Helen Sloan/HBO Unless you’ve been living under the Wall for the past year — you know, that 300-mile stretch of fortification that runs along the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms — you’re probably at least somewhat aware of HBO’s smash fantasy series Game of Thrones. If you aren’t, you probably didn’t get that reference, in which case, this article will… Continue reading "How to Watch ‘Game of Thrones’ Online"
Plenty of people are excited about laying down new high-tech infrastructure to create smart cities. But can cutting-edge technology also be used to keep tabs on existing infrastructure, such as bridges? Intel certainly believes so — and it recently signed a deal with the Minnesota Department of Transportation and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to prove it. The collaboration will see Intel’s… Continue reading "Intel Wants its Fleet of Drones to Monitor America’s Aging, Unsafe Bridges"
Fitbits are amazingly helpful tools for setting fitness goals and tracking your progress — you can exercise all day but if you don’t have metrics to tell you how you did, it’s hard to stay motivated. Being able to track how far you’ve gone, how many calories you’ve burned, what your average heart rate is, and other useful fitness stats… Continue reading "The Best Fitbit for Any Activity or Sport"
Google had planned to close the Google+ social network in August 2019, but the date can’t come quickly enough: A second massive data breach was just revealed, only a few months after the previous. In a blog post by the Mountain View, California-based company, Google notes that the most recent breach has affected over 52.5 million users worldwide — that’s a significant… Continue reading "How to Delete Your Google+ Account"
A MacRumors’ screenshot of Chrome’s Dark Mode as displayed in Canary, one of Chrome’s developer builds. Screenshot/MacRumors Mac users may have missed out on Chrome’s dark mode feature last week, but it looks they won’t be without it for long. While last week’s Chrome 71 release seemed to leave out the anticipated feature for the latest version of MacOS, it… Continue reading "Chrome’s Dark Mode May Cast Its Shadow Over Macs by Early 2019"
Most tiny homes are the result of infinite optimization and efficiency paired with futuristic smart home technology. This is not that story. This is the story of a tiny home that could only be built by a dude with a dream, an old Army truck, and a dangerous number of metal working tools. Last week, we ran across a news… Continue reading "A British Couple is Traveling Europe in an Army Truck-Turned-Tiny Home"
