Sunday, October 28, 2018

If any of your apps don't work in MacOS Mojave, a small tweak in your settings might fix the problem



I have an old version of Adobe Photoshop I've kept on my laptop for many years now — it's CS5, for those of you keeping score. When I upgraded my MacBook Pro to Mojave last month, I loved all of the changes, particularly the new Stacks feature.

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies



The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain, according to extensive interviews with government and corporate sources.

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Remove yourself from people search sites and erase your online presence



There is now a very thin line, easily broken, which separates our physical and digital identities. Social networks have evolved from the days of MySpace to valuable, data-slurping machines that have information on everything from our friends and family to our voting habits.

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Saturday, September 8, 2018

The Strange Numbers That Birthed Modern Algebra



Imagine winding the hour hand of a clock back from 3 o’clock to noon. Mathematicians have long known how to describe this rotation as a simple multiplication: A number representing the initial position of the hour hand on the plane is multiplied by another constant number.

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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Grabb-It wants to turn your car’s window into a trippy video billboard



It reminds me of something out of Blade Runner. Maybe it’s because it looks a bit futuristic — a bit unreal. Maybe it’s because I’m looking at an ad somewhere I never expected to see one, like the skyscraper-height ads of Ridley Scott’s future.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

How to share Apple iCloud storage with Family Share



Real estate is always at a premium, so why should online real estate -- namely cloud storage -- be any different? Some people have roommates to make ends meet, and some of us need a family member with a large iCloud plan to accommodate all those selfies.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

How to Get Help With Your Medical Bills



After a 10-day hospital stay for a heart condition in January 2016, Bill Townsend racked up a $134,000 bill. The 59-year-old comic-book store owner from upstate New York thought his insurer would cover the bulk of the cost.

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Apple’s printing partner launches Motif extension for Photos after native service nixed



Apple announced earlier this month that it would be discontinuing its photo printing service by September 30, 2018. This means that users will need to look at other third-party solutions.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Evidence Mounts That Germs May Cause Alzheimer's



In the end it will be microbes—bacteria, viruses and fungus—found to be at the root of all disease and aging, and specifically Alzheimer’s, contends geneticist Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Emile Tanzi.

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Monday, July 2, 2018

iOS 12: How to turn on and use the thesaurus



Many past iOS releases let you look up definitions with a built-in dictionary with “Look Up,” but with iOS 12, we get access to a built-in thesaurus as well. As a writer, I find this a godsend.

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Monday, May 28, 2018

You Are Probably Using the Wrong HDMI Cord



It’s not your fault, but it is very likely that you’re using the wrong HDMI cord to plug that 4K Apple TV or PS4 Pro into your new TV. While you might have assumed that all HDMI cords are equal they are, unfortunately, not.

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Sunday, May 27, 2018

7 Natural Ways To Keep Cockroaches & Other Bugs Out Of Your House



Summer means rosé all day, pool floats, and uninvited house guests that won't leave, and I don't mean your couch-surfing friends. These freeloaders are much worse — bugs.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong



It was supposed to be the laptop that saved the world. In late 2005, tech visionary and MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte pulled the cloth cover off a small green computer with a bright yellow crank.

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Monday, April 16, 2018





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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Why Did Sterile Salt Water Become The IV Fluid Of Choice?



During a recent walk around the emergency room where I work, I noted the number of patients with bags of intravenous fluids hanging above them. Almost everyone had one. Our ER in Boston isn't unique. IV fluids are among the most common medical interventions worldwide.

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

How to Enable the Optimal Audio Codec for Your Bluetooth Headphones in macOS



How good your digital music sounds often comes down to which file format it's encoded in.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Man Tattoos Entire Face Grey, Dyes Beard White, Ends Up Looking Like a Negative Version of Himself



Looking at most of Adam Curlykale’s Instagram photos you would think he used a negative filter, but that’s actually how he really looks.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Facebook Doesn't Make It Easy to Delete Your Account. Here's How to Do It



Facebook's come in for a lot of criticism lately, and one of the biggest is that it collects a massive amount of personal information on each of its users and uses that information for its ad targeting.

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Monday, March 5, 2018

Arc Hub



$134.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Clear check engine codes w/ this OBDII Bluetooth adapter for just $8.50 Prime shipped



E-Tech distributors (99% positive feedback lifetime) via Amazon offers the KOBRA Bluetooth OBDII adapter for $8.42 Prime shipped when code 4SMI89DJ is used at checkout. Normally $13, this is a killer deal and the lowest we’ve seen it offered on Amazon. Rated 4/5 stars from hundreds.

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Sunday, February 18, 2018





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Friday, February 16, 2018

This Pocket PC Could Replace Your Desktop



Sometimes it’s the smallest things that can have the most significant impact. A tiny chip can support everything from high-quality radio and video connections to powering enormous motors and vehicles.

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5 common MacBook problems and how to fix them



Is your Mac is starting to show signs of age and is acting strangely or feeling sluggish? Before you junk it, there might be some easy fixes to what ails it. Here are five fixes to five common Mac problems.1.

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Car negotiating secrets for people who hate haggling



Later, while buying dozens of test vehicles for an automotive website, I was on the other side of negotiations, and experienced the tricks dealers use to pressure buyers.

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Saturday, February 3, 2018

7 Simple Editing Tips That Will Help You Edit Like a Pro



February 3, 2018 Editing is a complicated art form, but these tips should help you strengthen your skills.

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

3 Techniques From Pixar To Develop Your Creative Thinking



Heading up an employer brand agency I see myself as a creative being, but who actually knows when inspiration will strike? More often than not, it won't be during the time I've set aside for creative work, but will instead be when I'm already trying to do three other things.

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

The End Of Root Canals: Stem Cell Fillings Trigger Teeth To Repair Themselves, Research Study Claims



What if damaged teeth could heal themselves without the need of a root canal? Apparently, that’s what Harvard and the University of Nottingham are trying to figure out. They believe they can create stem cell stimulated fillings.

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The Best 'Hearthstone' Decks Played at the 'Hearthstone' Championship



I just got back into town after attending the Hearthstone [Free] Championship in Amsterdam, and, man, there are few things better than watching that level of play.

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Google Just Broke Amazon's Workaround For YouTube On Fire TV



Google has cracked down on Fire TV users once again. Today, the technology company blocked Silk and Firefox browsers from displaying the YouTube.com interface usually shown on large screens. Cord Cutters News reports: Now if you try to access YouTube.

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Curiosity Killed the Temp



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Monday, January 22, 2018

New Study on Black Hole Magnetic Fields Has Thrown a Huge Surprise at Astronomers



For the first time, scientists have studied the magnetic field of a black hole inside the Milky Way in multiple wavelengths - and found that it doesn't conform to what we previously thought.

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Friday, January 19, 2018

LG’s 29-inch ultrawide monitor is a great workstation companion at $210 (Reg. $250)



Newegg offers the LG 29UM68-P 29-inch FreeSync 1080p monitor for $209.99 shipped when code EMCXEEY69 is used. Normally $250 most places and $245 at Amazon, this sale is within $15 of its all-time low. Rated 4.3/5 stars from hundreds of Amazon customers.

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Hawaii’s emergency alert interface looks straight out of the ’90s



No one who’s used a long-running government website expects such things to be fancy — just functional.

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Democrats Are Just One Vote Shy of Restoring Net Neutrality



An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer now says Democrats in the Senate are a single vote away from restoring net neutrality.

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Comic: Ten Years of Macbook Air!



Read more comics from The Pixel Project.

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The struggle is far too real for these kids (19 Photos)





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Monday, January 15, 2018

Even More Proof That Cats Are Pure Evil 18 Pics



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Oh My God, It Even Has A Watermark!



Challenge: Name all the movies/shows that these are from.

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This Guy Manages To Have Fun Even With His Driving License (16 pics)



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This Security Guard Knows His Job (VIDEO)



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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Astronomers Figure Out How Black Holes Can Blast Out Relativistic Jets of Material Across Light Years of Space



Black holes have been an endless source of fascination ever since Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity predicted their existence. In the past 100 years, the study of black holes has advanced considerably, but the awe and mystery of these objects remains.

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Star Trek: Discovery — Is Lorca From the Mirror Universe?



Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery through Episode 10. There's always been something off about Star Trek: Discovery's Captain Lorca (played deliciously by Jason Isaacs).

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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Enter to win a new iPhone X



Consumer electronic company Satechi its part to ease our move to USB-C. it’s latest device is a 75W Type-C Multiport Travel Charger smaller than a deck of cards.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Satechi unveils its USB-C ‘Smart Dual Charging Station’ for iPhone and Apple Watch



Satechi has today announced a new USB-C charging station for iPhone and Apple Watch called the “Smart Dual Charging Station.” The Smart Dual Charging Station, which will come in space gray or silver, is the latest addition to Satechi’s USB-C accessory lineup.

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Monday, January 8, 2018

Podcasts are coming to Plex, followed by web series and other digital media



This past fall, media software maker Plex expanded its service with the integration of a dedicated news hub within its app – a feature that arrived by way of its acquisition of streaming news startup, Watchup.

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Brad Pitt Bid $120,000 to Watch 'Game of Thrones' With Emilia Clarke and That Still Wasn't Enough



Who wouldn't? Brad Pitt and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen Getty / HBO

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

What happens when you cancel your iTunes Match subscription?



Given that iTunes Match came first and Apple Music years later, many readers aren’t quite sure which features come with which service.

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Apple will replace your iPhone battery even if it passes tests



Apple now has $29 iPhone battery replacements available as an apology for its approach to handset slowdowns. But do you need to wait until your iPhone actually slows down before paying for a fresh power pack? Apparently not.

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Monday, January 1, 2018