You may think toilets aren’t very exciting. That’s where you’re wrong, my friend. Because in Japan, toilets can be self-cleaning wonder thrones that are energy efficient and even keep your buns nice and toasty. A design gallery at one of the country’s major airports shows off Japan’s restroom innovation. Read more…
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This Airport Gallery Shows Off Japan’s Freakin’ Fantastic Hi-Tech Toilets
Always eager for an angle to win over new customers, Sprint just announced a direct roaming agreement with Cuba . That means the last place carrier is the first to offer American customers mobile service in Castro-land. Take that Verizon . Read more…
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Sprint Will Be the First American Carrier to Offer Service In Cuba
Music, if it is to be perfect, can’t be perfectly timed. A perfectly timed musical composition may sound mistimed to our stupid human brains, especially if it’s synthesized. Read more…
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Here’s Why Perfectly-Timed Synthesized Music Can Sound Slightly Wrong
Microsoft’s been upping its app game for awhile now, and the one that’s received the most attention is Outlook. Earlier this year, Microsoft redesigned Outlook to look just like Acompli , an email client it bought months earlier. Now Sunrise, a super-great calendar app recently acquired by Microsoft, will also be sacrificed for the Outlook greater good. Read more…
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Microsoft Outlook Is Getting Ready To Cannibalize Calendar App Sunrise
The jaw-dropping new Surface Book arrived with a splash of glitter and surprise . It’s so beautiful, so powerful, so— Oh wait holy shit the screen comes off?! Nobody expected this, and that’s exactly how Microsoft wanted it. Read more…
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How Microsoft Kept the Surface Book’s Coolest Feature a Secret
Earlier this year, the Record Industry Association of America began to pursue Pandora on behalf of record labels to seek royalties for the use of tracks recorded before 1972. Now, it’s reached a settlement that will see Pandora stump up $90 million for using the songs. Read more…
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Pandora Has to Stump Up $90M For Its Use of Pre-1972 Songs
One of the essential parts of any home security system is a door detector that lets you know when a door opens. Over on Adafruit, they show you how to build your own that hooks into IFTTT so you can be alerted any way you like when the door opens. Read more…
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Build a Simple Door Detector with IFTTT Alerts Using an Arduino
Whether you’ve put in an order for a Nexus 6P or you’re patiently waiting for Android version 6.0 to reach your Galaxy S6 , you’ll want to know what Marshmallow can do for you. It’s not a dramatic leap forward for Google’s mobile OS, but there are still a number of useful new features you’re going to want to know about. Read more…
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14 Things You Can Do in Android Marshmallow That You Couldn’t Do in Lollipop
1Password has announced that it’s switching the format it uses to store its users’ data, so that less of the metadata it holds is left unencrypted. Read more…
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1Password’s Changing Its Data Format Following Metadata Criticism
It wasn’t long ago that portable, USB-powered external hard drives maxed out at 2TB, but Seagate’s new Backup Plus manages to double that, and you can pick one up for an all-time low $150 today. That price even includes 200GB of Microsoft OneDrive storage for two years, which is a $96 value on its own. Read more…
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This Discounted, 4TB External Drive Doesn’t Need a Power Cord