Why Lavabit shut down: Founder explains 38 days of legal hell
After Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks from last year, rumors circulated that Snowden used Lavabit, which at the time was a hugely popular secure email service. …
Ben Zigterman
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Sprint hit with largest ever fine over Do Not Call noncompliance
Sprint was hit with a $7.5 million fine by the Federal Communications Commission for not complying with the Do Not Call Registry by sending consumers …
Is this the real reason Apple wants to buy Beats?
Two weeks ago, news broke that Apple was about to purchase Beats Technology for $3.2 billion. The deal, which has apparently been delayed, has confused …
Cable companies just had their best quarter since 2011
Cable companies are losing cable subscribers who have decided to cut the cord, but it now appears they are losing these customers at a much …
Apple and Samsung’s next major fight won’t be over what you think
Earlier this week, we shared a video that explained the incredible potential of graphene, a transparent material that is just a single atom thick. According to …
Counterfeit iPad chargers are cheap for a reason
Apple is often criticized for selling its chargers at a high profit margin, especially when you can easily find an incredibly cheap version on eBay. Well, …
Tumblr has lost 7 million visitors since December
Marissa Mayer has been Yahoo’s CEO for nearly two years and in that time she has revamped many of Yahoo’s websites and apps, and has …
New cheaper 8GB iPhone 5c headed to India to replace iPhone 4
Apple is about to expand the availability of the new 8GB version of its iPhone 5c to India, according to a report from BGR sister …
This iPhone app could be the Instagram of 3D images
On its face, Seene looks like another Instagram clone that gives you an easy way to share your pictures. But Seene is one of the more interesting …
Titanfall sales totaled nearly 1 million after just three weeks
Ahead of its release back in Mach, Titanfall was rumored to have helped Microsoft sell as many as 1 million Xbox Ones. That rumor was never confirmed nor …
After all this time, Apple’s iPad is still the most beloved tablet
Despite an onslaught of competititon, Apple’s iPad received the highest marks on the latest J.D. Power tablet satisfaction survey. According to the survey of over …
Major Dropbox vulnerability revealed – and has already been patched
In a blog post early Tuesday morning, Dropbox revealed a vulnerability with its shared links. The popular cloud storage company said that shared links to some …
Apple’s iWatch ambitions may just be getting started
Apple has long been rumored to be working on an iWatch, and today a report from Reuters appears to confirm many of these rumors. According …
Why Mesh networks look like the wave of the future
If you want to connect to the Internet today, you need to connect to one of the major ISPs, such as Comcast, Verizon, or AT&T. These companies …
Meet the two men responsible for protecting the Internet
Last month, the Heartbleed bug was revealed as a major vulnerability in the world’s most popular encryption method, OpenSSL. Since Heartbleed was uncovered, we still don’t …
These sunglasses alert your iPhone when you’ve left them behind
With iOS 7, Apple introduced iBeacons, a protocol that uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to determine your location down to within a couple feet. We’ve …
Samsung’s S5 mini is rumored to get one of the S5’s key features
Along with the Galaxy S5, Samsung also is rumored to be launching two sidekicks to the S5: the Mini and the Zoom. On Tuesday, GSMPedia …
Video: Google’s self-driving car is closer than ever to becoming a reality
The last time Google’s self-driving car team checked in with us over a year ago, when it announced Google’s cars had driven more 300,000 accident-free miles. Today, the …
Video: Watch this incredible time lapse of the northern lights
Photographer Alexis Coram took a trip to Alaska earlier this year and ended up capturing one of the most impressive videos of the northern lights …
Samsung now has another company to fear besides Apple
Right now, the smartphone market is essentially split between Samsung and Apple, with all other companies struggling to make a profit. However, this could soon …
Apple adds new channels to Apple TV ahead of major upcoming refresh
In the past few months, rumors have been heating up that Apple will begin taking TV more seriously with a refreshed Apple TV. Apple has …
Facebook ads are about to invade mobile apps from other developers
Facebook is about to launch a mobile advertising network that could potentially take on Google’s. According to Re/code, Facebook will launch its mobile advertising network …
Scary Android malware uses Facebook to bypass two-factor authentication
Android users have yet another piece of malware to worry about. PC World points out a technique that is specifically targeting Facebook users who use mobile …
New poll shows Google’s Glass, robots and self-driving cars are tough sells
According to a recent survey, Americans are excited for futuristic technology that you might see in a sci-fi novel, but are anxious about how we’ll …
More signs point to the Galaxy S5 being a winner
When Samsung launched the Galaxy S5, it did so amid fears that the smartphone market was becoming saturated. However, based on recent reports about launch-day …
Samsung says its devices ‘bring joy and meaning’ to people’s lives
After teasing it a month ago, Samsung released a website today that highlights its design prowess under the tagline of “make it meaningful.” The website explains …
New Apple tech doesn’t need GPS to determine your location
Apple was awarded a patent on Tuesday for a technology that should allow for much more accurate indoor location detection and mapping, even in the absence …
Maker of Android flashlight app with 50M downloads avoids fine after selling location data
This past December, we reported that a popular Android app called Brightest Flashlight could do more than just shine light. Brightest Flashlight was a simple …
Samsung is coming closer and closer to overtaking Apple’s tablet market share
Samsung’s worldwide tablet market share in the first quarter rose to 23%, according to a report from ZDNet Korea. Samsung reportedly shipped 14 million tablets during Q1, …
Video: Watch the Navy’s futuristic railgun blow stuff up
The United States Navy is set to deploy its electromagnetic railgun on one of its joint high-speed vessels (JHSV) in 2016. According to the Navy, the weapon uses “an …
