Apple deals are harder and harder to spot, but our expert commerce team continuously tracks prices, sales, and deals throughout the week. That includes the best discounts on AirPods, iPad tablets, iPhone smartphones, Apple Watch, MacBook laptops, and more. Plus, we’re always on the lookout for deals on Apple accessories, so you’ll find everything you need in our comprehensive coverage. Best. Deals. Sales. Your inbox. Sign up for our exclusive daily deals list, sent every AM. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. In this guide, we’re going to show you…
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Desalination testing apparatus. (A) Schematic diagram of the testing apparatus where the hydrophobic membrane is sealed in a flow cell and hydraulic pressure is applied to the feed side. (B, C) Coupon-scale membrane flow cell with a membrane area of 0.86 cm2. Credit: Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg6638 Membrane technologies can provide efficient purification of unclear water sources to address a growing water shortage. However, when engineers develop state-of-the-art membranes, they are constrained by a lack of selectivity relative to high permeability. Current membranes also only poorly remove low-molecular weight neutral solutes and are vulnerable to degradation due to oxidants…
Trio joins growing list of Canadian tech firms that have restructured or ceased operating during the downturn. More Canadian technology startups have made the difficult decision to cut costs or close down amid a sector-wide downturn. Interest-rate hikes to combat rising inflation have cooled investor interest in tech, making it tougher for startups to secure venture capital (VC) funding and increasing the cost of borrowing. While overall unemployment has remained low, the tech industry has seen mass layoffs, public stocks tank, VC levels fall, and the valuations of privately-held firms drop. In the past seven months, nearly 225,000 tech company…
If you’ve been eyeing the new Google Pixel Tablet but didn’t want to drop half a grand on it, today might be your lucky day. The smart home-cum-mobile device is currently having its first big sale, with its 128GB model down from $499 to $440 — a 12 percent discount. If you want a bit more storage, the Google Pixel Tablet’s 256GB option is 13 percent off, dropping its price from $599 to $519. Google The Google Pixel Tablet first came on the scene in June and scored an 85 in our review. We were especially impressed with its included…
MSI Creator 15 tech specs: Screen size: 15.6 inches | CPU: 11th gen Intel Core i7 | RAM: 16GB | Storage: 1TB SSD | Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 | Battery life: 9 hours | Resolution: 4K | Touchscreen: Yes If you’re a creative professional or arts student looking for a durable laptop, you need the MSI Creator 15. Not only is it MIL-STD-810G certified for resistance to temperatures, dust and debris, water, drops, and shocks, it’s purpose-built to provide creatives with everything they need to draw, animate, make 3D models, or edit photos and videos. The OLED screen provides excellent 4K…
OnePlus is launching Ace 2 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 any moment now – we already saw one leaked render of the phone. Today, a new promo image surfaced, revealing one more color that could be Cyan. The promo leaflet also revealed the phone would support 150W fast charging, a feature we last saw in the Ace Pro (better known as OnePlus 10T). The phone will come with 24 GB RAM and 1 TB storage, as well as a new multi-layer solution for VC cooling that is 9,140 sq.mm in total. OnePlus Ace 2 Pro fan-made…
To make something hard to fake, you can use exotic materials or clever tricks. Benjamin Franklin, a printer by vocation, a scientist by avocation, leaned on cleverness, developing measures that are still in use.Those black arts have now yielded to the latest analytical instruments, as described in the Publications of the National Academy of Scientists by a group led by Khachatur Manukyan, a research associate professor at the Nuclear Science Laboratory of the University of Notre Dame.“This work took six to seven years to complete,” Manukyan tells IEEE Spectrum, involving, as it did, the detailed comparison of some 600 bills…
Financial technology—better known as fintech—is affecting and improving the daily lives of everyday Americans. And this isn’t that surprising, as between 2019 and 2023, the number of fintechs in the Americas has more than doubled. With the colossal expansion of open banking and embedded finance, applying for a loan, investing in stock, and opening a bank account can now be done from the comfort of your smartphone. So, who are the 2023 genius’ behind the brands revolutionizing the banking industry and making banking more accessible and easier than ever? It’s time to find out. Fabien is the co-founder and CEO…
Brave said Thursday that it has now completely separated its own search capabilities from Google and Microsoft Bing, allowing any search query within the Brave browser to be searched entirely by Brave itself. Based on the company’s previous claim that “Brave Search is 100 percent private and anonymous,” the change would mean that Brave Search would now be completely private, regardless of what you now search for. Brave is one of a handful of niche browsers, along with Opera, Vivaldi, Firefox, and more, that address a tiny niche of the browser market that’s dominated by Google Chrome, then Microsoft Edge.…
If you’re not one of the many PC players already Baldur’s deep in a certain RPG spectacular and you’re looking for some amusement this weekend, the Epic Games Store has unveiled a fresh batch of freebies to download and keep, which this week take the form of developer Four Quarters’ RPG oddity Loop Hero and Ninja Kiwi’s vibrant tower defence adventure Bloons TD 6. Starting with Loop Hero, it’s a fantasy RPG with a twist; the twist being your heroes are stuck automatically navigating the procedurally generated world, battling monsters, and so on, in an endless, literal loop.…