Flu season is good for no one. The infection kills thousands of people every year, while many more spend days suffering in bed. Kids get infected. Then the virus flattens the parents who stay home with them. Even dogs are laid low.Except there is one entity that kinda loves the flu. Telemedicine companies are hoping…

Tuesday, December 24, 2019. By Ali Solomon, with cartooncollections.com. Autocomplete might not be the new Clippy, exactly, but as goofy as some of your smartphone keyboard's predictions are, at least it tries to not make you look bad. Monday, December 23, 2019. By Drew Panckeri, with cartooncollections.com. Toys “R” Us got into some hot water…

Why don't your Christmas lights work? Sadly, in the event of a string of lights going out on your tree, replacing the strand is usually the best option. It's pretty difficult to find that one bulb that's causing the problem. However, this is a great time to look at the difference between series and parallel…

Apps from Chinese developers have been gaining popularity on Indian app stores for sometime. Last year, as many as 44 of the top 100 Android apps in India were developed…

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Modern agriculture involves fields of mind-boggling size, and spraying them efficiently is a serious operational challenge. Pyka is taking on the largely human-powered spray business with an autonomous winged craft…

A security researcher said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter’s Android app. Ibrahim Balic found that it was possible…

3D printing has proven itself useful in so many industries that it’s no longer necessary to show off, but some people just can’t help themselves. Case in point: this millimeter-tall…

Alex Wilhelm 1 day The holiday season can be a lot. You might need something to make you feel better. This post doesn’t have it. But it does have some…

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today, something short. Continuing our loose collection of looks back…