Techlife News
WANT TO PRETEND TO LIVE ON MARS? FOR A WHOLE YEAR? APPLY NOW
Want to find your inner Matt Damon and spend a year pretending you are isolated on Mars? NASA has a job for you.
2 min |
Techlife News #511
Techlife News
FACEBOOK'S OWNERSHIP OF GIPHY HURTS COMPETITION
Facebook’s ownership of Giphy will hurt competition for animated images, U.K. regulators said Thursday, meaning the social network could ultimately be forced to unwind the deal if the provisional findings are confirmed.
2 min |
Techlife News #511
Techlife News
WILL GYMS GO THE WAY OF ARCADES AND MOVIE RENTAL STORES?
Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra’s routine until last year’s government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike.
5 min |
Techlife News #511
Techlife News
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR WARNS AGAINST ALGORITHMS IN INSTAGRAM ROW
Declaring “victory” over Instagram after a controversial poster for his upcoming film was censored and then reinstated, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar said Thursday that society must be alert to the power of algorithms in deciding what humans are permitted to see.
1 min |
Techlife News #511
Techlife News
TIKTOK EXECUTIVE TALKS SHOPPING AND THE FAMOUS FETA PASTA
Feta cheese was scarce in some stores earlier this year. The culprit? TikTok, where videos that showed an easy-to-make baked feta pasta recipe went viral.
3 min |
Techlife News #511
AppleMagazine
WHAT THE $65B BROADBAND SERVICE PLAN WILL DO
The Senate’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan includes a $65 billion investment in broadband that the White House says will “deliver reliable, affordable, high-speed internet to every household.”
4 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC PROMPTS CHANGES IN HOW FUTURE TEACHERS ARE TRAINED
Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn’t seen as the program’s most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning, and suddenly material from that course was being infused into others.
4 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
HIGHER BUT STILL SLIM ODDS OF ASTEROID BENNU SLAMMING EARTH
The good news is that scientists have a better handle on asteroid Bennu’s whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than previously thought.
2 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
HOW CRYPTOCURRENCY FITS INTO INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
What does Bitcoin have to do with roads and bridges?
4 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
SAMSUNG SLASHES PRICES IN BID TO BOOST FOLDABLE PHONE SALES
Samsung is hoping cheaper but more durable versions of its foldable phones will broaden the appeal of a high-concept design that’s so far fizzled with consumers.
2 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
HOT DATES: 2 SPACECRAFT TO MAKE VENUS FLYBY
Two spacecraft are set to swoop past Venus within hours of each other this week, using the maneuver to do a little bit of bonus science on the way to their main missions at the center of our solar system.
1 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
Glucose
ALL RUMORS ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY NEW SENSOR
6 min |
August 13, 2021
Stereophile
Air Force Zero – Analog Corner
Spring cleaning
10+ min |
September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED
Hands-on with Milestone’s licensed loop-de-loop-’em-up
3 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
CRUSADER KINKS PART I
Spreading the love throughout Paradox’s medieval soap opera, Crusader Kings III
9 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
ALPHA STRIKE
MINECRAFT archivists finally uncover the rarest known build of the game
2 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
TERRA NIL
An eco-friendly antidote to planet-stripping sims
3 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
SLICE AND DICE
Gut goblins galore in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: DARK ALLIANCE
9 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
SHOCK & AWE
COMPANY OF HEROES 3 is coming to wake up the RTS genre.
10+ min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
TREASURED MEMORIES
Celebrating PC gaming’s long love affair with D&D’s FORGOTTEN REALMS.
9 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Banter, ’80s bangers, and not a microtransaction in sight
7 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
THE ANACRUSIS
A sci-fi spin on Left 4 Dead, from former Valve and Riot developers
3 min |
October 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
VIDEODAMES
The grandma gamers of the GRAND DAMES
5 min |
October 2021
Sound & Vision
THE MAKING OF ALL THINGS MUST PASS
A day-by-day account of the recording of George Harrison’s epic first solo album as it sees a 50th anniversary remix and deluxe edition release.
10+ min |
August - September 2021
Sound & Vision
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
STEWART HARMONY G2 ACOUSTICALLY TRANSPARENT SCREEN
10 min |
August - September 2021
Sound & Vision
Vizio V21d-J8 Soundbar
Sound Bargain
3 min |
August - September 2021
Sound & Vision
What is My Stereo's Gender?
Readers will recall, distressingly, that I have tried their patience on just about every topic that marginally relates to audio. LP grooves, CD bumps, flat response, boomy bass, warm recordings, cold binary bits—I have waxed philosophically on all of them. Which bring us to today’s audio topic: gender.
3 min |
August - September 2021
Sound & Vision
The Big Short
EPV SCREENS DARKSTAR UST 2 EFINITY PROJECTION SCREEN
7 min |
August - September 2021
Sound & Vision
Roku Streambar Pro
A Sound Streaming Solution
3 min |
August - September 2021
Sound & Vision
Qwest for Fire
Qwest TV steps outside the streaming mainstream to offer up a wider swath of multicultural live concert and documentary selections.
3 min |