Technology 
Comic: The great big click-wheel in the sky
Macworld and Rich Stevens of Diesel Sweeties present Multitouch Theater, a weekly cartoon about Macs, iOS, and everything in-between. This week: Off to the great big click-wheel in the sky.
Nvidia uses its new Maxwell GPU and global illumination to prove the lunar landings weren’t faked
Nvidia, with a rather gifted bit of marketing, has used the new Maxwell-based GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards… to prove that we did indeed land some astronauts on the Moon. By using Maxwell’s new voxel-based global illumination (VXGI) … Continue reading
Samsung Galaxy Alpha coming to AT&T Sept. 26
Samsung’s Galaxy Alpha, the latest in the company’s never-ending avalanche of devices, is coming exclusively to AT&T this Friday. The carrier announced Monday that you can order the smartphone online or head into one of the AT&T retail stores to pick one … Continue reading
Google’s war on spam and how encryption could finally win it – for the spammers
Just about everybody wants encryption to move forward to one extent or another, but as one former Google researcher points out, truly large scale encryption would be the end of the internet as we know it.
Now Streaming: Five double features on Netflix
In the days before video, film repertory houses used to program double features—two movies for the price of one—and the creativity that went into selecting those pairs was sometimes better than the movies themselves. The double feature may be a … Continue reading
Google’s next Nexus tablet will be made by HTC, numerous reports claim
We’ve heard again and again and again that HTC is building Google’s next Nexus tablet, and the rumor got even stronger legs on Monday as the Wall Street Journal reported that the Taiwanese handset maker is indeed teaming up with Google. To read … Continue reading
Apple sells 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in the first weekend, surprising no one
Apple has sold 10 million of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the first three days of going on sale, following its release on Friday, September 19. Interestingly, Tim Cook says the company could’ve sold ‘many more … Continue reading
Why you will (and won’t) want a 64-bit Android phone
Over the coming months, we’ll see a lot of new phones trumpeting 64-bit processors. Should you run out to get one? Is 64-bit silicon twice as good as that crummy 32-bit technology we’ve been using for years? The short answer … Continue reading
SpaceX rocket carries the first ever zero-g 3D printer to the Space Station
Early Sunday morning, SpaceX mission CRS-4 lifted off from Cape Canaveral towards the International Space Station, carrying with it the first 3D printer that will operate in zero gravity. When the astronauts aboard the ISS use the 3D printer, they … Continue reading
How to double your free OneDrive storage to 30GB
Microsoft’s playing off iOS 8 upgrade woes by offering to double your free OneDrive storage space—but only if you act fast.
