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If you’ve been itching to leave the amateur league and ditch your entry-level DSLR, now might be a good time — and we’ve got the perfect deal to make the move. There’a killer deal on the Nikon D7500 20.9-megapixel camera — and it includes a ton of accessories like lenses, filters, and tripods. The full kit is on sale for just $1,040, down from $2,650. Check out the full list of accessories below: The camera is a mid-range APS-C camera that’s good for still photography and some basic video shooting....

Some gadgets are so beautiful that you want to put a frame around them and put them on a wall. But what if the gadget IS A FRAME? Samsung released a line of incredibly well-designed Frame TVs this year which looks like a painting on your wall. And they’re on sale! The series’ 49-inch 4K UHD model is on sale for just $898, down from $1,298. The company’s designed the TV in such a way there’s no gap between the TV and the wall when you mount it....

Phone upgrades are an odd one. There are very few thousand-dollar items that we’d happily replace each year. Yet, here we are. Stuck in a loop. Buying the freshest and new devices every 12 months. But, for the savvy amongst us, this upgrade cycle can be a wonderful thing. Just think about Google’s Pixel 3 range. These phones were only released last October, but the Pixel 4 devices are just round the corner....

Indeed, China’s tech sector is catching up. Until now, the US comfortably led the world in recovering from (and thriving in) the coronavirus pandemic. US tech, represented by QQQ on the chart above (more on that later), was up 14% for the year as of Monday’s market close. China’s equivalent fund, CQQQ, had returned 13% in 2020 — just one percent difference. As for the rest of the world: Europe’s tech sector has faired relatively well, up 5%....

According to CipherTrace latest report, insider thefts were by far the largest offenders, netting massive loses on investors and cryptocurrency exchange users. If things carry on the way they are, 2019 could go down in cryptocurrency history as the year of the exit scam. Aside from the QuadrigaCX disaster, Plus Token app, a cryptocurrency wallet and exchange (and alleged Ponzi scheme based in South Korea) is thought to have defrauded millions of victims out of a staggering $2....

It’s hard not getting anxious while looking at the tragic news cycle all over the world or wondering what would happen to people who are affected by the outbreak. Over the past couple of weeks, a lot of my friends have been struggling with depression and loneliness because of the lockdown, and the uncertainty that comes along with it. Just like them, the pandemic has affected a lot of people’s mental health....

While it might take us a while to get back to visiting places in person, we can surely visit many intriguing and scenic places virtually, from the comfort of our couches. Here’s how you can do it: BBC’s Countryfile magazine takes us to through breathtaking views of different spring hills in Britain, from the Tegg’s Nose in Cheshire to the Cave Hill in Belfast. YouVisit has a fantastic 360-degree tour of the famous Machu Picchu citadel....

Earlier in the week, Google Arts & Culture created a new digital exhibit celebrating different pioneers of electronic music. It also released an interactive 3D synth tool as a part of that — and it’s highly addictive. You can head to the site on your phone or desktop browser and line up five well-known syth machines to play music using pre-defined grids and dials. These synths include the Moog Memorymoog, the ARP Odessy, the Akai S900, the Roland CR-78, and the Fairlight CMI....

Party New York, the creative agency behind Disco Dog, just closed a successful $22,527 Kickstarter campaign to create 45 vests for a select band of backers. Bad news though! It has no plans to make more. That means you won’t be able to dress your beloved canine up in colored lights or make use of the iPhone app which lets you choose colors and design custom patterns. There’s even a ‘lost dog’ mode that turns the LEDs into an SOS beacon....

To make everything easy for you, we have broken down the business loan application process. Build up a case for your small business The first question that lenders will ask you is: Can you tell us something about your business? Before you apply for a loan, you will need to prepare all the documents that will be needed and data that will explain what you do–and show that you are doing it well....

Tesla tycoon Elon Musk and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey have both put the brakes on the momentum around Web3, the somewhat vague vision of a decentralized internet. Their cynicism derives from different concerns. Dorsey says that Web3 is ultimately a centralized entity, while Musk has implied that it’s driven by hype over substance. A bridge to sell you? Web3 is a nebulous concept with varied definitions — which is one factor spurring the cynicism....

On the upside we’ll see our colleagues again and we’ll stop wearing pj’s all day long, but on the downside we’ll lose a significant benefit: the lack of commuting. A survey by Hubble showed that 79% of respondents consider the lack of commute as one of the biggest advantages regarding working from home. Interestingly, the office rental company identified that there’s a direct correlation between employees’ commute time and their enjoyment of working from home....

All 20 top-flight clubs will participate in the ePremier League Invitational, with footballers and musicians representing their teams in the knock-out competition. Every match will be streamed on nbcsports.com and the EPL website. The semis and finals will also be televised on NBCSN in the US and Sky Sports in the UK. To level the playing field between the game’s giants and minnows, each team’s overall rating will be set at 85....

This makes a ton of sense as electric cars don’t make any of the engine noises we’ve grown accustomed to from standard Earth-killing gasoline cars. Making sure pedestrians can hear cars coming could increase the safety of visually impaired individuals, as well those of us who have the bad habit of walking into traffic while looking at their phones. The EU legislation will therefore require electric cars to artificially implement sounds to make up for this with an “Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System” that will have to rise and fall to indicated whether the vehicle is accelerating or decelerating....

Harley-Davidson launches stand-alone electric bike brand Harley-Davidson, the legendary and revered American manufacturer of motorcycles, announced that it is establishing LiveWire as a separate electric motorcycle brand on July 8, 2021, just in time for the first of nine outdoor International Motorcycle Shows. I’ve always wondered how Harley would market its silent motorcycles. The LiveWire, which actually debuted not long ago as a new Harley-Davidson model, is now neatly separated into a sub-brand....

Helping us see the world and all its beauty, the human eye is nothing short of a biological marvel, but it’s also incredibly delicate. So, you’d best take care of it if you want to keep seeing the world and all its splendor down the road. While nothing beats a routine trip to the ophthalmologist, there are steps you can take to keep tabs on your eye health right at home, like theEyeQue VisionCheck®....

While the initial reports from Bloomberg and The Times implied it would force tech companies to hand over encrypted messages, the CLOUD Act suggests otherwise. Short for ‘Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act,’ it mandates a provider of electronic communication service to “preserve, backup, or disclose the contents of a wire or electronic communication” pertaining to individuals, regardless of whether they’re within or outside of the US. But it’s also encryption-neutral in that it “does not create any new authority for law enforcement to compel service providers to decrypt communications....

The new feature is called, appropriately, Login Notifications, and it sends you an in-app notification and email whenever you log or re-log into a third-party app using your Facebook credentials. The notification informs you clearly what information you’re sharing with the site you logged into, and offers a handy button to the settings menu if you want to remove access. It’s a small change, overall, but it may help many people get an accurate notion of just how much info they’re sharing....

But this is just the beginning of the work, and the final aim for the social network is to let you reach your friends across networks from any of the apps. I spoke to Loredana Crisan, VP of Messaging Experience at Facebook, about the company’s vision regarding messaging services in coming years. She said that Facebook is taking a “Platform and service” approach for this. Meaning, you could be using any platform of your choice, and yet be able to chat with your friends through underlying services....

There are plenty of times in life that we need to slow down, sit back, and appreciate. And, considering the speed the tech industry moves at, I think this applies even more to our world. Friends, please join me. I’d like us to imagine ourselves as swine on a sunny day and fling our bodies into the mud pit of power transference — because it’s time to wallow in the magnificence of fast charging....