Posts

Why Do Older Airplanes Have Double Headphone Jacks? 3 Possible Reasons It’s always fascinating to interact with older technology and then wonder why it was designed a certain way. For instance,why did some classic Toyota trucks have only one headlight?Why do Jeeps have seven slots in the grille? And for today’s focus, why do older airplanes have double headphone jacks? Modern planestypically offerBluetooth and noise-canceling headsets, so needing a special adapter to use your headphones feels rather inconvenient....

10 Products Apple Will Never Make (But We Still Wish It Would) As one of the most valuable companies in the world, it’s to be expected that Apple has released a metric ton of products over the years, from Macs to iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads, and more. However, for as many things as Apple does, there are plenty of things that it will probably never make. The company’s leanings toward simplicity date back to Steve Jobs' return and his implementation of the four-square approach to its product lineup....

Yesterday,I wroteabout Apple’s laughable iPhone market share in India that, according to IDC, was only 1.2 percent of all handset sales during the second quarter of this year, half the level a year earlier. It’s hard to justify a $800+ phone in a country where folks make an average of $200 a month, if they’re lucky. Meanwhile,cheap Android handsetshave taken India by storm and now enjoy a commanding 50+ percent market share....

In space no one can hear you scream. The terrifying sci-fi adventure,Alien, celebrates 40 years with an all-new 4K Ultra HD master, available April 23. A limited edition 4K UHD steelbook ofAlien40th Anniversary Edition will also be available exclusively at Best Buy. In the film that birthed thewildly successful Alien franchise, the crew of the deep space tug Nostromo awaken from stasis during a voyage home to Earth when their ship’s computer detects what is believed to be an alien distress signal coming from the desolate nearby moon, LV-426....

All Icons in Pokemon TCG Pocket and How to Get Them Pokemon TCG Pocket includes a variety of icons featuring popular Pokemon and Trainers that you can use as your in-game profile picture. They can enhance the appearance of your profile and help your friends identify you. With around 49 available icons, there are various ways to acquire each one, ranging from completing specific missions to spending event tickets. Here we have prepared a list of all Pokemon TCG Pocket icons and provided information on how to obtain them, so you can collect them all....

There are tons of Collection Chests scattered around the map in Hogwarts Legacy, not only the Hogwarts andHogsmeade Collection Chests, but ones in the hamlets on the World Map. These chests carry important items to collect, such as Room of Requirement decor or traits for your gear, which you can’t get from any other type of chest. The hamlet of Irondale has three chests to collect, and we’ve listed them below to help you find them....

Dinosaurs and other creatures swarm The Island with color and danger in Ark Survival Ascended. If you’d want to know all of the spawn locations for each of the animals inArk Survival Ascended, then I’ve provided a complete list. If you want to find where a specific animal spawns, or want to find out which regions host which dinosaurs, enter find mode bypressing control and F at the same time. Type the dinosaur or region into the text box, and your device will scroll down to every place where it’s listed....

No one likes when Siri gives up on them just because their iPhone cannot establish a network connection or the cellular signal is weak, but Apple may have a solution for this: offline Siri. An Apple patent application filingpublishedyesterday, first spotted byAppleInsider, describes an offline personal assistant that would work even when the device was offline. In order to make Siri more useful when not connected to the Internet, the personal assistant would need to run its voice recognition algorithm entirely on a user’s device rather than upload their spoken queries to the cloud for processing as she normally would....

Apple’s rumoured autonomous car isn’t going to be quite as capable as we’d been told to expect according to a new report that says it’ll be late, too. Applehas long been rumoured to have designs on launching a self-driving car, possibly as soon as 2025. But a new report by Bloomberg’s well-connected Mark Gurman says that the company has had to revise its plans. Now, the car won’t be as autonomous as had previously been hoped....

BBC Three will return as a full-fledged terrestrial TV channel on 06 July 2025. It will start at 7pm each night and host shows, such as RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK, plus live football, starting with semi-finals and final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The channel will appear on the same slot as CBBC, with the kids channel reverting to an end time of 7pm each day. BBC Three will then air from 7pm to 4am....

Modern laptops are as slim and lightweight as they’ve ever been, and that means many of them are absolutely gorgeous to look at. That said, it’s also true that they largely don’t cope well with even small drops or bangs, so getting a case for travel or storage is a must. There are plenty of cases out there that cater to all sizes, but 13-inch laptops are increasingly being seen as the default size that most people end up with....

Strapping your feet into one of the best rowing machines and blasting away for 15 minutes of sweat-inducing exercise is about one of the best overall forms of general fitness you can undertake. It burns fat, thanks to ease at which you can get into the perfect aerobic workout zone, while many experts believe it works a staggering 86 per cent of the body’s muscles, including nine major muscle groups overall....

Disney+ has gone from strength to strength since its launch in 2019. There are all theMarvelandStar WarsTV shows and movies, Pixar and, of course, Disney’s own output. Then, in the UK and other locations outside of North America, there is Star extra content, with TV series and films for an older audience. In fact, there’s so much on the platform and coming up soon, what should you wishlist? Here are our highlights of new shows and movies coming toDisney+to keep an eye out for....