To turn it off, try going here and deselecting the option to forward calls to Google Chat.

Any single official document is relatively simple to replace because you can use other official documents to verify your identity—but what if you have to replace all or almost all of them? If your Social Security card, birth certificate, driver's license/state ID card, and passport all go up in flames along with…

VOTE: Nexus 4

Actually, almost every Lifehacker piece does contain multiple typographical errors. I used to point them out in the comments (back when #corrections actually worked), but it wasn't worth it since very few of the mistakes were ever corrected.

I bought the Merkur HD 34C for $35 a few years ago (it's now about $45) and it has been fantastic; I highly recommend it.

Reves is correct. At the top right of the picture it says "Hotword ON" which means that she could have done this hands-free; she probably didn't to avoid the possibility of a failure to recognize the hotword during the demo.

Having children was the best choice I've ever made (perhaps apart from marrying my wife), and I have never regretted it once. Why have kids? To give just one among numerous reasons: Because nothing else in the world can compare to what you feel the first time the child you love more than anything gives you a hug…

I also have a Nexus 4, and I can confirm that stock Android does not come with a pre-installed voice recorder.

Four kids makes a family of six, not a family of four.

According to the information on this website about the Fair Labor Standards Act (which regulates overtime pay), you probably should not be categorized as exempt because you are not being paid on a "salary basis" (i.e., you do not have a "guaranteed minimum" amount of pay per week).

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They still get people to visit the link; I've looked at the stats for a few of the spam posts here that use the goo.gl shortening service, and they show hundreds of clicks.

It looks like this is the source.

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Undergarments (T-shirts, underpants, and socks): wash after every use.

T-Mobile recently made public the list of 49 cities where iPhones can use their 3G/HSPA+ 21 network on the 1900 MHz frequency, which apparently covers 45% of Americans.

For those who would prefer the PDF version, a copy can be found here.

That's a great point. I was thinking, "Why can't computers do as well as a three-year-old child?" without considering that the child's cognitive abilities are still in many ways better than any computer so far built.

Well done.

Can anyone explain what is preventing software developers from making speech synthesis sound like a human would speak, with regard to inflection, intonation, and timing?