This year, there are four new iPhone models to choose from. | Image: Apple Apple announced the iPhone 14 lineup, consisting of the base iPhone 14, the slightly bigger iPhone 14 Plus, and the faster, more capable iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. Each of those links will take you to hands-on previews. Look…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Don’t drop it! But if you do, it’s not the end of the world. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge If you’re the kind of person who’s always dropping your phone, AppleCare Plus may have just become a much better deal. As MacRumors points out, the service now covers “unlimited repairs for accidental…
You’ll be able to work out — and meditate — without an Apple Watch. | Image: Apple Apple announced on Wednesday that iPhone users will be able to subscribe to its premium Fitness Plus workout subscription service even if they don’t have an Apple Watch. Previously, you couldn’t join the service without owning one of…
Enlarge / Delivery workers in NYC have banded together to protect their bikes, improve conditions and wages, and, now, advocate against an outright e-bike ban in public housing. (credit: Getty Images) A rising number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries has spurred New York City’s public housing authority to propose entirely banning e-bikes from their…
Enlarge (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Contributor | AFP) Since 2009, the anti-government extremist group Oath Keepers has grown more extreme, preparing for civil war by recruiting law enforcement and military into local chapters nationwide. As reports tracked a string of violent events leading up to Oath Keepers’ involvement in the Capitol riots, it remained difficult…
Enlarge / SEM Micrograph of a tardigrade, more commonly known as a water bear or “moss piglet.” (credit: Cultura RM Exclusive/Gregory S. Paulson/Getty Images) Tardigrades are micro-animals that can survive in the harshest conditions: extreme pressure, extreme temperature, radiation, dehydration, starvation—even exposure to the vacuum of outer space. Scientists at the University of Tokyo have…
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Another year, another Apple September event, and another new batch of iPhones with starting prices that are, all-in-all, pretty on par with what we’ve seen in the past. Though iPhones have certainly come a long way since their early iterations, as their generation numbers and prices climb higher together, it’s always worth asking if the…
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An upset homeowner. Getty Images Americans are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the US real estate market. Sellers are holding out amid stalled prices, while mortgage rates have put many buyers’ plans on pause. The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index fell for the six consecutive month in August. The real estate market is in limbo….