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- Get a grip on the natural world with this beautiful manual for the planet
- Ball Lightning is a gripping tale of obsession from the biggest name in Chinese sci-fi
- The Apple Watch stole the show from this year’s new iPhones
- 9 new trailers you should watch this week
- FEMA will test a ‘Presidential Alert’ text message next week that cell phone users won’t be able to opt out of
- This week’s best deals include iPhone XS preorders and discounted Fitbits from Amazon
- Here’s 7 new sci-fi and fantasy novels coming out this September to check out
- Apple’s new iPhone names are bad, so it’s hard to see where it goes from here
- Facebook beats Twitter at fighting fake news, a new study found
| Get a grip on the natural world with this beautiful manual for the planet Posted: 15 Sep 2018 12:00 PM PDT  Without functioning ecosystems, "everybody's poop would be everywhere," says Rachel Ignotofsky, the author and artist behind the new book The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth. "The world doesn't work if stuff doesn't decompose," she says. It's one of the many benefits humans get from our environment that Ignotofsky's art-covered pages explore. The book hopscotches through ecosystems across the globe, shrinking complex food webs down to the size of specimen bottles. "It was kind of this whimsical idea that if it was small enough to see, then you would be able to understand and care for it as easily as you could care for a fish in your aquarium or a plant on your desk," Ignotofsky told The Verge. Published by Ten Speed Press, the new... |
| Ball Lightning is a gripping tale of obsession from the biggest name in Chinese sci-fi Posted: 15 Sep 2018 11:00 AM PDT  In 2015, Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem (translated into English by Ken Liu), earned science fiction's highest honor: the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The award was the first for a Chinese author, and put Liu in the global spotlight. Sequels to that novel, The Dark Forest and Death's End, also received widespread acclaim, and now, Liu has a new book out in English: Ball Lightning, translated by Joel Martinsen. Like The Three-Body Problem, it's a gripping tale of technology and physics, one that explores the nature of obsession and the dark places it can lead. Spoilers for the novel ahead. As a story, Ball Lightning is a bit more of a grounded read than The Three-Body Problem. There are no aliens in this story, which follows the life... |
| The Apple Watch stole the show from this year’s new iPhones Posted: 15 Sep 2018 10:00 AM PDT  The most exciting announcement from Apple's annual iPhone event on Tuesday was not a set of three new smartphones, but a smartwatch. The Apple Watch Series 4 — with its rounded corners, larger display, and built-in EKG scanner — became undoubtedly the most sought-after gadget in the aftermath of Apple's fall hardware refresh. While many people have bemoaned having to choose between the iPhone XS and XR, or are simply forgoing a mobile upgrade entirely, the Series 4 stood out for how simple of a purchase it is for those who've been sitting on the sidelines of the wearable market. For those like me who've had an older Apple Watch Series 0 or 1, it's a no-brainer, and it was what I was most excited about when I decided to stay up on... |
| 9 new trailers you should watch this week Posted: 15 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  The Deuce started up again last week, which means I'm subscribed to HBO again. But mostly, it means I'm back to being continually puzzled about how this show works. I enjoy watching it in a lot of ways, but a season and one episode in, I still have no sense of where it's going, what it's building toward, or even the stories that matter most to it. What's really fascinating about the season two premiere is how little has changed. The episode jumps ahead five years, but it may as well be a full-on recap of season one. Everyone is doing the exact same things as they used to, in the exact emotional or romantic state they left off in, just with a slightly better job than they had before. On one hand, it's a really interesting way to bring... |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2018 08:11 AM PDT  On September 20th, FEMA will conduct a test of its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), which brings together two existing alert systems, the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts system. This system will also mark the first time that a "Presidential Alert" will be sent out to a majority of cell phone owners, who won't be able to opt out. TechCrunch notes that these types of alerts were established in 2006 under President George W. Bush, so that the White House can issue a notification to the general public in the instance of an emergency. The messages can be sent at the President's discretion, but while experts have downplayed the possibility of the system being misused, this is the first time that the... |
| This week’s best deals include iPhone XS preorders and discounted Fitbits from Amazon Posted: 15 Sep 2018 08:00 AM PDT  The new iPhone XS and XS Max and the Apple Watch Series 4 have found their way into lots of headlines this week. That's because they're all available now for preorder. A few retailers and carriers are offering some special deals associated with the preorder of a new Apple phone, but otherwise, this week's best deals are a smattering of tech and home products that are discounted enough to be worth you checking them out. Sam's Club is offering a $100 gift card to members who preorder before September 16th, then activate an iPhone XS or XS Max with a 24-month contract at purchase before September 23rd. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are offering $700 back in billing credits when its respective customers buy two iPhone XS or XS Max phones... |
| Here’s 7 new sci-fi and fantasy novels coming out this September to check out Posted: 15 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  HBO recently aired its adaptation of Gillian Flynn's short novel Sharp Objects, and while I haven't caught up on the entire thing yet, the first couple of episodes prompted me to dig my copy out to give it a read. I've been meaning to pick it up for years after a colleague of mine recommended it, and it seemed as good a time as any. It's a grim, modern gothic story, one that delves into the horrors of life on a claustrophobic small town, and the damage that people and families can inflict on one another. It made for the perfect book to delve into at the height of a very warm summer, and I'm eager to see just how well the rest of the TV show lines up with the book. Here's seven new science fiction and fantasy novels hitting bookstores in... |
| Apple’s new iPhone names are bad, so it’s hard to see where it goes from here Posted: 15 Sep 2018 06:00 AM PDT  This year, Apple reached the end of its iPhone X (read: ten) names. Next year remains a mystery. Apple has gone through all the numbers from one through ten, skipping two and nine for its own reasons. Now, for better or worse, next year, it'll likely need to figure out a new naming scheme. Apple hastened its way toward a dead end last year when it decided to switch to Roman numerals rather than continuing with numbers as it had done in the past. A report from Bloomberg at the end of August indicated that the people behind the names struggled to come up with names that would work. Since this year's iPhones didn't really change many things beyond last year's, they didn't seem compelling enough to grant a whole new name. The cheapest iPhone... |
| Facebook beats Twitter at fighting fake news, a new study found Posted: 15 Sep 2018 03:00 AM PDT  Reality has had a tough year. When the president of the United States is denying that thousands of Americans died in a hurricane, journalists face an uphill battle. That battle has been particularly fraught on social networks, where malicious actors have spent the past several years peddling hoaxes and sowing division. But today I bring you at least one reason for optimism. "Trends in the Diffusion of Misinformation on Social Media," a new study from authors at Stanford University and New York University, analyzed the performance of stories posted on fake news sites from January 2015 to July 2018. Here's what they found (emphasis mine):
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