Steve Jobs and Jony Ive called the small design studio I worked at asking for help back in 1997. They wanted us to create a new desktop computer that would save Apple from going under. We accepted the challenge and created the multi-colored iMac. Apple quickly climbed out of its financial hole and is now
Read MoreWelcome to the annual biggest week in trailers, aka TV upfronts week. This is the week when TV networks present glimpses of their new shows to advertisers, trying to woo commitments ahead of the shows’ debuts later this year. Naturally, those trailers also end up online. I love watching all the upfront trailers because they’re
Read MoreIn a motion filed with the Court of Federal Claims Friday, the company said the privacy was necessary because the suit contains “confidential and proprietary information and source selection information not appropriate for release to the public.” SpaceX is suing the government once again, but the reason is a secret Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreToday’s 4K TVs are all marketed with “motion,” “action” and “clear” numbers from 60 to 240 and higher. They’re mostly made up. Here’s the real story. The truth about 4K TV refresh rates – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGameStop is hosting a day-long sale today on games, consoles, accessories, and memorabilia based on movies, TV shows, and video game franchises. This is a rare opportunity, aside from Amazon Prime Day 2019 and Black Friday, to find popular games and console bundles for less than their usual prices. Before jumping in to see a
Read MoreA 50" Sceptre 1080p TV, a 10-person Coleman Cabin Tent, and a Dash Mini Rice Cooker lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: 50" Sceptre TV, Coleman Cabin Tent, Dash Mini Rice Cooker, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreGoogle Maps is great for helping you find your way — or even helping you find your car — but the app can also help other people find you. Maps has an easily overlooked feature for sharing your real-time whereabouts with someone so they can see exactly where you are, even if you’re moving, and
Read MoreSometimes for a retrocomputing enthusiast it can be challenging to see a surviving machine gutted and used for another purpose. But in the case of [Tom Pick]’s Radio Shack TRS-80 based Steam Machine PC we can forgive him, because it began with a very unpromising machine that had most definitely seen better days. The TRS-80
Read MoreIt was only a matter of time, but now with the Formation Duo Bowers & Wilkins has made a bona fide high-end wireless speaker system. We listen to the Bowers & Wilkins Formation Duo wireless speakers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn a CNET Live Q&A, the cast members and author open up about making the film, the importance of diversity on screen, Riverdale and Bruce Lee. The Sun Is Also A Star's Charles Melton, Jake Choi and Nicola Yoon talk love – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe fiesty Micca RB42 sounds a lot bigger than it is. The joy of listening to the 0 Micca RB42 speakers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft is discounting its Surface Headphones by $100. The deal is available over at the company’s online store, and it looks like a temporary price cut to $249.99 down from the regular $349.99 price. Microsoft’s headphones have Cortana built-in, but they also work with Apple’s Siri or the Google Assistant on Android. Surface Headphones also
Read MoreWe could all stand to be a little more productive, and while there are plenty of apps that claim to help you blaze through your to-dos and get your life together, too many bog you down with unnecessary hoops and confusing features that just slow you down in the end. Focuster is looking to change
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Joy can be found in unexpected places. It could be the sound of birdsong in the morning, the movement of a plastic bag caught in the wind, or a fucking rocking t-shirt you can play like an electric guitar.
Read MoreYou can take (almost) every fitness class you could ever want right from your living room. The best monthly workout streaming subscriptions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFrom dungeon crawling to zombies to Prohibition-era ghostbusting, these tabletop games combine traditional real-world cards and dice with companion apps and video game themes. Put down the gamepad, these are the best tabletop board games for video gamers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere is a dedicated community of plotter enthusiasts who keep their often-aging X-Y axis pen drawing devices going decades after they were built, and who share plotter-generated paper artwork online. [Dhananjay Balan] was seduced by this, so acquired a second-hand HP7440A through eBay and set about bringing it to life. Bringing it to life was
Read MoreThe 5G revolution is nearly upon us. Here’s when to expect super-fast 5G devices from top phone-makers. Galaxy S10 5G, Huawei Mate X, OnePlus 7 Pro: All the 5G phones that are on their way – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity died out billions of years ago. Even the youngest lunar lava is old enough to have become scarred by numerous impact craters that have been collected over the aeons as cosmic debris
Read MoreYou’ve probably seen it all over your social media timelines and stories this week — friends using Snapchat’s new gender-bending filter to create uncanny and slightly creepy versions of themselves as men, women, and babies. SNAPCHAT FILTER IS CRAZY! 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/OzflHJylPC — Aaron Aberasturi C. (@AberasturiAaron) May 12, 2019 So, I did this #Snapchat gender
Read MoreMaking an event badge is hard work. Making a single prototype badge is hard enough, but the whole process of sourcing components and coordinating manufacture for hundreds of badges on a shoestring budget with the looming deadline of the event and its expectant attendees is a Herculean task. [Uri Shaked] is one who bears the
Read MoreGerman researchers have a line on 3D printed circuitry, but with a twist. Using silver nanowires and a polymer, they’ve created flexible and transparent circuits. Nanowires in this context are only 20 nanometers long and only a few nanometers thick. The research hopes to print things like LEDs and solar cells. Of course, nothing is
Read MoreIf you have a serious visual impairment, using a computer isn’t easy. [Dhiraj] has a project that allows people fluent in Braille to use that language for input. In addition to having a set position for fingers, the device also reads the key pressed as you type. With some third party software it is possible
Read MoreInvestors are suing for damages from the ride-hailing company, alleging that Lyft overstated its market share. Lyft sued by investors over allegedly 'misleading' IPO statements – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAccording to MacRumors, Cult of Mac and a variety of social media reports, Apple employees are having a unique day at Apple’s spaceship campus — one filled with rainbows. Last week, drone videographer Duncan Sinfield discovered that Apple had erected a gigantic new rainbow stage at the heart of its Apple Park campus, and this
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