Jon Phillips

Dec 11, 2024 | techhive.com | Jon Phillips

TechHive opened for business in 2012 as a general consumer tech site. In 2017, we narrowed the focus to smart home and video streaming, responding to the hottest new developments in personal tech. It’s been a great run, but today we’re announcing that all new TechHive content will be published to sister site PCWorld on a just-launched TechHive section. Why the change?

Jun 20, 2024 | statnews.com | Dan Samorodnitsky |Kevin A Bird |Jedidiah Carlson |James P. Lingford |Jon Phillips |Rebecca Sear | +1 more

In 2012, the Elsevier journal Personality and Individual Differences published a special issue that included articles with titles like “Life history theory and race differences: An appreciation of Richard Lynn’s contribution to science” and “National IQs and economic outcomes.” At a celebratory dinner at the Oxford and Cambridge Club in London, contributors to the issue awarded Lynn a ceremonial sword and a pair of horns.

May 8, 2024 | pcworld.com | Jon Phillips

Common problem. We’ve all been there. You’re working from home (again), you make a big pot of coffee, you pour a cup, and 90 minutes later you’re still stuck in that Zoom meeting—and your coffee is cold. You, friend, might need a temperature-controlled smart mug. The 10-ounce Smart Mug 2 from Ember is now selling on Amazon for only $99, a 24 percent discount. We haven’t seen a cheaper price on Amazon since December 2023, when it was $85.

Nov 9, 2023 | hackster.io | Jon Phillips

Things used in this project ×1×1×1×1×1×1×1×3×1This is a device that monitors the soil moisture level of a house plant and delivers water as needed to ensure the plant does not go dry. There is also a button to activate the pump manually as needed. The device also monitors the environment of the room the plant is in to include, temperature, humidity, air quality, and dust particles.

Jun 12, 2023 | techhive.com | Jon Phillips