Sequoia Capital founder Don Valentine passed way at his home in Woodside, Ca., today at age 87 of natural causes. Sequoia posted a tribute to Valentine shortly afterward, calling him…

CASESThe Pixel 4 and 4 XL are encased in a treated-aluminum frame, which makes them less slippery than before. But with their glass backs, you'll probably still want to keep them safe from knocks and scratches and the occasional accidental drop.Google Pixel 4 CaseThe most obvious choice for a case is Google's own; after all,…

As CNET points out, it ends up looking something like a Z or a taco holder. You can also fold all of the screens together so you have a form factor that looks more like the phones we're used to, only it's a thick stack of screens.While it's great to see companies experimenting with new…

Image credit: Kamado Joe / John David Helms Sponsored Links "A hundred inches of snow that winter, it was really quite terrible." There are several factors to overcome when trying to cook a 14-pound slab of brisket during the winter. Not only do you have to contend with freezing temperatures but you also have to…

The app is designed for "people [who] feel that they spend too much time on their phones and struggle to find a balance with technology," according to the developers. It offers a break from screen time by printing a personal booklet of information from users' phones that they need for the day, like contact information,…

In useWhile Google cut some corners in the design department, the Pixelbook Go is still among the more powerful Chromebooks out there. The base model pairs an eighth-generation Intel Core m3 processor with 8GB of RAM and 64GB of storage; the one I reviewed steps up to an i5 processor and 128GB of storage. That…

TikTok, the app that revolves around sharing short video clips, is in a unique position. It’s arguably the first international social media platform to have built a massive audience in the United States, where it’s been downloaded more than 110 million times since its founding in 2017. TikTok has offices in California near competitors like…

There's a lot of power in a rough estimate. If you’re trying to figure out whether something is worth doing, you could really go deep into the weeds trying to capture all the costs and benefits. But here’s the thing: Usually you don’t need an exact answer in order to make the right decision.For example,…

The Tibetan flag is a patchwork quilt of color and spirit. Two green lions paw at an orange yin-yang, below a big yellow sun with rays of blue and red. For the Tibetan diaspora, thousands of people flung around the world, it flies as a symbol of hope, and unity, and identity.It could fly across…

Last week, the internet got itself in a tizzy over a mysterious "blob" that a Paris zoo put on display. It has 720 sexes! It has no brain, yet it can learn! It doesn't have eyes or a mouth, but it can detect food and wolf it down!It was in fact the slime mold Physarum…