In Star Wars movies, people flying the Millennium Falcon pull a very specific lever to jump the ship into hyperspace, which is technobabble for “Go very fast!” People do the same thing at Disneyland, on a ride called Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. It’s part of Galaxy’s Edge, a new billion-dollar, 14-acre expansion, and to get…
DetailsHe sees you checking Instagram.Screenshot: Walt Disney PicturesWhen he’s spent too much time in his underwear playing video games—or watching other people play video games on YouTube—my friend Cole imagines his grandfather sighing, rolling his eyes, saying “I fought in a war for this?”That, I think, is the spirit that made Reddit user itsalwaysmyday change…
DetailsIt can be difficult to find a way to express how grateful or thankful you are to your friends or family with a gift — which is why they say it’s the thought that counts — but you still want to make sure you give them something good and not, like, rock hard fruit cake.…
DetailsLast year at Dreamforce, Salesforce’s enormous annual customer conference, Apple and Salesforce announced the beginnings of a partnership where the two organizations would work together to enhance Salesforce products running on Apple devices. Today, as this year’s Dreamforce conference begins, the companies announced the fruits of that labor with general availability of two new tools…
DetailsOf all the planets in our solar system, Mercury might be the most underrated. It doesn’t have fancy swirling clouds or rings or plumes. It doesn’t even have an atmosphere. This little rocky body does have a history of volcanism, though, and even has water ice in its craters. Mercury is also locked into a…
DetailsThere are many ingredients that contribute to the perfect wedding: good company, free-flowing booze, and romance all around. But the real secret sauce? Next-level Excel. If you’ve never been in the position of trying to plan a wedding before, let me tell you: You have no idea about the spreadsheets.Wired UKThis story originally appeared on…
DetailsWhew, the past seven days have been doozies. How so? Well, it was a week where Survivor tried to address sexual harassment and it didn’t go well, and a week where someone made the mistake of trying to discover the best meme of the past 10 years. Also, people are wondering what is going on…
DetailsShopping for a PC gamer is a perilous endeavor. It’s easy to be led astray by well-meaning retail associates eager to make a sale. PC gamers are also a notoriously fickle lot. But what is a PC gamer but an adventurer—a reclusive one perhaps, but an adventurer nonetheless!So, to help out anyone looking to pick…
DetailsWhether you’re a Fitbit user worried about Google’s recent $2.1 billion purchase of the company or just generally privacy conscious, you should pay attention to where your health and fitness data goes, and who has access. It’s among the most sensitive data you have.While you unfortunately can’t control where all of your health information goes—as…
DetailsGoogle became what it is by creating advanced new technology and throwing it open to all. Giant businesses and individuals alike can use the company’s search and email services, or tap its targeting algorithms and vast audience for ad campaigns. Yet Google’s progress on artificial intelligence now appears to have the company rethinking its do-what-you-will…
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