Researcher at the heart of Cambridge Analytica scandal calls Facebook’s account a ‘fabrication’
Last week, Facebook firmly bolted the gate after the departing horses and told the world that it was suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from …
Year: 2018
Instagram wants users to start seeing more new posts first again
Instagram announced on Thursday that it is once again adjusting the algorithm that controls the feed to ensure that users will be more likely to …
YouTube has banned videos that promote gun mods and bump stocks
Trolling music fans into subscribing to its paid service is just one of the new features you can expect from YouTube, although not all of …
Google Chrome will block autoplay videos with sound in next update
Google’s crusade to make the internet slightly less annoying continues in the next update for the Chrome browser as autoplay videos with sound will be …
Scientists determine ‘alien mummy’ is actually bizarrely mutated unborn child
If aliens have ever visited Earth there sure isn’t a whole lot of obvious evidence that they were here. Does the US government have a …
The tables have turned: Our two favorite new AR apps are Android exclusives
Ever since the dawn of the on-device app store, Apple has always had some big advantages over Android. In the early days, Android developer tools …
Astronomer discovers incredible never-before-seen object… which turns out to just be Mars
It’s not easy being an astronomer. Making observations of distant objects is challenging in many ways, not least of which is making sure that the …
Expert says Samsung’s foldable Galaxy X phone won’t be released in 2018
Much like flying cars, smartphones with bendable displays always just seem to be “three years away.” We’ve been seeing prototypes and proof-of-concept demos for nearly …
Early humans saw a rogue star pass close by our Solar System
These days we only really see stars in two contexts: our Sun, which is extremely close and holds us in its gravitational grip, and distant …
The best-selling smartphone accessory we’ve covered so far in 2018 is on sale for 6 hours only
The crazy wireless camera that lets your iPhone or Android phone see where no other smartphone can is the best-selling mobile accessory we’ve covered so …
‘A Way Out’ review: The evolution that co-op gaming deserves
A few hours into A Way Out, the new co-op adventure from the director of the critically acclaimed Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, I realized …
It seems like Facebook is secretly stealing Android users’ call and SMS history, but that’s not the case
The recent Facebook data-sharing scandal has prompted some not-so-deep introspection among users about how much data they’re actually willing to give the social network. #DeleteFacebook …
Hurry! Everyone’s favorite AirPods rival is on sale for $19.99, its lowest price ever
Truly wireless earbuds have been all the range ever since Apple released its AirPods last year. Apple was nowhere close to being the first company …
You can now send Google Pay payments with your voice on Android and iPhone
Google on Thursday announced a new Google Assistant feature: the ability to transfer money to your friends as well as request cash using voice and …
MIT built a robot fish that can explore coral reefs in the name of science
Coral reefs are in big trouble. A combination of climate change and humanity’s inability to clean up after itself has devastated a huge amount of …
Good lord, Android phone makers refuse to stop
Last week, I penned a quick opinion piece about how embarrassing it is that in 2018, Android vendors are still willing to copy Apple’s iPhone …
New ‘Deadpool 2’ trailer gives us our first look at the X-Force in action
Deadpool is renowned for his penchant to break the fourth wall, but the latest trailer for Deadpool 2 from 20th Century Fox is about as …
New report says Galaxy Note 9 will have a fingerprint sensor under its display
It was just a few days ago that we were told Samsung had canceled plans to place the Galaxy Note 9’s fingerprint sensor under the display. …
Report explains how Apple will avoid the problem that plagued last year’s iPhone X release
Apple released three distinct iPhone models last fall, which was a first in its iPhone history. The iPhone X, however, was delayed by more than …
Huawei was dealt a huge blow days before its iPhone X rival is set to launch
Huawei on Tuesday will unveil its next-gen Android flagship smartphone in Paris, France. The P20 series will come in three varieties, all sporting a notch …
Mark Zuckerberg should totally consider firing Facebook’s CEO
Facebook’s problems have not disappeared just because Mark Zuckerberg finally addressed the Cambridge Analytica revelations. And things will probably get worse for the company, as …
Synology’s cloud backup system is the cheapest on the market
If you’re having a hard time getting more local storage for your smartphone or home computer backups, you might want to consider embracing the cloud. …
Apple Watch can detect abnormal heart rhythms with a 97% accuracy rate
One of the more interesting aspects of the Apple Watch is that the marketing narrative around it has completely changed. When it first launched, the …
Ford has made the rarest thing: A dongle you’ll actually want to buy
Dongles are, as a species, bad. They exist to fix design limitations in, say, a $2,000 MacBook that can’t communicate with your $1,000 iPhone, or …
Google’s Lytro acquisitions promises great things for future Pixel phones
Google has reportedly purchased Lytro for around $40 million, a new report says, and that may be quite a deal for a camera company that …
Dashcam video shows Uber driver was looking down moments before self-driving car killed pedestrian
Police in Tempe, Arizona have released two video clips showing the final seconds before an Uber self-driving car hit and killed a pedestrian late Sunday …
Siri bug in iOS 11 enables access to hidden notifications
One of the more clever security features of the iPhone X is that messages and other notifications on the lock screen can only be viewed …
The OnePlus 6 is going to cost more than the Galaxy S9, but it’s not all bad
The days when the newest smartphone from OnePlus would cost significantly less than the best Android devices of that year while sporting same-or-better specs might …
T-Mobile, Verizon, and everyone else lost to Google Fi for the most popular cell network
Working out which cell company is the “best” is a controversial issue, to say the least. Depending how you measure it, T-Mobile’s network is either …
‘Fortnite’: See how the iPhone X and Xbox One X versions compare
When Epic Games announced earlier this month that Fortnite would be heading to mobile platforms, fans of the game were understandably curious about how an …
