Vendetta in Death - J. D. Robb
Publisher Description The predator becomes the prey in J. D. Robb's Vendetta in Death, the newest thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring homicide ...
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خلاصه مطالبی که در این صفحه می خوانید : Vendetta in Death - J. D. Robb و Disguise your voice with this Star Wars Death Trooper mask - CNET و How will driverless cars make life or death choices? Google exec admits he doesn't know - CNET و The giant blue screen of death comes for us all - CNET و What do we say to the god of death? Bring Syrio back to 'Game of Thrones' - CNET و In matters of life and death, how should Facebook decide what you see? - CNET و Death Star toaster: 'Luke, I am your break با استفاده از لینک های زبر می توانید به مطالب مورد نظر خود در سایت en apple news دسترسی پیدا کنیدDisguise your voice with this Star Wars Death Trooper mask - CNET
Everyone can be an Imperial Death Trooper with this electronic voice changing mask. Hasbro Prank calls will never be the same again when you can impersonate an intimidating Imperial Death Trooper from "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."This electronic mask changes your voice when you push a button, so you can pretend to go to battle -- or just order a pizza -- as a Death Trooper. The mask requires three 1.5-volt AA batteries, which are included.Death troopers are considered to be the elite variant of the Galactic Empire's Stormtrooper forces and part of the Empire's Military Intelligence. They are easily recognized by their all-black armor. In "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," Director Orson Krennic (played by Be...
ادامه مطلبHow will driverless cars make life or death choices? Google exec admits he doesn't know - CNET
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWhere on the dashboard is its moral compass? KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GettyImages I think of morality as a feather that shifts in the wind and occasionally brushes your face delightfully as it falls to earth.I'm still perturbed, however, whether technology has a fine grasp of it. Or whether it can.I'm moved by the news that Uber has launched its driverless vehicles in Pittsburgh. It crossed my mind whether these cars have already been programmed whom to kill if they face a moral dilemma.For example, the car is about to hit another car with three people inside. It can swerve out of the way, but then it'll hit thr...
ادامه مطلبThe giant blue screen of death comes for us all - CNET
[embedded content]Ask not for whom the giant blue screen of death tolls, it tolls for thee.This all-too-nightmare-inducing photo was taken in Pattaya, Thailand, at the CentralFestival Pattaya Beach shopping mall, and shared on Facebook by Blake Sibbitt. Apparently, a problem has been detected, and the mall will be shut down. Or, you know, at least the outdoor signage.But forget reality, it's more fun to picture this five-story version of the infamous Windows system-crash screen as something out of a future "Terminator" movie, when Skynet has taken us over and is about to take the planet down for good. Or maybe out of a "Black Mirror" episode, where a skyscraper's crash is preceded by a skyscraper system crash. Or maybe just out of one of my nightmares from that time I was almost done with ...
ادامه مطلبWhat do we say to the god of death? Bring Syrio back to 'Game of Thrones' - CNET
Some fans are still holding out hope that Syrio (Miltos Yerolemou) will retu to "Game of Thrones." HBO The "Game of Thrones" season finale satisfied many fans by apparently confirming the Jon Snow parenting theory (R+L=J). That's nice and all, but the show ignored completely my favorite hope -- that Arya's sword-fighting teacher, the brave and ete ally quotable Syrio Forel, somehow still lives.OK, he probably doesn't. When last we saw him, he was battling Meryn Trant with nothing but a broken wooden sword. And although sharp-eyed fans hoped this curly-headed shape seen in a recent episode was Syrio, the show ended season 6 with absolutely no sign of him. Probably somewhere an extra with a perm is freeze-fr...
ادامه مطلبIn matters of life and death, how should Facebook decide what you see? - CNET
This week brought horrifying realities to life in your newsfeed. Wednesday evening, when Philando Castile was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop, girlfriend Diamond Reynolds streamed the aftermath on Facebook Live, the network's live-broadcasting product launched widely this year. The 10-minute video put the viewer inside the car with Castile, Reynolds and her four-year-old daughter, witnessing the bloodied Castile slump over in his seat, watching his breathing slow, and hearing the young girl assuage her handcuffed mother's distress after she vented a scream in the back of a police cruiser. A Facebook Live broadcast captured a scene of deadly violence again one day later, when Michael Kevin Bautista streamed cops crouching while snipers fired ...
ادامه مطلبDeath Star toaster: 'Luke, I am your breakfast' - CNET
Enlarge ImageUse the toaster, Luke. The Fowndry The Death Star toaster is a curious thing. It's obviously modeled after Darth Vader's deadly ride, but its form is restricted by the requirements of being a toaster, so it's a truncated version of the usual Death Star sphere. No matter. Your Star Wars fandom allows some leeway when it comes to product design. What's important here is that you will wake up in the mo ing, stumble groggily into the kitchen, flip the switch on your coffee maker, catch sight of your planet-destroying toaster and start merrily humming the Imperial March. The toaster sears the classic Star Wars logo onto every piece of bread. It's officially licensed and can handle two pieces of toas...
ادامه مطلبAt last, the gross 'Game of Thrones' death we've been waiting for - CNET
Enlarge ImageSansa Stark has been through a lot. HBO Caution: so many spoilers ahead.Until Sunday night's "Battle of the Bastards" episode of "Game of Thrones," whiny boy-king Joffrey Baratheon's blubbering death by poison was the most satisfying departure on the series. Then someone let the dogs out. Monday, the social-media world seems downright celebratory about the timely death of Ramsay Bolton. The main story arc follows Stark bastard Jon Snow as his army faces off against bastard Ramsay Bolton and his icky flayed-man banners in a fight to regain the Stark home of Winterfell. You can nearly smell the stench of bodies, fear and blood during the tense battle scenes. But what we were really waiting fo...
ادامه مطلب'Crowd Control,' part 10: The road to death goes through Delhi - CNET
This is "Crowd Control: Heaven Makes a Killing," CNET's crowdsourced science fiction novel written and edited by readers around the world. New to the story? Click here to start. To read other past installments, visit our table of contents.Chapter 8Compiled by Escobar MacNamara, curator of the Museum of the Uninstallation, San Jose, State of Jefferson. Earth EB-2, May 22, 2051 A thick haze hung to the north as Rebecca Danish stepped out of the front entrance of the Okhla Railway Station and looked back toward the sun setting behind New Delhi, lighting the hazy horizon on fire. She felt the bu of fatigue throughout her body as she steeled herself to work her way through a growing crowd at the intersection below. Just beyond the low buildings that surrounded the train station she could se...
ادامه مطلب'Game of Thrones' Clue is now a real board game full of death - CNET
Enlarge ImageLet's blame Joffrey anyway. USAopoly Last year, geeky retailer ThinkGeek rolled out its annual roundup of April Fools' fake products, including a super-size version of the classic mystery board game Clue done up "Game of Thrones"-style. ThinkGeek has since taken down its faux product page and removed its video parody, but that's OK. USAopoly, the same company that brings us themed versions of Monopoly, now offers a real "Game of Thrones" Clue.The ThinkGeek version included a massive board with 48 weapons and 48 player pieces featuring all the popular characters from the hit HBO show and then some. The real version of the game is much more in line with a traditional Clue arrangement.The 12 suspe...
ادامه مطلب'Crowd Control,' part 6: Death you can believe in - CNET
"Crowd Control: Heaven Makes a Killing," CNET's crowdsourced science fiction novel written and edited by readers, continues. To read past installments, lea more about the project or see our contributor list, visit the digital table of contents.Chapter 5Excerpted from "Meta: Biography of a Diplomat," Tenochtitlan Digital, 2077.Terra Superioris, March 7, 2051 The headlines on Meta's screens were uncharacteristically ominous in the weeks leading up to his final certification at the academy. Discussions in classes were more easily derailed by questions about the future of interversal trade and immigration asked by students who just weeks earlier were more likely to be drooling or snoring through sessions that were largely remedial, a last chance to catch up. "I don't understand...
ادامه مطلبFacebook's Sheryl Sandberg delivers powerful words on husband's death - CNET
[embedded content]In an emotional speech Saturday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg opened up publicly for the first time about the sudden death of her husband."For many months...I was swallowed in the deep fog of grief...an emptiness that fills your heart and your lungs, constricts your ability to think, or even to breathe," Sandberg, 46, said during her commencement address at the University of Califo ia, Berkeley, several miles north of Silicon Valley and the Facebook campus."I lea ed about the depths of sadness and the brutality of loss, but I also lea ed that when life sucks you under, you can kick against the bottom, find the surface, and breathe again."Sandberg's husband, Yahoo veteran and SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg, died at 47 of a cardiac arrhythmia a little more than a year ago,...
ادامه مطلبWoman allegedly live-streams her death on Periscope - CNET
Periscope Authorities in France have opened an investigation after a woman allegedly broadcast her death on Periscope, the Twitter-owned live-streaming app.The woman died Tuesday after intentionally falling under a train in Evry, about 25 miles from Paris. She reportedly was using the app at the time of her death.Periscope is primarily used for streaming and watching live broadcasts, but videos can be saved for later viewing. The content was removed from Periscope, a Twitter spokesman said, adding that the company does not comment on "individual accounts." Local prosecutor Eric Lallement told the New York Times that investigators are trying to retrieve the video. The woman's family described her to investi...
ادامه مطلبSNL mocks the death of Jon Snow on 'Game Of Thrones' (spoilers) - CNET
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageJon Snow's body lies a-moldering on the slab. NBC screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET If you don't know, please look away now.If you do know, please put down that mantelpiece o ament. You're just a little upset. It's only "Game Of Thrones." It matters even less than Volkswagen adverts. I know this because "Saturday Night Live" decided to cock a snook at the interminable saga of Jon Snow's death. Or, depending on your perspective and knowledge, apparent death.Here he lies on a slab, while SNL's cast manage very passable third-rate English actor accents. "We have giants, we have dragons, we have...
ادامه مطلبPrince's death highlights fine line between sympathy and advertising - CNET
Enlarge ImageMaker's Mark replaced its signature red wax with purple in honor of Prince, but considering the singer never drank, was this insulting to his memory? Maker's Mark When news spread Thursday that Prince had died, everyone from Oprah to the president of the United States posted their love for the legendary pop music icon on social media. Then something weird started to happen. Cereal, liquor and office supply companies took to social media to say how sad they were about Prince's passing -- by using their products as the means of communicating sorrow. When Cheerios posted a purple graphic with the text Rest in peace (with a single Cheerio dotting the "i"), Prince fans were outraged the c...
ادامه مطلبThis floating Star Wars Death Star speaker would impress Darth Vader - CNET
Enlarge ImageThis Death Star speaker spins with music instead of destruction. Fancy If you're a Star Wars fan, music simply sounds better when channeled through a Death Star speaker. Sure, there are already some pretty fancy speakers out there that employ the design of the Empire's most potent weapon and take advantage of Bluetooth technology. DIY audiophiles can even print out their own Death Star speakers. But none of these speakers spins and levitates like the one made by Hellosy. A 1,000 mAh battery ensures your Death Star speaker plays music for up to eight hours. The speaker glows in the dark, which helps set the mood if you're playing "Across the Stars," the romantic "Star Wars" theme song by John ...
ادامه مطلبWindows 10 'blue screen of death' could actually become useful - CNET
Could the dreaded "blue screen of death" become, well, a little less dreaded? Mauritz Antin/EPA/Corbis Windows 10 users who dread the "blue screen of death" could one day find it helpful, if news of an upcoming feature tu s out to be correct.An unloved staple in Windows for years, the blue screen of death can pop up whenever some type of hardware or software problem, such as a memory conflict or a bad driver, causes your PC to crash. In the past, BSODs said either very little or too much, most of which was indecipherable to the average person. But that could be changing with the next major update to Windows 10.Due for official release this summer, the free Anniversary Edition of Windows 10 will add a QR cod...
ادامه مطلبStorm the Death Star in a crocheted X-wing fighter blanket - CNET
Enlarge ImagePilot your X-Wing to the comfort zone.MJ's Off the Hook DesignsSometimes even Poe Dameron needs to kick back and relax on the couch. When he's not battling the forces of galactic evil, he probably settles in with a hand-crocheted X-wing fighter blanket and dreams of space adventures with his buddy Finn.MJ's Off the Hook Designs brings us a delightful X-wing blanket modeled after a toy starfighter. The wings stick out on the sides to drape over your fu iture or give your cat (named "Yoda," of course) a place to snuggle up with you. This may be the cuddliest X-wing ever created. Instead of dodging blasts from TIE fighters, you can just chill with your feet and calves tucked into the built-in pocket at the front of the ship and slip your hands into the engine chambers for warmth....
ادامه مطلبScalia death lights up Twitter - CNET
Antonin Scalia, 1936-2016 Bob Daemmrich/Corbis Twitter served as the nation's town square Saturday as politicians, personalities and everyday folk flocked to the micoblogging service to offer thoughts on the death of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Within hours of his death, Twitter users had sent more than 650,00 tweets about Scalia. A jurist on the court for three decades, the 79-year-old Scalia was one of its most conservative and divisive members. It's no surprise that responses on the social network ran the gamut. Tweets ranged from conservatives offering the highest praise to liberals defending their right to offer the opposite. There were also, of course, posts that landed somewhere i...
ادامه مطلبScalia death prompts praise, criticism on Twitter - CNET
Antonin Scalia, 1936-2016 Bob Daemmrich/Corbis Twitter served as the nation's town square Saturday as politicians, personalities and everyday folk flocked to the micoblogging service to offer thoughts on the death of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Within hours of his death, Twitter users had sent more than 650,00 tweets about Scalia. A jurist on the court for three decades, the 79-year-old Scalia was one of its most conservative and divisive members. It's no surprise that responses on the social network ran the gamut. Tweets ranged from conservatives offering the highest praise to liberals defending their right to offer the opposite. There were also, of course, posts that landed somewhere i...
ادامه مطلبWhy the death of the Firefox phone matters - CNET
Enlarge ImageBudget Firefox OS phones, such as Orange's Klif, weren't enough to sustain the alte ative software. Stephen Shankland/CNET Maybe you didn't bat an eye when Mozilla killed off Firefox phones. The nonprofit, after all, faced long odds in taking on Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile software. And the Firefox OS software had been on a downward trajectory over the past year. But you should care that Mozilla admitted defeat Thursday because it's further evidence that we live in an Apple-and-Google-only mobile world. Both increasingly draw you into their universe of native apps, where they have more control over what you use. Mozilla, by contrast, offered a more open alte ative. The nonprofit's ...
ادامه مطلبWhy the death of the Firefox phone matters - CNET
Enlarge ImageBudget Firefox OS phones, such as Orange's Klif, weren't enough to sustain the alte ative software. Stephen Shankland/CNET Maybe you didn't bat an eye when Mozilla killed off Firefox phones. The nonprofit, after all, faced long odds in taking on Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile software. And the Firefox OS software had been on a downward trajectory over the past year. But you should care that Mozilla admitted defeat Thursday because it's further evidence that we live in an Apple-and-Google-only mobile world. Both increasingly draw you into their universe of native apps, where they have more control over what you use. Mozilla, by contrast, offered a more open alte ative. The nonprofit's ...
ادامه مطلبCities with Super Bowl teams have higher flu death rates, study says - CNET
Cities with teams in the Super Bowl, like this year's Boulder, Colorado and Charlotte, North Carolina, are associated with a lot of things. A run on blue cheese dip and body paint comes to mind. Now researchers say that the home cities of the teams competing for football's greatest title are associated with something else -- deaths caused by the flu.Researchers from Tulane and Co ell universities examined flu records from 1974-2009. They found that if a county had a local team in the Super Bowl, there was, on average, an 18 percent increase in deaths from the flu in people over 65 years old.It's important to realize that this study shows higher flu mortality in cities from where the Super Bowl teams hail, not where the game is actually played. On Sunday, the Carolina Panthers and Denver Br...
ادامه مطلبDeath Star BBQ grill crushes planets, cooks hamburgers - CNET
Enlarge ImageToss another Tauntaun on the barbie. The Fowndry The Death Star makes it easy to conceive of new Star Wars home decor and accessories. The thought process goes something like this: Is the object round? Yes? Great! Make it look like the Death Star! Finally, someone applied that simple logic to the ubiquitous barbecue grill. The Fowndry's Star Wars Death Star BBQ chooses to go with a catchy silver surface rather than the black we most often see on grills by the likes of Weber. This is a smart choice because it really makes the details of the design stand out. The grill somehow manages to look both ominous and welcoming. The charcoal-powered BBQ is surely capable of tu ing your grilled chicken int...
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