How to watch as SpaceX launches another used rocket into space
By this point, rocket launches to send a satellite into orbit are absolutely nothing special. But it’s easy to forget that several times a month, …
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Apple ‘vindicated’ as iPhone X is a top-three best-seller globally
The week started off on a note of doom and gloom for Apple. A report from Nikkei Asian Review yesterday suggested that Apple had cut its iPhone …
US government investigating Apple over iPhone slowdowns, report says
The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have opened an investigation into whether Apple violated securities disclosure laws by releasing software …
Streaming services will have to pay more for music, government decides
Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music might be about to get more expensive, thanks to a decision from the Copyright Royalty Board. The CRB, …
A refurbished iPhone 7 is the definitely the best smartphone you can get for $380
Normally, $380 doesn’t buy you a whole lot of smartphone. At that price, you’re normally looking at an iPhone 6S, Galaxy S7 Edge, or maybe …
Facebook is trading fake news for local news
Facebook will start start pushing more news stories from local sources into your news feed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post on his favorite …
Trump is right to be worried about Chinese spying – but a government-run 5G network isn’t the solution
This morning, we woke up to news of a leaked plan you’d never expect from a Republican White House: a blueprint for a nationalized cell …
Alcoholics who smoke weed every day have healthier livers, study finds
Medical marijuana is now legal in 29 states, with a laundry list of positive uses including pain control and controlling nausea. But according to a …
Overwatch’s newest heroes: Blizzard’s crack team of YouTube troll-hunters
In an update yesterday, Blizzard took a break from its usual schedule of new maps and new heroes to address one of Overwatch‘s biggest problems: toxic …
SpaceX will reportedly launch its Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6th
According to NASA Space Flight, SpaceX finally has a launch date set for its Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch should happen in the afternoon of February …
Verizon has matched T-Mobile’s killer iPhone X deal
For the first two months that it was on sale, you were lucky if you could even find an iPhone X in stock, let alone …
Dell has another cheap Chromebook that’ll make you reconsider your Windows laptop
There are two main types of Chromebooks that companies sell today: Consumer-grade Windows laptop replacements, costing anywhere from $300 to $500, and cheap-as-possible machines designed …
Crazy winds are helping passenger jets cross the Atlantic faster than ever
The record for a non-military aircraft flying from New York to London is, unsurprisingly, held by Concorde. The ill-fated supersonic passenger jet once made the …
Mute ‘reminder’ ads that follow you around the internet with Google’s new tool
Seeing adverts is just a fact of life for anyone on the internet these days. While the most intrusive kinds of pop-ups have died out …
You can download the iOS 11.3 public beta right now
Yesterday, Apple seeded the first beta of iOS 11.3 to developers on its paid channel. As is tradition, it followed up today with the first …
9-year-old accidentally doses 5th grade class with her grandfather’s weed gummies
With medical marijuana now legal in 29 states and edibles a favorite way for patients to get their THC dose, a new and exciting genre …
Average smartphone prices are way up, thanks to the iPhone X and Galaxy Note 8
2017 was a bumper year for flagship phones. The Galaxy Note series was back after the Galaxy Note 7 battery debacle, and Apple released the …
SpaceX’s Moon rocket just took a huge step towards its first flight
Earlier today, SpaceX fired up all 27 engines on its Falcon Heavy rocket for a test fire, the final crucial step before the rocket is …
The iOS 11.3 developer beta is available for download right now
Apple has seeded the first developer beta of iOS 11.3 to members of its developer community, and the download is available right now. Apple previewed …
Acer’s new $350 Chromebook is the MacBook Air successor we all need
Apple has stubbornly refused to update the MacBook Air in any meaningful way for the last three years, leaving us with an “entry-level” $999 laptop …
This is the only review of DJI’s new Mavic Air that you need
At an event today, DJI unveiled its brand-new pocket-sized drone, the Mavic Air. Folding up to about the same footprint as a big smartphone, and …
Verizon has a buy-one-get-one deal on the top Android phones starting right now
Most of the cellphone deal hype has surrounded the new iPhones for the last two months, but now that Christmas is out of the way, …
iOS 11.2.5 is here, go download it right now
Apple has released the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 11.2.5. Anyone running iOS 11 on their device can download the software as …
Cord-cutter streaming services are off to a flying start, but how long can they last?
2017 was the year that live TV streaming services came out of the nerd corner and truly became mainstream. AT&T’s DirecTV Now, Hulu’s Live TV, …
Everyone loves their unlimited data plans
Something unexpected happened last year: all the big carriers started offering unlimited data plans again, after unceremoniously dumping them three years ago. In response to …
Netflix is growing faster than anyone expected
Netflix added far more customers over the holidays than Wall Street analysts expected, the company announced as part of its quarterly earnings. Netflix added 8.33 …
Microsoft’s $189 Windows laptops are going to be a game-changer for PCs
For the past three years, Microsoft has watched as Google’s Chromebooks have eaten away at the low-cost Windows PC market. Chromebooks have gone from being …
Intel: Our Spectre patch might break your computer so please don’t download it
Ever since the Spectre and Meltdown security flaws were made public at the beginning of the year, tech companies have been scrambling to get users …
T-Mobile’s customer service is its biggest success story
Since John Legere took control of T-Mobile in 2012, the carrier has orchestrated a remarkable turn-around. Through launching the Un-Carrier initiative, T-Mobile turned its scrappy …
Verizon adds free Mexico and Canada roaming to its cheapest ‘unlimited’ plan
Verizon currently has two plans it calls “unlimited,” the $75-a-month Go Unlimited plan and the $85-a-month Beyond Unlimited plan. Neither plan is truly unlimited in …
