Putting your MacBook into its sleep state is a convenient and useful option when you need to step away for a moment. Provided you have an account password set up, sleep lets you lock your MacBook without shutting it down so you can quickly resume your labors upon your return. There are a number of …

Pokemon Go, the first Pokemon game to hit Android and iOS devices, was released yesterday and people are excited about it. But Australia’s Northern Territory Police want to remind you that safety comes first. “[It’s] a good idea to look up, away from your phone and both ways before crossing the street,” read a post on the Northern Territory Police, …

Whether you prefer gobbling up Chocolate Frogs or Fizzing Whizzbees, there is a special delicacy for everyone — wizards and Muggles alike — in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” book series. In an infographic recently posted on official Harry Potter site Pottermore, fans can find the names of every treat mentioned in the seven books and determine which novel had the …

Over the past two weeks we’ve seen British prime ministers past, present and future lambasted and scrutinised in the social media bear pit that is Twitter. Wednesday was the turn of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was in the limelight due to the conclusion of the Chilcot Inquiry — a years-long investigation into the role the UK played in …

Block off a few evenings on your calendar. Amazon said Wednesday it’s adding an assortment of well-known Warner Bros. movies to Prime Video, including the full franchises of “The Matrix,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and “Lethal Weapon.” And of course, 1998’s “The Wedding Singer,” starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. But if watching Adam Sandler’s mullet doesn’t sound like your …

Now playing: Watch this: Is Google building its own smartwatches? 1:24 Google may be working on two Android Wear watches with Google Assistant integration, according to a post from Android Police, citing an unnamed source. Those devices might be Nexus-branded. One would be larger than the other, with features like GPS, heart rate, and LTE. The smaller watch would not …

Where the superheroes of the disappointing “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” failed us, the caped clawsomeness of “Batcat v Supercat” is our salvation. It’s just an ordinary day for Supercat until he spots an Animal Control van, and then takes off, faster than a speeding laser pointer, more powerful than a whole batch of catnip, able to leap tall …

There’s no shortage of wireless earbuds out there right now — especially on Kickstarter. The latest to raise funding are the FireFlies, a pair of completely cord-free earbuds that you can order today for the lowest price we’ve seen in the category, just $79 (about £60 or AU$105) for early backers while supplies last. The left and right earpieces connect …

Now playing: Watch this: Get started with Snapchat Memories 1:35 Snapchat wants you to hold on to your photos and videos for a little while longer. The new Memories feature is a searchable and shareable archive of snaps that you can access within the app. Memories backs up snaps to Snapchat’s servers and automatically pulls together saved snaps into categories …

Here comes USB-C! Well, OK, the rollout has been slow, with only a smattering of 2016 PCs, tablets and phones supporting the new high-speed, reversible port. But whether it takes months or years, USB-C will eventually dominate the expansion landscape. Not convinced? Or, perhaps, not super-excited? You may change your mind after checking out some of the newest, coolest USB-C …

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If you’re spending each night sleeping with your phone, stop. But why?, you ask. You two aren’t hurting anyone, you say. And that’s where you’re wrong. For starters, your screen gives off blue light that can keep your brain awake and affect the quality of your sleep. Tablets and computers give off that light too, but you’re more likely to …

Thanks to the research of Nettie Stevens, we know that males are responsible for determining the sex of their children. To highlight her contributions to our understanding of chromosomes, Google launched a doodle to mark her 155th birthday on Thursday. Nettie Stevens died of breast cancer at the age of 50. Wikipedia Born in 1861, Stevens grew up in a …

Now playing: Watch this: Get started with Snapchat Memories 1:35 Snapchat, the messaging app made popular for its disappearing photos, is now documenting history. The social network on Wednesday unveiled a new feature called Memories, which lets users save content in a sharable way, without having to resort to saving individual images in their phone’s camera roll. Memories are sharable …

Samsung Electronics expects its operating profit for the second quarter to beat expectations, as strong sales of its Galaxy S7 continue to resuscitate the company’s mobile unit. The Korean Electronics giant expects to report an operating profit of 8.1 trillion won ($6.9 billion) for the three months ending June 30, a 17 percent increase from the year-ago period, according to …