Matt Magnuson

Here are things that matter for this New England born-and-raised, retired Bostonian with a 12-year-old, a loving spouse, and two Black Labs.

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Matt Magnuson
flipped into iPadOS and You
Apple Arcade
A month on, Apple Arcade is too cheap to quit
Engadget
It's been almost exactly a month since Apple Arcade launched. That means that a lot of free trials are about to expire, and it's time to decide: Is it actually worth your $5 a month? Like you, a number
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Camping & Survival: Gear & Skills
Water
Collapsible water bottles to toss in your bag
Popular Science - PopSci Commerce Team
Save room in your pack with one of these origami bottles. When you’re going on a long hike, through TSA security, or even just to work, you don't want a big, empty water bottle rattling around in your
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Medical Research-Wow! This Could Help
Exercise
Pre-breakfast workouts for men could "maximize" a specific exercise benefit
Inverse - Emma Betuel
"These are exciting findings and could be used already by some people." Working out in the morning is a consistent way to to build an exercise habit, …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Technological Advances
3D Printing
Big, fast 3D printer may be a boon to manufacturers
newatlas.com - Ben Coxworth
While it's now quite common to see 3D-printed prototypes or other one-off items, the use of 3D printers for large-scale commercial manufacturing is …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Money, Tax, & Insurance
Personal Finance
Don't want to pay your credit card's annual fee? Here's how to ask for a retention offer
CNBC - Alexandria White
Some credit cards come with pretty steep annual fees upwards of $500. While these fees might seem high, they can often be offset if you take full …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into IoT & Security
Technology
An innovation war: Cybersecurity vs. cybercrime
MIT Technology Review - MIT Technology Review Insights
IT security tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated thanks to artificial intelligence, but advances in the cybercriminal world are close behind. …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Apple Watch
Apple Watch
Developer burns CD with his Apple Watch
Cult of Mac - David Pierini
The Apple Watch has done amazing things, most notably alerted people to life-threatening heart ailments. Niles Mitchell, an app Developer and AppleScript expert, showed off this little-known watch function
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Linux And You
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Flaw Could Crash Millions of Phones, Routers, Smart-Home Devices
Tom's Guide - Paul Wagenseil
Heads up: There's a potentially serious software flaw that could be used to crash or compromise millions of routers, smart-home devices, smart TVs, …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Google & Alphabet: Good?
Mobile Technology
Alphabet’s Wing begins making first commercial drone deliveries in the U.S.
TechCrunch - Darrell Etherington
Alphabet -owned drone delivery spin-out Wing is starting to service U.S. customers, after becoming the first drone delivery company to get the federal go-ahead to do so earlier this year. Wing is working
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Cooking
Recipes
21 Absolutely Invaluable Kitchen Hacks Few People Know Of
shearth.com - By Mark Pettit
Here at this website, we’ve gathered together some life hacks for preparing food, cleaning and organizing your cooking space. Some of them you may …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Real Estate
Personal Finance
How Much House Can I Afford? Here’s What Home Buyers Should Know
Fatherly - Adam Bulger
Because as much as you want that home, the last thing you want to be is house poor. How much house can I afford? It’s a question that a lot of home …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Motorcycle
Autos
The RMK E2 electric motorcycle is a futuristic, hubless wonder
Roadshow - by Kyle Hyatt
The bike's drive motor acts directly on the rim of the rear wheel, providing a futuristic look. It's no secret that we at Roadshow love electric vehicles, and that includes electric motorcycles. That's
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Workouts, HIIT, & Weight Loss
Diabetes
Working out before breakfast has 'profound' effects on overall health
slashgear.com - Brittany A. Roston
A new study from researchers at the University of Bath and the University of Birmingham shed light on which is better: eating breakfast before or …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Apple Watch
Apple Watch
Apple thinks you're wearing your Apple Watch wrong
imore.com - Oliver Haslam
What you need to know• Apple has a new support article explaining how to wear an Apple Watch. • Apparently putting it on your wrist isn't enough. • If the …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into iOS And You
10 Unexpected Smartphone Functions You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
starplasticsurgerypics.com
It’s been calculated that we use our smartphones for more than 4 hours a day on average. But being creatures of habit, we very often use the same …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Win 10, 10X, And You
Microsoft Surface
Amazon cuts up to $829 off the Microsoft Surface Book 2 detachable laptop
Digital Trends - Drake Hawkins
There are more reasons to get the Surface Book 2 after Microsoft’s event earlier in October. Aside from Microsoft coming up with a fix for its …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Linux And You
Linux
Meet The Linux Desktop That Will Embarrass Windows 10 And macOS in 2020
Forbes - Jason Evangelho
I cover the fascinating worlds of Linux & consumer PC hardware. This is without question the most beautiful desktop environment I’ve ever laid eyes on. I’ve gone from admiring it as an elevated Desktop
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into For Youth: What Will They Need?
Science
This Guy Just Found a Faster Way to Multiply
Popular Mechanics - By David Grossman
Because the method you learned in middle school is ridiculously slow. From grade school onward, complex multiplication has been a headache. But an assistant professor from the University of New South Sydney
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Money, Tax, & Insurance
Personal Finance
Economists say this is the minimum amount of money you need in an emergency fund
CNBC - Kathleen Elkins
Money experts generally encourage you to set aside three to six months' worth of living expenses in an emergency fund. Some even want you to stash …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into What Retirement?
Retirement
Ask Larry: Why Is My Husband’s Ex Getting Social Security Widow's Benefits And I'm Not?
Forbes - Laurence Kotlikoff
Today’s column addresses payment of survivor's benefits to multiple spouses, common-law marriage, potential effects of benefits based on a spouse's public pension, what to do with benefits received on
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Photography
Northern Lights
iPhone 11 Pro pix of Northern Lights will blow you away
Cult of Mac - David Pierini
Travel blogger Zach Honig hiked into a remote part of Alaska with a tripod and Sony camera to capture the Northern Lights. But his best photos came from his new iPhone 11 Pro Max – without a tripod. Honig,
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into iPadOS and You
IPad Pro
10 Top Apps That Are Even Better on the iPad Pro
PCMag - Jordan Minor
The line between tablet and full-fledged computer has gotten even blurrier now that the iPad Pro has arrived. Taking a page from the Microsoft …
Nov 18, 2015
Matt Magnuson
flipped into iOS And You
Apple Watch
How to find a lost iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods or Mac
pocket-lint.com - Britta O'Boyle
Apple's Find My Friends and Find My iPhone apps will soon be consolidated into a new app called Find My when iOS 13 and macOS Catalina land later …
September 2
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Cut The Cable: 500 Channels We Don’t Use
Apple TV
The Apple TV app is coming to Roku devices today
The Verge - Chris Welch
With Apple TV Plus set to arrive next month, Apple is making sure Roku owners will be ready to stream its original programming. Today, the Apple TV app is launching for Roku streaming players and Roku
4 days ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Cut The Cable: 500 Channels We Don’t Use
Apple TV
Hands-on: Roku’s Apple TV app helped me cut the cord — from Apple
VentureBeat - Jeremy Horwitz
Like virtually every Apple TV customer, I truly wanted Apple to succeed with its TV-tethered set top box — an enabling device for early cable TV “cord cutters.” I bought into the vision back in 2007 when
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Tech Industry
Facebook makes big advances in AI reasoning and machine translation
siliconangle.com - Mike Wheatley
Facebook Inc. is using its @Scale conference today to provide an update on its progress in artificial intelligence research.The social media company …
3 days ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Technological Advances
Mobile Technology
Massive, AI-Powered Robots Are 3D-Printing Entire Rockets
WIRED - Condé Nast
For a factory where robots toil around the clock to build a rocket with almost no human labor, the sound of grunts echoing across the parking lot …
5 days ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
IBM
Autonomous ‘Mayflower’ research ship will use IBM AI tech to cross the Atlantic in 2020
TechCrunch - Darrell Etherington
A fully autonomous ship called the “Mayflower” will make its voyage across the Atlantic Ocean next September, to mark the 400-year anniversary of the trip of the first Mayflower, which was very much not
3 days ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into Money, Tax, & Insurance
Money
6 Signs You and Your Partner Are Financially Compatible
The Motley Fool - Christy Bieber
Are you and your beloved going to fight about money, or do you mesh well when it comes to financial management? Check out these signs that you're …
1 day ago
Matt Magnuson
flipped into XBOX And Gaming
Activision Blizzard
New Details On Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty League Revealed
Forbes - Matt Perez
Topline: The format for next year’s franchised Call of Duty League have been revealed, giving a glimpse of how publisher Activision Blizzard plans to make its ambitious local esports format work for the
1 day ago

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