Jet skis can be a nuisance. I’ve ridden a couple of them in my life, but glared at many more from across the water. A jet ski is a zippy, bouncy bundle that is fun for exactly one person: the one in the driver’s seat. For everyone else, they’re the …
Read More »You’ll Be Able Buy Cars on Amazon Next Year
Need a new Hyundai? Just ask Alexa. This week, the Korean automaker announced it will start working with Amazon to sell some of its vehicles on the gargantuan ecommerce site. The Hyundais purchased on Amazon will not, in fact, come in a very big box, but buyers will have the …
Read More »Apple’s Pledge to Support RCS Messaging Could Finally Kill SMS
Good news is coming to your group chat. Today, Apple said it will add support for the RCS messaging standard to the iPhone. The website 9to5Mac broke the news that Apple will release a software update some time next year that will bring support to iOS for the messaging standard, …
Read More »You Should Be Able to Pick Up Any Game Where You Left Off on Any Platform
In case you hadn't heard, Cyberpunk 2077 is good now. The much-maligned game, which was notoriously bug-ridden at launch, has had a renaissance since it received an overhaul and its first and only story expansion in September. Now, the act of dashing through the gorgeous and hyper-violent streets of Night …
Read More »How to Put Your Driver’s License on Your Phone
How nice would it be to never again realize that you forgot your driver’s license in your other pants? Well, if you have a smartphone—and if you live in one of the US states that supports it—you can start carrying a digital version of your ID with you everywhere. A …
Read More »The Whole of the 'Whole Earth Catalog' Is Now Online
A nearly complete digital library of Whole Earth publications—including the famed Whole Earth Catalog founded 55 years ago by counterculture icon Stewart Brand—has been made available online for the first time. A curious reader can now flip through all the old catalogs, magazines, and journals right in their web browser, …
Read More »Apple Bids Goodbye to the iPhone Mini
In case you missed it, there was an Apple event on Tuesday. The company announced its usual fall slate of new products, including four new iPhones that have one very big thing in common: USB-C ports, which is a big move. But also, these new phones are all quite large. …
Read More »Everything Apple Announced Today
Apple showed off an assortment of devices and software today during a media event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. The new devices are the ones that typically show up in the fall: phones and watches. For the most part, we saw what we were expecting, though a couple features …
Read More »How to Watch Apple’s iPhone 15 Launch, and What to Expect
It's Apple season once again. We can always count on Apple to announce the newest iPhone model in September. This year’s event is almost upon us, and the company is expected to unveil its lineup of iPhone 15 models, as well as at least a couple of new Apple Watches …
Read More »Nintendo Reportedly Gave Private Switch 2 Demos to Developers
The Nintendo Switch 2 is near, at least if reports about some backroom shenanigans are to be believed. This week, news broke that Nintendo gave private demonstrations of the alleged Switch 2 hardware to developers at the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany, at the end of August. The news was …
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