Mark Zuckerberg's Custom Smart Home Is Just as Stupid as the Rest of Them

Image: Facebook.comMark Zuckerberg is known to start each year by setting aggressive personal goals for himself. This year, he announced he was going to build an artificial intelligence (AI) that would help him control things around his smart home,…

Super Mario Run: Worth It To You?

When the going gets tough, the plumbers get running. Mario decided he's not taking the slow path to save the princess this time; he's booking it to Bowser's keep. And because he's in such a rush, you're going to reach the end of the three …

Four More Ways to Fend Off Static Cling During the Winter Months

If your clothes seem to have more static cling in the cold months of winter, you’re not crazy. The lack of humidity makes it a lot easier for static electricity to build up. Fortunately, there are few things you can do to get rid of it.Read more...

Apple CFO Maestri: What the EC is doing here is a disgrace for European citizens, it should be ashamed’

Maestri accuses EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager of pursuing a political agenda...

Move a PiP Video Player Window Anywhere on Mac

Many of you may use the excellent Picture-in-Picture mode on the Mac to watch a video or movie while doing something else on the computer. In doing so you have likely noticed that the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) windows snap into one of the four corner…

TMO Background Mode: Interview with Scrivener Creator Keith Blount

Keith Blount is the founder of the renowned writing app Scrivener. It’s designed for long-form text such as a thesis or novel. Think of it as a 3-ring binder and corkboard for the author. But Keith didn’t start life as a programmer. In college he st…

Uber's self-driving cars can't handle bike lanes, forcing drivers to kill autonomous mode

Hmm.. our software breaks the law? Ah, well, just ship it Uber's claim that its self-driving cars don't qualify as self-driving cars, a stance challenged on Friday by California Attorney General Kamala Harris, becomes more complicated in light of fi…

Google Home now plays nice with Sony speakers and Android TVs

Google Home already allows you to control any connected Chromecast devices with simple voice commands, but if the device is really going to compete with Amazon's Echo line, it's going to need a bigger ecosystem to play in. Starting today, h…

Patients treated by female doctors less likely to die than patients treated by men, new study shows

Make Managing your Files Easy With This Lightning Port Flash Drive [Deals Hub]

Delete apps, photos, and videos just to get space back on your phone is a hassle. The iKlips Duo+ Dual-Interface Drive will save you that trouble. Get up to 32GB of plug-in storage on sale now from the iPhone Hacks Deals Hub. Continue reading →

Build a Weather Monitoring Station With an Arduino

We’ve seen Raspberry Pi-powered weather stations before, but if Arduino is more your style, Instructables user Tecwyn Twmffat made one with three Arduinos.Read more...

Apple’s not very good, really quite poor 2016

As they drift off for their one- or two-day vacations shortly, will Apple's senior executives be patting themselves on the back?

How to pair AirPods with Android, Apple TV, PC, older Macs, and more

Apple’s new AirPods are out, and first impressions are rolling in. One of the common misconceptions that arose when the AirPods were originally announced was that they could not pair with other non-Apple devices. Luckily, this just isn’t true. Appl…

The Most Popular Programming Languages Based On Jobs, Search Engines, and More

There’s no rule that says you have to learn the most popular programming languages, but if you want to code for a living it might be beneficial to know what’s in demand and trending.Read more...

All of iPhone 8’s OLED version will be curved, sources say

All of Apple’s iPhone 8 OLED versions will be curved...

Want to Know Which Apple Stores have AirPods? Check iStockNow

Online AirPods orders are backlogged six weeks, and it’s practically impossible to find any in Apple’s own retail stores. Until Apple gets inventory under control iStockNow is a handy tool for tracking down which stores may have those elusive wirele…

The First AI-Written Christmas Song Is More Soul-Crushing than Fruitcake

Gather ye around the yule log, so festive, warm, and bright! Listen to this song of Christmas cheer written and composed by an AI. And hold on to your loved ones as said tune sucks the soul from your very bones and leaves you quivering in the naked …

Los Angeles to extradite bloke from Nigeria after scores of city workers fall for phish scam

County claims chap tried to infiltrate medical, social services Los Angeles wants to extradite a Nigerian man accused of swiping the passwords of more than 100 workers in 15 city and county departments via a phishing attack.…

Apple still has 'great desktops' on the way

If you've been following the Mac lineup in recent years, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Apple had largely given up on desktops. The current-generation iMac is over a year old, the Mac mini hasn't been updated since 2014 and the Mac Pro…

The Hazards of Going on Autopilot

The First Footage Ever Taken of a Ghost Shark is Creepy as Hell

Image: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)Remotely operated vehicle surveys off the coast of California and Hawaii have produced several observations of a large deep sea ghost shark known as a “pointy-nosed blue chimaera.” The resulting…