Snapchat copies Facebook’s ‘year in review’ feature for a change
Common consensus is that Snapchat serves as a free R&D team for Facebook to get ideas to copy into Instagram. The internet giant has a …
Year: 2017
$40 gadget measures anything around your house with frickin’ laser beams
The InstruMMents 01 Dimensioning Instrument is by far the coolest way to measure stuff around your house. It’s also about $100, which is a pretty …
Apple: Decreased performance with old batteries is a feature, not a bug
In a statement this afternoon, Apple addressed the consumer outrage about deliberately slowing down old iPhones with bad batteries. In its statement, Apple briefly explained …
Anywhere is a parking space when you have this foldable ‘Transformer’ car
It’s incredibly ugly, very expensive, and not certified to run on public roads right now. But the Earth-1, inspired by “Transformers” toys, is meant to …
YouTube has been deactivated on the Fire TV, but Amazon already has a fix
Amazon has deactivated the YouTube app on the company’s Fire TV sticks four days ahead of schedule. According to FastCompany, Amazon pulled a “you can’t fire …
Apple apologizes for throttling older iPhone models, cuts $50 off battery replacement program
Amid a fury of lawsuits which allege that Apple has been purposefully slowing down older iPhone models in an effort to spur upgrades, the Cupertino-based …
Korea’s FCC wants Apple to explain why it secretly slowed old iPhones
The iPhone survived plenty of controversies since Apple launched the first model back in 2007. Antennagate and Bendgate, affecting the iPhone 4 and iPhone 6 …
OtterBox’s Defender is still the only way to protect your iPhone X from devastating drops
If you want a sleek case that’s ultra-thin and provides decent protection without adding much bulk to your iPhone X, we strongly recommend the Pitaka …
It finally stopped snowing in Erie, Pennsylvania, and the city is absolutely buried
Hey, so, remember earlier this week when the city of Erie, Pennsylvania, got completely slammed with the worst winter storm of the season thus far? …
NASA captures glimpse of monster near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon
Tiny space rocks fly past Earth all the time, but it’s rare that a potential planet-killer makes an appearance in our neck of the woods. …
Uber has lost $22 billion in value in the last year
SoftBank, a Japanese tech and telecoms consortium, has acquired a 13-15 percent stake in Uber, according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal is good news …
HTC and Motorola say that they don’t throttle old phones like Apple
Over the past couple of weeks, the internet has been abuzz over a startling revelation: Apple really has been slowing down old iPhones. What was …
The Galaxy S9 and S9+ get way more real with FCC certification
The Galaxy S9 phones just passed an important milestone on their way to stores, and that’s FCC certification. Documentation for both the Galaxy S9 and …
You will be shocked to hear that Comcast is jacking up internet prices
2017 has been a rollercoaster year, but you might want to sit down to absorb this particularly unexpected piece of news: Comcast is raising the …
Our favorite AirPods rivals were just discounted to $32 on Amazon
All things considered, the SmartOmi Q5 Completely Wireless Earbuds are our favorite AirPods alternatives. They’re not quite as trendy or as high-end as AirPods, but …
Apple execs could face jail in France for slowing down older iPhones
Last week, Apple admitted that it throttles CPU performance on iPhone models with lower-capacity batteries, all in the interest of conserving battery life and, above …
Scientists discover bizarre twin ocean whirlpools capable of transporting sea creatures hundreds of miles
The ocean is filled with creatures that range from eye-catching and adorable to spine-chillingly deadly, but scientists just discovered a bizarre natural phenomenon that might …
Get an August Smart Lock for under $140 today on Amazon
For a period of about 30 minutes last week, the 2nd-Generation August Smart Lock somehow dropped to just $100 on Amazon. It was an insane …
9 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
Apple fans, we’ve got good news and bad news for you today. The bad news is that you only have two more roundups of paid …
Twitter just banned a bot that was fighting Nazi trolls
Twitter’s abuse problems have been both ceaseless and well-documented in the years since the platform took off. Despite having a code of conduct in place …
Does your old iPhone feel slow? Here’s what to do before you sue Apple
By now you’ve probably heard that Apple has intentionally slowed down iPhones, just as some conspiracy theorists have been saying for all those years. It’s …
Indoor and outdoor Nest Cams are back down to Black Friday prices on Amazon
Amazon has so many awesome sales going on right now to close out the year, and this is one of our current favorites. Both the …
Newly-discovered asteroid will give Earth a close shave today
When it comes to near-earth objects that might pose a threat, NASA is very much on top of things. That said, the sheer vastness of …
This $38 wireless camera lets your smartphone see where no other phone can
The Depstech WiFi Borescope Inspection Camera is easily one of the coolest smartphone accessories we’ve come across in recent history. Our readers seem to think …
This weird Android-powered iPhone X ripoff will have an in-display fingerprint sensor and ‘Face ID’
When Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo first reported earlier this year that Apple’s then-unannounced iPhone X wouldn’t have a Touch ID fingerprint sensor, almost no one …
LG Display might try to steal some of Apple’s iPhone X business from Samsung
LG Display did not supply OLED panels for the iPhone X, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. That’s hardly a surprise for …
730,000 people dropped Christmas plans to play HQ Trivia on their iPhones
By all accounts, HQ Trivia seems to be the hottest iPhone app of the year — an Android version isn’t available, although its creators plan …
The iPhone ‘forces’ Tim Cook to fly private
Apple made a boatload of cash this year, and the iPhone’s sales performance is to blame. Again. That’s why Tim Cook and other Apple execs …
Stupid men resist green behavior because it’s ‘unmanly’
A new study says that some men act less eco-friendly than women because they see such behavior as unmanly. I say they’re just plain unintelligent.
Some smart speakers can be hijacked to play creepy sounds
Smart wireless speakers, like those from Sonos or Bose, have totally changed how I listen to music. Forget sacrificing your phone to the 3.5mm jack, …
