I’m tempted by the finally-upgraded Mac Mini (pictured above with the new 13″ iPad Pro configured as its display), long the black sheep of the Mac lineup but loved for the promise of compact power it (again) justifies. Rather than make the new model smaller, as some expected, they kept the same box and filled […]
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Thousands of sleep apnea sufferers rely on a lone Australian CPAP hacker to stay healthy
An Australian developer named Mark Watkins painstakingly reverse-engineered the proprietary data generated by Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines and created Sleepyhead, a free/open piece of software that has become the go-to tool for thousands of sleep apnea sufferers around the world who want to tune their machines to stay healthy. CPAP machines […]
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Tidal Music Now Available On Amazon’s Echo
Chances are when someone buys an Amazon Echo speaker, they are most likely buying it for Alexa and the various skills and connectivity options the digital assistant offers. However if you’d like to use your Echo speakers for more than just a medium between you and Alexa, you might be […]
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Some Juul Pods Will No Longer Be Sold At Retail Stores
You may have heard of the Juul e-cigarettes that have been wildly popular over the past year. They don’t actually look like e-cigarettes as the design is very discrete which makes them look more like USB drives than e-cigarettes. That’s one of the reasons behind Juul’s popularity. However, in the […]
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Apple Now Selling Refurbished HomePods
As far as smart speakers are concerned, Apple’s HomePods are priced at the higher-end side of things, which isn’t surprising considering that Apple products are usually priced at a premium. However if you are hoping to get your hands on the HomePod but don’t want to pay full price, you’re […]
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Apple Investigating Integrating A Camera Into An Apple Watch Band
Given how small and powerful camera technology is these days, it does seem tempting to try and put a camera into everything. However there are certain devices in which a camera doesn’t really make much sense, such as a smartwatch, but it seems that Apple could potentially be looking at […]
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Samsung Testing Controlling TV Using Your Brain
The idea of being able to control objects using our mind seems like something out of a sci-fi/fantasy movie or story, but it’s actually not a far-fetched reality. In the past we have seen how using our brains, we can control devices like wheelchairs, which is why using our brain […]
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Valve Could Be Making Their Own VR Headset
According to a report from UploadVR, it seems that Valve could be looking to develop its own virtual reality (VR) headset. This is according to leaked images of an alleged prototype that Valve has developed, along with UploadVR confirming with their own independent sources that such a device could be […]
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Nintendo Switch NES Controllers Now Available For Pre-Order
Back in September, Nintendo unveiled official NES controllers designed for the Nintendo Switch. For those who are interested in the controllers, an announcement on Nintendo’s Twitter page has revealed that the controllers are now available for pre-order where they are expected to begin shipping out to customers mid-December. For those […]
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Bang & Olufsen Detail Rollout Of AirPlay 2 Support To It Speakers
While most speakers and most companies tend to use Bluetooth to connect devices wirelessly, like a set of speakers to a phone, Apple has instead opted to use its own technology in the form of AirPlay, which admittedly does offer up more features compared to Bluetooth. For those who actually […]
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T-Mobile Mini Internet TV Box Spotted At The FCC
It appears that T-Mobile might still be interesting in launching its own TV streaming service. An FCC filing has revealed the hardware for this service which may be called the T-Mobile Mini. Images of the device have surfaced online as well due to this filing. It’s expected that T-Mobile could […]
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Dyson Could Be Working On A Wearable Air Purifier That Doubles As Headphones
Many of us take for granted that we live in places where air pollution isn’t so bad and is actually liveable. However if you’ve seen photos of certain cities in China and India, then you know that there are some out there who are living in an almost perpetual state […]
Read MoreWhat We Use, 2018 Edition: The stuff Rita can’t live without
Article Contents It’s been four years since I shared with you all the gadgets and quirky things that I own and love in my previous What We Use post. In the time since, a lot has changed in my personal life. I met the most awesome, weird, and pun-loving man. We got married, moved into […]
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Samsung Galaxy Home Spotted At The FCC, Coming Launching Soon
Several months ago Samsung announced the Galaxy Home which is basically Samsung’s take on the smart speaker. However what Samsung did not mention during the announcement was when the device would launch, but the good news is that it looks like we could be getting pretty close to a release. […]
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Netgear Unveils New Nighthawk WiFi 6 Compatible Routers
When it comes to buying a new router, it can be confusing trying to decide which router to buy, especially for the average user who might be baffled by the sheer number of choices that are available, and all the technical jargon that is used. For example there is WiFi […]
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Google Home Hub Can Play Makeup Tutorials From Sephora
Google Home Hub, the company’s first smart display, can now help you with your beauty routine. The company today announced that the Home Hub can now play makeup tutorials from Sephora in response to a voice command. Makeup tutorials are quite popular online. Google says that over 81 million how-to […]
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YouTube For Nintendo Switch Arrives Today
It was reported last week that the YouTube app may finally be coming to Nintendo Switch. Many would have expected the app to be there already since YouTube is the world’s number one source of online videos but that wasn’t the case. The wait is finally over for Nintendo Switch […]
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Comcast May Launch Streaming Set-Top Box For Internet Customers
As more people cut the cord, companies are looking to come up with ways to address their changing requirements. A new report reveals that Comcast might be planning a streaming set-top box for its internet customers. The product will be offered to its broadband-only customers in the country, enabling them […]
Read MoreGorgeous, stylized portraits of vintage computing hardware
Docubyte’s Visual History of Computing 1945-1979 is a mix of superb staging, outstanding photography, and intense nostalgia, and it just made my day. (Thanks, /nev/dull!) <!– Cory Doctorow I write books. My latest are: a YA graphic novel called In Real Life (with Jen […]
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Official Nintendo Wii U Facebook Page Will Be Shuttered This Friday
Following the massive success of the Nintendo Wii, we’re sure that Nintendo assumed that the Wii U, which comes with a separate screen that you can play games on in case your TV is being used by someone else, would be an even bigger hit. It actually turned out to […]
Read MoreApple to release iOS 12.1 on October 30 with Group FaceTime, new emoji, more 🍎
Apple is holding a launch event on Tuesday, October 30, and the image shown on invitations is above. Here’s what the smart guesses are on what they’re going to announce. Apple will livestream the event here, start time scheduled for 10 AM Eastern time. Among the offerings said to be in store: new iPads, a […]
Read MoreSecurity researchers identify “fingerprints” in 3D printed objects that can be used to trace their manufacturing
In PrinTracker: Fingerprinting 3D Printers using Commodity Scanners (Scihub mirror), a paper to be presented at the ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security conference in Toronto this month, a group of U Buffalo and Northeastern researchers present a model for uniquely identifying which 3D printer produced a given manufactured object, which […]
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