After the recent earthquake near Los Angeles, some residents were left wondering why their ShakeAlert LA app hadn’t notified them. After all, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked Ridgecrest, California, about 150 miles away, and that quake was the first test of ShakeAlert since the app was released in 2018. The system was working exactly as […]
For the first few days in July, Microsoft was making a number of very curious teases all centered around Windows 1.0. Which is odd, because it’s been decades since Windows 1.0 was the operating system of the day, so these teases definitely piqued the interest of many. From the very start, multiple people have been […]
Prices on tech tend to drop around each major US holiday, and with July 4th here, it’s happening again. These are the best deals that we’ve seen this week, courtesy The Verge. Phones Sony’s Xperia 1 is now available for preorder. The price is $949.99, which is admittedly not cheap for a phone, but if […]
Properly equipping your kitchen can be first step toward improving your diet, and tech can help you do it. Whip up healthy, delicious meals with these nifty tools and small appliances. Breville Avance Steamer Breville’s steamer can simultaneously steam three dishes on three tiers, and comes to temperature in just 30 seconds. Unlike boiling, which […]
Here’s a handful of high-tech smart kitchen gadgets to make cooking even more satisfying. Find the perfect gift for your favorite tech geek—even if that’s you! Drop. A Wi-Fi-equipped food scale, Drop works with a recipe app to make baking simpler. If you’re short on an ingredient, it can adjust measurements, offer substitutions and […]
Going for a Campout but want your tech to tag along? Take along the BioLite CampStove, that claims to “turn fire into electricity.” Leave gas canisters behind, load this little award-winning camping stove with twigs, and it will not only burn clean with patented combustion technology that creates a vortex of smokeless flames for a […]
For centuries, rice farmers in Asia have used ducks as a natural alternative to pesticides. While paddling around in flooded rice paddy fields, ducks tear up weeds and snack on insects, with their manure even acting as additional fertilizer. In the 21st century, this practice is not widespread, but a new technological twist on the […]
Google will not be launching a sequel to last year’s Pixel Slate tablet, according to Business Insider and Computer World, and will instead focus its Chrome OS hardware efforts on traditional laptop devices like the Pixelbook. “For Google’s first-party hardware efforts, we’ll be focusing on Chrome OS laptops and will continue to support Pixel Slate,” […]
Fast food companies are constantly competing to poach potential customers from their competitors, whether it’s with an exceedingly witty social media presence or by cashing in on of-the-moment trends. However, sometimes all it takes to gain new customers is dedication to what you’re good at and faster, more convenient service. That’s evidently been working for […]
Pokémon Go creator Niantic Labs’ newest augmented reality game based on the Harry Potter universe is available now for both iOS and Android in the US, a day earlier than we anticipated it would launch in the region. The game, called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is similar in style to Pokémon Go, asking players to […]