Great pre-Black Friday prices you can get now on monitors from Acer, Dell, Samsung, Gigabyte and MSI. …read more Source:: CNet

[Chase’s] post titled “How to Grow Sodium Chloride Crystals at Home” might as well be called “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Salt Crystals (but Were Afraid to Ask).” We aren’t sure what the purpose of having transparent NaCl crystals are, but we have to admit, they look awfully cool. Sodium chloride, of course,…

“E-commerce sales jumped nearly 32 percent in 2020 compared to the prior year, according to U.S. Census Bureau data,” reports Politico — and this year “online sales are on track to outpace that record…” “Now, cities, climate scientists and companies are trying to figure out the consequences for the planet.” The most recent research is…

Looking for the best DNA test kit and testing services? Here are your top options. …read more Source:: CNet

GitHub’s annual report on its user community “combined telemetry data from over four million repositories with direct survey from over 12,000 developers to identify current trends among software development companies and open-source projects,” reports InfoQ. ZDNet notes the data shows that remote developers “aren’t planning to go back to the office.” Before the pandemic, only…

Target has a big wave of Black Friday offerings coming soon, but plenty of big deals are already live. …read more Source:: CNet

We finally know what big deals Best Buy has in store for Black Friday, but you can get in on lots of early discounts too. …read more Source:: CNet

Plenty of savings are already here! Shop them before they’re gone. …read more Source:: CNet

This week Mike Bouma (Slashdot reader #85,252) looked back nearly 30 years to the glory days of the world’s first true 32-bit CD based home console — Commodore’s Amiga32. In the final three months of 1993, the company had sold 100,000 in just three months in Europe, outselling Sega four to one, “and claiming 38%…

Apple’s iPhone line goes from $399 to $1,399. Here’s how to find which one is best for your needs and budget. …read more Source:: CNet