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Gift Guide: 8 DIY and crafting gifts to help your friends make more stuff and learn new skills
Crafting and DIY tools are wonderful gifts right now. We're all stuck inside and, for many of us, the days are sort of blurring together. Why not help your friends and family learn to make stuff? And
Halo Infinite now scheduled for release in ‘Fall 2021’
We already knew that Halo Infinite was delayed until next year. Initially intended to launch alongside the new Xboxes, Microsoft announced back in August that it would instead ship in 2021. Exactly wh
Quell raises $3M to turn home fitness into a game
Do people want their at-home fitness to come in video-game form? The incredible popularity of games like Ring Fit Adventure suggests yes. London-based startup Quell thinks it’s just the beginnin
Developers can now enroll in Apple’s ‘Small Business Program’ for reduced App Store fees
Just a few weeks back, we learned that Apple would be launching an “App Store Small Business Program” that would reduce its fees from 30% to 15% for developers earning less than $1 million
Apple’s MagSafe Duo charger is now available
Back in October Apple announced the MagSafe Duo, a folding travel charger capable of charging both the iPhone and either an Apple Watch or AirPods simultaneously/wirelessly. In an unusual move, the co
Gift Guide: Black Friday tech deals that are actually worth checking out
Black Friday approaches! In a year where asking Alexa what day today is feels totally normal, this Black Friday seems like it came out of nowhere. As we say pretty much every year, a lot of Black Frid
Pokémon GO will bump its max level cap to 50 and add more Pokémon soon
Since launching four years ago, hitting level 40 in Pokémon GO meant hitting the top. You could still keep catching Pokémon and gathering XP, of course — but that shiny level badge wasn’t go
Hulu will increase the price of its live TV service again on December 18th
It’s price-hike season! Just a few weeks after Netflix bumped up prices on a bunch of its plans, it looks like Hulu will soon be charging more for its Live TV service. The company has confirmed
PSA: macOS is a little broken this morning, with many non-Apple apps hanging at launch
If you’re on a Mac running a relatively new version of macOS (Catalina or Big Sur, seemingly) and it’s having all sorts of weird issues right now: you’re not alone. We’re seein
Here’s everything Apple announced at the ‘One More Thing’ event today
Ready for more Apple news? Because it’s time for more Apple news. This morning the company hosted its third event in as many months, where they finally detailed how and why they’ll be shif
All Slingbox devices will stop working in two years
Back before just about every major TV network built a streaming app of their own, watching live TV on your smartphone was tricky. One of the first relatively simple options was the Slingbox. You’
The PlayStation 4 will be able to play PlayStation 5 games remotely
Well, isn’t this a nice little surprise? This morning some PlayStation 4 owners are reporting the sudden and unexpected arrival of a new “PS5 Remote Play” app. While the app doesn
Apple acknowledges AirPods Pro issues, will replace those that crackle and rattle
Are your AirPods Pro earbuds making weird noises? You’re not imagining it — and you’re not the only one. Just a few months after Apple started shipping AirPods Pro, some users started no
Netflix is raising prices on most of its plans in the US
Time for another Netflix price hike! About a year and a half after the last price increase, Netflix is bumping up the cost for most of its monthly plans in the U.S. by one to two dollars. Here’s
Quibi says it will shut down in early December
Quibi is shutting down — we know that much for sure. But when? If you’re looking to blast through all 25 episodes of the Reno 911 revival series before Quibi calls its quits, how long do you a
Google Assistant, Maps and Search can now help you figure out where to vote
Election Day approaches! Still not sure where the nearest polling place or ballot drop box is? Google wants to help. This morning the company rolled out a handful of features across Google Assistant,
Here’s everything Apple announced at its ‘Hi, Speed’ iPhone event
Just shy of one month after their last event, Apple was back today with another one. Everyone had a pretty good feeling this would be the one where they announced this year’s new iPhone… i
Adobe’s ‘Liquid Mode’ uses AI to automatically redesign PDFs for mobile devices
We’ve probably all been there: You’ve been poking around your phone for an hour, deep in some sort of Google research rabbit hole. You finally find a link that almost certainly has the inf
Here are the 19 companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator Demo Day XXV today
When Alchemist Accelerator shifted its Demo Day to virtual earlier this year, Alchemist director and founder Ravi Belani told me it was a move he expected the team to stick with for some time. Nearly
Kiri is a screen-free smart toy meant to help kids learn languages and more
After six months of sheltering in place (and now weeks of hiding from wildfire smoke) alongside a toddler who never seems to run out of energy, I’m the last person who would try to make anyone f