Samsung Galaxy S9 teardown helps explain its camera tricks

Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and S9+ revolve around their camera features, but some of the hardware functionality behind them has been a little mysterious. The picture is a little clearer, however, as iFixit has torn down the S9+ and provided a better look at the phone’s camera tech. To start, the signature variable aperture camera is […]

Ben Carson is trying to explain why his government department ordered a $31,000 dining set for his office

Associated Press/Matt Rourke Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is under fire spending $ 31,000 on a lavish dining set for his office. The spending has resulted in a complaint to the Office of Special Counsel as well as a House Oversight Committee investigation. Carson’s office said Thursday it’s attempting to cancel the order […]

Former European leaders struggle to explain themselves after Mueller claims Paul Manafort paid them to lobby for Ukraine

Drew Angerer/Getty President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was charged on Friday with paying European leaders to lobby of behalf of Ukraine, special counsel Robert Mueller alleged. The leaders in question, who include former leaders of Austria and Italy, have denied any wrongdoing. The leaders were allegedly part of a lobbying group called […]

How to Explain Difficult And Abstract Concepts (The Smart Way)

Albert Einstein said, If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. But a lot of times, we struggle about how to explain some difficult, or even abstract concepts to others. In this article, I will provide you with a solution: metaphor. Explaining and examining concepts using metaphors improves our thinking. Metaphorical thinking […]

‘Emotional support animals’ help explain how America is losing its mind

Rick Silva / AP Last week, United Airlines denied a woman’s attempt to bring a peacock on a flight as an emotional-support animal. The proliferation of pets on flights in symbolic of a larger problem with American society. There is a growing sense that we are entitled to have the world adapt to our preferences, instead […]

Porsche Creates Video to Explain Why Brakes Squeal (and Why It Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Something Is Wrong)

– Squealing brakes are as annoying when riding a city bus as they are when driving a sports car. But Porsche’s engineers want you to know that you shouldn’t worry, even if it is grating. – The German company has produced a short yet fairly thorough video on the subject, presumably so dealerships can send or show it to customers […]

3 families explain what it was like to give up city life and move to the country

Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Moving from the city to the country means a slower pace of life, but also brings a heightened sense of community.  The long hours that come hand-in-hand with a city lifestyle often leave little time for family and creative pursuits.  Relocation to a small town makes time for such activities as writing […]

LG’s latest financials explain its shift in mobile strategy

Earlier this month, LG said that it would row back on its smartphone ambitions by abandoning an annual cycle of smartphone launches. Rather than releasing a flagship just because Samsung did, LG would only pump out a handset when it felt that it should. The report speculated that the move was in anticipation of more […]