How to Convert HEIC Images to JPG on a Mac the Easy Way
Apple started using the HEIC image format with iOS 11. It’s preferred over the incumbent JPG because of its smaller file sizes, and it’s also made its...
Gillmor Gang: Next
The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Esteban Kolsky, Frank Radice, Michael Markman and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Saturday December 22, 2018. 2019 — the year...
The New Horizons probe buzzes the most distant object ever encountered first thing tomorrow
Four billion miles from Earth, the New Horizons probe that recently sent such lovely pictures of Pluto is drawing near to the most distant object mankind...
Motiv’s Ring With Built-in 2FA Would Be Nicer If It Worked Consistently
Smart rings are a tricky thing to get right. Tech companies have a hard enough time miniaturizing all the necessary sensors into a watch, let alone...
Reminder: Releasing Thousands of Balloons to Ring in the New Year Is an Awful Idea
New Year’s Eve is all about the glam, the glitter, and the gluttony. We do everything in excess, including all those unnecessary balloons. Read more… Source...
NYSE operator’s crypto project Bakkt brings in $182M
The Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) cryptocurrency project Bakkt celebrated New Year’s Eve with the announcement of a $182.5 million equity round from a slew of notable institutional investors....
Another Exploding Phone Story Reveals the One Good Thing About Women’s Pants
It’s simple folks: Don’t sit on your phone. Or do, and end up like an Ohio man who claims his three-week-old iPhone XS Max exploded and...
The 100 Most Popular io9 Posts of 2018
What can we say about 2018? Well, lots of bad things. But some good stuff happened, too, and you clicked on a lot of stories, that’s...
Louisiana Cops Forced to Explain That Zika-Tainted Meth Doesn’t Exist After Dumb Prank Backfires
A social media prank concocted by a Louisiana police department over the weekend went unexpectedly viral and began being taken seriously by some, forcing the officers...
10 predictions about the media industry in the New Year
Peter Csathy Contributor Peter Csathy is Chairman of CREATV Media, a media innovation and advisory firm and the author of “Media 2.0 (18): An Insider’s Guide...
