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Samsung's Fold and Flip rollout has been a little...messy. The tech giant's Unpacked event took place in South Korea, its home turf, this year, so its promos have been themed to Korean culture. Last week, ahead of today's Unpacked livestream, the tech company invited me to preview their new phones at their New York city pop-up , which opened to the public this morning. Unpacked is taking place in South Korea this year, so the event promised a "K-culture" experience including a manicure and interactive photo booths. The space was cute but, reader, they manicured a single finger of mine and grabbed the photo booth prints from me before sending me out the door empty-handed (well, except for that one glossy nail). They said they wanted to make sure I didn't share the photos before the space opened to the public, even though it's my job to respect embargoes. The best photos I got from the event, ironically, were taken on my iPhone. The experience felt awkwa

The Barbie script is genius. So genius in fact that for the past week I've unapologetically been calling my home "the mojo dojo casa house," exclusively pronouncing The Godfather as Issa Rae did in the film, and quoting Ken's ( Ryan Gosling ) distaste for the patriarchy's exclusion of horses at any opportunity I get.  The Barbie movie has left a pink handprint on all of our hearts . I personally cried, laughed, and screamed for the entirety of its runtime. And while there's a lot about the movie to fall in love with, from its Easter eggs all the way to its beautiful bench scene , there are a couple — okay, a lot — of one-liners from the film I hope we all quote forever. So without further ado, let's hop into Barbie's pink convertible, take a trip down memory lane, and relish in the film's best, funniest, most underrated, and even most shocking lines.  Credit: Warner Bros. 1. "Yay space!" — Barbie Everyone greets each other in

As explained on Intel's official site for developers, the x86 architecture is now utilized in data centers, personal computers, and various other environments requiring performance-oriented CPUs and heavy computational workloads. Originally introduced in 1978 with the 8086 CPU, the original x86 ISA featured only eight 16-bit general-purpose registers, which were... Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/yMcI0EZ via

The latest idiotic fad to hit the internet is ingesting Borax. Borax is a cleaning agent introduced 132 years ago. It is primarily used as a laundry detergent booster but was also an active ingredient in cheap powdered hand soap before being discontinued. Now it seems that Borax is not... Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/QvTItsN via

As teams play through the first week of the FIFA Women's World Cup ™, which kicked off on July 20 and will end Aug. 20, those in the world of tech are attempting to solve a glaring problem in the world of sports: inequitable visibility of, and access to, women's team coverage.  Today, Google announced a gender-focused tailoring of its Search function, including more inclusive responses for "gender-ambiguous" sports searches and the continued expansion of coverage for women's competitions in the information boxes at the top of the results page. Search results now include over 380 leagues across a variety of women's sports, and when search queries don't specify which team coverage the user is looking for, Google will choose responses based on relevant tournaments and events, or provide easy access to both women's and men's teams. Improvements also include providing gender-correct responses for searches in gendered languages like Spanish, German, a

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Inkscape has released version 1.3 with numerous improvements including a new shape builder tool, lasso selection for nodes, filter editor overhaul, font collections, and new pattern editor. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/Ab564c9 via

Seeking something spooky this summer? Then step right up to Disney's Haunted Mansion .  What began as a ride in Disneyland's Magic Kingdom first got the movie treatment in 2003 with The Haunted Mansion , a clunky action-comedy headlined by Doctor Dolittle' s Eddie Murphy. This time around, Disney has collected an all-star cast that includes LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, Winona Ryder, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jared Leto. Plus, there's some dazzling critically heralded talent behind the scenes: The Heat screenwriter Katie Dippold on the script and Dear White People writer/director Justin Simien at the helm.  Together, they may be tasked by Disney to relaunch Haunted Mansion as a franchise-starter that could sail to success like ride-turned-blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean . Time will tell on that count. But in the short term, I can assure you that Haunted Mansion is bloody good fun for kiddos (of all ages) who enjoy