Month: May 2017

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Survey Shows More Millennial Women Are Saying “F*ck It” and Not Shaving Their Armpits

A new study shows that increasingly more and more women are ditching razors and embracing their body hair — but more specifically, their armpit hair.

Mintel, a UK-based market research company, conducted a survey of 2,000 internet users aged 16 or older to learn more about their beauty habits. The survey discovered that 77 percent of women aged 16 to 24 removed their underarm hair in 2016, which is actually down from the 84 percent of women who shaved their pits in 2014. That means nearly one in four women from that sample group are saying “f*ck that” to razors.

The data also showed that a whopping 83 percent of women from that same age group agreed there’s “too much pressure on women to remove or groom body hair.” We couldn’t agree more with that one!

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Now, although we can’t quite generalise this data to encompass all women, as only 2,000 were surveyed, we must admit that we, too, have noticed a widespread movement toward going au naturel in the armpit department. Despite backlash for doing so, many celebrities like Paris Jackson and Bella Thorne have chosen to shun the shaver, along with other non-celeb women who have proudly shared snapshots of their grown-out hairs on social media. This Mintel study might just be the proof we need that hairy pits are here to stay. So, would you forgo your razor this Summer?

 

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Climate change is literally keeping us up at night

May 29, 2017 | 3:54pm | Updated

Rising temperatures caused by climate change seem to be disrupting America’s sleep patterns, according to a new study.

A temperature increase of 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit causes three bad nights of sleep per 100 individuals per month. Across the United States, that amounts to 9 million sleepless nights a month and 110 million nights each year.

“Our study represents the largest ever investigation of the relationship between sleep and ambient temperature,” the authors wrote, “and provides the first evidence that climate change may disrupt human sleep.”

Scientists have long known that a comfortable body temperature is key for a good night’s sleep. But this research is the first to find a correlation between hotter-than-usual nights and an increase in self-reported sleeplessness. The findings were published May 26 in Scientific Advances.

Nick Obradovich, lead author on the study, was driven to explore the relation between the two after a record heat wave tore through Southern California in 2015. Obradovich, who was a graduate student at the time, barely slept during the six-day stretch of 100-degree nights. He noticed his friends and classmates had also become way more tired and sluggish.

To figure out if there was any connection, Obradovich and three other researchers collected CDC data of 765,000 Americans contacted between 2002 and 2011. The CDC randomly conducts public health surveys in which they call people and ask things like whether they wear their seatbelt, how easily they sunburn and how many nights of insufficient sleep they’ve had in the past 30 days.

The researchers then took this data and cross-referenced it with local weather station records to see if the respondents had experienced unusual nighttime temperatures. They had.

Additionally, the study found that low-income families who can’t afford air conditioners and senior citizens whose bodies are more susceptible to heat stress were affected the worst.

Poor sleep has been connected to a magnitude of ills that include a weaker immune system, decreased brain function, obesity, cancer and heart disease.

“Sleep is just one of many other factors that ultimately combine into the broad perspective on human well-being,” Obradovich told the Huffington Post. “Take into consideration that temperature may affect exercise patterns and mood, too, and you get this cornucopia of factors that, when we combine them all, you realize climate is going to really affect human behavior.”

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Construction begins on the world’s first ‘super telescope’ that could help astronomers find alien life

  • The European Extremely Large Telescope is due to begin operating in 2024 
  • The telescope is on a 3,000 meter-high mountain in Chile’s Atacama desert
  • It will refine astronomers’ burgeoning discoveries of planets orbiting stars
  • It is some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today

Construction has begun on a ‘super telescope’ that could help astronomers find alien life.

The  European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), being built in Chile, is designed to help astronomers peer back to the first galaxies 14 billion years ago.

When its completed, it will be the world’s largest optical telescope, some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today.

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The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), will be the world's largest optical telescope. It will be some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today. Its main mirror will measure some 39 meters (127ft) across

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The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), will be the world’s largest optical telescope. It will be some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today. Its main mirror will measure some 39 meters (127ft) across

THE ELT: KEY FACTS

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), will be the world’s largest optical telescope.

It will be some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today.

Its main mirror will measure some 39 meters (127ft) across.

This will give it the ability to find more smaller planets, image larger ones, and possibly characterise their atmosphere

Located on a 3,000 meter-high mountain in the middle of the Atacama desert, it is due to begin operating in 2024.

The size of the ELT has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe, say its backers.

Its main mirror will measure some 39 meters (127ft) across.

This will be housed in an huge rotating dome 85 metres in diameter – a similar size to a football pitch.

Located on a 3,000 meter-high mountain in the middle of the Atacama desert, it is due to begin operating in 2024.

Among other capabilities, it will add to and refine astronomers’ burgeoning discoveries of planets orbiting other stars, with the ability to find more smaller planets, image larger ones, and possibly characterise their atmospheres, a key step in understanding if life is present.

‘What is being raised here is more than a telescope. Here we see one of the greatest examples of the possibilities of science,’ said Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in a speech to mark the beginning of construction at the site.

When its completed, it will be the world's largest optical telescope, some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today

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When its completed, it will be the world’s largest optical telescope, some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today

The President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, arrives at the first stone ceremony for the ELT

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The President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, arrives at the first stone ceremony for the ELT

View of the Paranal Observatory where the Extremely Large Telescope will be located, in Antofagasta, Chile

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View of the Paranal Observatory where the Extremely Large Telescope will be located, in Antofagasta, Chile

The dry atmosphere of the Atacama provides as near perfect observing conditions as it is possible to find on Earth, with some 70 percent of the world’s astronomical infrastructure slated to be located in the region by the 2020s.

The ELT is being funded by the European Southern Observatory, an organisation consisting of European and southern hemisphere nations.

Construction costs were not available but the ESO has said previously that the ELT would cost around 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion, £871 million) at 2012 prices.

Massive space telescope that could spot alien life to be built

Located on a 3,000 meter-high mountain in the middle of the Atacama desert, the ELT is due to begin operating in 2024

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Located on a 3,000 meter-high mountain in the middle of the Atacama desert, the ELT is due to begin operating in 2024

The ELT is being funded by the European Southern Observatory, an organisation consisting of European and southern hemisphere nations

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The ELT is being funded by the European Southern Observatory, an organisation consisting of European and southern hemisphere nations

This image shows the casting of the secondary mirror for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) which was completed by SCHOTT at Mainz, Germany, earlier this month

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This image shows the casting of the secondary mirror for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) which was completed by SCHOTT at Mainz, Germany, earlier this month

View of the Armazones hill where the Extremely Large Telescope will be located in Chile

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View of the Armazones hill where the Extremely Large Telescope will be located in Chile

 

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Google is now offering four free months of Google Play Music

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If you’ve been on the fence about Google Play Music, or have been thinking of jumping ship from Spotify or Apple Music, now is a great time to check out the tech giant’s streaming music platform.

Google is running a new deal on its streaming and music storage service that offers users up to 123 days (four months) of a free Play Music Subscription.

Google Play MusicPlay Music allows users to scan up to 50,000 songs from their music library and also listen to custom radio stations from their computer of mobile device. The free tier of of Play Music features ads, though subscribers who pay $9.99 CAD are able to avoid ads and listen to any of the platform’s over 35 million songs, download music for offline listening and get access to YouTube Red (only in the U.S).

In comparison, Apple Music and Spotify both offer free three months premium tier subscriptions. You can find the special coupon code for the four month free deal at this link.

Google Play Music is available on iOS and Android.

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Massive Leak Reveals Monster 18-core Intel Core i9-7980XE Processor: Should AMD Be Worried?

Who wants an 18-core, 36-thread desktop processor? Well, this could be on the cards in the near future as the latest rumor points at Intel not stopping at just a measly 12-cores with its imminent launch of its X299 platform and Skylake-X processors. Instead, there could be 14-core, 16-core and even 18-core processors that sit above what we’ve already seen in unofficial data.

Intel's current flagship desktop CPU - the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores but that could double with the Core i9-7980XE, which could have 18 cores.

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Intel’s current flagship desktop CPU – the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores but that could double with the Core i9-7980XE, which could have 18 cores.

This summer was already heating up at the high end of the desktop processor market with AMD and Intel already doing battle with Ryzen versus Intel’s X99 platform. Then we had the announcement of AMD’s Threadripper processors – a range of 10,12, 14 and 16-core desktop processors and next month I expect Intel to release its anticipated X299 platform with up to 12-core processors. Now, it seems, Intel is planning a far more potent line-up of processors, and that 18-core part obviously pips AMD to the top spot in terms of cores and threads, with Threadripper slated to max-out at 16-cores.

The latest rumors point at 18 new CPUs from Intel and AMD to do battle this summer in the high-end desktop market

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The latest data from videocardz.com and wccftech.com point at 18 new CPUs from Intel and AMD to do battle this summer in the high-end desktop market

It’s a massive development if true as it means that Intel is nearly doubling the core count from its previous flagship, the Core i7-6950X, which has 10 cores, and that’s just from one generation to the next. Previously, the core count only rose by two from the 8-core Core i7-5960X to the 10-core Core-i7-6950X. With AMD planning to go all-out with Ryzen and Threadripper – both desktop parts that use common PC components, and also with AMD’s Zen architecture showing promise, this is perhaps not an entirely unexpected move from Intel.

AMD's Jim Anderson announces Threadripper - a range of CPUs that offer up to 16 cores and 32 threads

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AMD’s Jim Anderson announces Ryzen Threadripper at its recent financial analyst day – a range of CPUs that offer up to 16 cores and 32 threads

Of course, the most important factor is missing – we still have no idea about Intel’s X299 pricing and no clue about just how AMD will price-up its Threadripper processor range. However, many suspect AMD will continue to offer compelling performance for the price, although if this latest rumor is true, it will no longer enjoy an advantage in core count over Intel’s next-gen high-end desktop platform.

Are you in the market for a new high-end system? Does AMD’s Threadripper or Intel’s X299 platform get your vote? Let me know in the comments, on Facebook or Twitter.

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Here’s what’s coming to Netflix Canada in June

Here’s all of the television shows and movies coming to Netflix Canada this June.

June 1st and 2nd

This month starts off with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, a fantastical movie based on the novel by the same name. Though it adds and take away essential plot points, it gives a different experience for readers of the novels and those who are new to its world. Also on the 1st is Birth of a Nation a historical drama where a preacher commences an uprising to free fellow slaves in the South.June 2nd the second season of Flaked starring Will Arnett, where the actor plays as a self-help guru who needs a bit of help himself, is set to drop. Season 2 of Chelea Handler’s ‘Chelsea’ is set to release every Friday in June as well.

June 4th to the 9th

Turn: Washington Spies season three, a drama based Alexander Rose’s book Washington Spies: The Story America’s First Spy Ring, focused on the Culper Ring, will launch on the 4th of June.While on the 7th the movie Edge of Seventeen starring Hailee Steinfeld, Hayley Lu Richardson and Blake Jenner about a high school girl’s best friend dating her older brother, will release.

June 9th is the day nearly everyone has been waiting for, however, with the fifth season of Netflix Original Orange is the New Black, starring Taylor Schilling as Piper, finally releasing. The 9th is also the premiere of Netflix Original Shimmer Lake, a small town crime thriller directed and written by Oren Uziel, one of the writers for 22 Jump Street.

June 11th – 14th

Vacation, a movie with a self explanatory title, will launch on the 11th, with Oh Hello on Broadway, the Oh Hello comedy act created by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney.The second season of Quantico, focused on the lives of FBI agents who went through Quantico together, and how an explosion at Grand Central Station has turned their lives upside down. One of my favourite shows, Animal Kingdom, a crime drama that focuses on the life of Joshua J Cody, played by Finn Cole, who moves in with his grandmother and his three uncles, who all then pull off insane heists.

June 16th

The 16th is a bit of a busy day for Netflix, as three different titles will be launching. Netflix Original The Ranch, starring Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson, both from That 70s Show — also on Netflix, —  will release its third season.Children’s show, World of Winx season two will also be available on the 16th. Lastly A Man Called Ove, a Swedish comedy-drama film will release on Netflix, with subtitles, on the 16th

June 20th – 22nd

Disney’s newest hyrdro-kinetic princess, Moana, will be joining Netflix on the 20th.

Action crime drama, Queen of the South season one will be Netflix on the 21st. The show features a woman trying to avenge her boyfriend by being the country’s most prevalent drug smuggler.

On June 22nd the comedy drama film, 20th Century Woman, is set to be available on Netflix. The movie is about three women raising a teenage boy in 1979.

June 23rd

June 23rd is just as busy as the 16th for Netflix, with four new titles hitting the streaming service. Glow, a sports drama about the lives of women who perform in professional wrestling, will launch its first season on the 23rd.The first season of  Netflix Original Free Rein, a TV show about a girl meeting a mysterious horse on the English country side, also releases on June 23rd. Nobody Speak: Trials Of The Free Press, directed by Brian Knappenberger, is about Hulk Hogan’s court case against Gawker Media and how the rich can circumvent the free speech of the press.

Lastly, Netflix Original film You Get Me, starring Bella Thorne, Halston Sage and Tylor John Smith, will premiere on the 23rd.

June 27th – 28th

Netflix will launch Chris D’Elia —Man On Fire skit will launch on the 27th of June. D’Elia is known for co-starring on the show Witney.The seventh season of murder mystery drama, Pretty Little Liars, will be available on Netflix on the 28th. OKJA an odd Netflix Original about a girl name Mija who does everything to protect her large peculiar animal name Okja.

June 30th

Finally we’ve reached the last day of the month, though Netflix left some of its best content for last. The eighth season of Rupaul’s Drag Race will be available on the 30th.The second season of Between, sci-fi drama about a mysterious disease that kills everyone over the age of 22 in the town of Pretty Lake, will be on Netflix the last day of June. The last title for the month of June is Netflix Original Gypsy, a show about a therapist who gets involved in the lives of her patients.

Here’s a quick look at everything that will be on Netflix this month:

June 1st
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
The Birth of a Nation 

June 2nd
Flaked: Season 2

June 4th
Turn: Washington Spies: Season 3
Shadow Hunters: The Mortal Instruments: Season 2 weekly episodes

June 7th
iZombie: Season 3 weekly episodes
The Edge of Seventeen

June 9th
OITNB: Season 5
Shimmer Lake

June 11th
The Fosters: Season 4

June 13th
Vacation
Oh Hello on Broadway

June 14th
Quantico: Season 2
Animal Kingdom: Season 1

June 16th
The Ranch: Part 3
World of Winx: Season 2
A Man called Ove

June 20th
Moana

June 21st
Queen of The South: Season 1

June 22nd
20th Century Women

June 23d
Glow: Season 1
Free Rein: Season 1
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
You Get Me

June 27th
Chris D’Elia: Man On Fire

June 28th
Pretty Little Liars: Season 7
OKJA

June 30th
Rupaul’s Drag Race: Season 8
Between: Season 2
Gypsy: season 1

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Best Buy Memorial Day 2017 Smartphone Deals: Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, LG G6, Moto Z, iPhone 7, And More

Best Buy’s Memorial Day 2017 sale has one heck of a selection of discounted Apple products and laptops, including the Surface Pro 4. That’s just a portion of it too, as smartphone deals are in the mix.

When it comes to mobile devices, what shoppers stand to get at slashed-down prices are the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, iPhone 7 and iPhone SE, Moto Z and Moto Z Droid, and LG G6.

Best Buy Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Deals

While the Galaxy S7 edge is no Galaxy S8, it’s perfect for those who value price more than having the latest smartphone features.

When purchased with a 24-month plan under Verizon, the Galaxy S7 edge is available for 17.99 a month instead of the regular $33 a month price. That adds up to $360 of savings in total.

It’s also up for grabs at $24.99 a month for 24 months (save $95) when activated with Sprint.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy S7 edge is set at $24.99 a month for 24 months (save $95) with an AT&T Next Year Every Year plan or $19.99 a month for 30 months (save $95) with an AT&T Next plan.

Arguably, the Galaxy S7 edge is enough to keep up with today’s smartphone standards, and it’s somewhat comparable with the Galaxy S8, making Best Buy’s offer a pretty good bargain.

Best Buy LG G6 Deals

Right off the bat, the LG G6 is available for $11.99 a month when purchased with a 24-month plan (save $384) with Verizon or $11.99 a month for 24 months (save $420) with Sprint.

Best Buy Moto Z, Moto Z Droid Deals

First up, the Moto Z Droid is available for $9.99 a month for 24 months under Verizon, saving customers $384.

If that’s a bit out of the budget, the Moto Z Play is set at $5.99 a month for 24 months with Verizon, providing $264 worth of savings.

Best Buy iPhone 7, iPhone SE Deals

The iPhone SE comes with $200 discounts when purchased and activated with a monthly plan under AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon.

Exact prices vary depending on the carrier, but as a few examples, the 16 GB variant is $4.99 a month for 30 months with an AT&T Next plan, while the 64 GB model is $10.37 a month for 24 months under Sprint.

If the iPhone SE just doesn’t cut it, then there are the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.

Again, prices depend on which carrier, and some instances of this are the 256 GB iPhone 7 that’s available for $23.33 a month with a 24-month plan (save $150) under AT&T and the 256 GB iPhone 7 Plus at $27.91 a month for 24 months under Sprint.

Just to be clear, Best Buy’s Memorial Day 2017 sale will end on May 29, so for anyone who wants to get some of these smartphone deals and discounts on the Galaxy S7 edge, LG G6, Moto Z, iPhone 7, and the rest, you better get to it.

It’s also worth mentioning that the retailer has a lot of other smartphone deals too, including but not limited to a free wireless charger and a $100 gift card when buying the Galaxy S8 with a monthly plan.

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Amazon’s 12 best daily deals: $10 off Echo Dot, glowing fidget spinners, video doorbell, more

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May 29th, 2017 at 9:57 AM
Happy Memorial Day, bargain hunters! Remember back in the old days when scoring great deals in Memorial Day sales meant that you actually had to leave the house? Well those day are long gone thanks to the internet. Highlights from today’s list of Amazon’s top daily deals include $10 off a brand new Echo Dot with coupon code DOTSAVE10 (Prime members only), more than 25% off the Ecobee3 Alexa-enabled thermostat, an awesome wireless video doorbell for under $100, more than half off one of our favorite robot vacuums, $100 off a Vizio sound bar and surround sound system, a fidget spinner that glows in the dark, two different Polk Audio speaker models, and so much more. Check out all of today’s top deals below.

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Microsoft to start storing data on DNA strands in the next few years

Microsoft expects to have an operational storage for DNA data within a decade.

Microsoft is planning to start storing its data on strands of DNA within the next few years, the company’s computer architects have revealed. Microsoft expects to have an operational storage system using DNA within a data centre by the end of the decade, according to a report in MIT Technology Review.

Currently, one of the best and cheapest ways to store a lot of information in a small space is magnetic tape which is rugged enough to hold information for up to 30 years. But as the data generation has reached an exploding stage, even magnetic tapes seem to be of little use. Therefore, Microsoft computer architects are considering a biological material such as DNA to be an odd choice for backing up large amounts of digital information, ScienceAlert reported on Saturday. Its ability to pack enormous amounts of data in a tiny space has been clear for more than 70 years.

“While strings of nucleic acid have been used to cram information into living cells for billions of years, its role in IT data storage was demonstrated for the first time just five years ago, when a Harvard University geneticist encoded his book — including jpg data for illustrations — in just under 55,000 strands of DNA,” the report said.

With the evolving technologies, scientists have been able to record 215 petabytes (215 million gigabytes) of information on a single gram of DNA. But scientists face a challenge in recording data in the form of a nucleic acid sequence. The tech giant demonstrated its DNA data storage technology last year by encoding roughly 200 megabytes of data in the form of 100 literary classics in DNA’s four bases in a single process. ALSO READ: Scientists develop growing computer made of DNA molecules

“This process would have cost around $800,000 using materials on the open market, meaning it would need to be thousands of times cheaper to make it a competitive option,” the report stated.

But the speed of data stored on DNA strands was as slow as 400 bytes per second. It poses as another challenge for the company to get around 100 megabytes per second to be feasible. According to the ScienceAlert report, new technologies have been seeing the cost of gene sequencing drop in recent years, which hints that Microsoft’s end of the decade target may be realistic. ALSO READ: NASA sequences DNA in space for the first time