Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant can be controlled silently, without you even realizing it
The smarter our gadgets become, the more likely hackers will try to exploit them at any cost. With virtual assistants being all the rage these …
Mike Wehner
Articles by Mike Wehner
Wall Street Journal report confirms the iPhone 8 won’t have Touch ID
One of our biggest fears about the iPhone 8 has seemingly become reality. A report from the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with Apple’s …
Disney will make Star Wars and Marvel movies exclusive to its new streaming service
If you want to stream future Star Wars and Marvel films to your TV, computer, or smartphone, there’s only going to be one place to …
SpaceX is launching the US Military’s mysterious X-37B spaceplane into orbit today – watch it live here
SpaceX launches have become something of a routine over the past year or so, but if you think there’s nothing interesting about yet another launch …
This is what it looks like inside Hurricane Irma
Most people — normal, not insane people — will do everything in their power to avoid ending up inside a hurricane. For the brave scientists …
New discovery hints that Mars could have once supported life
The Mars we see today is a far cry from what it looked like many millions or even billions of years ago. The planet’s dry, …
There’s about to be a lot more unproven self-driving cars on American roads
A bill just breezed through the US House of Representatives that aims to give automakers an incredible amount of freedom in testing its self-driving cars …
Guess what’s in these Foxconn boxes… okay, it’s the new iPhone 8
New photos, allegedly showing iPhone 8 shipments under guard by Foxconn employees, have popped up on Chinese media. The images, purportedly taken from within Foxconn’s …
‘Destiny 2’ fixes the most annoying things about ‘Destiny 1’
The original Destiny was a very solid game. It offered enjoyable gunplay, lots of gear to grind and sift through, and some really stellar set piece …
The final countdown has begun for NASA’s Cassini
In less than 10 days, NASA’s heroic Cassini orbiter will make its suicidal dive into the surface of Saturn, bringing an end to a truly …
Gigabyte’s new GTX 1080 GPU is absolutely adorable
Graphics cards have gradually gotten bigger over time, and when you consider how much more powerful today’s GPUs are than those from even five years …
Uranus is having a rough time, and it’s only going to get worse
If we could somehow travel to the other planets in our solar system on a whim — you know, just for sightseeing and such — …
The $1,000 iPhone 8 still won’t be the most expensive brand new iPhone you can buy
The iPhone 8 (or iPhone X, Pro, or whatever) is going to be an expensive phone. Just about every analyst and insider suggests that Apple’s …
6 great excuses to skip work and play ‘Destiny 2’
Destiny 2 is one of the most highly anticipated games of the year, and its release is finally upon us. The game technically launches at …
Fisherman snags ‘ghost’ lobster, proving nature still has a few tricks up its sleeve
Mother Nature loves to throw curve balls, and humans have gotten pretty good at expecting the unexpected when it comes to the wonders of the …
Panasonic is making turntables again because vinyl never dies
It’s 2017. Our smartphones can read our fingerprint, our TVs can stream 4K movies at the tap of a button, and the smart speakers on …
Scientists find evidence of new type of black hole hiding in our own galaxy
Scientists have known for a while that big and small black holes exist. The largest, supermassive black holes, lurk at the center of galaxies, while …
Siri summons Coast Guard to save sick girl from Harvey flooding
Most of us will (hopefully) never be in a situation where we have to rely on virtual assistant to save the lives of our entire …
Millions of Time Warner Cable customers affected by security leak
Hackers are a major concern for anyone with a cable, wireless, bank, or social media account — so, basically everyone — but sometimes bad actors …
Leaked guide gives us a rare peek behind the curtain at the Apple store
Apple’s repair techs have to be prepared to tackle a lot of different problems at a moment’s notice, so like any huge company, Apple does …
Massive ‘dragon boogers’ wash ashore in Canada
It’s not every day that a strange blob of seemingly otherworldly goo washes up on a Canadian lake, but when it does you can be …
There’s another star headed for our Solar System, but it won’t arrive for a while
Today, a colossal asteroid is cruising past our planet at a pretty safe distance, but if humanity is still around in some 1.3 million years, …
Tesla is in hot water with the US government after employee complaints
Tesla made electric cars cool, helping to usher in the gas-free transportation revolution and proving that it might be possible to break free from our …
Author claims a mythical planet is about to destroy Earth, and it’s written on the pyramids
A conspiracy theorist and author says we’re all about to die thanks to the arrival of a hidden planet NASA hasn’t warned us about, and …
A colossal asteroid will cruise by Earth today, and you’ll actually be able to see it
The asteroid known as Florence is going to make a relatively close shave of Earth today, speeding past our planet closer than it has since …
Alien hunters get great news about nearby exoplanets
If you’ve been remaining hopeful that humanity will find evidence of extraterrestrial life within your lifetime, scientists at the Geneva Observatory have some extremely good …
Hackers hijack Wikileaks, reroute web traffic
A notorious hacker collective gave Wikileaks a scare late Wednesday night, hijacking the organization’s front page and making it appear as though the site itself …
Astronomers are hearing something weird in space, and can’t figure out where it’s coming from
Unexplained radio bursts have once again been detected by astronomers searching for evidence of alien life, and science is still no closer to coming up …
Apple’s iPhone 8 event is confirmed for September 12
We’d heard plenty of rumors that Apple’s iPhone 8 event would be happening on September 12th, and now we finally have confirmation from Apple itself. …
Manmade sonar is literally driving whales insane
Well, humanity, we’ve done it again. We already pushed our planet to a point where storms are getting stronger and more frequent, trees are migrating, …
