Government caught using sophisticated one-click hacking tool in the wild
Researchers have discovered a scarily effective piece of malware, authored by an Israeli “cyber arms dealer,” that can completely hack an iPhone if the user …
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Google just made public Wi-Fi suck a little bit less
Wi-Fi Assistant is a feature that Google has been offering to Project Fi users for a year. The optional setting will connect your device to …
The upcoming Macbooks will be fast in ways you probably weren’t expecting
Apple’s upcoming Macbooks need to be a major refresh to the lineup, since the laptop selection is looking a little old lately. We’re expecting Touch …
Privacy group: Microsoft should ‘come clean’ about ‘malicious’ Windows 10
Windows 10 has had a difficult first year in the world. Although the operating system itself has been generally praised, concerns over privacy and the …
How I get a new iPhone for $125 a year
A new iPhone is rapidly approaching, which means it’s time for my yearly tradition of flogging my old iPhone to strangers on the internet. Upgrading …
Android 7.0 has a hidden feature that could finally make it better than iOS
Android and iOS have been in a user-interface war for years. Who is winning really depends on who you ask, but a secret feature buried …
The North Korea Netflix clone is as bad as you’d think
Netflix is committed to supplying a never-ending stream of Western entertainment straight into the eyeballs of the populace. North Korea is committed to none of …
A suspicious number of iPhones are breaking right before an iPhone launch
Planned obsolescence is one of those quasi-conspiracy theories that sits right alongside the breakfast-industrial complex as making you a weird dinner party guest. But it’s …
Autoplaying videos with sound are about to ruin Facebook
According to a post I once saw on Facebook, idly scrolling through the News Feed accounts for two-thirds of all wasted time for American office …
Tesla’s crazy new Model S P100D is the fastest production car in the world
Teslas have always been fast. But with the addition of a new 100kWh battery option for the Model S, Tesla now builds a car that …
Tesla’s new offer will tide you over until your Model 3 arrives
Hundreds of thousands of people have pre-ordered a Tesla Model 3, which means hundreds of thousands of people are currently waiting impatiently for their next …
Go renew your Playstation Plus membership right now
Sony is increasing the price of its Playstation Plus membership to $60 for the year starting in September. That’s a $10 increase over what it …
How to get the Android Nougat upgrade, if your phone is worthy
Android Nougat is available today! Well, sorta. Unlike rollouts of things like iOS or even Windows 10, Android updates happen over the course of months …
A curved OLED screen could be the front of Apple’s new iPhone Pro, coming next year
For most of the year, rumors were flying that the 2016 iPhone range would include a bigger, more tricked-out ‘Pro’ model, along with an OLED …
The Hyperloop VR app shows how boring the future will be
I’ve seen Tomorrowland, so I know that the future is supposed to be full of flying cars and jetpacks. Elon Musk’s version of the future is …
How to play this year’s most popular PC game on a Mac
Overwatch has been a surprise hit for Blizzard, a game company much better known for World of Warcraft, not a team shooter. But while Overwatch has been …
We will ban Pokemon Go cheaters, Niantic promises
Niantic, a relatively small game developer which is suddenly in charge of administering the world’s biggest mobile game, is done with cheaters. In a statement …
Watch Sprint’s CEO try to carefully avoid saying ‘we throttle video’
Yesterday, T-Mobile launched a brand-new set of unlimited* data plans. At right about the same time, Sprint also announced a set of very similar data …
Apple just released iOS 10 beta 7 and public beta 6 for testers
Apple released the last version of the iOS 10 beta on Monday, but the company sure isn’t slowing down. Forget the normal cycle of betas …
A review of the Happy Meal fitness tracker McDonalds has already recalled
Did you hear? McDonalds started offering a wearable fitness tracker in Happy Meals this week, and promptly pulled said tracker this morning when it started …
Here’s every single leaked photo of the iPhone 7
We’re less than a month away from seeing the official unveiling of the iPhone 7, but why wait? By my count, we have approximately seventeen million leaked …
Twitter is making big changes to finally take abuse and terrorism seriously
Twitter has been criticised for years for its failure to police the network. From accounts promoting terrorism to out-of-control abuse of users, the site has …
Why Hyperloop will never work in the United States
A few years ago, definitely-not-Iron-Man Elon Musk unveiled his concept for the future of transportation: small train cars travelling in a tube with low air …
The US wins Olympic gold in doping
All the focus is on Russia’s state-sponsored doping program at these Games, but as the Olympics has a long and storied history of athletic prowess, …
AT&T finally fixed it so you should stop getting overage charges
Getting overage charges is, objectively speaking, right up there with toe-stubbing as one of the worst things that can happen in the western world. T-Mobile …
Huawei is selling a phone with the Galaxy S7’s specs for $400
Huawei is a Chinese phone manufacturer notorious for selling off-contract Android phones for dirt cheap. With the latest addition to the family, the Honor 8, …
Microsoft’s Surface brutally bullies the iPad Pro in a new commercial
There’s little love lost between the Microsoft Surface and the iPad. Apple’s device is more popular, but the Surface is more powerful and versatile, which …
Oh god, Elon Musk is training artificial intelligence using Reddit
Look, Reddit is great. I spend too much time on it. The cat pics are a good way to balance out the evil inherent in …
‘Mr. Robot’ will be returning for a third season in 2017
Mr Robot, a show that’s basically House of Cards but with more drugs and computers, has been one of the big TV surprises of the last year. …
Intel just made the wireless VR headset I’ve always wanted
On stage at the Intel Developer Conference, Intel just unveiled a wireless VR headset. Forget setting up sensors in your office or backpack PCs: this …
