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Apple’s Back to School Offer Stinks Again This Year

Amidst the WWDC doodiestorm this morning, MacRumors and 9to5mac are reporting in that Apple’s back to school deal this year is the familiar $100 gift certificate to iTunes and the App Store with the purchase of a Mac, and a new $50 card when you buy an iPad. The cards are in addition to the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

You Can 3D Print Scale Versions of Famous Museum Statues For Your Home

Usually museums are pretty guarded about their collections—selling merchandise pays the bills! New York’s Metropolitan Museum is defying this tradition by making plans available so that you can 3D print many great sculptures from its collection using a MakerBot. Earlier this month a batch of MakerBot enthusiasts set upon the met with digital cameras and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The New Retina MacBook Pros Are Gonna Cost $4000?! (Update: Not Quite)

9to5Mac just squeezed out another droplet of alleged MacBook news, and it looks pretty standard: faster MacBook Pros sporting fancy SSD hard drives. Makes sense. But the price tag for the fanciest MBPs? Gulp. The three leaked models are as follows, presumably with retina-rubbing super-resolution displays: MC975LL/A – MBP 15.4/2.3/8GB/256GB FLASH-USA MC976LL/A – MBP 15.4/2.6/8GB/512GB…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Our WWDC 2012 Meta-Liveblog Is Happening Right Now

Happy WWDC Day! This afternoon, Apple’s going to unleash all kinds of updated, refreshed, wonderful goodness on the world—and we’ll be covering it live, right here. We’re topping off our wish lists with iOS 6 and some fancy new MacBook Pros, but who knows what else Apple’s got in store? The keynote starts at one,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Rumor: Updated MacBook Air to Feature 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD?

9to5mac is reporting that the MacBook Air will receive a modest update to its memory and storage during announcements made at WWDC later today. Their reports suggest the following combos of processor/RAM/SSD for the 11.6-inch MBA: MD223LL/A – MBA 11.6/1.7/4/64FLASH-USA MD224LL/A – MBA 11.6/1.7/4/128FLASH-USA MD845LL/A – MBA 11.6/2.0/8/256FLASH-USA And similarly for the 13-inch device: MD231LL/A…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How Steve Jobs Caused the Funniest and Weirdest Apple Business Card I’ve Ever Seen

I remember Andy Hertzfeld’s famous Apple business card, back in the 1980s. His title was: “Software Wizard”. The Apple business card above is modern and belongs to Andy Grignon. His title is: “F**kchop”. And it was Steve Jobs who accidentally gave Andy his card title: In the early iChatAV days, one of the many things…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Was AT&T Trying To Educate or Terrify Kids About Phones In the 1950s?

By 1950 only about 60 percent of the homes in the United States had a telephone. And since one of the best ways to sell a product is by appealing to kids, AT&T created this 18-minute film called Adventure in Telezonia that somehow manages to teach, terrify, and sell, all at the same time. The…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Apple Store Is Down: Here Come Some Shiny New MacBook Pros?

As we’d expect on the day of any major Apple keynote, the Apple Store is down. It’s no doubt being updated with all of the goodies that’ll be announced at the WWDC main event today. What lies behind the curtain? Tune into our live coverage today to find out. [Apple]

Tech News Mario Aguilar

What’s Apple Going to Announce Today? (Updating Live)

Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference kicks off today. There will be lots of major announcements for sure, so get ready for an exciting summer. Here’s what we know, what we think, and what we wish is coming. We will be covering the keynote live and giving you detailed information on every new product starting today…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

You’re More Likely to Die on Your Birthday

Surrounded by friends and family, celebrating with good food and drink, birthdays are happy occasions that we all look forward to. But new research suggests that, of all days, we’re most likely to die when we’re celebrating the passing of another year of our life. The study, carried out at the University of Zurich and…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Ten Bets You’re Guaranteed to Always Win

Richard Wiseman is back with another collection of clever tricks and simple science experiments that you can finally use for profit—not just entertaining your friends. We just suggest keeping one last trick up your sleeve—namely the hasty retreat—since some of the solutions to these bets could very well upset the person you’ve targeted, particularly when…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Steve Jobs’ Pentagon File: Blackmail Fears, Youthful Arrest and LSD Cubes

Steve Jobs thought someone might kidnap his daughter in order to blackmail him, according to a newly released Department of Defense document that was filled out in the 1980s when Jobs underwent a background check for a Top Secret security clearance. That revelation, along with some new details on Jobs’ drug use and a previously…

Tech News Kim Zetter - Wired

500 Full-Length Movies You Can Stream Completely Free

Anybody who’s anybody refuses to own a TV these days. So, for those people who rely on the internet for their movie fix, here’s a list of over 500 movies that you can view entirely for free. We’re not talking about pay-for streaming which allows unlimited viewing here. Rather, a list of old films scattered…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Rumor: These Are the Leaked Specs of the New MacBook Pro and Mac Pro

9to5mac is reporting specs of the new MacBook Pro and Mac Pro which are to be launched later today at WWDC. The details outline the main hardware specifications and come from “reliable sources”. First up is a spec-bumped line of MacBook Pros, in 13-and 15-inch format, which retain the current design. 9to5mac’s sources have leaked…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why Do Some Programming Languages Live and Others Die?

Google wants to change the way the world writes software. In recent years, the search giant has unveiled two new programming languages that seek to improve on some of the most widely used languages on the planet. With a language called Go, it seeks to give the world a replacement for the venerable languages C…

Tech News Caleb Garling - Wired

Are Multi-Core Processors a Waste of Time for Android?

Many Android handsets feature incredible processing power these days, with multiple cores and high clock speeds seeming to offer incredibly smooth performance. According to Mike Bell, from Intel’s Mobile and Communications Group, though, the specs might not be as impressive as they first appear. Speaking with The Inquirer, Bell explains that Android software just isn’t…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

New MacBook Pro Leaked Photos Indicate Same External Design

The new MacBook Pro to be announced at WWDC 2012 tomorrow may not sport a redesigned Air-like enclosure. According to these photos—posted to Chinese forum WeiPhone—they will have the same industrial design of the old models, down to the same screw placement. Chinese forum WeiPhone usually has solid information and these photos seem real. They…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Here’s a Great Idea to Improve Internet Security

LinkedIn has been the latest hacked password clusterfuck. One of the many we know about. There are probably many more that have never been public. What are the consequences for these companies? They just seem to shrug and carry on. When are all companies going to take security more seriously? I don’t know, but it…

Privacy & Security Jesus Diaz

The Original iPad May Not Get iOS 6

If you have an original iPad, get ready to be orphaned when the new iOS 6 comes out tomorrow. According to Chinese forum WeiPhone, the original iPad will not be supported by Apple’s next operating system. The Chinese site got a list of links with all the OS upgrades that will be available for developers…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Did You Know That the Burj Khalifa Is So Tall That you Can Watch Two Sunsets On the Same Day?

Here’s a factoid that will blow your mind: the Burj Khalifa—the largest building in the world—is so tall that you can watch the sunset from the base of the building, get into an elevator right to the top, and watch the sunset all over again. In fact, if you are a Muslim living on top…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Apple’s Back to School Offer Stinks Again This Year

You Can 3D Print Scale Versions of Famous Museum Statues For Your Home

The New Retina MacBook Pros Are Gonna Cost $4000?! (Update: Not Quite)

Our WWDC 2012 Meta-Liveblog Is Happening Right Now

Rumor: Updated MacBook Air to Feature 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD?

How Steve Jobs Caused the Funniest and Weirdest Apple Business Card I’ve Ever Seen

Was AT&T Trying To Educate or Terrify Kids About Phones In the 1950s?

The Apple Store Is Down: Here Come Some Shiny New MacBook Pros?

What’s Apple Going to Announce Today? (Updating Live)

You’re More Likely to Die on Your Birthday

Ten Bets You’re Guaranteed to Always Win

Steve Jobs’ Pentagon File: Blackmail Fears, Youthful Arrest and LSD Cubes

500 Full-Length Movies You Can Stream Completely Free

Rumor: These Are the Leaked Specs of the New MacBook Pro and Mac Pro

Why Do Some Programming Languages Live and Others Die?

Are Multi-Core Processors a Waste of Time for Android?

New MacBook Pro Leaked Photos Indicate Same External Design

Here’s a Great Idea to Improve Internet Security

The Original iPad May Not Get iOS 6

Did You Know That the Burj Khalifa Is So Tall That you Can Watch Two Sunsets On the Same Day?

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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