Technology 
Thom Yorke’s new album hits BitTorrent (but it’s not free)
You can now torrent new music from Radiohead front man Thom Yorke, but it’ll cost you. The singer is known for experimenting with new ways to distribute music, so it’s fitting that Yorke chose BitTorrent to release his latest album, … Continue reading
MagMIMO: MIT’s new long-range wireless charging tech that works like WiFi
MagMIMO can charge a phone from 30 cm away, several times farther than current wireless charging methods. MIT researchers are working to extend that range to turn it into WiFi for power.
Report: Google ‘tightening the screws’ on Android manufacturers
Android has been getting increasingly less “open” over time as Google has sought to exert more control and put its own services front and center. A report from The Information adds more concrete details to this, revealing specifics of some … Continue reading
Meet Ello, an ad-free social network that’s proudly pro-privacy (but with caveats)
A new social network is generating buzz for its hard stance against paid advertising and data collection. But how the site really works, when it comes to privacy, is a little more nuanced. Ello is open on an invite-only basis, … Continue reading
Apple puts iPhones through the wringer to prove #Bendgate is overblown
Only nine people complained to Apple about the iPhone 6 Plus bending in their pockets, but that’s not going to stop the Internet from joking about #Bendgate. So the company is trying to manage its PR crisis by opening the … Continue reading
Organic molecules found in the galactic core: Are stellar nurseries spitting out building blocks of life, as well as stars?
Researchers at the Max Planck institute in Germany have discovered large quantities of organic molecules at the center of the Milky Way that resemble life-bearing amino acids in their complexity. The new-found presence of this complex organic molecule, iso-propyl cyanide, … Continue reading
Passport sellouts at 200,000 preorders reveal a more modest BlackBerry
BlackBerry boasts of numbers that would make larger companies wince
Comic: Space concerns and crashes and burns
Macworld and Rich Stevens of Diesel Sweeties present Multitouch Theater, a weekly cartoon about Macs, iOS, and everything in-between. Our final week here: iOS 8 space concerns and crashes and burns. Thanks for a great comic run!
TSMC announces its first 16nm FinFET networking chip: 32-core ARM Cortex-A57
Yesterday, TSMC announced the first successful production of a 32-core ARM chip based on 16nm FinFET technology. According to the foundry, it collaborated with HiSilicon technologies to create the network processor, which marries a 16nm 32-core ARM Cortex-A57 with 28nm … Continue reading
How to change notification sounds on your Android phone
How often have you been in a public place and heard a phone notification ding nearby, and reached for your own pocket, only to find out that it wasn’t from your phone? Spare yourself the unnecessary confusion and change your … Continue reading
