iPhone bursts into flames while family sleeps An Ohio family was shocked to find their iPhone 4 destroyed on their kitchen counter only to find that overnight, the phone had suddenly burst into flames while charging. Luckily, the fire was unable to spread further and eventually put itself out. CINCINNATI – An Ohio family is … Read more
Enlarge / Something doesn’t look right here. Amazon won’t deny that fraudulent reviews on its platform are a problem. And despite years of reports of fake storage products, listed with falsified reviews to cover up fake specs and performance claims, the scams keep coming. On Monday, Review Geek detailed its purchase of what an Amazon … Read more
01/17 Update below. This post was originally published on January 14 iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models are suffering from a bizarre problem that causes horizontal lines to flash across their displays. Apple has now confirmed the issue and revealed it is working on a fix. In an internal Apple memo seen by MacRumors, … Read more
Hey folks, and welcome to the inaugural issue of what I guess we’ll call the Rorie Roundup for those of you who have some serious time in the GameSpot / Giant Bomb ecosystem. This is intended to be a weekly recap of what’s happening behind the scenes (and sometimes in front of the scenes!) here … Read more
The foundation of any good Sunday school education is the parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). In the parable, a lawyer challenges Jesus, asking him what they have to do to receive eternal life. Jesus answers, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with … Read more
At CES 2023, Displace showed how its futuristic, battery-powered 55-inch 4K TV utilizes a special pop-up camera to recognize gesture controls and a proprietary active-loop vacuum seal to adhere itself to walls. The gesture controls of the DisplaceTV that most caught our eye at the show were the ability to use your finger as a … Read more
Image: apple When Apple refreshed the MacBook Pro line with the M1 Pro and M1 Max models in the fall of 2021, I told you you didn’t need them. The design was great, MagSafe was back, and the upgraded M1 chips were beasts, but the machines were overkill for the average consumer. And the same … Read more
Sarah Sherman is in the makeup chair at Saturday Night Live, morphing into a five-eyed, giant-eared beast. Since she joined the show in 2021, SNL‘s makeup artist, Louie Zakarian, has transformed her into the Six Flags mascot, covered her in meatballs, and turned her real eyes into googly ones. That was all for sketches; today, … Read more
screenshot: 3D Realms In the down moments of playing a distressingly long mario party 2 game this weekend—my friends get a garbage truck full of NES and Super NES games with their Nintendo Switch Online membership—I started wondering what other retro games were only a download away on publishers’ official storefronts. By that I mean … Read more
SCHENECTADY — Technology currently being tested by city police can streamline the way officers patrol neighborhoods while at the same time making sure their safety and that of the residents is even more of a priority. The Patrolfinder software from Schenectady-based Transfinder allows patrol officers and police commanders in the field and at the station … Read more