In the olden days—say, the 1980s—if you bought a piece of technology, a paperback user guide came with it. It was the manufacturer's one big chance to explain its engineers' thinking to you, to ...

Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson recently starred in a comedic rap-music video in which he longed for a return to the days when “short-ass movies” came in at around a tidy 90 minutes, rather than ...

For the most part, the iPhone "just works" out of the box. You don't need to read an iPhone user manual to start using the handset. It's effortless to set it up and start taking advantage of its most ...

A viral video decries that there is no iPhone user manual. So, it's a good thing there are some easily downloadable, straight from Apple. If you don't know — and that is the point, few do — then what ...

Watch Earth: The Operators' Manual - Preview on PBS. See more from EARTH: The Operators Manual. An operators’ manual helps keep your car or computer running at peak performance. Earth science can do ...