We have a deal on the Retro Entertainment Console, a gaming console with 600 classic games built in. It has a modern HDMI port for connecting to your TV, and it’s $49.99 through us. Check out some of the game: Super Mario Bros, Ninja Gaiden, Ninja Turtles, RoboCop 2, DigDug 2, PacMan & PacMan 3, Tetris & Tetris 2, BomberMan, Galaga, Ghostbusters, FIFA 2006, 1942, Alladdin 3, Battleship, Championship Bowling, Donkey Kong Classics, Harry Potter, Lucky Ball, Mickey Mouse, Ms. Pacman, PongPong, Transformers, Space Invaders, Star Fighter, Toy Story, Jurassic Park
Attention Mark Watney Fans. Earn a Cool $1M From NASA
All you scientists and Mark Watney (The Martian) fans: need some pocket change? “Looking to turn carbon from the planet Mars into useful compounds such as sugar, NASA is offering up to a cool $1 million to anyone who can solve how to accomplish such a process.” Sure beats potatoes, grown the Watney way. What a sweet challenge.
Anyone Can Now Buy The Logitech Crayon Stylus
Aside from the Apple Pencil, the Logitech Crayon stylus is the only third-party stylus officially approved by Apple. The stylus was announced at Apple’s iPad education event earlier this year. At launch, the Logitech Crayon stylus was sold only to schools. Now however, anyone can buy one. Logitech announced today it will sell the Crayon through its website, as well as Apple Stores. For education customers the price was US$49.99, but for the general public the price has been increased to US$69.99. There’s a caveat though: The stylus is only compatible with the education iPad (sixth-gen), not the iPad Pro or older models. The Crayon charges with a built-in Lightning port and a single charge lasts about seven hours.
iPhone Spyware Company mSpy Leaks Customer Data
mSpy is an iPhone spyware company that makes software used by parents and others to snoop on iPhone usage, and it suffered a data breach.
Apple Will Create a Global Law Enforcement Web Portal
The portal will let law enforcement around the world to submit lawful requests for data, track requests, and get responsive data from Apple.
Apple Pauses Its Plan to Introduce Apple Pay in India
Despite talking with banks and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the plan has been put on hold.
MacPaw Launches CleanMyMac X, Faster, Malware Detection, More
MacPaw says it’s “faster, funner, and smarter” than the previous version, which we’ll be putting to the test.
Interview Ken Ray from Mac OS Ken and Mission Log - TMO Daily Observations 2018-09-06
Ken Ray from Mac OS Ken and Mission Log joins Jeff Gamet to look at the changing podcast market, crossing over into new audiences, VR, the Roddenberry Nexus, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Re/code Covers Social Media Congressional Hearings
Peter Kafka of Re/code has great coverage of social media Congressional hearings on Wednesday. In attendance were Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CTO Cheryl Sandburg. The senior vice president Google wanted to send wasn’t high-ranking enough for the Senate committee that conducted the hearing. Here’s a snippet:
Sheryl did fine. Jack did quite well, all things considered. Google’s empty chair took a beating. And internet trolls showed up in real life to show what internet trolling looks like in real life.
And that’s pretty much all you need to know about what happened when Silicon Valley came to D.C. today.
Except that Re/code really has a lot more, and I found it a very interesting read.
1000X Zoom 1080p Microscope Camera: $38.99
Our friends at Stack Commerce put together another microscope deal for us. We ran a deal earlier for a device that clips on to your iPhone or iPad, but today we have a different approach in the 1000X Zoom 1080p Microscope Camera. As the name suggests, it magnifies objects up to 1000 times their original size, and it does so using a dynamic image sensor and 8 super-bright white LED lights to create crisp, detailed images. Get your science on for $38.99 through our deal.