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Inside the Million-Dollar McLaren Senna Supercar Mar 06, 2018

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If you want to properly understand the million-dollar McLaren Senna supercar, you've got to make the pilgrimage to Woking, just southeast of London. There, you'll find McLaren’s UK Technology Center headquarters. What looks like a science fiction movie prop dropped in the English countryside is in fact home to the factory hand-building road cars, and McLaren's Formula 1 team.

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How Planes Land in Crazy Crosswinds Mar 06, 2018

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The next time you feel like complaining about flying, (so, the next time you fly) a report this morning from a pilot landing at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D, should put things into perspective: “Very bump on descent. Pretty much every one on the plane threw up. Pilots were on the verge of throwing up.

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The Best Free Songwriting Apps for iPhone and Android Mar 05, 2018

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Whether you're a well-established wordsmith or someone who's never written a song before, inspiration can strike at any moment. Could that phrase fit into the perfect chorus for a new song? Could that melody you've had stuck in your head be the next "Despacito"? Use these five apps to jot down your ideas, melodies, and lyrics to turn those seeds of inspiration into actual songs.

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How to Preorder the Samsung Galaxy S9 Mar 05, 2018

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It's a new month, and we've got an extra special weekend deals list for you. This week, Samsung's brand-new Galaxy S9 is available for preorder. With a little help from TechBargains, we've collected everything you need to know about the phone here. If Samsung's purple new Galaxy isn't your thing, we've highlighted a few more tech deals that we personally like. Samsung's 2018 flagship phone, the Galaxy S9 (and larger Galaxy S9 Plus) are both available for preorder as of 9 p.m. PT March 1.

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iRobot Roomba 690 Review: Impressively Clean for Under $500 Mar 02, 2018

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Vacuuming is a chore that’s marked by the absence of acknowledgment, rather than the presence. Everyone notices and remarks on a fragrant and delicious Sunday meal. But you never walk into someone else’s house and say, “I noticed your floors are remarkably free from detritus today!”, unless you are a real jerk. That makes vacuuming an uninviting and thankless task.

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The Best Smart Speakers: Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana, Siri Mar 02, 2018

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The Amazon Echo kicked off the smart speaker trend a few years ago, but it's no longer alone. There are dozens of smart speakers already on the market in 2018 and a ton more are coming. Picking the best smart speaker for your needs isn’t always simple, though.

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Rants and Raves: Strap On a Pair of Roller Skates and Wheel Away Your Worries Mar 01, 2018

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University of Washington Researchers Can Wirelessly Charge a Phone Using Lasers Mar 01, 2018

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Having to plug your phone in every night probably bums you out. Near-field wireless chargers like the ones Samsung sells are cool, but short-range. Like, the phone has to be sitting on the plate, at which point, you could just plug it in. And while some science is out there that says devices might be able to harvest electricity from ambient Wi-Fi, that just doesn't provide enough power.

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Ecovacs Deebot M81 Pro Review: A Good Robovac You Can Afford Feb 28, 2018

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For the first week that I ran the Ecovacs Deebot M81 Pro, I kept finding it knocked off its base, its battery uncharged. It was aggravating, and mystifying. What could be happening? I’ve been testing robot vacuums for months by plugging them into this one location. After a day of observation, I figured out the problem. My eight-month-old son was crawling over to the botvac, and turning it on and off by slapping the glowing blue button.

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Google Clips Review: An AI-Powered Camera for Fun Family Videos Feb 28, 2018

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The newest gadget from Google is a camera. Though I admit, calling the pocket-sized Clips just a camera feels incomplete. Yes, it has a lens and a battery and it captures videos, but everything else about it is unique. You don't tap a shutter button or give it any command to take a picture or shoot a video. You just turn it on (by twisting its lens like a knob), set it down, and point it at whatever humans or pets are nearby.

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