Daily News Roundup: What the Apple-Qualcomm Settlement Means
Apple and Qualcomm met each other in court this week in what was supposed to be a brutal trial. Turns out that wasn’t the case, as...
The Top 10 Old Timey Aftershaves for that By-Gone Vibe
Clubman, Proraso Are you a by-gone, wayfaring, classic gentleperson? Do those fancy new aftershave balms and lotions clash with your vibe? Maybe it’s time to put down...
How to Turn Your Mac’s Caps Lock into an Extra Modifier Key
Nick Beer / Shutterstock Unless you’re prone to yelling on the Internet, you probably don’t use Caps Lock for much. That’s weird since it’s right next...
How to Change a Site’s Camera and Microphone Permissions in Chrome
Google Chrome lets you manage which individual sites can have access to your microphone and camera. If you don’t see any video or the mic isn’t...
Blue Ember XLR Mic Review: It’s Time to Break Away from USB Mics
Blue Microphone The Ember is Blue’s most affordable ($99) XLR microphone designed for “recording and live streaming.” In other words, it’s designed for anyone who likes...
How to Exit the Vi or Vim Editor
The vi editor is confusing if you’re not used to it. It takes a secret handshake to escape this application if you’ve stumbled into it. Here’s...
The Slow Bloom of ‘Suite for Barbara Loden’
This post was produced in partnership with Bloom, a literary site that features authors whose first books were published when they were 40 or older. 1. When...
Rare Recordings of Elusive River Dolphins Show They Are Surprisingly Chatty
Discovered to be a unique species just five years ago, the Araguaian river dolphin of Brazil is a fascinating, yet poorly understood, aquatic creature. As new...
Huge Video-Hosting Site Openload Stops Paying Uploaders
Earlier this month we reported on the plight of Rapidvideo, a popular file-hosting site that specializes in hosting videos. The site previously allowed visitors to view...
A Specter Is Haunting Xi’s China: ‘Mr. Democracy’
Enter Xu Zhangrun. A fifty-six-year-old professor of constitutional law at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University, Xu is well known in Beijing as a moderate and prolific critic...
