By Liam McCabe This post was done in partnership with The Sweethome, a buyer's guide to the best things for your home. Read the full article here. We've spent 280 hours researching and testing vacuums over the past three years, a process that inc…
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Apple Pay goes live in Canada, but only for American Express customers
Apple Pay has been available in locales outside of the US already, and now our neighbors to the north are getting in on the action. Cupertino's mobile payments tech is now available in Canada, so iPhone and Apple Watch users can pay for goods with…
NBC’s comedy streaming service starts free beta preview December 3rd
If you want to give SeeSo a shot before signing up, you'll get your chance next month. NBC's comedy streaming service will be available as a limited free public beta starting December 3rd. During the web-only trial period, viewers can expect to wat…
Uber drivers can pick you up when you’re headed the same way
Uber drivers live with uncertainty: there's no guarantee that they'll get a passenger on the way home from a long shift, or while they're running errands. However, they're about to catch a break. Uber is rolling out a feature (currently only in t…
The After Math: On the road again
Forget robot chauffeurs, our future ground transports won't even need drivers to start with. Between their LIDAR arrays and digital mapping technology, autonomous vehicles are getting safer, more capable and — dare we say it — more attractive by…
Inhabitat Week in Green: An EV that could last a million miles, and more!
Here's something we never thought we'd hear: Wind farms in Texas are generating too much energy — and some utilities are actually giving it away for free. In other news, the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor is set to switch online this month…
Recommended Reading: Jony Ive tells the story of the Apple Pencil
Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web. Some weeks, you'll also find short reviews of books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read. Jony Ive Interview: The S…
ICYMI: Seeing CO2 from space, best arena selfie and more
Today on In Case You Missed It: An app that syncs up with robotic cameras in sports arenas is up and running in a few locations in California. With it, attendees can get photos of themselves at the game after entering their seat number in the free…
NASA to study how higher temps affect the Earth’s ability to absorb CO2
Our atmosphere's carbon dioxide levels are through the roof — it's the highest it's ever been at 400 parts per million within the past 400,000 years. The situation would have been much, much worse, however, if it weren't for the Earth's forests an…
KFC’s fried chicken delivery will have you licking your fingers in no time
If you've got a hankering for a bucket of the Colonel's Original Recipe, KFC will now bring the goods to you. The purveyor of fast-food fried chicken is partnering with DoorDash to offer delivery. Once your order is placed via apps on Android, iOS…
Carnegie Mellon may have ratted out Tor users to the FBI
In a story that may become an acid test for internet privacy, the operators of the Tor network have accused Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) of taking up to $1 million to help the FBI bust illegal sites. If the allegations are true, the defendants…
Construction has begun on the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile
A groundbreaking ceremony on top of a mountain in the Chilean Andes on Wednesday has signaled the beginning of Giant Magellan Telescope's construction. Three years after blowing up the peak where the structure will be built, the GMT Organization's…
I used an app to make custom molded earbuds in only a minute
Earlier this week, we heard about the Revols, a pair of wireless earbuds that can be custom-fit to your ears in 60 seconds. In just a few short hours after it hit Kickstarter, Revols met and surpassed its $100,000 funding goal — it's now earned a…
Anywhere SIM helps avoid UK ‘not spots,’ but at a cost
Whether you live in central London or the northernmost tip of Scotland, you've probably experienced flaky mobile coverage at one point or another. Carriers say they're working to fix the UK's so-called "not spots," but customers continue to complai…
Hollywood FX artists help doctors practice child surgery
Boston Children's Hospital has formed an odd partnership with a practical special effects company to create more realistic surgery simulator models. Santa Monica-based Fractured FX is well acquainted with human anatomy (and gore), having worked on…