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While the summer months are great for putting in the miles on your favorite bike, it can be frustrating to have to hang it up when the weather turns. This smart bike trainer turns your road bike into an indoor exercise bike, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to connect to your PC, iOS, or Android device, and support for a wide variety of interactive and training apps. Multiple retailers have the Kickr Core 2 on sale for $399.99 (usually $549.99) in both the Cog and Click version ( Wahoo , Amazon ) which fits 8-13 speed bikes, and the version with an included 11-speed cassette ( Wahoo , Amazon ). Wahoo Kickr Core 2 Where to Buy: $549.99 $399.99 at Wahoo (11-speed cassette) $549.99 $399.99 at Wahoo (Cog and Click) One of the main advantages to a trainer like the Kickr is access to dynamically adjustable resistance, which can work in concert with training apps to tune your workout, or interact with riding apps to replicate inclines and group rides. If you u...

Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing a vertical video feed to HBO Max to help you find something new to watch. Streaming platforms like Netflix , Disney Plus , and Peacock already offer TikTok-like vertical video feeds to surface content that might be interesting to users, and now HBO Max will have a similar feed of its own. The feed, called "HBO Max Shorts," will be accessible from an icon on the bottom navigation menu. It will show you things like trailers, clips, and bonus content from the HBO Max library, and it's tailored to you based on your watch history. You can jump into a show or movie right from the HBO Max Shorts clip or add it to y … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/streaming/971880/hbo-max-vertical-video-feed-shorts

Nanoleaf's Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit comes with nine color-changing LED panels. | Image: Nanoleaf Nanoleaf’s Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit is a fun back-to-school buy that can add pops of customizable light and storage to your wall. It combines colorful smart lighting panels with a low-profile shelf and pegboard, and right now you can buy the kit for half off at $99.99 from Nanoleaf , which marks a new low price. Nanoleaf Blocks Combo XL Smarter Kit Where to Buy: $249.99 $99.99 at Nanoleaf The kit can hold up to 6.6 pounds and 3.3 pounds, respectively, making them handy for holding headphones, controllers, notebooks, a tablet, a small plant, or a couple of books. It comes with both large and small modular light panels that glow from edge to edge, and they can be rearranged or expanded down the line to create a design that’s unique to your space.  Of course, the light panels support custom lighting scenes, and Nanoleaf’s app has a feature call...

YouTube's ad-free Premium subscription is getting another perk: access to Peacock. In an announcement on Monday , NBCUniversal says the multi-year agreement will allow Premium subscribers to stream Peacock's ad-supported shows, movies, and live sports directly through the YouTube app in 2027. YouTube will bundle Peacock in its standard subscription, which increased to $15.99 / month in April , YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby confirmed to The Verge . That makes it cheaper than subscribing to both services individually, as Peacock currently starts at $10.99 / month for its ad-supported plan. The news of the deal comes at a pivotal time for P … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/streaming/971452/youtube-premium-peacock-streaming-deal

We’re leaning in with the playing card metaphor. Across New York City, London, and Washington, DC, ads for Meta's smart glasses have been plastered over with satirical posters from activist groups. One guerrilla ad calls these "the biggest advancement in pervert technology since the trenchcoat." Another transposes the words "mass surveillance predator glasses" over influencer Kylie Jenner's face, calling her out for partnering with the company as a glasses ambassador. The message of these ads is clear. These glasses may violate your privacy - and would you trust Meta? Meta seems spooked. For so long, the company's privacy efforts for smart glasses have essentially relied on a single LE … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/970948/meta-smart-glasses-privacy-wearables

Thankfully the movie is bonkers enough to live up to the artwork. | Image: Vinegar Syndrome There's something about a movie like The Room , Troll 2 , or Fateful Findings that I find irresistible. These sorts of "so bad they're good" films are marvelous curiosities where ambition far outstrips resources, ability, and self-awareness to become something much greater than the sum of their parts. Champagne and Bullets (also released as GetEven and Road to Revenge ) is a film on par with those classics of outsider cinema. The movie is almost entirely the work of one man, John De Hart. Hart wrote, directed, and stars as Rick Bode in the film. He even performs a musical number early in the proceedings - The bizarre " Shimmy Slide ." During th … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/column/971103/champagne-and-bullets-bad-movies-review