The Indiglo button on a modern Timex Weekender. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Long before the self-lit pixels of OLED phones illuminated our lives‚ there was a time many portable gadgets didn’t shine at all. Remember when the display of practically every Nintendo Game Boy was designed to be viewed by sunlight? Remember when it was tough to tell time with your average wristwatch after dark? But in 1992‚ Timex popularized a push-button technology that could bathe any small display in a soothing‚ sea-green glow. And even though the actual button was often bad‚ it literally changed the face of portable electronics. They called it Indiglo. As a ‘90s kid‚ I thought Indiglo was the coolest thing. It still kind of is! Electricity energizes a layer of phosphorescent material as thin as a human hair‚ invisibly suspended... Continue reading…

Apple won't unveil the iPhone 16 series until mid-September‚ so there's plenty of time to go until we get our hands on the next-gen iPhone model. But there's no shortage of iPhone 16 rumors‚ and we already think we know some of the main changes coming to the 2024 iPhones. Like the larger displays for the Pro models‚ and the brand-new Capture button coming to all iPhone 16 variants.  The latest iPhone 16 rumor comes from a well-known Apple insider. Ming-Chi Kuo said in a new note that the iPhone 16 sales won't be terrific compared to previous versions. If anything‚ Apple is reportedly bracing for a 15% drop in iPhone sales overall for 2024. That implies iPhone 15 sales will not be that great in the year's first half‚ either. Kuo points to two big reasons why the iPhone 16 sales will suffer: foldables and AI features. And I hope he's wrong about the second one. Continue reading... The post Kuo says iPhone 16 sales will be hurt by two big problems‚ and I hope he’s wrong about one appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals This $16 clip-on lens kit fits the iPhone or any Android phone‚ and it’s awesome Amazon deal offers a 7-inch Android tablet for under $43 Save 61% on a 6-port USB rapid charger on Amazon Save 75% on a Canon black and white multifunction laser printer on Amazon

Media entrepreneur Byron Allen has submitted a $30 billion offer for Paramount Global‚ including debt and equity‚ Allen Media Group said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

The deaths on Sunday of three U.S. soldiers at a base in Jordan cast a light on the tens of thousands of American troops who remain in harm's way in the Middle East.

House Republicans voted along party lines after midnight Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a "willful and systematic" refusal to enforce immigration laws as border security becomes a top 2024 election issue.The Homeland...

Holtec International is set to get a $1.5 billion conditional loan in February from the U.S. Energy Department to help it restart the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan‚ a person with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

Iran threatened Wednesday to "decisively respond" to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden's linking of Tehran to the killing of three U.S. soldiers at a military base in Jordan.

NATO on Wednesday is set to launch its most extensive war game since the Cold War‚ commencing a six-month military exercise that will mobilize about 90‚000 service members from 31 allies - including prospective member Sweden.

Ukraine's air defenses shot down 14 out of 20 drones launched by Russia in an overnight attack that injured one person and damaged commercial buildings‚ the military said on Wednesday. The Air Force said in a statement the Iranian-made Shahed drones and also three Iskander...

Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants‚ the electrical grid‚ transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States‚ FBI Director Chris Wray will tell House lawmakers on Wednesday.