The iOS 10 beta might lock you out of your Apple ID
The iOS 10 beta was released to the public last week, providing a sneak peek at Apple’s upcoming software to millions of people. Unfortunately, it’s …
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Walmart’s Amazon Prime competitor is here, and you can try it for free
Walmart has been trialing a rival service to the free shipping part of Amazon Prime for a while, but ShippingPass is finally ready for prime …
Could this flying box be GoPro’s long-awaited drone?
That GoPro has a drone in the works is not a secret. The company has confirmed its plans to release a consumer drone, and even …
Website finally lists all the Google voice commands in one place
Google Now can do some pretty fancy stuff, but one thing it sucks at is actually listing its own capabilities. Just like keyboard shortcuts, if …
Leaked specs show the Tesla Model 3 will be seriously fast
The Tesla Model 3 is going to be the company’s first attempt at a reasonably priced, mass-market car. But Tesla made its name making electric …
SanDisk’s giant 256GB microSD card is also the world’s fastest
MicroSD cards are about the size of your fingernail, but they’re capable of storing way more stuff than, say, 3.5″ floppy disks of yore. Every …
Behold, the most ambitious Apple lawsuit ever
As you’d expect from the world’s largest seller of consumer electronics, Apple gets sued a lot. Some of those suits go places, others get dismissed …
Evernote just made its free option worthless
Evernote used to be the best cheap, simple service for syncing notes and lists between multiple devices. Used to be, because starting today, the free version …
This $190 Chromebook is perfect for running Android apps
Chromebooks are big business these days! No, really: they’re outselling Macbooks, and with the recent addition of the Google Play Store, you can now run …
Watch the fastest Tesla in the world take on Pikes Peak
Every year, the fastest and craziest cars in the world assemble at Pikes Peak, a three-mile hill climb in the Rocky Mountains. Among the cars …
Watch a tiny SpaceX rocket land in a backyard pool
No, Elon Musk isn’t on a serious budget. This is one very dedicated fan’s re-enactment of SpaceX landing its Falcon 9 rockets, using a very …
Sharp new satellite imagery makes Google Earth way better for stalking
Google Earth and Street View already combine to make the tool for stalking people since the phone book went out of print. With a brand-new …
One of the new ‘Top Gear’ hosts is going to have to leave
According to a report in British tabloid The Sun, all is not well at New Top Gear. Specifically, Matt LeBlanc has threatened to quit unless Chris Evans …
Microsoft pays woman $10,000 for auto-upgrading her PC to Windows 10
Windows 10 auto-upgrades are like a sick, cruel joke being played on us by this point. Most stories that start with “my Windows 10 PC …
Twitter copies Snapchat in desperate bid to remain relevant
Twitter is acutely aware that it’s no longer the hip social network of choice for tweens. (Was it ever the hip network of choice for …
‘Last Week Tonight’ thoroughly explains how doping has ruined sports
British comedian John Oliver has made a career for himself explaining things to camera. This week, the topic that’s getting a trademark Last Week Tonight rundown is …
Chrome OS is slowly turning into a real operating system
Chome OS has always been a thing I think of for people’s grandparents, or young students looking for their Fischer-Price My First Computer. But with Chromebook …
This joy-riding teenager is about to be so grounded
Let’s say you’re a 16-year-old who took your mom’s car on a totally illegal joyride and hit a parked car. Should you A: call the …
A bug in Chrome makes pirating Netflix and Amazon movies easy
Bad news for Google, good news for pirates: a pair of security researchers have found a flaw in the way the Chrome browser unpacks encrypted …
The expert’s guide to spotting credit card skimmers
Credit card skimmers are scarily-small devices that thieves attach to credit card readers, capturing the magnetic strip data and allowing clones of cards to be …
Leaked photos show off the Tesla Model 3’s beautiful interior
Although Tesla has officially launched the Model 3 (and hundreds of thousands of people have put down $1,000 to reserve one), we still don’t know …
Brexit: when democracy feels like it doesn’t work
Last night, the majority of the British population voted to leave the European Union. It’s an act of direct democracy, high turnout voting on a …
Damn, the trailer for Tom Hanks’ new ‘Da Vinci’ movie is intense
I wasn’t the greatest fan of the first two Dan Brown movies. Maybe there was too much expectation around the movie version of a blockbuster …
All the best deals from Steam’s summer sale
The Steam summer sale is an institution by this point: once a year, when we’re all meant to be outside enjoying the weather, a bunch …
Boston Dynamics’ tiny new robot sneaks through your house like a ninja
Boston Dynamics, the robotics company that will someday be responsible for the end of humanity, just unveiled its latest creation. It’s called SpotMini, and it’s …
‘Game of Thrones’ ratings hits new record even before season 6 finale
Game of Thrones is famous for being the most pirated show on TV, but what about its legal ratings? As it turns out, those aren’t so …
Mercedes’ next-gen autopilot probably won’t run you into a van like Tesla’s
Through a combination of great marketing and rushing out ‘Autopilot’ while it’s still in beta, Tesla has managed to become the big name in semi-autonomous …
Apple already won the dumb ‘Error 53’ lawsuit
Apple is no stranger to being sued over everything, by everybody. But the class-action lawsuit over “Error 53,” which occurred when some customers had their …
Let’s all just agree the 2017 iPhone will have an OLED screen
I have to keep checking my calendar, because it’s only June 2016, but we already have a pretty solid idea of what 2017’s iPhone is …
This website automatically texts ‘Game of Thrones’ spoilers to your worst enemy
I don’t know that I hate anyone enough to continually text them Game of Thrones spoilers from an anonymous number. But luckily, if I did, there’s an …
