Tips

How to Correct Siri’s Music Choices

Jeff Butts ·

OK, so Siri isn’t always great at answering follow-up questions. (And if you talk to Apple’s voice assistant a lot, you’ve probably used colorful language at it because of that very thing.) But fortunately, it does parse follow-up requests well for music, so you can correct it when it chooses the wrong item to play. We’ll tell you how to do that in today’s Quick Tip!

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DxO ONE Digital Connected Camera for iPhone and iPad: $341.99

Bryan Chaffin ·

We have a deal on the DxO ONE, a full blown, attachable, digital camera for iPhone and iPad. It uses your iOS device for its display, and it runs from an app, but all the optics are in the DxO ONE. It includes a fast f/1.8-f11 aspherical lens and extra small 1-inch format 20.2MP sensor. It also offers shutter speeds as fast as 1/20000ths of a second. It’s $379.99 through our deal, but coupon code CAMERA10 saves another 10%, bringing it to $341.99.

Podcast

TMO Background Mode Interview with IDA Astronomer Dr. John Barentine

John Martellaro · · Add Comment

Dr. John C. Barentine is an astronomer, historian, author and science communicator. He is currently the Director of Conservation for the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) in Tucson, Arizona. He earned his master’s degree in physics at Colorado State University and his Ph.D. in astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. Throughout his career, he’s been involved in education efforts to help increase the public understanding of science. We started with a brief segment on his early career as a observing specialist at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico. In the second segment, we chatted about his work at the IDA in Tucson, the organization, its goals, and why it’s so important for all of us who live on planet Earth to be able to look up on a clear night and see stars.