Here’s how the US stacks up when it comes to mobile network speed
The U.S. has the 39th fastest mobile data speeds out of 95 countries across the world, according to a report released Wednesday by OpenSignal, a …
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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 …
Verizon wants to dump even more bloatware onto your smartphone
Android is the world’s most popular mobile operating system for several reasons. It’s open source, free for smartphone and tablet makers to use, it’s packed full …
Delta finally explained how one power outage grounded an entire airline
Earlier this week, Delta passengers worldwide were stranded as a computer failure completely screwed up operations. The ensuing chaos provided a good look at how …
Sinking iPhone sales aren’t just hurting Apple
The price of Apple shares dropped like a rock earlier this year after the company reported a worse than expected decline in iPhone sales for …
It’s getting pretty embarrassing to not be Apple and Samsung
If your company isn’t named Samsung or Apple, the smartphone market is a difficult place to be in the United States. The two companies combine to …
Apple has its first vehicle patent, and uh that doesn’t look like a car
So it looks like the vehicle people at Apple didn’t get the memo that they’re supposed to be designing a self-driving car. Instead, they’ve filed …
Delta flights across the world are grounded because of a computer outage
Computers are a vital part of sending thousands of people miles into the air in steel boxes. So when they stop working, the airplanes generally …
Report: Apple just bought an AI startup to make Siri better
Apple doesn’t just invent things in its labs in Cupertino. The company also buys companies with impressive frequency — five so far this year. Actually, …
AT&T did something nice for a change
I see you reaching for your calendar, but it’s true: this is not April 1st, and the story is not a joke. A large internet …
Discounts abound as Apple’s laptops show their age
Apple’s MacBook is suffering as models get stale, sales plummet, and retailers resort to discounting. During the most recent quarter ending in June, Apple sold …
Washington state is suing Comcast for $100 million for lying to customers
Comcast is the most-hated brand in the US, and its slippery marketing tactics and bullshit charges are well known to the entire Western world. But …
What is Apple doing with these brand-new Tesla Model Xs?
It’s no secret that car companies routinely buy (and tear apart) each other’s vehicles on a regular basis, either to gain intel or just for …
Hillary’s economic advisor just described Apple’s tax system as ‘fraud’
It’s no secret that Apple keeps billions of dollars in cash offshore, using legal loopholes to avoid bringing that money into the US, or paying …
A friendly reminder that movie critics are generally pretty useless
Movie critics have a difficult job. Remaining objective and viewing a film through the target audience’s eyes is no easy task, because we all inherently …
New video shows how big Tesla’s Gigafactory really is
Anything called a “Gigafactory” being built in the Nevada desert was always going to be big. (There’s no other reason to build something in the …
Apple reports Q3 earnings: iPhone sales continue to slide, but Apple beats estimates
What goes up must come down, and Apple is in the midst of a tough lesson in gravity at the moment. The company’s second-quarter earnings report …
It’s official: Pokemon Go had the best opening week of any app ever
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in a cave in a fallout shelter (got extra space?), you’ve probably heard of popular gaming app/dystopian plot …
T-Mobile is giving free data and calls to customers in Brazil for the Olympics
Downside of going to Rio for the Olympics: you might get Zika. Plus side of going to Rio (at least if you’re a T-Mobile customer): …
Amazon has a serious problem with paid-for reviews
The reviews system is one of the things that makes Amazon good. Thousands of crowd-sourced, supposedly unbiased reviews take the guesswork out of buying sight …
Pokemon Go has done the impossible for mobile apps
Pokemon GO has rolled out in more than 30 countries and it is now two weeks since its US launch. The data around the usage …
Here’s Elon Musk’s master plan for the future of transportation
Elon Musk’s master plan: part two is here, and it’s a doozy. Rather than set out a short-term vision, he’s setting out a plan for …
Netflix’s price hike has it losing way more customers than expected
Netflix just released numbers from the second quarter of 2016, which gives us our first look at how customers are responding to a price hike …
Samsung buys stake in Chinese car maker because smartphones are so 2007
Samsung is well known for spreading its bets in the smartphone industry. Doesn’t matter if the future is curved displays, built-in projectors or your own …
The EU proves it doesn’t like Google, hits it with more antitrust charges
It’s no secret that Google and the EU’s anti-competitive practices department have a rocky relationship. Google has been accused of abusing its monopoly power to keep …
Apple vs Samsung has a date with the Supreme Court
Yes, the rounded rectangles dispute will be going all the way to the land’s highest court. Five years after the Apple vs Samsung patent dispute …
Does Tesla hate its own customers?
Among for-profit companies born in Silicon Valley, few have a nobler cause than Tesla. Make no mistake, Tesla is a publicly traded company and its …
LINE is another Zynga
LINE became the biggest tech company to enter the US stock market this year as its shares soared 30% above issue price in early New …
New Pokemon Go statistics will blow your mind
There is little doubt by now that Pokemon Go is becoming the most successful mobile app of all time, at least as far as launch-week …
Hyperloop One is turning into a hot mess of legal drama
Hyperloop One is supposed to be one of the pioneering companies on the cutting edge of disrupting the transportation industry for greater efficiency, etc. But …
