Samsung Says It Is ‘Adjusting’ Note 7 Supply Due to Fire Reports

Blowing Up Fruits and Vegetables in Slow Motion Is Good Clean Fun

Some fruits and vegetables blow up better than others. A pineapple? Looks fantastic because it sends shards everywhere. An onion? Hell yeah, the unraveling of layers is awesome. A cucumber explosion? Just okay because it gets blown to bits too q…

Build Your Endurance Anywhere With These Cycling, Running, and Stair Climbing Workouts

You don’t need a gym or even a running track to build your cardio fitness. Just a few flights of stairs can do the trick, if you have a good plan to work from. These routines from Fallout Fitness fit the bill. Read more...

What “Carried Interest” Is and Why It’s Important

During last night’s debate, you heard both candidates mention “carried interest.” If you’re not a professional investor, chances are, you may not be familiar with this term. Here’s a brief explainer.Read more...

AA batteries power Bastl Instrument's pocket-sized synth

Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operators offer tiny battery-powered synths and a range of sounds across a collection of six devices that cost $59 each. Czech synthesizer company Bastl Instruments has a new pocket-sized synth of its own with t…

How to Handwrite Messages with iPhone and iOS 10

Did you know you can handwrite messages and notes in Messages for iOS 10 on your iPhone? With this feature you can scribble out a little note or sketch a simple drawing and send it along to any recipient. Unlike some of the more obvious new Messages…

Review: Nomad Horween Leather iPhone 7 Plus Case + Apple Watch Strap

Nomad is the maker of clever tech accessories for travelers like the Key and Carabiner charging cables, and the recent partnership with Chicago’s Horween Leather Company has disguised battery packs inside good-looking wallets. Nomad’s effort with H…

Here's Footage of NYC's First New Subway Line in Nearly 100 Years

The above gif just looks like a subway, doing exactly the thing subways do. But this is no ordinary train—it’s the first glimpse at an infrastructure project first proposed almost a century ago. Read more...

Speaker Volume Test: iPhone 7 vs. iPhone 6s [Video]

Apple has added a second speaker to the iPhone 7 for stereo sound, two times the audio output of the iPhone 6s, and increased dynamic range.In the video below we use a sound meter to compare the speaker volume of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6s. We take …

Donate to Red Cross Hurricane Matthew relief with iTunes!

iTunes is once again accepting contributions for the American Red Cross, this time to help the many victims of Hurricane Matthew. Our thoughts are with all those affected by #HurricaneMatthew. Support relief efforts by donating to @RedCross at http…

Use a Raspberry Pi as a Hub for All Your Connected Devices

The Raspberry Pi makes a great brain for your smart home and to show off just how much you can do with it, DIYer Frederick Vandenbosch demonstrates a ton of different tools he built for himself. Read more...

Samsung tells Galaxy Note 7 users to turn off, stop using device

Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is in the throes of death. The Korean tech giant on Monday issued a statement telling owners to power down and stop using the handset as it could pose a safety hazard.

Banned Dash developer accused of nearly 1,000 fradulent reviews, Apple says

In response to an uproar from developers over last week's decision to strip popular API documentation app Dash from the iOS App Store, Apple on Monday released a statement saying the developer manipulated fraudulently enabled positi…

Samsung's cylindrical ArtPC Pulse computer apes design of Apple's Mac Pro

Samsung, in conjunction with Harman Kardon, has quietly revealed the new cylindrical consumer-grade ArtPC Pulse line powered by the sixth generation Skylake processor, which has already begun to draw many comparisons to Apple's 2013…

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Yahoo Mail disabled forwarding, good luck switching now

The Yahoo email hack and government surveillance claims aren't going to go away no matter how much CEO Marissa Mayer wants them to. For users trying to flee the service, the beleaguered internet company is making it rather difficult. That's…

Samsung stops Galaxy Note 7 sales, owners should 'power down'

That's it for the Galaxy Note 7 -- Samsung just issued a statement saying it's asking "all global partners to stop sales and exchanges of Galaxy Note 7 while further investigation takes place." That includes both original and devices issued…

Netflix borrows from YouTube for its children's programming

Netflix's new strategy for content: don't just spoof YouTube, borrow from it. To flesh out its children's programming, the world's biggest streaming service has just licensed the YouTube original, preschool-friendly HooplaKidz nursery rhyme…

ExtraBITS for 10 October 2016

In ExtraBITS this week, Fujitsu has published an initial schedule for addressing the ScanSnap problems in Sierra, Jason Snell explains how Sierra calculates free space differently, “Good Eats” host Alton Brown’s new cookbook uses only iPhone photogr…

TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 10 October 2016

Notable software releases this week include iFinance 4.1.3, PDFpen and PDFpenPro 8.2, and DEVONthink 2.9.5. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help…

This 50", HDR-Enabled Vizio Is One Of the Best TV Deals We've Ever Seen

Vizio’s 2016 M-series TVs include basically every feature you could possibly want, including 4K resolution, Dolby Vision HDR (the good one), Google Cast, local dimming, and even a tablet remote. Do I have your attention? The 50" model is on sale for…