It’s a moment we’ve been waiting for for a long time. No, Microsoft’s various operating systems are not merging quite yet, but they’re about to get universal apps that work across all devices. Including the Xbox One. And best of all, you only have to buy each app once and it works everywhere. Read more…
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Windows 8.1 Universal Apps Can Run On Desktop, Mobile, and Xbox
Despite being more energy-efficient and longer lasting, consumers keep finding excuses for wanting to stick with ancient incandescent lightbulbs. But with clear glass and a special LED lens that looks like a traditional filament, Philips’ latest LED bulbs might finally convince those afraid of change. Read more…
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Philips’ New Clear LED Bulbs Look Just Like Incandescents
Airbnb announced today that it will begin charging San Francisco’s 14 percent hotel tax on reservations in the city, starting this summer. The taxes will be paid by guests. Last week, the company announced a different partnership in Portland, Oregon, where Airbnb itself will pay some city taxes. Read more…
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Airbnb announced today that it will begin charging San Francisco’s 14 percent hotel tax on reservati
Warner Brothers will adapt J.K. Rowling’s wonderful extended Harry Potter-universe Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them into a trilogy of “megamovies, ” according to the New York Times . What is a megamovie? Who cares! “The stories, neither prequels or sequels, will start in New York about seven decades before the arrival of Mr. Potter and his pals.” Read more…
Last year Facebook debuted a nice redesign that featured big, beautiful pictures, seen above. But Facebook never rolled it out. Why? Because most people have crappy old computers. Read more…
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Facebook Ditched a Fancy Redesign Because Your Computer Sucks
…and it can all be yours for a measly £16, 245 (or about $27, 000) from the London-based Prop Gallery . Just check out all that insane signage (more pix at the link). It’s a potent reminder of how a really well made miniature (built in this case by veteran modelmaker Martin Bowers ) can trump CGI in terms of surface detail. Read more…
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The level of detail in this Nostromo model component is INSANE
At 2, 197 meters (7, 208 feet) the Krubera cave is the deepest on Earth. Located in the Arabika Massif, of the Western Caucasus in Abkhazia, Georgia, it extends for 13, 432 kilometers (8, 346 miles.) I would love to get inside, but I know the fear would paralyze me. I love to go through its complete (so far) map, though. Read more…
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The complete map to Earth’s deepest cave—7,208 feet deep, 8 miles long
Since you probably don’t use most of the buttons on your remote control, why not make them work for other things? This project shows you how to use an Arduino to decode the signal from a remote and then use it to make an outlet switch keyed to that code. Read more…
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Control Any Circuit with a TV Remote and an Arduino
Despite the warm wood and cheery red accents, Smitten Ice Cream can feel a bit like a mad scientist’s shop. There’s the industrial-sized tank of liquid nitrogen that greets you inside the entrance of its new flagship location in Oakland. And there’s the billowing clouds of nitrogen when the stainless steel ice cream machines churn out personalized scoops to order. Read more…
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The Futuristic Liquid Nitrogen Machine That Makes Ice Cream To Order
Everyone breaks a phone every once in a while. But if you break your new HTC One it’s a little less soul-crushing. HTC says it will fix your cracked display for free in the first six months, even if it’s your fault. Read more…
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HTC Will Fix Your Busted Screen For Free in the First Six Months