This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. If you go by what everyone was saying at the massive CES tech showcase, we’re speeding toward a future in which everything is connected and talking to every …

It takes a keen eye and a strong design sense to outfit a supervillain’s lair. You can’t just buy your furniture at IKEA. It needs to be opulent, but also menacing. That’s where French design firm Harow comes in with its 24-karat gold-plated skull armchair. It’s scary. It’s coated with bling. It’s perfect for your hidden island headquarters. Harow says …

As the world mourns the passing of legendary artist David Bowie, perhaps people will take some tiny comfort knowing the musician’s spirit will live on in a new animal born to the Cincinnati Zoo on Friday. The first animal born to the zoo in 2016 was an adorable Little Penguin that the zookeepers decided to name Bowie, as the penguin …

As of Tuesday, the estimated jackpot for the Powerball lottery drawing on Wednesday is $1.5 billion. With such a bounty at stake, some folks on social media got to wondering what would happen if the money got divvied up evenly among the US population. Their conclusion? It could aid the nearly 47 million people living in poverty in the country. …

Google is hosting its annual conference for software developers in its own backyard. The confab, called Google I/O, will run May 18 to 20 and take place at the Shoreline Amphitheater, a stone’s throw away from the search giant’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California. “I/O’16 coming to neighborhood where it all started 10 yrs ago,” wrote CEO Sundar Pichai …

Each Android phone has an image it applies to your contacts that don’t have a photo. Whether it’s a generic silhouette, a two-color monogram, or a random color block, all of these options are a bit bland. If you want an easy way to make the images more interesting, then look no further than Micopi. This free app, recommended by …

The unlimited data plan is making a comeback at AT&T, but not as you remember it. The Dallas telecom giant said Monday that its DirecTV and U-Verse subscribers can sign up for unlimited wireless data. A single line costs $100 a month, with $40 for each additional line. Enrollment starts Tuesday. The move is an attempt by the nation’s second-largest …

If you’ve ever beta-tested an iOS app through Apple’s TestFlight app, you’ve undoubtedly received an email and a push alert on your iOS device(s) with each new release. The alerts are a convenient way to know when it’s time to update to the latest build, not to mention the email version includes a change log letting you know what to …

Tired of your iPhone screen making it tougher for you to go to sleep? Apple’s next iOS update may have a fix for you. The company’s developer site says iOS 9.3, the next version of its mobile software, will include a feature called Night Shift that changes the display to make it “easier on your eyes” before you go to …

As a regular swimmer, I can attest to the fact that doing laps in a pool can get boring pretty quickly. So when I got the chance to try the Beker waterproof bone conduction music player to add some beats to my routine, I lapped it up. If you’re not familiar with bone conduction technology, it basically funnels music to …

Your first behind-the-scenes glimpse of the White House on Snapchat: a big bowl of apples. The White House joined the popular messaging service turned social network on Monday, promising an inside look at preparations for President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address on Tuesday. Joining Snapchat is the latest move in a larger social-media campaign by the Obama …

When it comes to waking up in the morning, are you a frequent snoozer? Snoozing may give you that extra 5-10 minutes of sleep, but science says hitting the snooze button just ends up making you more tired. Almost every alarm clock out there has a snooze setting that tempts you to go back to sleep for a few minutes, …

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The Amazon Echo has a New Year’s resolution: Slim down and lose the power cord. The online retailer plans to release a smaller, portable and cheaper version of the Echo, a digital voice assistant crammed into a cylinder speaker, in the coming weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing anonymous sources. The current Echo can be voice-activated to play …

The term “recording artist” may be applied to anyone who records music, but David Bowie, who died of cancer on Sunday aged 69, was in every sense a true artist. From the start he was an original, and over the decades he donned a succession of personas and guises — pop star, rocker, soul singer, Internet pioneer, avant-garde performer, video …