8 Things You Can Do With 3D Touch on an iPhone

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[New York Times] FAA task force issues recommendations for new drone regulations Surprisingly, the recommendations are surprisingly progressive and take into account the changing nature of consumer technology. [The Verge] Ars Cardboard: Best board games to play this Thanksgiving You'll be so busy arguing with your uncle about the rules of the game you won't even have time to bring politics up. [ArsTechnica] Scientists still can't settle on what killed the dinosaurs It takes a lot to wipe out thousands of species and scientists still aren't perfectly sure which smoking gun did in the dinosaurs. [The Washington Post] First CRISPR Gene Drive in Mosquitoes Aims to Eradicate Malaria Scientists have built created genetically altered mosquitoes that can't carry the malaria virus, now the question is when, where, and if they should be released into the world [MIT Technology Review] How to Create a Podcast Playlist in iOS Creating a playlist for music in iTunes and on your iPhone is easy; simply grab the songs you want, chuck them into a new playlist, and you’re done. With so much ease of use available to album listeners, you would think the same would be true for the iOS Podcasts app – but not so. Read This Article → What Are Some Fun Tech Projects I Can Do With My Kids? Here’s our selection of some of the best computing kits made for kids and parents to share and learn with together (and yes, almost all of them will play Minecraft). Read This Article → 8 Things You Can Do With 3D Touch on an iPhone The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are the first iPhones to feature “3D touch“. 3D Touch allows the iPhone to detect how hard you’re pressing, and you can press harder on the screen in some places to do different things. Read This Article → How to Set Your Apple TV to Automatically Turn Your Television or Media Center On Your Apple TV can automatically turn your television on, switch to the right HDMI input, and even control the volume. Read on as we show you how to teach your Apple TV to control your TV. Read This Article → The How-To Geek Guide to Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales It’s that shop-til-you-drop time of year again and retailers have already spent most of November with teaser sales and ads for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Read on as we show you how to score the best deals and avoid getting ripped off. Read This Article → How to Share Apple Live Photos with Everyone Live Photos are a nifty innovation Apple recently introduced in iOS 9, allowing users to basically shoot short videos that appear as photos. Sadly, the only way to share them easily is with other iPhone users. Here is how to share them with everyone. Read This Article → How to Remove the Microsoft Office Upload Center from the Notification Area in Windows 10 The Microsoft Office Upload Center was a new feature added to Office 2010 and still available in Office 2013 and 2016. It allows you to manage documents you upload to OneDrive. If you upload a lot of documents at a time, this can be a helpful tool. Read This Article → Why iPhone Location Services Can Be More Helpful Than You Think With companies like Facebook finding themselves in hot water over their constant usage of the GPS inside your smartphone, we decided it was time to give you a few extra reasons why location services aren’t nearly as nefarious as they’ve been made out to be in the media. Read This Article → How to Save an Offline Copy of a Web Page on an iPhone or Android Smartphone Smartphones still don’t have Internet connections everywhere — and, even if they did, there are times you’ll want to save a copy of a web page. Modern iPhones and Android phones allow you to save copies of web pages so you can refer to them later. Read This Article → What’s the Difference Between a Modem and a Router? Many Internet service providers offer combined modem/router units, but a modem isn’t the same thing as a router. Understanding exactly what a modem is is important so you can buy your own modem and stop paying $8-$15 a month to rent one from your Internet service provider. Read This Article →