People hate their internet service providers more than ever
At this point, the fact that everyone hates whichever company pipes internet into their homes is a bad joke. We’ve come to expect terrible customer …
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Apple is giving $50 refunds to anyone who replaced an iPhone battery last year
Apple is offering a $50 credit to any customers who paid Apple $79 for a battery replacement in 2017, according to a report from 9to5Mac. The …
Microsoft’s AI bot also makes phone calls to humans, but only in Chinese
Earlier this month, Google blew the internet’s collective hive mind with a video of its Google Duplex AI calling system. The demo Google showed off …
Verizon’s new video shows us how fixed 5G will actually work
While we’re going to have to wait until next year for 5G-capable phones to come out, Verizon is storming ahead with its plan to use …
The ‘Overwatch’ anniversary event just went live: Here’s everything you need to know
Believe it or not, Overwatch has been live and playable for two years now. Blizzard is celebrating the milestone in a truly appropriate fashion, rolling out a …
Comcast website bug gives out your full address and Wi-Fi password to almost anyone
There’s already plenty of reasons to dislike your internet service provider, but Comcast clearly wasn’t happy being simply disliked for its customer service and product. …
The $299 Razer Core X is the cheapest way to give your MacBook the graphics card it deserves
The biggest failing of the 13-inch MacBook Pro isn’t the price tag or the strange touch bar or those fistfuls of dongles; it’s that Apple’s …
People surprised when giving money to strangers on the internet doesn’t work out
Kickstarter has gone from being a niche platform for making funky smartwatches to a multi-billion-dollar industry that seemingly sells every smartphone accessory on the planet. …
T-Mobile’s claim that it has the ‘best unlimited network’ just got destroyed
T-Mobile has spent a whole boatload of its Un-Carrier money on claiming that it has the best network for unlimited. The tag line appears on …
I wish this ridiculously expensive gaming headset wasn’t so freaking good
Let me start this review with a statement: No one needs, has needed, or will ever need to spend $329 on a wireless gaming headset. …
3.4 million households have ditched cable since 2012
Cord-cutting has gone from a whispered industry nightmare to a very present reality, with over a million people killing their traditional pay TV subscriptions last …
The Apple-Samsung patent lawsuit might finally end today
Apple and Samsung have been tied up in litigation for long enough to merit a mention in some of the later books in the Bible, …
Massive Apple sale takes $200 off entry-level MacBooks and even discounts the Retina iMac
B&H is currently running a massive sale on virtually all of Apple’s MacBook and iMac lineup. The sale is notable because it’s not just limited …
I’m sure the former Equifax lawyer now investigating Equifax will be completely unbiased
It’s kind of a sad in-joke at this point that there’s a revolving door in Washington between corporations and the federal watchdogs that are supposed …
AT&T is making streaming as complicated as cable
The writing is most decidedly on the wall for traditional cable packages. Existing subscribers are hemorrhaging by the month, young people aren’t signing up in …
Sprint’s 55+ deal gets you two lines of unlimited for the cost of one Verizon line
It’s no secret that Sprint and T-Mobile undercut their competition on price — Sprint once set up an entire fake store to make the point …
Forget Laurel or Yanny, this new viral sound clip is even more mind-boggling
In the beginning, there was The Dress, and the internet was mighty confused. In May 2018, Yanny vs Laurel fever took the internet by storm, …
DirecTV Now just added a free cloud DVR that’s better than any cable box
There are many, many things to dislike about traditional cable, but one of the most outdated is probably the DVR technology. At a time when …
Wow, I wonder why AT&T and Verizon aren’t worried about that mammoth Sprint-T-Mobile merger
T-Mobile and Sprint know that they face an uphill battle in persuading regulators that they should be allowed to merge. Most competition theory suggests that …
Comcast is charging $90 to plug in your modem and I’m not even angry any more
There’s only so many times that you can write about Comcast acting like a rent–seeking monopolist before reaching the point where nothing will surprise you …
Microsoft might be about to release cheaper Surface tablets, but it’s not because of the iPad
According to a report from Bloomberg‘s ever-reputable Mark Gurman, Microsoft is planning to release new low-cost Surface tablets in the second half of this year. The …
How to get Chrome’s new picture-in-picture video mode right now
Picture-in-picture video is already popular for tablets and bigger smartphones (some of which might as well be tablets anyway), but it’s not really made its …
The universe’s hungriest black hole eats three suns per week
Scientists at the Australian National University have discovered the Universe’s fastest-growing black hole, a monster that gobbles up a mass the same size as Earth’s …
A giant asteroid will buzz past Earth this evening, but scientists aren’t worried
Just after 6PM this evening, an asteriod the size of a city block will zing past the Earth, travelling at around 8 miles per second. …
Forget the office, I want Microsoft’s new 55-inch 4K touchscreen for my living room, please
Three years ago, Microsoft announced the first-generation Surface Hub, a giant touchscreen designed to make collaboration brainstorms marginally less soul-sucking. The device has been a …
More changes coming at Tesla as Model 3 production hits critical phase
Elon Musk has not been pulling any punches when it comes to reorganizing Tesla to finally (hopefully?) start turning a profit. Last month, Musk sent …
HP just released the perfect Windows laptop for almost anyone
While MacBooks and fancy Windows gaming PCs get all the attention these days, the harsh reality is that most people still buy laptops that cost …
Tesla’s Autopilot is making headlines once again for all the wrong reasons
Last month, Tesla CEO and part-time rocket enthusiast Elon Musk said that his factory was in “production hell” thanks to issues producing thousands of Model …
New note offers an interesting idea for Apple’s most intriguing iPhone X successor
According to every single rumor we’ve seen so far, Apple is going to release three new iPhones this fall. There will be an updated version …
Cops can locate anyone’s cell phone in real time without a warrant, all thanks to a privacy backdoor
Pervasive government surveillance might be virtually expected by this point, but in theory, there’s a robust legal system to deal with cops surveilling citizens. Law …
