Author Archives
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You might want to avoid FaceTime this week
There’s a serious bug in Apple’s FaceTime video calling platform that has been bouncing around some corners of social media today, and that 9to5Mac just alerted us to: you can call somebody via FaceTime and listen to their phone’s microphone… Read More ›
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The Nixon Dork Too
The Nixon Dork Too ‘90s retro watch with the analog answering machine look embraces its own kitschiness with proper passion and ups its own original voice watch ante from the first Dork they released in 2005. The Dork Too actually… Read More ›
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Yet another eBay scam
As eBay sees that the package has been delivered to the postal area, it assumes it was received and issues a refund. The problem is, Royal Mail’s tracking does not include the full address, just the postal town. We believe… Read More ›
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Digital assets
When Swezey died in an accident two years ago, he left behind his husband, their two kids — and access to precious photos stored in the 45-year-old’s password-protected Apple account. Now a Manhattan judge is ordering Apple to give Swezey’s… Read More ›
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What He Left Behind
We studied each other, silent. His eyes were a deep smoky blue, the darkness of them promising the stained glass brown they would become. He stared back at me, unblinking and somber. He never cried about being born — it… Read More ›
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The Brady Heywood Podcast
Join forensic engineer Sean Brady as he discusses engineering failures and disasters. Sean examines both the technical and human causes of failure, explores failures in a range of professions, and talks about why our decision making is not nearly as… Read More ›
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9 body parts you don’t need
If you rest the back of your wrist on a table and connect your thumb to your pinky, you may see a band of muscle pop up on your wrist. That is a vestigial muscle called the palmaris longus. Amir… Read More ›
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No buttons, no ports, no jacks, no grilles
In fact, except for two tiny microphone holes on the bottom of the phone and the cameras on the back, this is a perfectly clean slab made of glass and glossy black ceramic that sandwiches the electronics and a 5.99-inch… Read More ›
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A $600 fix for a $6 cable
The problem for MacBook Pro owners is that, thanks to Apple making the flex cable part of the screen during manufacturing, it’s not possible to fix just the cable. Instead, it requires a whole new display unit, turning a $6… Read More ›
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I want a parrot
Strong language warning! Very funny though.
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