Apparently, Microsoft has just remembered that it needs gamers to sell a gaming console. In a complete and humbling reversal, Microsoft’s next-gen console just dropped some of the contentious bits that had formerly loyal gamers shouldering pitchforks and heading to Redmond. And thank goodness — now we’ve got a fairer fight on our hands. See [...]
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Jake von Slatt
Jake von Slatt is a Massachusetts-based tinkerer, hardware hacker, author, speaker, webmaster, and proprietor of The Steampunk Workshop. Jake seamlessly straddles hands-on proficiency in making 19th-century-inspired contraptions and being an IT specialist with a focus on Linux. His creativity and ability to blend old and new make his work noteworthy. On the pages of MAKE [...]
Leave Your Keyboard Feet Folded In for Better Ergonomics
We’ve all seen those little feet that extend out of our keyboards, but did you ever ask what they’re really for? It turns out, they’re not there for ergonomics. I recently got a new keyboard and realized I never knew whether I was supposed to extend those feet or not. After a little research, I [...]
Kotaku Microsoft Is Removing Xbox One DRM | Gawker Paula Deen Says ‘Of Course’ She Uses the N-Word |
Kotaku Microsoft Is Removing Xbox One DRM | Gawker Paula Deen Says ‘Of Course’ She Uses the N-Word | Jezebel This Week in Tabloids: Kanye Didn’t Give Kim a Blingy Push Present | Lifehacker Why You’re Not a Morning Person (and How to Become One) | Valleywag Jenn Allen Not Backing Down on Michael Arrington [...]
How do you keep track of your reading list?
Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even more wonderful! Discussion of the Day How do [...]
Ad-Blocker Ghostery Actually Helps Advertisers, If You "Support" It
If you’ve read our features on how to protect your privacy and stop everyone from tracking you on the web, you’ve heard us mention Ghostery. It’s a solid privacy tool, but Mashable reports that you should stay away from its opt-in “GhostRank” feature, which sells data on the ads you block to the ad companies [...]
Blurry Android Photos, Windows 8 Gestures, and Jedi Parenting Tricks
Readers offer their best tips for fixing blurry shots from your Android camera, turning off annoying Windows 8 gestures, and tricking your kids with Jedi mind techniques. Every day we receive boatloads of great reader tips in our inbox, but for various reasons—maybe they’re a bit too niche, maybe we couldn’t find a good way [...]
Why MakerBot Is Like Apple
When we first discovered that MakerBot was looking to partner with Stratasys, I was a bit non-plussed. MakerBot, as I’ve noted before, has a certain indie cred that makes this move a bit unpalatable. But, at the same time, it’s immensely important. Stratasys makes expensive, industrial-quality 3D printers. They are the “big iron” of the [...]
EMC Acquires Israeli Storage Startup ScaleIO For $200M-$300M To Compete Better With The Cloud Kings
Palo Alto-based ScaleIO is one of a new generation of startup storage providers that’s using intelligent software to help big companies streamline and converge their data storage operations at scale across thousands of servers. On a mission to re-imagine the very operations of enterprise data centers, the startup’s tech takes aim at the core business of [...]
30 Days In, Bitcoin Angel Group BitAngels Doubles Network To 120, Puts First $100K Into Seasteading Venture, Blueseed
As has been written ad nauseam, we’ve seen a lot of activity in the wild and wacky world of cryptocurrency of late, thanks primarily to the tech industry’s new obsession with Bitcoin. Depending on whom you ask, digital currency like Bitcoin will either be worth nothing in 10 years, or its value will make Warren [...]
Rocket Internet’s Lazada Lands $100M As It Seeks To Become The “Amazon Of Southeast Asia”
Lazada, the e-commerce site founded by Rocket Internet in a bid to build the “Amazon of Southeast Asia,” announced today that it has landed another $100 million from returning investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, Kinnevik Investment AB, Summit Partners and Tengelmann Group, as well as new investor, Belgian-based family-owned investment holding company Verlinvest. This is the largest [...]
LinkedIn Outage Due To Possible DNS Hijacking
LinkedIn confirmed via Twitter that its site suffered an outage due to “a DNS issue.” Our site is now recovering for some members. We determined it was a DNS issue, and we’re continuing to work on it. Thanks for your patience. — LinkedIn Help (@LinkedInHelp) June 20, 2013 According to Downrightnow.com, LinkedIn’s service outage began [...]