Your pores can’t actually get any smaller — but you’re probably guilty of making them bigger

SFROLOV/Shutterstock The size of your pores is predetermined by genetics.  While you can’t actually do anything to make them smaller, you could be guilty of making them bigger.  Lasers, sunscreen, and prescription products are just a few ways to minimize the size of your pores.  Hate to break it to you, but mom was wrong […]

The Hasbro Cinematic Universe is Getting Smaller

The Hasbro Cinematic Universe, which is a real thing, is taking a step or two backwards. After a big recent announcement setting dates for a whole slew of Hasbro-related films, two properties – M.A.S.K. and ROM: The Space Knight – have been officially omitted from the line-up. But don’t worry: the Transformers franchise will remain unaffected. Thank […]

Sorry, but the iPhone’s hideous notch probably won’t get smaller until 2019

Hollis Johnson Apple may be designing a smaller notch for future iPhones, according to a report from Korean news site ET News.  The notch currently houses Apple’s TrueDepth camera system, but Apple may combine the front-facing camera and the facial recognition module on future devices.   If you’re not a fan of the “notch” at […]

Amazon scales back its Fresh delivery service in smaller cities

We’ve covered again and again how Amazon is interested in slowly establishing itself in every part of our lives, including in the food we buy and how we eat. The online retailer purchased organic food chain Whole Foods earlier this year, but Amazon has also been expanding its Amazon Fresh service, which provides same-day and […]

Lennar is buying a smaller rival for $9.3 billion to create America’s largest homebuilder (LEN, CAA)

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Home-construction company Lennar announced Monday that it would buy CalAtlantic Group for $ 9.3 billion, including debt. The combined company would be worth $ 18 billion and control over 1,000 active communities in 49 markets, Lennar said.  The value of the deal is $ 51.34 a share, about 27% more than where […]

Akzo Nobel is in talks to merge with a smaller US rival (AXTA)

Reuters/Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer Akzo Nobel is in talks to merge with US rival Axalta Coating Systems. A deal would create a $ 30 billion company.    (Reuters) – Dutch paints maker Akzo Nobel , under pressure after rejecting a lucrative takeover offer and two profit warnings, has confirmed merger talks with smaller U.S. rival […]

Randi Zuckerberg: ‘Smaller cities are paving the way for entrepreneurs’

Randi Zuckerberg, the technology executive and entrepreneur behind Zuckerberg Media, doesn’t do things in the traditional way. A strong advocate for STEM education, particularly for females, Zuckerberg has firsthand experienced being an outlier — she describes how, in her early days in Silicon Valley, she was often the only woman in a room full of tech […]

iFixit’s iPhone 8 teardown finds a smaller battery and lots of glue

Enlarge (credit: iFixit) There’s a new iPhone out in the wild, which means there’s a new teardown from iFixit showing everything that’s going on inside Apple’s latest handset. The popular repair site wrapped up its breakdown of the iPhone 8 on Friday, finding that the 8’s internals, unsurprisingly, look a good deal like those of […]