Airbnb's party crackdown has blocked more than 100,000 bookings
Sorry, Gen Z. Airbnb is holding the line on its under-25s house ban, even as America emerges from lockdown — and more people are being blocked than we knew. Airbnb says its anti-party safety system has blocked more than 100,000 “suspicious” bookings since launching in the U.S. last July. (The Verge previously reported that the […]
How to record the screen on your iPod, iPhone, or iPad
The ability to record your iPhone’s screen is super-useful built-in functionality that Apple introduced with iOS 11. Anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running this iOS or later can quickly and easily make a recording of what’s happening on their device’s screen — with or without sound from the microphone — and just […]
All the best noise-cancelling headphones from top brands
Listening to music is one of life’s great pleasures. But it’s more than just a pleasure, it is part of your lifestyles — an intrinsic part of both leisure, work, travel, and state of mind. It’s little wonder that everyone needs — not wants, needs — a great pair of headphones. Listening to music can […]
Surprise: iPhone 13 will (probably) be called iPhone 13
We’ve got a shocker for you, dear readers: Apple’s next flagship smartphone will be called iPhone 13. This information, which comes from Economic Daily News (via MacRumors), sounds like the most obvious piece of news ever. There was, however, some speculation that Apple might name its next flagship differently, perhaps due to the connotations of […]
How to use Grid View in FaceTime with iOS 15
The introduction of group FaceTime was a revolution for virtual group hangouts everywhere. But the group FaceTime interface was a bit confusing, with randomly sized bubbles floating around, and no clear indication of who was speaking. FaceTime on iOS 15 has given us the gift of Grid View, which solves this small but annoying problem. […]
This Lego-compatible drone is as educational as it is fun
TL;DR: Build your own drone with the Space Fighters Building Block Drone kit, which is on sale for $29.99 as of July 5. That’s a 25% savings on its usual price of $40. What’s cooler than flying a drone? Flying a drone that you built yourself, of course. With the Space Fighters Building Block Drone […]
Get lifetime access to both a VPN and password manager for just $30
TL;DR: As of July 5, you can get lifetime subscriptions to both Sticky Password and VPN Unlimited for $29.99. They’re usually $199 apiece. Nowadays, everything seems to need a password and everything seems to require a sign-up. Instead of using the same few passwords for everything (please don’t), streamline the process with a password manager […]
A weird bug can mess up your iPhone's WiFi, but there's a fix
There’s a bug that makes it fairly trivial for someone to cause problems with Wi-Fi on iOS devices. Discovered by security researcher Carl Schou, all it takes is creating a public Wi-Fi hotspot with a specifically crafted name, and when someone with an iOS device connects to it, boom: Their Wi-Fi is disabled. The weird […]
Make PDF management a little simpler with this helpful software on sale
TL;DR: Ashampoo PDF Pro 2 is on sale for £21.70 as of July 5, saving you 57% on list price. PDFs retain formatting, preserve high-quality artwork, and still maintain a relatively small file size. Yet despite all of their redeeming qualities, PDFs are also notoriously complicated to edit and manage. What should be a relatively […]
Drones that hunt screaming humans just want to help
Scientists are training drones to hunt people down by following the sound of their screaming. Yes, it does sound like the beginnings of a Terminator/Quiet Place-style dystopia, but it isn’t meant that way. Rather, these drones are intended to save lives. Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (Fraunhofer FKIE) are […]