Get excited! Director Ridley Scott recently told MTV that Harrison Ford absolutely loves the script for the upcoming Blade Runner sequel. So much so that Ford apparently called it the best thing he’s ever read. Let’s hope he’s even half right. Read more…
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Harrison Ford Says Blade Runner 2 Script Is Best Thing He’s Ever Read
If your children made in-app purchases before Google Play introduced parental controls, you may be eligible for a refund. Google just settled with the FTC to refund parents whose kids made game purchases between March 2011 and November 2014. Read more…
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Get a Refund for Your Kids’ Unauthorized In-App Google Play Purchases
Google Search now has a completely new look for iOS , though it’s one many Android users will be familiar with. The Search team is bringing Android Lollipop’s Material Design language to the Search app along with lots of other features and optimization for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Read more…
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Google’s iOS App Just Got a Material Design Makeover And Much More
The simple answer is probably not. That’s because the sun involves a special type of fire that is able to “burn” water, and so it will just get hotter and six times brighter. Here’s why. Read more…
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Could the Sun Be Extinguished By a Bucket of Water Just As Big?
Making short GIFs of YouTube videos is a pretty well-established practice now — so much so that there’s dozens of websites dedicated to this finest of art forms. But YouTube might be about to make them all obsolete, thanks to a new built-in GIF maker. Read more…
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YouTube Now Lets You Make GIFs From Videos
A new year means a new flagship smartphone brain, and Qualcomm has detailed some of the most fun features of its upcoming Snapdragon 810 chip, which will start popping up in phones next year. It’s faster, and it supports better graphics sure, but it also has other tricks up its sleeve. Here’s what you can expect to see. Read more…
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Snapdragon 810: Your Next Phone’s Brains Are Way More Than Just Fast
You turn on your PC, start up a particularly taxing program, and then—you hear it. A high-pitched sound emanating from somewhere as if your ears are ringing. You’re not going crazy, it’s coil whine, and it can come from a number of components in your computer. Read more…
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Why Your PC "Whines," and How to Avoid It
This picture represents over 30 years of progress in video game graphics. And my, how far we’ve come. On one side, we have Indiana Jones in the video game version of Raiders of the Lost Ark on the Atari 2600. On the other side, we have Nathan Drake in Uncharted 4 on the PS4. We’ll let you guess which side is which. Read more…
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The incredible evolution of video game graphics in one image
Reminder: Computers are dangerous. Lenovo issued a recall this week for over 500, 000 possibly defective power cords that could overheat, spark, burn, or melt. Yeesh. Read more…
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Lenovo Is Recalling 500,000 Power Cords for Being a Fire Menace
Skin is complicated. Our body’s largest organ senses touch—but also temperature, pain, wetness, itching, and more. A new, stretchy artificial skin can pick up many of the sensations from the real thing, and it could someday cover a lifelike prosthetic hand. Read more…
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This Artificial Skin Can Feel Pressure, Heat and Dampness