What you need to create a shareable FaceTime link Because FaceTime is an Apple product, someone with iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 has to create the link. This ability will also be available on Apple computers when macOS Monterey comes out later this year. If you don’t have the 15th version of the iPhone or iPad operating system, you’ll need to update your device. Enter Settings, tap General, and hit Software Update....
When you’re under stress, or even facing a potential survival situation, the urge to stockpile gasoline can be tempting. But doing so can quickly become dangerous. In fact, our friends over at The Drive argue that it’s never a good idea to buy way more gas than you need. Still, there are ways to store gasoline safely and sensibly—it’s all about moderation and proper conditions. Red: Regular gasoline. This color is the most common and should hold only pure gasoline that hasn’t been mixed with any other substances....
How to turn off Focus status alerts (or turn them on) When Apple launched iOS 15, it transformed and expanded its “do not disturb” mode into Focus, which offers more options for getting people to leave you alone. One of these is the ability to share your Focus status, and it’s on by default. To change that, go to the Settings app, tap Focus, and open any of the Focuses listed there....
Maybe it’s a Monday morning and you’re waiting for the train with your coffee in one hand and your phone in the other. Maybe it’s one of those mornings when you need a little help getting to work, so you softly whisper to your phone, “Hey Google, show me GIFs of cute puppies,” only to have your Google Assistant shout the results for everyone on the platform to hear. Great, now the awkward, crowded train is going to be even more awkward....
Secure your accounts Cyberattacks are common in conflict areas and during protests, whether they’re initiated by governments, dissident groups, or just malicious third parties taking advantage of a hairy situation. If someone out there doesn’t like what you’re posting, you may be targeted. This is why it’s critical that you make your accounts as secure as possible. So before you hit send, tweet, publish, or whatever, run through this checklist. And if you prefer one app or site over all others, we recommend digging deep into its settings on your own....
Photos got an upgrade and a redesign Just like the iPhone’s new photo app, the desktop version got a little smarter too. Your albums are reorganized in the same way as the iOS 10 version, with new albums like “Selfies,” “People,” and “Places.” In the “People” album, the Photos app uses AI technology to scan photos and identify precisely who is in your photos. Within the “People” album, there are mini-albums dedicated to each individual that the AI finds....
Videos don’t have to take your full attention anymore A simple, but really fun new feature comes in video playback. If you’re watching a YouTube video in the default Safari web browser on your Mac, or a video from your iTunes/Apple Music library, you can now pop the video out onto your desktop. All it takes is a few simple steps. Start your video, then look for the “picture in picture” symbol in the bottom right-hand corner of the video — see above for the symbol....
Follow all of our coverage from CES 2016, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, full of weird and wonderful gadgets from around the world.
“When humans are interacting, they adopt the other’s rhythms in terms of breathing, speaking, and moving—and it’s unconscious,” says Ghiles Mostafaoui, a researcher from the Université de Cergy-Pontoise in France. It is, he says, “kind of the social glue.” In some cases, mimicry can facilitate bonding across species, like between humans and monkeys. But can this imitation be observed between a human and a robot? “If we had this type of interaction with machines, or robots, or computers, you can obtain better, intuitive interactions,” Mostafaoui says....
The particular oil spill that’s been in the headlines this month is a 144,000-gallon oil leak off the shore of Southern California’s Huntington Beach. (That number is still very much in debate and some officials place that number under 30,000). While that’s still much smaller than Exxon Valdez, which let out 11 million gallons of oil back in 1989, and Deepwater Horizon, which released more than 134 million gallons just over a decade ago),even a modest spill can cause irreparable damage to wildlife in a region—like immediate death to fish and birds and long-term impacts of contaminated food supplies and ecosystems....
This is CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the most magnificent scientific instrument ever constructed. Nearly 17 miles in circumference, buried 300 feet below the city of Geneva and a succession of picturesque French villages, and costing in excess of $6 billion, the LHC will be a window onto a profound and unexplored world that we hope will hold the answers to some of the biggest possible questions: What are we made of?...
The cast is largely unchanged from Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), but the mission is brand new: the Enterprise is damaged, the crew is stranded on a foreign planet, and Kirk will have to battle yet-unknown alien forces. The trailer really doesn’t give much away — there are bound to be at least two more before its June release. But one clever touch from Justin Lin, Star Trek Beyond‘s director and visionary of prior Fast and Furious flicks, is the continued use of Sabotage by the Beastie Boys (the song made a cameo in the 24th century world depicted in J....
At the recent CES in Las Vegas, Intel announced its new NUC9 Extreme and its NUC Extreme Kit, both of which attempt to fill that niche. At just 5 liters of volume—many gaming PC cases check in over double that—the Extreme Kit PC is almost small enough that you could mistake it for a typical gaming console like the PS4. But, Intel’s machine is a full-fledged PC gaming setup, and more like it are coming this year....
But as we all know, education comes at a price—which is why for our Back to Education campaign, we’re offering free and discounted courses that you can snap up to learn new skills. A portion of each of these sales will go back to students in communities in need. This sale runs from August 10th through the 24th. FREE: Learn the Basics of Photoshop 4-Week Course Having an in-depth understanding of Photoshop can help you build practically any kind of digital art, including marketing collaterals, website elements, and even animated art....
What is the iPhone SE? The car world has a practice it calls restomodding. It involves upgrading classic cars with modern engines and electronics while keeping them looking totally stock from the outside. Apple has taken a similar approach with the iPhone SE. Pick up an SE from 2020 or the latest model we’re reviewing here and you’d be totally forgiven for thinking it’s an iPhone 8. The SE has the same rounded edges as the 2017 budget iPhone, the same 4....
Okay, okay, “too late” is a bit of an exagerration—it’s never really too late to get a flu shot (unless you’re getting it in the week before the new vaccine comes out). If you’re reading this in March as you try to decide whether or not to finally carve out the time to get to your doctor, please know that it is not too late to get your flu shot....
“Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars,” said Jim Whiteway, a space engineering professor at York University, Toronto, and lead scientist for the Canadian-designed laser on Phoenix. “We’ll be looking for signs that the snow may even reach the ground.” Currently data show the snow vaporizing before it reached the ground, but the finding is significant, as it shows that the Martian atmosphere is a transport mechanism for water-ice and vapor, according to the mission’s principal investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona....
Nonfunctioning and cancerous kidneys have been removed transvaginally before, and other organs have also been removed through natural orifices but this is a first for a healthy kidney slated for donation. “Removing the kidney through a natural opening should hasten the patient’s recovery and provide a better cosmetic result,” said Dr. Robert Montgomery, the chief of transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins. Kimberly Johnson, 48, of Baltimore, donated the kidney to her 23-year-old niece....
Listen to the latest episode of our tech podcast, the Techathlon! Speaking of superhero cinema, have you ever noticed that film villains always get the best lines? And that silver-tongued tech CEOs love to bend our ears, too? On this week’s episode of the podcast, we play a fun game of who-said-it: a bad guy in a movie, or a tech company executive? For example: “If you’re good at something, never do it for free....
Be sure to subscribe to Techathlon wherever you get podcasts, including iTunes, Anchor, and Stitcher. Now, here’s your recap of everything you may have missed in the technology world while you were celebrating President’s Day by dressing up your pets as our country’s greatest leaders. We particularly enjoyed your dog dressed as Rover Cleveland. Audis can talk to traffic lights If you hate red lights when you’re driving, you will appreciate Audi’s new Traffic Light Information system, which can help you avoid hitting reds while you’re driving and let you know how long before they turn green if you do have to stop....
