Facebook will let advertisers target people visiting real world stores. Getty Facebook’s ad tools are getting even more sophisticated. The world’s largest social network on Thursday announced new tools for advertisers that, among other things, let them target Facebook users based on what they’ve done in the real world, including […]
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There’s safe, and then there’s very safe. Given its scores across the battery of tests thrown its way, not only did the 2018 Honda Odyssey earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s top accolade, it damn near aced every single test. The 2018 Honda Odyssey has earned the IIHS’ Top […]
In this shot from “Red Oaks” there are no red oaks visible. Amazon There aren’t a lot of shows I regularly watch on Amazon Prime’s video service. But for some reason, I end up watching “Red Oaks” when it’s released. The show essentially focuses on a guy trying to find […]
Motorcycle helmets have changed a lot over the years. They’re better looking, lighter, more comfortable, quieter and, most importantly, safer than they were a decade or two ago. The good ones are a hell of a lot more expensive, too, but one thing they aren’t is smarter. You can easily […]
Volvo’s SUV trilogy began with the very impressive XC90 in 2015, followed by this year’s sequel, the XC60. As the grand finale, Volvo just unveiled the 2018 XC40, the smallest of the lot, yet equal to its siblings on safety technology. The XC40 looks about on par with a Range Rover […]
When Samsung launched its new flagship Galaxy S range, it also debuted a new smart assistant – Bixby. The virtual assistant is the South Korean company’s answer to Siri and Google Now. Like its rivals, Bixby is designed to keep you abreast of all the latest headlines and weather updates, […]
US Security and Exchange Commission Chairman John Clayton. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Security and Exchange Commission Chairman John Clayton released a lengthy statement yesterday on cybersecurity. Buried about 1,400 words in, you’ll find an eyebrow-raising disclosure — the SEC was apparently hacked in 2016. “In certain cases, threat actors […]
For the foreseeable future, and probably forever until the heat death of the universe, this will always be true: Everyone dies. But it’s still not an easy thing for many of us to accept, as the rising belief in transhumanism illustrates. Rest assured, one day the light will go out, […]