It's no secret that Apple is slowly transitioning away from the Lightning connector and embracing USB-C after the European Union forced its hand. While many accessories, the iPad and even the iPhone now use USB-C, the AirPods Max are still mired in Lightning land. However, engineer Ken Pillonel (who previously brought USB-C to the iPhone and AirPods before Apple did) has created a USB-C connector
For AirPod Max owners, engineer Ken Pillonel has beaten Apple to the punch by swapping the four-year-old headphones from a Lightning port to USB-C. In a new video posted to YouTube, Pillonel shows how to install his custom printed circuit board (PCB) with USB-C support without drilling any new holes, as well as how he designed it to fit

Anyone who grew up watching Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark? will remember the eerie hold TV shows can have on you as a kid, but I Saw The TV Glow takes this concept to a whole other level.
In the trailer above for Jane Schoenbrun's A24 horror, two childhood friends Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine) struggle with their shared obsession for a TV show that may be more
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- Warren Buffett's company boosted its cash pile by $60 billion in 15 months to a record $168 billion.
- The investor may be expecting stocks to dive and a recession to hit, top economist Steve Hanke said.
- Buffett hit out at rank speculation and gambling on stocks, and Hanke voiced similar concerns.
Warren Buffett's massive war chest signals that he expects
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- Pete Ballmer, the son of Microsoft's former CEO, shared what it's like to grow up with a rich dad.
- The product manager-turned-comedian said he got unwanted attention and differential treatment.
- Still, he doesn't spend his wealth lavishly because of his
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- Apple just called it quits on its secretive electric vehicle project.
- A new report claimed the company was dropping the project after 10 years.
- It's little surprise though: Apple has AI and mixed reality to tackle.
The world was quite different when Apple quietly started its electric vehicle project in 2014
When this article was originally written in February 2022, the big Spotify controversy was that artists were abandoning the audio service in protest of the company’s contract with podcaster Joe Rogan, and some subscribers were deciding to follow the musicians’ example. More recently, the issue that has users irritated is the continued lack of HiFi and

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is not happy about what’s been going on with the company’s Gemini AI chatbot, calling viral and historically inaccurate errors from its image generator “unacceptable” in an internal memo to employees on Tuesday.
It can happen all too easily, especially if you’ve got an Android phone with less than 128GB of storage: one day, you try to install a cool new game or an intriguing new app, and you can’t. You’ve run out of space.
Don’t panic. If you’re not ready to buy a new phone, and your phone doesn’t have a handy microSD slot for some extra
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- Once a laggard, Toyota is now well-positioned to meet a new EV market.
- Toyota's hybrid-heavy approach is actually going well.
- Even the company's competitors are coming around on hybrids.
Toyota, the originator of the hybrid-car craze in the early 2000s, is poised to reclaim its crown as the king of green cars.
As demand for battery-electric vehicles cools and more sho
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- Deutsche Bank staff have criticized the company's new return-to-office policies.
- Staff have complained about the lack of office space and bottlenecks at the company, a union official said.
- Some have even resorted to coming into the office at 7 a.m. to find a spot to sit near their team.
Deutsche Bank is facing a wave of backlash from staff