The PowerRay underwater drone finds fish and films them in 4K

If you're heading out to the coast or the lake for a spot of fishing, you can have the best gear and the perfect bait but you won't land anything if you're set up in the wrong spot. Experience can only guide so you so much, so PowerVision -…

Forget the wrist: Motiv's ring puts a fitness tracker on your finger

If you can’t stand fitness-tracking bands or smartwatches, maybe you should put a ring on it.Not just any old ring, obviously—a waterproof, Bluetooth, titanium activity-tracking ring with a built-in accelerometer, LED lighting, and an optical hea…

Linksys Velop Wi-Fi router review: One of the best mesh network systems to date

Linksys bid its time before jumping into the consumer mesh Wi-Fi router market, watching Eero, Luma, Netgear, and Google wade in with new products in 2016. Now Linksys is making a splash at CES, where it debuted its Velop Whole Home Wi-Fi system.…

The essential Apple users guide to CES 2017

While Apple won’t be at the CES this year the company will be paying attention to what takes place at the event.Smartphones have shown what can be done with an intelligent mobile processor inside of a truly mobile device, so you can expect an arr…

Forget the wrist: Motiv's ring puts a fitness tracker on your finger

If you can’t stand fitness-tracking bands or smartwatches, maybe you should put a ring on it.Not just any old ring, obviously—a waterproof, Bluetooth, titanium activity-tracking ring with a built-in accelerometer, LED lighting, and an optical hea…

Android tops 2016 vuln list, with 523 bugs

Google joins Microsoft, Apple, Adobe in top of the pops Of any single product, CVE Details reckons, Android had the most reported vulnerabilities in 2016 – but as a vendor, Adobe still tops the list.…

★ Craig Hockenberry’s ‘Making Sense of Color Management’

In this book, Craig tells us not just what to do, but why.

With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Hobble Independent Ethics Office

CES 2017: Lenovo Announces Amazon Alexa-Powered Connected Smart Speaker

PC maker Lenovo today announced its first smart speaker with Amazon's voice-activated virtual assistant built in. Called the Lenovo Smart Assistant, the connected speaker integrates Amazon's Alexa Voice Services and offers the same speech-activat…

34% off TurboTax Deluxe 2016 Tax Software Federal & State - Deal Alert

TurboTax coaches you every step of the way and double checks your return as you go to handle even the toughest tax situations, so you can be confident you’re getting every dollar you deserve. Its typical list price of $59.99 has been reduced a g…

The 10 Mac games you need to play from December 2016

December's Mac gamesImage by Daedalic EntertainmentWe recently looked back on the year in Mac gaming, choosing 20 of the most exciting and essential releases of 2016—but game studios didn’t stop releasing games just because we were winding down for …

The 10 Mac games you need to play from December 2016

December's Mac gamesImage by Daedalic EntertainmentWe recently looked back on the year in Mac gaming, choosing 20 of the most exciting and essential releases of 2016—but game studios didn’t stop releasing games just because we were winding down for …

With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Hobble Independent Ethics Office

★ Craig Hockenberry’s ‘Making Sense of Color Management’

In this book, Craig tells us not just what to do, but why.

Dinosaur eggs reveal one possible reason why they went extinct

The eggs of some dinosaurs took much, much longer to hatch than the eggs of their avian relatives and descendants -- and it could have contributed to their demise. A team of researchers from various institutions examined the embryonic tooth…

Ridiculously small Linux build lands with ridiculously few swears

Happy New Year, let's get ranty next time around The latest Linux 4.10-rc2 build nearly didn't happen because L-triptophaniac developers were Christmassing, but Linus Torvalds decided to set it free as a New Year treat.…

★ Craig Hockenberry’s ‘Making Sense of Color Management’

In this book, Craig tells us not just what to do, but why.

AirPods losing battery life too quickly? Try this fix!

Some folks have been having trouble with battery drain problems in the AirPods. Reddit has the answer! Apple's new AirPods have a lot going for them — they're ultra-portable, sound great, and offer easy access to Siri — but reported battery issue…

How to hatch Pichu, Togepi, and Gen 2 babies in Pokémon Go!

How do you hatch the Gen 2 babies — Pichu, Togepi, Cleffa, Igglybuff, Magby, Smoochum, Elekid, and Tyrogue — in Pokémon Go? Like this! Pokémon Go has begun to release Gen 2, starting with the ones from the Johto Region in Pokémon Gold and Pokémon…

Russian 'grid attack' turns out to be a damp squib

One laptop does not a blackout make Updated  Russian hackers have not penetrated America's electricity grid, in spite of an end-of-year media flurry saying they did.…

Top-Secret-cleared SOCOM medics hit in 11GB govt database leak

Dismissed hacker calls buddy to nix exposed database A Pentagon subcontractor has exposed the names, locations, Social Security Numbers, and salaries of US Military Special Operations Command (SOCOM) healthcare professionals.…