TECHNOLOGY

Video-chatting is a little like chatting by Floo Powder (minus all the soot).

Bring Some Magic to Your Next Zoom Meeting With These Harry Potter Backgrounds

Video-chatting isn’t all that different than communicating via Floo Powder or portrait-hopping, right?

Self-driving cars have captured the public's imagination for decades.

7 Early Attempts at Self-Driving Cars

Today's state-of-the-art driverless vehicles have origins dating back to the 1920s, including one automaker who feuded with Harry Houdini.

Protect your precious keyboard from whatever food residue is on your fingers.

Use This Mac Shortcut to Let Your Keyboard Do the Typing

Give your hardworking fingers a much-deserved break—or free them up for chopping vegetables while you answer emails.

This man is so good at using Google Docs that he doesn't even need both hands.

13 Handy Tips, Tricks, and Hacks for Using Google Docs

From helpful keyboard shortcuts to adding handwritten signatures, these tips will make you a Google Doc wizard.

The Smartduvet's Smart Layer fastens between your own duvet cover and top sheet.

Say Goodbye to Making Your Bed Every Morning—the Smartduvet Will Do It for You

The Smartduvet’s merits far outweigh any visual similarities it may have to the titular antagonist of the 1977 horror film ‘Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.’

Getsetup connects seniors with instructors to help them navigate online resources.

Seniors Are Learning Helpful Tech Skills—Like Online Grocery Shopping—via Getsetup

The startup is offering free and premium online classes to help seniors navigate a new world of online grocery shopping, Zoom meetings, and pharmacy deliveries.

Please, thumbs, step away from the spacebar.

In a Bold Move, Microsoft Office Is Now Flagging Double Spaces Between Sentences as an Error

How many spaces should we include after a period? Microsoft is now quietly telling us that the answer is one.

Steve Jobs reveals the iPhone 4 at a conference in 2010.

What Does the i in iPhone Stand For?

If you assumed the now-ubiquitous lowercase ‘i’ meant ‘internet,’ you’re not wrong—but that’s only part of it.

F and J aren't the most important letters in the alphabet, but they might be the most important ones on the keyboard.

Why Are There Bumps on the F and J Buttons on a Computer Keyboard?

If you’re trained in Mavis Beacon’s method of touch-typing, you might rely on those bumps more than you realize.

In one corner: Dr. Dre. In the other: A ... gynecologist?

13 Landmark Intellectual Property Disputes

From 'Star Wars' similarities to Mike Tyson's iconic face tattoo to a selfie-taking monkey, here are 13 unusual intellectual property disputes.

A 2010 Hubble-captured image of a pillar of gas and dust in a stellar nursery called Carina Nebula.

What Did the Hubble Telescope See on Your Birthday? This NASA Website Will Show You

While your parents were snapping a photo of you covered in birthday cake, the Hubble was snapping one of a dust storm on Mars.

10 Great Games to Play Online With Friends and Family

From word games to drawing games to fusions of the two—and beyond—here are 10 great ideas for a virtual game night.

The spicy grilled cheese ingredient you never knew you craved.

Flamin' Hot Cheetos Grilled Cheese Is the Perfect Recipe for a Virtual Cooking Party

April is National Grilled Cheese Month, and if you download the Airtime app, you can make the same Flamin' Hot Cheetos grilled cheese recipe with your friends while social distancing.

You might be stuck in the living room, but it doesn't have to look like it.

6 Fun Backgrounds to Use on Your Next Video Call

From the New York Public Library’s Rose Reading Room to Schitt’s Creek’s Rosebud Motel, there’s really something for everyone here.

Turn Your Favorite Photos Into Works of Art With Google’s Art App

With Google's Art & Culture app, you can transform the photos on your camera roll into art inspired by Edvard Munch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more great artists.

This man may have just sunk his opponent's biggest ship on the Battleship app.

9 Classic Board Games You Can Play Online

You can still play Monopoly, Catan, and many other classic board games while staying at least 6 feet away from your opponents.

This App Lets You Download Free E-Books, Magazines, Comic Books, and Audiobooks From Your Library

With the Libby app, you can access your local library's collection of e-books and audiobooks for free without leaving home.

This woman is skeptical about misspellings in her emails, and you should be, too.

5 Tips for Avoiding Coronavirus-Related Phishing Emails

Some phishing emails look like they’re being sent from the WHO, the CDC, or even your own HR department.

It's fine to use a disinfectant wipe on your iPhone—just be gentle.

Apple Confirms That Cleaning Your Phone With a Disinfectant Wipe Is Totally Fine

Your phone is one the filthiest things you own, but cleaning it is as easy as wiping it down with a disinfectant wipe.

Using Witty can help double your battery life.

This Charging Accessory Can Help Prolong Your Phone Battery's Life

If you want your smartphone or smart device battery to last for longer, reach for the Witty, a new charging accessory.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, K Callan, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Riki Lindhome, Ana de Armas, Jaeden Martell, and Katherine Langford in Rian Johnson's Knives Out (2019).

Apple Reportedly Won't Let Movie Bad Guys Use iPhones

If you want to figure out who the villain is in a movie, just check out a character's smartphone. According to 'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson, Apple won't let bad guys have iPhones.

10 Simple Tricks for Charging Your Smartphone Faster

If your phone battery is in the dangerous zone, use these tricks to get it back up to full power as fast as possible.

Pressing this crosswalk button may or may not do something.

Does Pushing the Button at a Crosswalk Actually Do Anything?

No need to jaywalk—your crosswalk signal will appear eventually. But it might not be because you pressed the button.

Coronavirus fears have spread throughout China and beyond.

China's Coronavirus App Is Alerting Citizens When They're in Danger of Being Infected

The smartphone app developed by the Chinese government warns users when they've been in close contact with someone likely to be infected with the new coronavirus.

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