Smart home platform Wink delays paid subscription deadline by a week
Users of the Wink smart home platform now have until May 20th before they’ll have to start paying a $4.99 a month for functionality that was previously free, the company…
The best smart garage door openers for 2020
The best smart garage door openers can improve your security, allow you to control your garage with an app.
Half of all Facebook moderators may develop mental health issues
In November 2018 I received a message that changed my life. A person working as a moderator for Facebook in Phoenix through a company called Cognizant asked to get on…
Apple will let users automatically share medical IDs on emergency calls
Apple is making the repository of medical information in your iPhone more useful in an emergency. Apple’s upcoming iOS 13.5 update will include the ability for users to automatically share…
How to track an Android phone, tablet, or smartwatch
Need to keep tabs on the location of an Android phone? Learn how to track an Android phone in this guide.
Can’t escape home? Try this virtual escape room instead.
One afternoon, I found myself trapped in an enchanted forest with a few friends and no help but some gentle guidance from a “fairy godparent.” Well, we weren’t really outside.…
How NASA Certifies New Spacecraft Safe Enough for Humans
During the design process, NASA and its contractors also had to agree on a flight test program that would demonstrate that each spacecraft works as intended. For some tests, NASA…
Today’s Cartoon: Zoom Sports
Wednesday, May 13, 2020. By David Ostow, with cartooncollections.com. When sports seasons around the world were suspended due to the pandemic, the billion-dollar betting industry set its sights on videogames.…
Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost
One day in October 2015, a forest surveyor working in an area of dense woodland near Mount Redington in Maine came across a collapsed tent hidden in the undergrowth. He…
Elon Musk well actually’d Grimes over their baby name just after she gave birth
Elon Musk and Grimes welcomed little X Æ A-12 Musk into the world on Monday, but Musk’s Twitter gaffes have not stopped. After Musk announced their newborn son’s birth in…