You’ve probably heard by now that Amazon’s offering fifty bucks off every 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD. But while that’s great news for you, it hints at disappointing early days for Amazon’s big-boy tablet. Is the 8.9-inch Fire HD dying on the vine? More »
Want to pause a Netflix stream from the comfort of your sofa? Email a forgotten file from your home to your office? Gain full remote access to your PC from halfway across the world? More »
Four inmates tried to escape through a hole made on their cell’s wall using a metal pipe from the prison’s shower. Unfortunately for them, they were as smart as a bag of hammers: the hole was too small and the second prisoner got stuck, keeping the others inside. More »
You. You’re out drinking with your friends, matching them round for round. They’re sippin’ fancy whiskey, but you’re saving money, sticking with the well specials. So why is it, halfway through the night, you’re suddenly hit with a brutal headache, and everybody else is fine? More »
I’ve traveled 18,054 miles on airplanes this year. That’s 27 flights. And on each of those 27 takeoffs and 27 landings, a hungover flight attendant has asked me and my fellow travelers to turn off our phones. I didn’t, not once. And you know what? I didn’t die. All 27 planes found the runway, none of their engines sputtered out. More »
The world got it all wrong, so you can all stop laughing now. The North Korean archeologists didn’t find a magic unicorn lair belonging to an ancient king in Pyongyang. Don’t be stupid! No, they actually found the lair of the animal you are seeing above. More »
‘Tis the season for getting up in your relatives’ grills with your giant camera and making them hate you for taking pictures while they are still in pajamas. Yep, the DSLR-slinger has a lot to look forward to around the holidays. A big part of the fun is the long list of gift possibilities. Here are some ideas for the budding photog or seasoned pro in your life. More »
The tablet market went through some huge changes in 2012. Apple finally introduced a (somewhat) more affordable iPad. Microsoft released Windows 8 and launched its own hardware. And for the first time, every major player had a tablet that was actually, you know, good. More »
Nobody thinks about batteries—until they’ve run out of juice, of course. But this humble and surprisingly ancient technology has done far more for human civilization than most people realize. More »
Tim Cook laid some pretty exciting news on us today, saying that an entire Mac line would be manufactured in the US starting next year (some iMacs are already assembled here). But time was, that was just ho-hum standard for all Macs, when they were made in Fremont, California. More »
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