iOS 10.2 beta 6 is available for download to everyone right now
Monday lunchtime tradition dictates that we should always have a new beta version of iOS to play with, and who is Apple to mess with …
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Sprint is extending its most popular Black Friday unlimited data deal
As is becoming tradition, Sprint rolled out a bunch of “limited-time” offers on data plans for Black Friday. As it turns out, the only time …
Galaxy Note 7 fires were caused by over-ambitious design, engineers find
We’re still waiting for an official verdict from Samsung over what caused the Galaxy Note 7 debacle. Given that the company got it wrong the …
Cops steal iPhone to get around encryption problem
February 2016 might seem like a long-ago date, before the dark times really began. But if you cast your mind back that far, you’ll remember …
You get one last chance to buy a NES Classic Edition before Christmas
At this point, anyone who was planning on buying their kids (and, let’s be real, themselves) a NES Classic Edition as a Christmas present has …
The FCC thinks the best feature of AT&T’s new streaming TV plan is illegal
Ever since AT&T announced that it was launching a $35 TV plan with unlimited mobile streaming for AT&T customers, the FCC has been all over …
You should stop using that fake Apple charger
Apple’s decision to charge $19 for a charger and then $19 for a cable to plug in has had the effect you’d expect on the …
Apple says iPhone battery problem a result of too much air
Apple products: they just work, unless you hold them wrong, or apparently, they’re exposed to too much air.
One Apple accessory could have saved the MacBook Pro
The new MacBook Pro was a “courageous” decision for Apple in a bunch of different ways: only USB-C ports, that Touch Bar, killing off MagSafe. …
How to tell if Apple owes you a new iPhone battery
Apple is currently in the sixth stage of the “dealing with an Apple Product Fault” flowchart: Grudging Acceptance of a Very Limited Problem Probably Caused …
Somehow, the NES Classic wasn’t the hottest game console this Thanksgiving
The NES Classic Edition has been an instant hit for Nintendo. You probably could’ve guessed that a $60 console preloaded with a bunch of retro …
This $150 crowdfunder solves all the MacBook Pro’s worst problems
When Apple launched the new MacBook Pro, it was rightly hounded for choosing to only give the power laptop USB-C ports. It’s a trade-off: each …
Reddit is censoring the pro-Donald Trump community
Any conversation about the alt-right and the internet always seems to spiral back to Reddit and /r/the_donald, a the unofficial water cooler for Trump supporters …
Apple will pay you zero money to trade in your Apple Watch
Apple has long offered a half-hearted trade-in program that gives lazy people a guaranteed, but below market rate amount for their old iPhone. As spotted …
The processor the MacBook Pro deserves will arrive in January
There’s a long list of head-scratching decisions surrounding the otherwise-excellent new MacBook Pro. One of the strangest is the processor decision. After waiting five years …
The best Netflix shows you can now download
Hey, did you hear? Netflix has, for the first time since it ditched DVDs, done something new. The company is letting users download select movies …
The Internet Archive is leading the anti-Trump rush to Canada
As the results of the 2016 presidential election became clear, Canada’s immigration website crashed under the weight of citizens planning their exodus. But as it …
Next year’s iMac will have one good thing going for it
Amidst the flurry of new MacBook Pro updates this autumn, one of Apple’s other old computers was forgotten. With the exception of a new screen, …
Apple’s spaceship campus looks like it’s ready to land
Apple has been building its new “spaceship” campus for years now, and it’s still not done. Apple employees will have to keep slumming it in …
What it takes to get a NES Classic
Finding a NES Classic anywhere is a difficult achievement these days. Nintendo’s $60 box of nostalgia is sold out nationwide, and although some stock does …
Shopping on Amazon is about to get a lot more reliable
As America’s largest peddler of things online, Amazon is no stranger to controversy. It has had to deal with incentivized reviews, fake reviews, paid five-star …
Tesla’s new Autopilot will be here in three weeks
Good news, Tesla fans: in just three weeks’ time, a new version of Autopilot will provide us with a new piece of technology to blame …
All the best Cyber Monday deals on iPhones and MacBooks
Apple products rarely go on any kind of sale worth talking about. But as you might imagine from the name, Cyber Monday is one of …
iOS 10.2 beta 4 is available to download right now
Another Monday lunchbreak, another chance to download a new beta version of iOS 10. Apple has seeded the fourth beta of iOS 10.2 to developers …
How to stream ‘The Grand Tour’ without giving Amazon money
The real ‘new Top Gear‘ is here, and this one’s actually worth watching. Amazon paid Clarkson & co big bucks to make their new automotive show, …
Black Friday 2016 deals update: Newegg’s best deals are live now
We’re about halfway through this celebration of consumerism’s birthday, and so far the deals have been flowing fast and furious. Newegg, the not-so-scrappy online electronics …
Russian propaganda duped millions of Americans with fake election news, report claims
The problem of fake news and the US election has been reported to death by this point. We’ve blamed Facebook, Google, the fake news writers, …
I would break this iPhone 8 concept in 10 seconds or less
This iPhone 8 concept is actually close to what the iPhone 8 is rumored to look like. That’s rare for a concept mockup, and also …
Fresh evidence suggests Tesla is working on augmented reality for future cars
Tesla has always been looking to change the status quo of how humans interact with cars. In favor of dials, it chose touchscreens; with any …
The best Black Friday TV deals
If there’s one classic Black Friday image, it’s probably crowds of people having a fistfight in Walmart over a $300 TV. There’s a good reason …
