SpaceX test fire of Falcon Heavy rocket will finally happen on Friday
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, as has been the case for SpaceX virtually any time the private aerospace manufacturer and …
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Google just made it more difficult than ever to make money on YouTube
YouTube has been in the spotlight repeatedly over the past several months, but rarely for anything encouraging. Most recently, the video sharing platform was lambasted …
Facebook thinks you want to invite your friends to watch a video with you
Have you ever sat around bored on your lunch break, browsing through Facebook and watching some of the autoplay videos that appear in your timeline? …
Nintendo Labo lets you use your Switch to bring cardboard toys to life
Nintendo on Wednesday introduced a new line of interactive DIY cardboard creations that come to life with the power of the Switch. Dubbed Nintendo Labo, …
Warning: This link will crash the Messages app on your iPhone
Over the past couple of years, a strange new phenomenon has surfaced that involves links or strings of characters capable of crashing apps and devices. …
Nintendo to reveal a ‘new interactive experience’ for the Switch today
As successful as the Nintendo Switch has been in the ten months since it launched, the console is still lacking in terms of features and …
This Voldemort origin story is the ‘Harry Potter’ fan film you didn’t know you needed
Comic book cinematic universes like Marvel’s and DC’s may be all the rage this decade, but years before Iron Man introduced us to Nick Fury …
OnePlus stops credit card payments after users report fraudulent charges
Just as OnePlus seemed to be putting its mishaps behind it, several customers who made purchases on OnePlus.net reported mysterious transactions on their credit cards. …
‘Scribblenauts Showdown’ revives the series on Switch, PS4 and Xbox One in March
Back in 2009, Scribblenauts arrived on the Nintendo DS. It was unlike anything we’d ever seen. Players had to solve puzzles by typing the name …
This is the Macbook dongle to end all dongles
One of the more interesting product reveals that we missed during CES 2018 last week was the latest edition of the HyperDrive USB-C Hub for …
Google is building three new underwater cables to compete with Microsoft and Amazon in the cloud
In an effort to expand its cloud business and compete more effectively with rival Microsoft and Amazon, Google will build three new underwater fiber optic …
Nintendo Switch emulator already in the works from team behind 3DS emulator
Long before Nintendo started packaging classic games on miniature versions of its old consoles, the easiest way to play those games was with an emulator. …
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ coming in 2020, says director James Gunn
When The Avengers launched in 2012, Marvel looked set to go on a historic run at the box office. It had turned Thor, the Hulk and …
Watch Bill Murray steal the show as Steve Bannon on ‘SNL’
After nearly a month off the air, Saturday Night Live returned over the weekend with Sam Rockwell as the host and Halsey as the musical …
The 9 best free iPhone games of the week
After an extended hiatus, our best free iPhone games of the week feature has finally returned. We’ve returned with a bang too, as there were …
‘Pokemon Go’ Community Day gives trainers a new reason to go outside and play
When Pokemon Go launched two summers ago, it was a bona fide phenomenon. I couldn’t walk two blocks without running into someone on their phone, …
Apple did reportedly attend CES 2018 — to meet with AR glasses suppliers
Apple has long been rumored to be working on AR glasses, but CEO Tim Cook and others have repeatedly denied that anything is in the …
Best Buy’s 2 Day Sale features great deals on laptops, TVs, headphones and more
There’s no better time of year to shop for great deals than the holiday season. Unfortunately, the holiday season has already come and gone, but …
Nintendo is proving that Switch excitement is about more than low expectations
When a pre-recorded Nintendo Direct presentation dropped out of nowhere on the company’s website yesterday, it immediately became one of the top trending stories of …
OnePlus confirms that its next flagship phone will launch in the next 5 months
We’ve known for quite some time that a new OnePlus phone was in the works to follow up the OnePlus 5 and 5T, but we …
Sony shares hands-on video of new Xperia XA2, Xperia XA2 Ultra and Xperia L2 phones
Most of the big smartphone announcements of 2018 are being reserved for Mobile World Congress next month, but earlier this week, Sony broke the mold …
Nintendo reveals new Switch games, DLC and more in long-awaited January Direct
For months, Nintendo fans have been anxiously awaiting another Direct live stream to see what the company has in store for 2018. Rumors and speculation …
Hyperkin plans to revive the Game Boy before Nintendo has a chance
The market for retro gaming hardware has been around for ages, but no one knew quite how massive it could be until Nintendo came out …
The iPhone X, 8 and 8 Plus were the 3 best-selling smartphones in the US last November
While there was some concern about the staggered release schedule for the 2018 iPhone models, it doesn’t appear to have had much of an impact …
Another major security flaw has been uncovered in macOS High Sierra
Just weeks after a shocking security flaw that gave anyone the ability to access the root account on a macOS High Sierra computer was revealed …
‘Pokemon Go’ will end support for iPhones and iPads that can’t upgrade to iOS 11
Fans of Pokemon Go who haven’t upgraded their phones or tablets since 2013 or earlier are about to have to find a new way to …
Microsoft cancels AMD Meltdown and Spectre patches after they start bricking PCs
As if the Meltdown and Spectre processor security bugs that have been dominating headlines across the internet for the past week weren’t scary enough on …
Facebook’s upcoming ‘Portal’ video chat device will reportedly cost a ridiculous $499
While Facebook is frequently late to the game, it rarely allows other industry titans to run unopposed in any category, from messaging apps to photo …
Vive Pro is the high-resolution upgrade VR fans have been waiting for
While the likes of LG, Samsung and Sony stole the spotlight on Monday at CES 2018, HTC sneaked in a surprise announcement of its own …
Meet the new smart home chip with a ridiculous 10-year battery life
While the future of our homes is inevitably “smart” — smartphones, smart TVs, smart appliances, smart wearables — the phrase “smart home” is still something …
