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Is Apple Pulling a Fast One With the New iPhone Duo?

Apple's new iPhone Duo starts at $2,999 in Canada. Is it really one phone, or are we paying for two devices cleverly folded into one?

You’re Buying the Audiobook. But You’re Really Buying the Voice.

An audiobook can be a 20-hour commitment, so the person telling the story matters. From narrator fandom to 750,000 titles and the arrival of AI voices, the audiobook has become much more than a book being read aloud.

Can You Name Rainbow’s Bass Player Who Never Played Live?

Ritchie Blackmore recorded bass on five Rainbow tracks but never performed those bass parts live. Here's the strange story behind the recordings.

Forget Reward Cards. Your Library Card Pays You Back.

Your library card can give you free access to movies, comics, ebooks, audiobooks, newspapers and more, potentially saving you thousands every year.

Remember Asteroids? Now You Get to Destroy the Spaceships.

Remember Atari's Asteroids? Spaceships flips the classic arcade formula around, letting you control the asteroids and destroy the spaceships instead.

Someone Actually Made a LEGO Version of Angine de Poitrine

Angine de Poitrine is a wonderfully strange Quebec math-rock duo. Now their bizarre music and costumes have inspired an equally bizarre LEGO tribute.

So What the Hell Does the “E” in Wile E. Coyote Stand For?

The mysterious “E” in Wile E. Coyote actually has an answer, and the Road Runner comics reveal an even stranger secret: he had a wife and three sons.

How One Fan Saved Star Trek for All Generations

Bjo Trimble and a grassroots fan campaign helped save Star Trek in 1968. That extra season changed the show's future and television history.

12 Angry Men Still Knows How to Make Us Uncomfortable

One room, twelve men, and one life hanging in the balance. 12 Angry Men proves that human emotion, prejudice, and great filmmaking can create more tension than any special effect.

Gloria Steinem Knew Wonder Woman Was More Than a Comic Book

Gloria Steinem saw Wonder Woman as more than a comic book hero. Her 1972 Ms. cover helped turn Diana into a lasting symbol of female strength.

Hilroy Made Newfoundland Disappear

Hilroy's familiar back-to-school exercise book has a problem: its map of Canada forgot Newfoundland, Cape Breton and Haida Gwaii.

MapQuest Picked a Side. Then Everybody Started Using It.

MapQuest refused to rename Lake Ontario. Then downloads exploded. What happened says something bigger about nostalgia, technology and taking a side.

The Blackwing 602: The Pencil That Takes You Back

The Blackwing 602 is more than a pencil. From John Steinbeck to Chuck Jones, here's why this cedar-and-graphite classic still has a cult following.

Before He Was Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen Came Into Montrealers’ Homes With the Hits

Long before Peter Cullen became the voice of Optimus Prime, he was a familiar voice on Montreal radio. Cullen began his career at CKGM before becoming one of the most recognizable voice actors in the world.

Why Can’t We Have Both? Why Physical Video Games Still Matter in a Digital World

Sony is moving toward digital-only PlayStation games, but the growing appeal of Analog Living raises a bigger question about ownership, preservation and the things we still want to hold onto.

Before She Was Miss Beadle, Charlotte Stewart Hit the Road With Jim Morrison

Long before Little House on the Prairie, Charlotte Stewart became friends with Jim Morrison and spent four unforgettable days travelling California's coast with him.

A Leap of Faith in Time Travel: When H. G. Wells Meets Emily Brontë

Audrey Niffenegger returns to The Time Traveler’s Wife with Life Out of Order, a darker, stranger story where time travel, gothic atmosphere and an uncertain future collide.

I Love Gorillaz. So How Did I Miss Phoo Action?

Discover the strange comic world of Jamie Hewlett and Mat Wakeham, from The Face and Tank Girl to Gorillaz, a canceled second season and a lost BBC television series.

Pac-Man’s Forbidden Love

Pac-Man finds forbidden love with Pinky in Dorkly’s hilarious animated parody, complete with divorce, Q*bert, jealousy and a very strange romance.

The Greatest War Movie Ever Made Is One You May Never Want to Watch Again

Grave of the Fireflies may be the greatest war movie ever made. Here’s why this devastating Studio Ghibli classic still hits harder than most films.

The Grocery Store Is Now the Alcatraz of Shopping

Grocery shopping has become an obstacle course of confusing layouts, blocked aisles, impulse buys and self-checkout doors that decide when you can leave.

Office Printer Etiquette: When Someone Leaves One Sheet of Paper

Office printer etiquette reveals the strange personalities behind empty trays, paper jams and the one-sheet survivors who leave the problem for someone else.

Columbia House Went Out of Business? I Thought They Were Already Gone.

I thought Columbia House disappeared years ago. Turns out, the penny-deal music club somehow survived, taking us from K-Tel records and CDs to DVDs and streaming.

A Writer’s Hierarchy of Needs: Coffee, Confidence and Creative Chaos

Grant Snider’s funny take on writing captures the coffee, doubt, writer’s block and creative chaos that come with trying to put words on a page.

The Great Belly Button Ban: How 1960s TV Censors Fought the Female Navel

In the 1960s, television had a surprisingly serious problem with the female belly button. From I Dream of Jeannie to Star Trek, the navel became a tiny battleground of TV censorship.

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