Day: June 9, 2019

Big Little Lies season 2: Bigger lies, but little mystery without a whodunit – CNET

Review: Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman are back for a second round that engages despite lacking the most addictive part of the first one: a murder mystery. …read more Source:: CNet


Assembling A Lathe From Not A Lot

Most people have a piece of equipment without which they consider their workshop or bench to be incomplete. For some, it is an oscilloscope, for others a bandsaw, but for many metalworkers, it is a lathe. Lathes are expensive if you are seeking a good one, quite cheap if you don’t mind a bad one,…


I Am Mother review: Netflix sci-fi chiller is one bad mama – CNET

Hillary Swank stars in this tense, strikingly shot film now streaming on Netflix. …read more Source:: CNet


E3 2019: Microsoft Xbox E3 conference, start time, how to watch, livestream and more – CNET

Microsoft’s E3 press conference starts today at 1 p.m. PT in Los Angeles. We could see more information about its next generation console, Game Pass, Halo: Infinite, Gears 5, Project xCloud plans and more. …read more Source:: CNet


‘Java Web Start Is Dead. Long Live Java Web Start!’

An anonymous reader reminded us about the open source reimplementation of Java Web Start, a framework originally developed by Sun Microsystems that allowed users to more easily run Java applications in an applet-like sandbox using a web browser. From OpenWebStart.com: Java Web Start (JWS) was deprecated in Java 9, and starting with Java 11, Oracle…


Microsoft Easter eggs tease mysterious Scarlett Xbox project – CNET

Countdown clocks hide codes that represent the color codes for codename for upcoming game console. …read more Source:: CNet


Last chance for Best Buy’s Dads and Grads sale: Final day of savings on iPhones, MacBooks and more – CNET

There are good deals on Samsung TVs and HP laptops, too. …read more Source:: CNet


Get an 11-inch iPad Pro for $650 (save $150) – CNET

That’s one of the best deals to date on the current-gen 11-inch iPad Pro. …read more Source:: CNet


Next Month Uber Will Start Offering Helicopter Rides in New York City

An anonymous reader quotes Fortune: Uber Technologies Inc. is testing a helicopter service in New York City, according to documents outlining the program obtained by Bloomberg. Passengers will be able to use the Uber app to book a flight through the service, called Uber Copter, the documents show. Tests flights took off from a Manhattan…


Apple isn’t done with iOS 13 — 5 new features we could see in iPhone 11 – CNET

Apple’s new mobile software for iPhones could be saving the best for last. …read more Source:: CNet