I’m a light sleeper, and I live in Brooklyn, New York, so when a fire engine races past my apartment at 3 a.m., or the garbage trucks arrive at 5:15 a.m., I’m going to wake up. Then, a few weeks ago city construction workers started digging up my street at 11 p.m., and continued making …

Star Wars fans who want their favorite characters to nod at everything they say might consider voting for this new fan-created Lego set of bobbleheads. The proposed set, created by Lego Ideas user Jalex, includes Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper, all of whom have a simple antenna that attaches their heads to …

Apple’s Spotlight for Mac is a wonderful tool, but even with Siri and a third-party add-ons coming this fall, Spotlight doesn’t compare to one of my all-time favorite applications, Alfred. Alfred looks and acts much like Spotlight. But with the add-on Powerpack, it gets a lot smarter. The $22.04 (£17.00 or AU$28.61) app adds “workflows,” which make your Mac do …

Stand-up comedy fans can now get laughs on-demand through a new streaming app called Laugh.ly. Pitched as the “Pandora for stand-up,” Laugh.ly launched this week for iOS and Android. It offers users a way to watch their favorite comedians outside of the club with an expansive streaming library of comedy from over 400 of today’s biggest comics including Louis C.K., …

Today, Spotify launched a new Gaming category where you can easily find gaming music, playlists and soundtracks. Last year, I spent hours searching for all the individual classics from the Fallout franchise to make my own playlist on Rdio (RIP). Today, doing that is a lot easier on Spotify. To get to the new category, visit spotify.com/gaming or open the …

We were all excited to get the Start menu back in Windows 10, and we wasted no time in customizing it to the best of our abilities. But what about the poor, neglected taskbar, who never left us in the first place? Here’s how to make the taskbar look pretty and work for you. Add some shortcuts Enlarge Image Sarah …

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Sonos will share its vision of “the future of sound” at a media event on August 30 in New York. While no new hardware is expected, the event will likely outline additional functionality for the company’s existing line of wireless audio products — including the Play:5, which was introduced in 2015. In a March blogpost, CEO John MacFarlane said the …

Watching athletes break records on your phone has helped NBC break an Olympic record of its own. Through Tuesday, viewers streamed 883 million live minutes of the Olympics, blowing past the 818 million minutes of live video streamed for the entire 2012 London Olympics. That includes video streamed via NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app. “The 2016 Rio Olympics is …

How many kids once thought that if they just pumped their legs a little harder, they might soar all the way around the swing set? British inventor Colin Furze just made those kids’ dreams come true. Furze built a contraption in his yard that swings 360 degrees. In a nerve-wracking video posted to YouTube Thursday, he flies through the air …