movement tracking. Costs...

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https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/6/1/15719066/misfits-new-tool-lets-you-customize-your-fitness-tracker-to-match-your-look

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Giphy now lets you see the video that gave birth to your beautiful GIF

So you’ve just come across an amazing GIF. Ridiculous! How could someone make such a weird face? But now you’re left with one big question: where’d it come from? Usually, you’d have to do a reverse image search, or leave a comment and ask, but now Giphy has a much more elegant solution: just click the GIF and have it switch over to the source video. Then, you can watch exactly where it came from.

This new feature is launching in a very limited capacity. For one, it’ll only work on GIFs that have been made through Giphy’s GIF maker (or manually given an attribution link) and embedded using Giphy’s native GIF player. On top of that, it’ll only work with Vimeo videos at launch. That said, all existing Giphy embeds that meet these...

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https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15711698/giphy-gif-source-video-feature-vimeo

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/06/giphy-now-lets-you-see-video-that-gave.html

Seagate celebrates Xbox Game Pass launch with special external drives

To celebrate the launch of Microsoft's new Xbox Game Pass subscription service, Seagate will offer Special Edition external hard drives. They will be packed with free one-month or two-month subscriptions, depending on the capacity.

The post Seagate celebrates Xbox Game Pass launch with special external drives appeared first on Digital Trends.

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https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/seagate-xbox-game-pass-special-edition-hdd/

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Oppo R11: News and rumors

Oppo will announce a new phone on June 10, called the R11. It's expected to have a dual-lens camera, a good-looking design, and a fancy selfie cam. Here's everything we know about it so far.

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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/06/oppo-r11-news-and-rumors.html