Do you feel like your kids control your life? Why not make it official with the Piggyback Driver from creative lab Party New York? It’s a combination of a crash helmet and a joking admission that, as a parent, you’ve given up on your independence. First, you strap the Piggyback Driver onto your head like …

It all started late last year when the first teaser for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” opened with the whispered words “Lumos maxima.” All these months later, we now have an official full trailer, even though it’s mere seconds longer than the teasers that came before. “The Ellen Show” posted the first look on Wednesday, and there’s plenty …

Can drones also be artists? That’s a question that arises when you see the Pollockocopter in action. The flying machine comes from German aerial photography and drone company Cooper Copter. It looks pretty much like a regular quadcopter, but it carries a payload of a balloon filled with paint. You can see where this is going. Related stories Seagull drone …

Some things in life shouldn’t require a don’t-try-this-at-home warning. Purposefully destructive YouTube user TechRax’s recent video titled “Secret Hack to Get Headphone Jack on the iPhone 7” is one of these things. TechRax posted the footage on Saturday and it already has over 3.4 million views. The video is a straight-faced joke in the form of a tutorial on adding …

Google Street View cameras don’t discriminate. They see everything in their path, whether it’s a building, a person or a beast. People get their faces obscured for the sake of privacy, but Google’s automated blurring software got a little impulsive when it smudged out a cow’s face. Related stories Forget Google Street View. Meet this tiny island’s sheep view India …

Let’s head into the not-too-distant past of Apple advertising, back into the 2000s when silhouetted dancers boogied with their iPod MP3 players against brightly colored backgrounds. Late-night host Conan O’Brien hasn’t forgotten. “Conan” aired a parody commercial that stars Apple’s new AirPod wireless earphones melded with the style of the old iPod ads. Warning: some NSFW language. Related stories Earbuds …

You know you’ve made it when you get your very own line of fashionable shoes. You’re an icon. You’re a style setter. You’re a squishy-faced cat named Mash. Related stories Cat-attracting pants promise to make you popular with the kitty crowd Mash is an Instagram celebrity in Japan with 182,000 followers who hang on every furry photo of him playing …

Your desk is your sanctuary at work. It’s where you sit (or stand) and while away your employment hours. Maybe you’re really good at holding still. Or maybe you’re the kind who taps your toes, flips pencils and bends paperclips. If that sounds like you, you might already be a backer of the Fidget Cube from Antsy Labs on Kickstarter. …

The list of Star Trek technologies I most want to have looks something like this: Holosuite. Transporter. Tricorder. Universal translator. Replicator. Combadge. The “Next Generation” badge was the natural evolution of the original Star Trek communicator, a handheld device. Picard and gang were able to tap the uniform badge on their chest to talk to each other. And soon you’ll …

Today was a big day for Apple and for people who still cling to the tenuous cords of their earphones. The just-announced iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are ditching the standard headphone jack. Apple is trying to make that omission up to you by debuting AirPods, wireless earbuds with a rather unique-looking design. As expected, Twitter has it hot hands …