Nike’s self-lacing HyperAdapt shoes cost $720
Even if you couldn’t get your hands on an ultra-exclusive pair of Power Mags, there is a way to get self-lacing Nikes in 2016. The company’s HyperAdapt 1.0 shoes are about to go on sale, and they automatically adjust when the wearer puts them on. Despite internet rumors suggesting they would retail for more than $1,000 YouTuber Jacques Slade confirmed the correct price of $720.
Nike confirmed the shoes will be available to a “small” group of Nike+ members on November 28th via the “Reserved for You” feature on its app. Otherwise, they will go on sale at two of its NYC locations December 1st. Later in the month, two colorways will go on sale via Nike+ and select locations, although the exact details have not been revealed.
Source: Nike
Facebook will also cut off fake news sites from ad money
Facebook has followed Google’s example and finally banned fake news sites from using its ad network to generate revenue, according to The Wall Street Journal. Fake news websites now fall under the “misleading, illegal and deceptive sites” category, which are already prohibited from using the company’s Audience Network. Facebook’s Audience Network shows its customers’ advertisements not just on the social network itself, but also on other mobile apps and websites.
If you’ll recall Mark Zuckerberg and co. came under fire after the elections, with people accusing the tech titan of helping skew the results by allowing election-related fake news to propagate. Zuckerberg strongly denied the accusations, claiming that 99 percent of the content you see on the website is authentic. According to a Gizmodo report, though, the company knew it had a problem with fake news websites and had the tool to block them. Facebook decided not to use that tool, because it would prevent most conservative news sources from showing up on people’s News Feeds. The company also denied that allegation.
As for this new development, a company spokesperson told The WSJ:
“While implied, we have updated the policy to explicitly clarify that this applies to fake news. We vigorously enforce our policies and take swift action against sites and apps that are found to be in violation. Our team will continue to closely vet all prospective publishers and monitor existing ones to ensure compliance.”
Source: The Wall Street Journal
TOMS Unveils New Line of Apple Watch Bands
Popular shoe brand TOMS today unveiled a new line of Apple Watch bands, each of which is made of a durable grosgrain fabric with leather detailing.
Apple Watch bands are divided into two collections, Utility and Artisan. Utility bands, priced at $49, come in Light Blue Stripe, Black, and Olive for 42mm Apple Watch models, and Dusty Pink, Light Blue Stripe, and Clay for 38mm Apple Watch models.
Artisan bands, priced at $75, feature a full leather backing on the band and are more expensive than Utility bands. Artisan bands come in Black Diamond (38mm and 42mm), Royal Blue Diamond (38mm), and Red Diamond (42mm).
All of TOMS Apple Watch bands feature stainless steel lugs and buckles, which match the stainless steel Apple Watch models. GIVE TIME is etched on each buckle with gold TOMS embossing on the band itself.
Each TOMS Apple Watch band purchase provides one year of solar light to families who lack access to reliable electricity.
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What’s on TV: ‘The Grand Tour,’ ‘The Force Awakens 3D,’
With the 2016 election wrapped up, so are the fall seasons of a few TV shows. Still, the big news this week is the launch of Amazon’s new The Grand Tour car show, featuring the former hosts of BBC’s Top Gear. The premiere episode arrives Friday morning, alongside season two of Lovesick on Netflix, which you may recall by its old name Scrotal Recall. National Geographic’s Mars series takes off tonight, and Star Wars fans can check out some new extras in the Blu-ray 3D edition of The Force Awakens. For gamers, there’s Watch_Dogs 2 on PS4 and Xbox One. Look after the break to check out each day’s highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
Blu-ray & Games & Streaming
- Finding Dory (3D)
- Punch-Drunk Love (Criterion)
- Better Call Saul (S2)
- Game of Thrones (S6)
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (3D)
- The Jungle Book (3D)
- Space Jam (20th Anniversary)
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Citizen Kane (75th Anniversary)
- Time After Time
- Watch Dogs 2 (PS4, Xbox One)
- Overcooked: Gourmet Edition (PS4, Xbox One)
Monday
- Monday Night Football: Bengals/Giants, ESPN, 8:15PM
- The Untold Story of Pfc. Tony Vaccaro, HBO, 8PM
- Supergirl , CW, 8PM
- Kevin Can Wait, CBS, 8PM
- Gotham, Fox, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 8PM
- WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
- X Factor UK, Axs, 8PM
- Man with a Plan, CBS, 8:30PM
- American Dad, TBS, 8:30PM
- The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade (series premiere), Investigation Discovery, 9PM
- Mars (series premiere), National Geographic Channel, 9PM
- Jane the Virgin, CW, 9PM
- 2 Broke Girls, CBS, 9PM
- Lucifer, Fox, 9PM
- Fast n’ Loud, Discovery, 9PM
- The Odd Couple, CBS, 9:30PM
- Explorer (season premiere), National Geographic Channel, 10PM
- Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (series premiere), PBs, 10PM
- Scorpion, CBS, 10PM
- Timeless, NBC, 10PM
- Conviction, ABC, 10PM
- Mary + Jane, MTV, 10PM
- Sacred Steel, Discovery, 10PM
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, TBS, 10:30PM
- Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM
- StarTalk, National Geographic Channel, 11PM
Tuesday
- The Mindy Project (fall finale), Hulu, 3AM
- Nuhr in Berlin, Netflix, 3AM
- WWE Smackdown, USA, 8PM
- Tackle My Ride (series premiere), NFL Network, 8PM
- The Flash, CW, 8PM
- Brooklyn Nine-nine, Fox, 8PM
- NCIS, CBS, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- WWE Smackdown, USA, 8PM
- The Middle, ABC, 8PM
- Black America Since MLK, PBS, 8PM
- New Girl, Fox, 8:30PM
- Bull, CBS, 9PM
- Good Behavior (series premiere), TNT, 9PM
- Teen Wolf (season premiere), MTV, 9PM
- No Tomorrow, CW, 9PM
- Channel Zero: Candle Cove (season finale), Syfy, 9PM
- Inside the NFL, Showtime 9PM
- The Gary Owen Show, BET, 9:30PM
- David Blaine: Beyond Magic, ABC, 10PM
- NCIS: NO, CBS, 10PM
- Shooter (series premiere), USA, 10PM
- Sweet/Vicious (series premiere), MTV, 10PM
- Soundbreaking, PBS, 10PM
- Aftermath, Syfy, 10PM
- A Season with Florida State Football, Showtime, 10PM
- Drunk History, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- Cyberwar, Viceland, 10:30PM
- The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Comedy Central, 12AM
Wednesday
- Chance, Hulu, 3AM
- Arrow, CW, 8PM
- Blindspot, NBC, 8PM
- Lethal Weapon, Fox, 8PM
- The Goldbergs, ABC, 8PM
- Survivor, CBS, 8PM
- Unsung Hollywood: Bill Bellamy (season finale), TV One, 8PM
- Speechless, CBS, 8:30PM
- Chicago PD, NBC, 9 & 10PM
- Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
- Empire, Fox, 9PM
- Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
- NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network, 9PM
- Frequency, CW, 9PM
- Black-ish, ABC, 9:30PM
- The Real World, MTV, 10PM
- That Awkward Game Show, Spike TV, 10PM
- Code Black, CBS, 10PM
- Designated Survivor, ABC, 10PM
- You’re the Worst (season finale), FXX, 10PM
- American Horror Story (season finale), FX, 10PM
- Soundbreaking, PBS, 10PM
- South Park, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia, Viceland, 10PM
- Rectify, Sundance, 10PM
- Impastor, TV Land, 10:30PM
- Legends of Chamberlain Heights, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM
- True Life: I’m an Adult Baby, MTV, 11PM
Thursday
- Lovesick (fka Scrotal Recall) (S2), Netflix, 3AM
- Saints/Panthers football, CBS, 8:25PM
- DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, CW, 8PM
- Grey’s Anatomy (fall finale), ABC, 8PM
- The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
- Rosewood, Fox, 8PM
- The Great Indoors, CBS, 8:30PM
- Undercover (season finale), BBC America, 8, 9 & 10PM
- Mom, CBS, 9PM
- Pitch, Fox, 9PM
- Supernatural, CW, 9PM
- Notorious, ABC, 9PM
- True Life: We Are Transitioning, MTV, 9PM
- Life in Pieces, CBS, 9:30PM
- Pure Genius, CBS, 10PM
- Falling Water, USA, 10PM
- Almost Impossible Game Show, MTV, 10PM
- Balls Deep, Viceland, 10PM
- How to Get Away With Murder (fall finale), ABC, 10PM
- Acting Out, MTV, 10:30PM
- Desus & Mero, Viceland, 11PM
- Wonderland (season finale), MTV, 11PM
- This is Not Happening, Comedy Central, 12:30AM
Friday
- The Grand Tour (series premiere), Amazon Prime, 3AM
- Beat Bugs (S2), Netflix, 3AM
- Divines, Netflix, 3AM
- Colin Quinn: The New York Story, Netflix, 3AM
- Paranoid (S1), Netflix, 3AM
- Macgyver, CBS, 8PM
- Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
- The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
- Dr. Ken, ABC, 8:30PM
- Payday, Viceland, 9PM
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, CW, 9PM
- The Exorcist, Fox, 9PM
- Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 9PM
- Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
- Z Nation, Syfy, 9PM
- Van Helsing, Syfy, 10PM
- Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
- Tracey Ullman’s Show, HBO, 11PM
- Comedy Bang! Bang!, IFC, 11 & 11:30PM
Saturday
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, BBC America, 9PM
- Saturday Night Live: Kristen Wiig / The xx, 11:30PM
Sunday
- Packers/Washington Sunday Night Football, NBC, 8:20PM
- 60 Minutes, CBS, 7:30PM
- Durrells in Corfu (season finale), PBS, 8PM
- The Librarians (season premiere), TNT, 8PM
- Ash vs. Evil Dead, Starz, 8PM
- 2016 American Music Awards, ABC, 8PM
- Blunt Talk, Starz, 8:30PM
- NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 8PM
- Bob’s Burgers, Fox, 8:30PM
- Blunt Talk, Starz, 8:30PM
- Family Guy, Fox, 9PM
- The Walking Dead, AMC, 9PM
- Westworld, HBO, 9PM
- Alaska: The Last Frontier, Discovery, 9PM
- Poldark, PBS, 9PM
- Secrets and Lies, ABC, 9PM
- Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
- Berlin Station, Epix, 9PM
- The Last Man on Earth, Fox, 9:30PM
- Madam Secretary, CBS, 9:30PM
- The Affair (season premiere), Showtime, 10PM
- Edge of Alaska, Discovery, 10PM
- Eyewitness, USA, 10PM
- Graves, Epix, 10PM
- Divorce, HBO, 10PM
- Talking Dead, AMC, 10PM
- Elementary, CBS, 10:30PM
- Insecure, HBO, 10:30PM
- Kevin Hart: Hart of the City (season finale), Comedy Central, 11:30PM
Rogers makes waiting for the cable guy less terrible with new tool
It’s no secret that waiting for the cable guy is one of the biggest annoyances in the world, next to stubbing your toe or getting pineapple on your pizza (seriously, what’s up with pineapple?), but Rogers wants to change that — the first annoyance at least — with its new EnRoute tool.
Debuting a month after its latest app-based ability to track data usage in real time, EnRoute allows cable customers to track their technician within a specific two-hour time window, rather than the “9 to 5” absurdity most cable customers are used to. Once an appointment is made, customers receive a unique URL over email or SMS that allows them to track the service time and see a map of where that person is.
The appointments themselves can be booked using a variety of methods, including Twitter, Facebook Messenger, on-site chat and over the phone. The URL is generated as a ticket, which is sent to the waiting customer. Rogers says it receives 260,000 calls per year pertaining to the arrival time of a technician.
EnRoute is rolling out to customers in Hamilton first, with a broader expansion early next year.
Android is finally on Instagram
It looks like #TeamAndroid is keeping it real #nofilter style
Instagram has been on Android for a while, but now Android is on Instagram.
The folks from Mountain View have set up a new Instagram account and promise “#AndroidAdventures & more.” They have posted several static images and animations that form a colorful grid, but so far no adventures of any kind.
#Android
A photo posted by Android (@android) on Nov 14, 2016 at 4:10am PST
We’re looking forward to whatever adventures they may have planned.
This crazy bundle scores you a 55-inch 4K TV and PlayStation 4 Pro for $999
Right now you can grab this killer PlayStation 4 Pro deal that bundles it with a Sony 55-inch 4K TV at Amazon for just $999. Bundling everything together saves you just shy of $300, which means that you have some extra cash around to pick up a few games or other accessories to get you started with your new system. The TV set also has Android TV built into it, so you’ll be able to stream your favorite media and more without having to go out and purchase other accessories for it.
If you’ve been looking to upgrade your TV and want the new PlayStation 4, this is a bundle you won’t want to miss out on. Odds are that this won’t last long, so if you are interested be sure to act quickly!
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You can soon buy Nike’s self-lacing trainers, if you have £575 to spare
The future is almost here, and it’s expensive.
Nike has been teasing for a while that it will soon release self-lacing trainers inspired by the boots Marty wore in the film Back to the Future II, but now it’s finally ready to release them for all consumers to buy. According to Jacques Slade, a YouTube creator known for his sneaker affinity, Nike’s upcoming kicks will cost $720 (around £575) when they launch this holiday season.
Just CONFIRMED with NIKE. Hyperadapt 1.0 is NOT $1000. It is $720 releasing on 12/1. pic.twitter.com/eqcwybbRyN
— Jacques Slade (@kustoo) November 14, 2016
The HyperAdapt 1.0 shoes, which were revealed in October 2015, teased in May, and confirmed in September, will release on 1 December. They follow Nike’s limited edition Air Mags. Only 89 Air Mags were sold to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research. Like the Air Mags, the HyperAdapts will auto-tighten its laces when you hit a sensor, Nike said.
The tightness of the fit can also be adjusted with buttons on the side.
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