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The best anti-Prime Day deals from Walmart, Target, Best Buy and more

The best anti-Prime Day deals from Walmart, Target, Best Buy and more

On day two of Amazon's sale, many other retailers have gotten into the deals frenzy with sales of their own. Places like Walmart, Target, B&H Photo, Best Buy and more are hosting some great deals. It's also the first day of PlayStation's Summer Sale, so if you need some more games for your PS4 or 5, this is a good time to snag a few. Brands including Sonos, Lego, and Sony are hosting promotions too. If you’ve exhausted our main Prime Day coverage and are looking for more — or if you’d simply rather not shop at Amazon — check…
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Visionary of Art and Science

Leonardo da Vinci: The Visionary of Art and Science

**[Leonardo da Vinci,](https://youtu.be/OS5N-9QNEfM?si=09ZFgGwJycMN96XT)** born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, stands as one of the most extraordinary figures of the Renaissance. Celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, engineer, and inventor, da Vinci’s insatiable curiosity and inventive genius epitomize the Renaissance humanist ideal. Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Leonardo’s early life was shaped by his upbringing in the Tuscan countryside, where he was born out of wedlock to a notary, Ser Piero, and a peasant woman, Caterina. Despite this, his father ensured Leonardo received a proper education. the 1460s, Leonardo moved to Florence and entered the workshop of…
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Replit CEO Amjad Masad on bringing the next 1 billion software creators online

Replit CEO Amjad Masad on bringing the next 1 billion software creators online

Sign up for the Freethink Weekly newsletter! A collection of our favorite stories straight to your inbox Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. Imagine you had zero coding skills but wanted to build a very simple app from scratch. How long would it take? A decade ago, it might have taken weeks or months. Today, it’s an hour or less.That’s how long it took me to create my own video game on Replit, the collaborative coding platform where AI helps you write, edit, and launch code within your browser.I told Replit’s AI what I wanted in plain English: a…
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No Man’s Sky’s newest update is a buried tech module full of new goodies

No Man’s Sky’s newest update is a buried tech module full of new goodies

No Man’s Sky has been sending players on interstellar explorations for more than eight years now, and explorers probably haven’t uncovered a tenth of this computer-generated universe. A huge new update called expands this already sizable game with a ton of new gadgets, story driven missions and new worlds to discover and explore.The Worlds Part I update is available now in No Man’s Sky across all consoles as well as PC and . All told, there are over 40 new features, improvements or fixes and additions.The game already has over 18 quintillion planets but there are a few new types…
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Intern level: Routing with React Router

Intern level: Routing with React Router

Routing is a critical aspect of building modern web applications. React Router is a powerful library that allows you to handle routing in a React application. This guide will introduce you to React Router, covering basic setup and usage, as well as advanced routing techniques and route guards. Introduction to React Router React Router enables navigation between different components in a React application, allowing you to create a single-page application with multiple views. Setting Up React Router To get started with React Router, you need to install it in your project. You can do this using npm or yarn. npm…
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Terms of Service

Terms of Service

The internet is the most significant invention of the last 50 years. It has changed everything, from how we consume news to the devices we use, to how we work and play, and even how we find information in the first place. Join Freethink as we explore the ins and outs of our new digital worlds. In Terms of Service, we dive into the debate around screen time with Professor Peter Etchells, why the metaverse isn’t dead (yet) with Matthew Ball, bringing the next 1 billion software developers online with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, how the internet transformed news as…
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The best Prime Day deals on bluetooth speakers we’ve tested and reviewed in 2024

The best Prime Day deals on bluetooth speakers we’ve tested and reviewed in 2024

We now face the second (and last) day of Amazon’s Prime Day sale. It's still a good time to buy a new speaker as all of the deals we've highlighted are still live. Sure, we all carry around tiny sound emitters in our pocket, but a smartphone can't beat the output of a portable . (Or a for that matter, but that’s a more personal and in-depth purchase beyond the scope of this roundup). So if you're ready to snag a new speaker that can bring the noise to your living room or back yard, check out the best Prime…
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My anxious generation: The unforeseen toll of a digital childhood

My anxious generation: The unforeseen toll of a digital childhood

Sign up for the Freethink Weekly newsletter! A collection of our favorite stories straight to your inbox Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. To grow up online is to be an experimental guinea pig, modified with a digital appendage.For those of us raised with iPads in our grubby toddler grasp and iPhones in our middle-school backpacks, a childhood without our devices is unimaginable. A tiny six-inch screen redefined what it means to grow up, hit milestones, and pass time, so much so that this generation’s upbringing is entirely alien even to that of our parents.Algorithmic feeds took over much…
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This Samsung Frame TV deal is still 39 percent off for Amazon Prime Day

This Samsung Frame TV deal is still 39 percent off for Amazon Prime Day

Samsung's 55-inch The Frame with white bezel is down to $998 from $1,646 for Amazon Prime Day. If you're not keen on staring at a black box when you're not watching TV, this is the Prime Day TV deal you should seriously consider. While it's still a high price tag for a TV, the 39 percent discount is the best we've seen for this particular bundle.This Samsung 55-inch The Frame TV model offers a QLED 4K screen with a billion shades in full Color Volume. It also has an anti-reflection and matte display so that you can watch TV without…
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