Jon Phillips

1 month ago | pcworld.com | Jon Phillips

OK, won’t lie. I first became aware of so-called “electric scissors” when I saw an influencer hawking them on the TikTok Shop. The basic promise is that you can break down cardboard boxes quickly – and without the safety risks of using a box cutter, Stanley knife or whatever else you call those slicey things in your neck of the woods. I didn’t click the TikTok link, but I did begin researching this product category, and discovered that, wow, electric scissors may be more useful than I expected.

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.