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Steve Wozniak

Find out more about the life and career of Apple co-founder and tech pioneer Steve Wozniak.

HBO Max: Everything You Need to Know About the New Streaming Service

How is HBO Max different from HBO GO and HBO NOW? Answers to that and all your other burning questions here.

John Lennon (left) and Paul McCartney (right) from The Beatles.

10 Chance Meetings That Changed the World

Whether you call it destiny or coincidence, there's no denying that these chance encounters changed the world.

Unlocking Your iPhone With a Mask on Just Got Less Annoying, Thanks to a New Face ID Update

Apple users who enabled Face ID on their iPhone no longer have to choose between getting into their device quickly and wearing a mask outside.

Roy Scheider is gonna need a bigger boat in Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975).

Take a Virtual Tour of Every Jaws Filming Location Using Google Earth

A group of 'Jaws' superfans have compiled every spot where the Steven Spielberg blockbuster was filmed into one interactive map using Google Earth.

Google’s New ‘Read Along’ App Can Help Improve Your Child’s Reading Skills

With Read Along, a new interactive learning app from Google, kids can get reading assistance any time at home.

Virtual assistants often have female voices. Why?

Why Do Virtual Assistants Like Siri and Alexa Traditionally Have Female Voices?

Artificial intelligence often skews toward female voices. Is it gender bias, or do companies have hard data to support our seeming preference for feminine AI?

Video-chatting is a little like chatting by Floo Powder (minus all the soot).

Bring Some Magic to Your Next Zoom Meeting With These Harry Potter Backgrounds

Video-chatting isn’t all that different than communicating via Floo Powder or portrait-hopping, right?

Self-driving cars have captured the public's imagination for decades.

7 Early Attempts at Self-Driving Cars

Today's state-of-the-art driverless vehicles have origins dating back to the 1920s, including one automaker who feuded with Harry Houdini.

Protect your precious keyboard from whatever food residue is on your fingers.

Use This Mac Shortcut to Let Your Keyboard Do the Typing

Give your hardworking fingers a much-deserved break—or free them up for chopping vegetables while you answer emails.

This man is so good at using Google Docs that he doesn't even need both hands.

13 Handy Tips, Tricks, and Hacks for Using Google Docs

From helpful keyboard shortcuts to adding handwritten signatures, these tips will make you a Google Doc wizard.

The Smartduvet's Smart Layer fastens between your own duvet cover and top sheet.

Say Goodbye to Making Your Bed Every Morning—the Smartduvet Will Do It for You

The Smartduvet’s merits far outweigh any visual similarities it may have to the titular antagonist of the 1977 horror film ‘Death Bed: The Bed That Eats.’

Getsetup connects seniors with instructors to help them navigate online resources.

Seniors Are Learning Helpful Tech Skills—Like Online Grocery Shopping—via Getsetup

The startup is offering free and premium online classes to help seniors navigate a new world of online grocery shopping, Zoom meetings, and pharmacy deliveries.

Please, thumbs, step away from the spacebar.

In a Bold Move, Microsoft Office Is Now Flagging Double Spaces Between Sentences as an Error

How many spaces should we include after a period? Microsoft is now quietly telling us that the answer is one.

Steve Jobs reveals the iPhone 4 at a conference in 2010.

What Does the i in iPhone Stand For?

If you assumed the now-ubiquitous lowercase ‘i’ meant ‘internet,’ you’re not wrong—but that’s only part of it.

F and J aren't the most important letters in the alphabet, but they might be the most important ones on the keyboard.

Why Are There Bumps on the F and J Buttons on a Computer Keyboard?

If you’re trained in Mavis Beacon’s method of touch-typing, you might rely on those bumps more than you realize.

In one corner: Dr. Dre. In the other: A ... gynecologist?

13 Landmark Intellectual Property Disputes

From 'Star Wars' similarities to Mike Tyson's iconic face tattoo to a selfie-taking monkey, here are 13 unusual intellectual property disputes.

A 2010 Hubble-captured image of a pillar of gas and dust in a stellar nursery called Carina Nebula.

What Did the Hubble Telescope See on Your Birthday? This NASA Website Will Show You

While your parents were snapping a photo of you covered in birthday cake, the Hubble was snapping one of a dust storm on Mars.

10 Great Games to Play Online With Friends and Family

From word games to drawing games to fusions of the two—and beyond—here are 10 great ideas for a virtual game night.

The spicy grilled cheese ingredient you never knew you craved.

Flamin' Hot Cheetos Grilled Cheese Is the Perfect Recipe for a Virtual Cooking Party

April is National Grilled Cheese Month, and if you download the Airtime app, you can make the same Flamin' Hot Cheetos grilled cheese recipe with your friends while social distancing.

You might be stuck in the living room, but it doesn't have to look like it.

6 Fun Backgrounds to Use on Your Next Video Call

From the New York Public Library’s Rose Reading Room to Schitt’s Creek’s Rosebud Motel, there’s really something for everyone here.

Turn Your Favorite Photos Into Works of Art With Google’s Art App

With Google's Art & Culture app, you can transform the photos on your camera roll into art inspired by Edvard Munch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more great artists.

This man may have just sunk his opponent's biggest ship on the Battleship app.

9 Classic Board Games You Can Play Online

You can still play Monopoly, Catan, and many other classic board games while staying at least 6 feet away from your opponents.

This App Lets You Download Free E-Books, Magazines, Comic Books, and Audiobooks From Your Library

With the Libby app, you can access your local library's collection of e-books and audiobooks for free without leaving home.

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