HBO just released episode 2 of ‘Westworld’ two days early
The second episode of Westworld was scheduled to be released on Sunday evening. But thanks to a certain televised argument between two people, HBO has decided …
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LinkedIn will help you find a new job without alerting your current boss
LinkedIn has traditionally been 95% spam emails, 2% endorsements for witty banter, and 3% useful networking. But those numbers might have just been skewed to …
Talking with this chatbot is the laziest way to learn a new language
Speaking different langauges is great; it’s the learning part that sucks. Language education has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few decades. …
Verizon is ruining the one good thing about Google’s Pixel
The Google Pixel phones are good, though overpriced and underwhelming, smartphones. But the one fantastic thing about buying an Android phone straight from Google is …
How to track Hurricane Matthew
The most serious storm to hit the East Coast in over a decade is close to making landfall with southern Florida. From there, it’s expected …
Apple just killed the cheap Apple TV
The fourth-generation Apple TV, with its apps and fancy remote, is the set-top box Apple wants you to buy. But if you’re not interested with …
Samsung has a plan to make VR headsets even worse to use
VR headsets are not the most elegant or user-friendly things around. Even if you can stay on your feet while exploring your personal Matrix, controlling things …
Airplane evacuated after replacement Galaxy Note 7 catches fire in cabin
A Southwest Airlines flight from Louisville, KY, was evacuated earlier today after an unidentified Samsung phone caught fire, burning a hole in the carpet and …
Spotify is installing malware on some users’ computers
According to reports on Spotify’s forums and Twitter, adverts in the free version of Spotify have been installing malware on some users’ computers. Free streaming …
Can someone please teach Uber’s self-driving cars to read road signs?
Uber’s self-driving cars are marvels of modern technology. Unfortunately, they also don’t seem to know what a one-way street looks like. A video posted to …
Charging $870 for a boring Android phone is real courage
The Pixel and Pixel XL are Google’s biggest direct challenge to the iPhone in years. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at them. There’s …
Pixel and Pixel XL against the competition: How do the specs compare?
Google just took the lid off the first two phones to wear the Google branding. The Pixel and Pixel XL mark a new era for …
New Google Wi-Fi routers, Chromecasts and speakers will fill your home with everything Google
On top of announcing its first-ever Google-branded phones and VR headset to go with them, Google has also decided it wants to be the next …
Living in a town with no Wi-Fi, cellphones or microwaves sounds awful
Fears about a zombie nation of millenials permanently tethered to Snapchat might be overblown, but we sure do use cellphones a lot these days. The …
Amazon reviews are about to get way better
Trusting random strangers on the internet is not something we normally do easily. But Amazon largely functions on the goodwill of its review community, which …
The Galaxy Note 7 is flying off shelves, now that it doesn’t explode
The Galaxy Note 7 was meant to be Samsung’s silver bullet in the war against the iPhone 7. An earlier launch date, fancy iris scanner …
Why the iPhone 7’s battery life isn’t as bad as it seems
Late last week, UK gadget-testing firm Which? published the results of battery tests that put the iPhone 7 head-to-head against the top three Android phones in the …
A $10 dongle will fix the iPhone 7’s biggest problem, but not your broken soul
Hey, did you hear? The iPhone 7 doesn’t have a headphone jack! Sure, Apple included a Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter in the box, but that doesn’t help …
Verizon tech found guilty of tracking customers’ locations for money
A Verizon Wireless technician has plead guilty to a federal hacking charge related to selling customer data over a number of years. As Ars Technica discovered, the …
Now even Bluetooth isn’t working on some iPhone 7 devices
Apple, September 7th: “It takes courage to kill the headphone jack, but it’s fine, because you can just connect to everything with Bluetooth!” Uh, about that. …
There’s already a complete guide to repairing your iPhone 7 at home
It’s a fall tradition: the leaves change, Apple launches a new iPhone, and then you drop said iPhone on the sidewalk. Luckily, there’s a next …
How to stop your smartphone battery from exploding
2016 may be remembered as the year self-driving cars started to become a thing, or as a low point for American democracy. But it will …
All the best new features in iOS 10 Messages
One of the apps that got the most redesign love in iOS 10 is Messages. The little chat bubble is now a lot more than …
Apple’s newest HQ is a perfect super-villain hangout
Apple is in the process of building a giant new “spaceship” HQ at its traditional location in Cupertino, California. But when it’s finally done, it may …
Facebook is coming for your office next
Facebook has done a depressingly good job of getting an entire generation addicted to its platform. But your typical human spends eight hours a day …
You have to go download this iMessage app right now
I know what you’re thinking: clickbait title from an app-schilling iSheep. But I promise you: this headline delivers, because this app is solid, 24-carat comedy …
DJI’s tiny new drone shoots 4K video and fits in your hand
Easy-to-fly drones that shoot 4K video are old news now. So, following electronics best practice, the next thing to happen is making them smaller. Much …
‘Safe’ Galaxy Note 7 explodes, burning owner (and Samsung)
Samsung is doing well at recalling and replacing millions of potentially explosive Galaxy Note 7 devices, but that recall could all be for nothing. According …
This split-screen view is the best way to watch tonight’s debate
I know what you’re thinking: the only good way to watch tonight’s debate is with one eye on the TV, one eye on your Canadian …
Report: Apple is building more fitness apps for the Apple Watch
Apple has big plans for the Apple Watch and the tiny sensors embedded within. We’ve known that ever since a team of doctors took center …
