Dr. Kiki Sanford makes her fifth appearance on Background Mode. Kiki is a neurophysiologist with a Ph.D. from the University of California. She’s a popular science communicator and creator of This Week in Science (TWIS) podcast and radio show. In th…
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Lees meerI believe that one can never have too many plants, and if you agree then you’ll love Amazon’s one day succulent sale. Today only, a bunch of different options from Costa Farms are on sale on Amazon, starting at just $13 for a couple of handsome aloe…
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Lees meerRedditor u/p_giguere1 found out that iOS 12 can protect you against fake keyboards. To trigger the warning: open a webpage in full-screen mode, for example a full-screen video on YouTube’s mobile website. Then tap several times at the bottom of the…
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Lees meerBryan Chaffin and John Martellaro join Jeff Gamet to look at the responses to Bloomberg’s China spy chip report, and what could account for the strong denials from Apple and Amazon. They also look at the state of Siri on the voice assistant’s 7th an…
Lees meerThis maintenance release fixes several bugs, and it puts the “.?123” key on the iOS keyboard back where it used to be.
Lees meerApple, Amazon, and other companies weren’t victims of Chinese spy chip server hacks. Bloomberg got it wrong.
Lees meerWe have a deal on Clip Studio Paint Pro for Mac and Windows, the successor program to Manga Studio. It’s aimed at illustrators, comic artists, manga artists, and other creators. You can get it through us for $29.99, 50% off retail. You can see it in…
Lees meerYou used to be able to view sleep and wake events via the Console, but that time has past. John F. Braun shows you how to do this with recent versions of macOS.
Lees meerYoink is a handy Mac tool for grouping together files you want to copy or move, and the just released version 3.5 update adds in new macOS Mojave support. The new update adds Handoff support between the Mac, iPhone, and iPad versions, adds Finder Qu…
Lees meerA message from friends warning your Facebook account may have been hacked made the rounds over the weekend. It’s a scam.
Lees meerBryan Chaffin explains how Bitcoin faucets work and which faucets you can trust to pay. [Update: Testing a Cardano faucet and a new auto faucet. – Bryan]
Lees meerApple is doing something entirely new with the camera in iPhone XS, and Sebastiaan de With, designer of the Halide app published a killer explanation of what those new things are. He also explains how they work and why those things are good—and wher…
Lees meerDark Sky, my favorite local weather app on the iPhone, was updated on Thursday with new complications for Apple Watch Series 4. That means fans of the Infograph watch face get a slick complication that matches the new look Apple is pushing. It looks…
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