Author Archives: Josh Hendrickson

Apple Will Sell You Refurbished iPhone XR Models Now

In its day, the iPhone XR was one of the best smartphones you could buy. But time moves on, and new phones (and iPhones) are always on the way. Sometimes, though, that fact can work in your favor. Apple now sells refurbished iPhone XR models, and that … Continue reading

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ICYDK: You Can Skip the Doordash Delivery Fee by Skipping the Doordash Site

With the current pandemic and efforts to stay at home, it’s probably very tempting to have your food delivered through a service like Doordash. But that price of convenience adds up quickly, and the delivery fee doesn’t help. How do you sav… Continue reading

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Plex Will Let You and a Friend Watch a Movie Together Even When You’re Apart

What do friends do when they want to catch up on a show or movie together during a pandemic? Plex has a new solution for you, thanks to a new “Watch Together” feature. Invite your friends with a link, and the whole thing syncs up for you. Y… Continue reading

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Make Your Own TARDIS With Even More Free Stuff From ‘Doctor Who’

If your idea of staying at home involves Totally And Radically Driving In Space, then we have good news for you. The fine folks at the BBC are handing out even more free Doctor Who stuff, including another free issue of Titan Comics. This time you&… Continue reading

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The Philips Hue TV Sync Box’s Latest Update Adds Voice Controls

Signify, the company behind the Philips smart home brand has a new feature for its Hue TV sync box—voice controls. Before, if you wanted to turn the device on, off, or change modes, you needed to get out your phone to control it. Now you can ask … Continue reading

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You Can Now Buy the Raspberry Pi 4 With 8 GBs of RAM

The Raspberry Pi 4 is already the most powerful entry yet from the Raspberry Pi foundation. So how do you take a good thing and make it even better? Add more RAM, of course. You can now grab an 8 GB Raspberry Pi 4 for $75. You’ll want to grab the… Continue reading

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Why SpaceX Had to Scrub Its Wednesday Launch

May 27th was supposed to be a historic day. For the first time in nearly a decade, American astronauts were supposed to launch into space from an American rocket on American soil. But at practically the last minute, the launch was scrubbed and reschedu… Continue reading

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Wemo Moves Its Smart Home Device Management to the Cloud

Wemo, the maker of well known smart plugs, switches, and more, has a device management problem. Often, setting up multiple Wemo devices and getting them to work together is a difficult, arduous task. That was due to the local control method the company… Continue reading

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Savant Systems Will Acquire GE Lighting, Including Its Smart Home Systems

Savant Systems, a company that helps design high-end personal smart home systems, will buy GE Lighting, the wing of GE behind its smart home products like C by GE. The deal includes the GE Lighting branding and its 700 employees.Read This Article on Re… Continue reading

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[Updated] How to Watch SpaceX’s Historic First Crewed-Mission Launch Today

Today, SpaceX will launch a rocket intended to dock with the International Space Station. And while that sounds old hat for the company at this point, this time is different. For the first time in almost a decade, astronauts will launch to orbit from t… Continue reading

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