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Get up to 23% off Tile trackers in Amazon’s Big Spring sale

3 As part of the Amazon Big Spring sale, Amazon has a huge sale on Tile trackers with up to 23% off select models. The sale means you can buy tile trackers from just $42 so this is the ideal time to secure your devices more carefully. If you’re keen to learn more, keep reading while we take you through some recommendations or you can tap the button below to see the full Tile sale for yourself. What to shop for in the Amazon Tile tracker sale Tile makes some of the best Bluetooth trackers around with the Tile Mate…

A four-pack of Tile Pro Bluetooth trackers is on sale for $80 in the Amazon Big Spring Sale

Your keys (bags, jackets, purses) may soon become easier to find, thanks to the Big Spring Sale at Amazon. Right now a four pack of Tile Pro Bluetooth trackers are down to $80 instead of the $100 full price for the pack. The deal looks even better when you consider a single Tile Pro goes for $35. That's not quite an all-time low, as we saw the set drop to around $70 for the shopping holidays in 2022 and again last year. Still a decent savings over buying our favorite trackers for Android phones separately and at full…

New Adaptive Roof Tile Cuts Both Heating and Cooling Costs Without the Need for Electronics

UC Santa Barbara researchers have created an adaptive roofing tile that reduces building heating and cooling costs by using a wax motor to change surface properties based on temperature, showing significant energy savings in initial tests.Approximately 50% of the energy used in a typical American building is dedicated to heating and cooling. That’s a lot of money spent, fossil fuel burned and places strain on the already aging energy infrastructure, especially during periods of extreme temperatures.It’s also a problem UC…

A four-pack of Tile Mate Bluetooth trackers is on sale for only $38

If you're sick of misplacing your keys, bag or even your jacket, a Bluetooth tracker can help. Walmart is currently selling a four-pack of Tile Mate tags in gray for $38. That puts them at $9.50 per tracker, which is a pretty good deal considering a set of four retails for $100 or $25 each at full price (though we've seen them selling for around $17 per fob lately). Even if you were just planning on getting two, you may as well snag this deal and get a few bonus trackers so you can get creative on what you tag, such as an…

Inside Mathematicians’ Search for the Mysterious ‘Einstein Tile’

In November 2022 a colleague of mine casually asked what I was working on. My dazed answer reflected the swirl of ideas that was consuming all my mental energy at the time: “Actually, I think the solution to a major open problem just fell into my lap.” A week before, I had received an e-mail asking me to look at a shape. That was the first time I saw “the hat,” an unassuming polygon that turned out to be the culmination of a decades-long mathematical quest.The e-mail came from David Smith, someone I knew from a small…

Apple AirTag, Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2, Tile Mate prices slashed

If you’re always losing and misplacing stuff, you may want to invest in Bluetooth trackers. These handy devices can be placed or attached to any object — and even held by people or pets! If you think they’ll be very useful for you, there are three options with discounts right now from Amazon — the Tile Mate for $18, down $7 from $25; the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2 for $20, down $10 from $30; and the Apple AirTag for $27, down $2 from $29. You’re going to have to hurry if you want to take advantage of any of these…

Tile Bluetooth trackers are up to 33 percent off right now

Amazon is selling a two-pack of Tile Mate Bluetooth trackers for $33, which matches the record low the set hit for Prime Day in October. A four-pack of Tile Mates in grey is on sale for 40 percent off from the manufacturer. These handy fobs attach to your keys, backpack, or anything else you don't want to lose. The app —which works with both iPhone and Android — lets you ring the tags to find them nearby, and uses the community of other Tile users to locate items that you misplace out in the world.TileA 31 percent

Apple AirTag hidden in a teddy bear helps catch thief

Over the past few months, there have been several arguments around whether or not Bluetooth trackers like Apple AirTag are misused to track individuals. In response, Google and Apple joined forces to submit an industry specification to combat this problem. However, while this technology can be abused, it also has some benefits too, such as assisting people in keeping a check on lost or stolen items. Now, another unorthodox use case of AirTag has surfaced where it was used to track a criminal who committed…

Tile Bluetooth trackers discounted for Amazon Prime Day 2022

If you and your family members are prone to misplacing things like keys, remote controls, and phones, you should think about taking advantage of Amazon’s Prime Day deals for Tile trackers. These Bluetooth-powered devices will make sure that you won’t lose anything again, and with the discounts for the shopping event, you’ll be able to afford multiples of them to attach to as many objects as you need to. Apple has released its own version of the Bluetooth trackers named the AirTag, but our Apple AirTag versus Tile…

Google Meet tile pairing & other education features will soon go public

If you use Google Meet for educational purposes, then its new feature might interest you. Yes, the platform is getting a new feature which will enhance the virtual learning experience. This feature will help users to pair up their video tiles with other users during presentations. Since this new feature is an educational entry, it is obvious that it won’t be available to everyone. First, it will only be accessible to Google Workspace users paying the subscription price. Next, some new features will only be available to…