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The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Flare: It’s a video recorder app that records in High Dynamic Range. Which means it allows for a greater range of luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of an image to bring a more detailed look at the world. I’ve always thought HDR photos, when done stunningly, exposed a living and breathing unreality that…

Tech News Casey Chan

The 20 Cell Phones Least Likely To Fry Your Brain Dead

Since the World Health Organization’s report that cell phones may cause cancer in humans, there has been a lot of talk about how to keep yourself safe. The FCC has always used what’s called a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) score to track how much radio frequency (RF) from each phone is absorbed by the human…

Tech News Steve Kovach - Business Insider

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Porn Rental

I can’t promise you enough times over that this isn’t the type of porn rental you think. Sweet lord I hope it’s not, anyway. Does it bother anyone else that Dexter is the least creepy person in this video? Full vid below. The rest of this week’s top comedy videos can be found over at…

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The UN Says Taking File Sharers Offline Violates Their Human Rights

Clean water. Not being tortured. Torrents. Yep—the United Nations has enshrined the right to not be booted off the internet by your government has a fundamental human right, slapping proposed draconian European intellectual property laws in the jaw. The UN report is essentially aimed at France and the UK, which have been pushing for new…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Is the End of the iPhone’s Popup Problem Near?

The notification system in iOS sucks. Especially on the iPhone. That’s no secret, but it bears repeating because it’s gone unchanged since the first iPhone was introduced in 2007. Hopefully this is the last time it’ll warrant complaining about. https://gizmodo.com/the-iphones-popup-problem-5513100 Here’s why the existing notifications are no good. If you get a text, or an…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Why Was the Titanic Considered “Unsinkable”?

This week is the centennial of the Titanic’s launch, May 31st, 1911. Why was she considered unsinkable? Because of her 30 compartments which could be sealed against one another with a pull of a single lever. [The Scuttlefish]

Tech News Brian Lam

ICloud’s Login Screen Might Look Like This

It could very well be fake, because people love to create hoaxes before Apple events, but if this is Apple’s iCloud Login Screen, it’s a pretty one. [Cult of Mac] WWDC 2011 Predictions | Here comes iCloud, but what else? https://gizmodo.com/wwdc-2011-predictions-here-comes-icloud-but-what-else-5808251 Watch our liveblog here! Keep your eyes clamped on our liveblog from 10am EST…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Learn 20 Languages With Rosetta Stone’s New iPad App

If you’ve used Rosetta Stone in the last year or two, you already know how their new app works—an idea that was likely planned from the get-go. First and foremost, know that the Rosetta Stone iPad application (officially called, TOTALe Companion HD) is almost a standalone version of the software, but it’s not quite there…

Tech News Max Behrman

Xperia Play Is Just a Penny at Amazon Through Wednesday

Amazon’s having another one of its mondo smartphone sales, this time featuring seven discounted Verizon handsets. But the deal that’s going to tempt you is the Xperia Play, which is basically free with a two-year contract. Other phones on sale for $50-$150 include the HTC Thunderbolt, Droid X2, and LG Revolution. But a free phone…

Commerce Brian Barrett

Jack Kevorkian’s Assisted Suicide Tools (and Van)

Jack Kevorkian died this morning in a Detroit hospital at the age of 83. In the 1990’s, he assisted with more than 100 suicides from the back of his converted VW Vanagon. The Atlantic discusses the tools he used to end lives. Kevorkian employed two suicide machines, dubbed Thanatron and Mercitron. Thanatron administered a sixty…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Solid State Drives Are About to Get 7x Faster if Phase-Change Memory Catches On

Hard drives are all about how much you can store and how quickly you can store it. And this soon-to-be-unveiled phase-change memory drive is expected to up the ante quite a bit. Students and faculty from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering are getting ready to show off their newest SSD, “Moneta.” But Moneta…

Tech News Max Behrman

These Baby Sunscreens Work Better Than Most Adult Sunscreens

A study conducted recently found that nearly 11 out of 12 sunscreens on the market are inadequate. There are two ingredients that make sunscreen work: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. In concentrations above 18%, either will effectively block out both the UVA and UVB spectrums. Here are a few good ones—they turn out to be…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

WWDC 2011 Liveblog Coming This Monday

Atten-shun, fanboys, trolls, and all you beautiful normal people you: We will covering the WWDC 2011 keynote this Monday, June 6 at 10:00am. I feel a surprise in the air! Or it may be the cookies in the oven. We will give you real time commentary on all the announcements—including Mac OS X Lion, iOS…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How I spent part of my life chasing Jack Kevorkian

It was the call those of us working night shifts at the Associated Press bureau in Detroit in the mid-1990s dreaded. A body in a seedy motel or dropped at a hospital’s ER meant one thing: Dr. Death at work. I started my reporting career as many Detroit journalists did by following Jack Kevorkian around…

Tech News Justin Hyde

Please Don’t Ever Wear These Sandals

Now that summer is here, some of you will get fussy about shoes, instead opting for sandals. And unless you hate yourself (or think Crocs are great), don’t opt for these ones, which pack a storage compartment in each sole. Aside from looking like something that cooky relative in your family would wear, there are…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Will Time Capsule Pack an A4/A5 Processor and Run iOS?

It’s been rumored that an updated Time Capsule model will cache and distribute downloads from the app store. Now sources tell Ars Technica that Time Capsule will have an A4 or A5 processor and run iOS, like AppleTV. [Ars Technica] WWDC 2011 Predictions | Here comes iCloud, but what else? https://gizmodo.com/wwdc-2011-predictions-here-comes-icloud-but-what-else-5808251 Watch our liveblog here!…

Tech News Adrian Covert

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Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Best Deal of the Day

I’m not a fan of Charlton Heston (mostly because I think he’s the worst), but I’ll be first to admit that I liked Planet of the Apes. But if you looove Planet of the Apes, then you’ve gotta get in on this one. Because you get a 14-disc box set of DVDs for $54. Did…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

What’s New and Better in Music + Videos for Windows Phone Mango

The bits of Mango Microsoft showed off last week were just a small slice, so they’re slowly trickling out other new features—and this is what’s new in Music + Video, which sounds mucho improved. https://lifehacker.com/all-the-amazing-new-features-in-windows-phone-mango-5804975 You can browse and download podcasts over the air, Marketplace search is fixed (or more fixed, anyway) with auto suggestions…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

The 20 Cell Phones Least Likely To Fry Your Brain Dead

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Porn Rental

The UN Says Taking File Sharers Offline Violates Their Human Rights

Is the End of the iPhone’s Popup Problem Near?

Why Was the Titanic Considered “Unsinkable”?

Top Stories: Friday June 3, 2011

ICloud’s Login Screen Might Look Like This

Learn 20 Languages With Rosetta Stone’s New iPad App

Xperia Play Is Just a Penny at Amazon Through Wednesday

Jack Kevorkian’s Assisted Suicide Tools (and Van)

Solid State Drives Are About to Get 7x Faster if Phase-Change Memory Catches On

These Baby Sunscreens Work Better Than Most Adult Sunscreens

WWDC 2011 Liveblog Coming This Monday

How I spent part of my life chasing Jack Kevorkian

Please Don’t Ever Wear These Sandals

Will Time Capsule Pack an A4/A5 Processor and Run iOS?

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The Best Deal of the Day

What’s New and Better in Music + Videos for Windows Phone Mango

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

Amazon Makes a Last Push for Govee LED Strip Light at a Black Friday Low as the Spring Sale Winds Down, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

Meta’s Two New Smart Glasses Are Slimmer and More Like Regular Glasses

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Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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

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