Watch an airplane fill with smoke after a phone charger explodes
Electronics and their accessories exploding unexpectedly has become so commonplace that no one even seems to be surprised any more when it happens. For example, …
Year: 2018
Archaeologists discovered an ancient Mayan megacity hidden in a Guatemalan jungle
A LiDAR scanning system has provided archaeologists with evidence of a sprawling Mayan city that was tucked away under the jungle canopy in northern Guatemala. …
Save $130 on our favorite Bose noise cancelling headphones
When it comes to sound quality, the Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones are just as good as the Bose QuietComfort 35 (Series II) …
New report says Apple will stop making the iPhone X in the second half of the year
Apple just announced its earnings results for the Christmas quarter, revealing that the company sold fewer phones than it did in the same quarter a year ago, …
Google is building a hardware empire that extends beyond Pixel phones
At the highest level, Google and Apple are opposites. Apple is a hardware company that uses software and services to lock customers into its ecosystem. …
Warning: The latest Netflix email scam is so bad, even cops are warning people
Phishing scams are nothing new and at this point, even less-than-savvy users have basically become experts at spotting them. It’s typically pretty easy because they’re …
How is an iPhone X case this good only $6.99?
There is no question whatsoever that the iPhone X is the most gorgeous smartphone Apple has ever created. It’s also one of the most fragile …
Groundhog Day predictions are so bad that you’d be better of flipping a coin
It’s Groundhog Day! You know, the day when some dude in a goofy outfit grabs a big fat whistlepig named Punxsutawney Phil and holds him …
Hackers found a brand new Flash zero-day vulnerability – here’s what you need to know
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but hackers found a way to attack you via Adobe’s Flash Player, a content platform that just refuses …
Sorry, but our galaxy isn’t actually as unique as everyone thought
It’s always a bummer to find out you’re not as special as you thought you were — like when you scored great on an exam …
iPhone sales are much stronger than Apple’s Q1 numbers would have you believe
As many predicted, Apple yesterday posted record-breaking earnings for the recent holiday quarter. When the dust settled, Apple recorded $88.3 billion in revenue, nearly $4 …
Here’s how Wall Street reacted to Apple’s Q1 earnings
Apple’s fiscal first-quarter earnings report was the very definition of a mixed bag. On one hand, the company managed to rake in record revenue totaling $88.3 …
Tim Cook: We didn’t think about upgrade rates when rolling out the iPhone battery replacement program
During Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday, Tim Cook fielded a question about the controversy resulting from Apple’s admission that it throttles performance on older iPhones …
Bitcoin plummets to nearly $8,000 as all cryptos slide to new lows
Bitcoin dipped below $10,000 on Thursday, for the third time in a matter of weeks, taking the whole crypto market down with it. New regulation …
‘Pokemon Go’ nature documentary spoof might convince you to start playing again
Pokemon Go may never again reach the heights of the summer of 2016, when everyone on the planet seemed to be roaming the streets in …
These are the audio sources Apple’s HomePod will support at launch
After a multi-week delay, Apple’s HomePod is now available for pre-order, with deliveries expected to begin on February 9. While many of the early HomePod …
Rickroll yourself every single morning with Google Home’s new music alarms
Despite the hundreds of fancy smart-home integrations, my Google Home devices almost exclusively get used for boring stuff. Converting units when cooking, checking the temperature …
BeatsX refurbs are under $100 right now on Amazon
At just $110 on sale on Amazon, BeatsX Wireless In-Ear Headphones are a tremendous value. They offer the same killer sound as Apple’s AirPods, but …
Amazon patents bracelets that can monitor the hands of a warehouse worker
Amazon this week has been issued two patents for a bracelet that can track the movements of a warehouse worker’s hands in real time. First …
Apple says an update to fix its iPhone throttling will come ‘this spring’
A few days ago, Apple announced iOS 11.3 and then released the first developer and public betas. They pack various handy new features but the …
Cancer breakthrough eliminates tumors in mice with simple injection
Meaningful progress in the battle against cancer can seem hard to come by, but new testing by researchers at Stanford might offer an incredible boost. …
New photos of Porsche’s sleek Mission E surface online
Originally announced back in 2015, the Porsche Mission E will at long last provide Tesla with some stiff competition in the high-end of the EV …
Google’s data-friendly YouTube app expands to 130 countries
YouTube Go, a lightweight version of the full YouTube app designed for people in emerging countries, is expanding worldwide. The app is now available in …
LG settles bootloop lawsuit with $425 payout, or $700 rebate for a new LG phone
LG and Nexus smartphone users who may have been affected by an incredibly annoying bootloop problem in the past are in for great news. The …
Apple posts monster earnings with $88.3 billion in revenue; iPhone sales fall short
Apple today posted its earnings report for the recent holiday quarter and the numbers, as expected, are beyond impressive. For the quarter gone by, Apple …
The Galaxy S9 likely won’t have the bigger batteries everyone is asking for
A report a few weeks ago suggested that the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will get exactly the same battery sizes as their predecessors. The …
Apple may be working on a better way to handle iPhone battery replacements
Apple dropped the price of iPhone battery replacements after confirming that iOS throttles older iPhones as soon as it detects possible battery health issues. Chaos …
Whales can mimic human speech, and you have to hear it to believe it
We’ve known for some time that orca whales are incredibly intelligent creatures, capable of advanced social behaviors and coordinated hunting efforts, but new research has …
If these leaked Galaxy S9 photo samples are real, Apple is going to be worried
Leak season is in full swing once again ahead of Mobile World Congress later this month. We can’t go a day without a leak or …
The ‘failing’ iPhone X pushed Apple’s manufacturing partner to its best December in years
Foxconn, Apple’s primary iPhone assembler and the company’s biggest manufacturing partner, reported December revenue that was up 50 percent year-on-year, largely driven by iPhone X …
