Apple might launch a credit card to help you pay off that $1,000 iPhone
Apple is planning to launch an Apple Pay-branded credit card with Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The …
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Overwatch League finals are coming to NYC
Given the resources Blizzard has thrown at it, it’s no real surprise that Overwatch League has had a rapturously successful first season. With playoffs just …
An Amazon delivery driver stole a customer’s dog, and Amazon had to get it back
Can you trust anyone these days? Amazon packages have quickly become fodder for low-life porch pirates in recent years, but now it seems as though …
Cambridge Analytica is shutting down
Cambridge Analytica, the data firm at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal and a company that some credit for Donald Trump’s election victory, is …
This bad lip-reading of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate testimony is so much better than the real thing
Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg completed Step 7 of the Tech Company Scandal Apology Tour by trekking to Capitol Hill to be interrogated by lawmakers. …
Your exam cheat sheets have nothing on this high-tech Singapore cheating ring
Students cheating in exams has been around for as long as there’s been exams. But while most individual-level cheating involves a few scribbled notes and …
Passenger nearly sucked out of airplane window in nightmare emergency landing
Nervous flyers, it’s time to take a double dose of Xanax and carefully reconsider vacation options within driving distance. A Southwest Airlines flight from New …
Substitute teacher hosts a student ‘fight club’ in his classroom, gets arrested
If you’re a high school student, having a substitute teacher for the day typically means you’ll be watching a boring video for the length of …
White Castle now sells a veggie burger that looks like meat and bleeds when you bite it
Vegan meat substitutes have come a long way in the past decade or so, dramatically improving in taste accuracy and texture, but discerning carnivores can …
Woman says mail-away DNA test revealed that her parents’ fertility doctor is her biological father
Remember, male doctors, it’s always a bad idea to inseminate patients having fertility issues with your own sperm unless your patients give consent. It may …
YouTube shooter was ‘angry’ at company over video demonetization
The shooter who wounded three people at YouTube headquarters Tuesday afternoon has been identified as San Diego resident Nasim Aghdam, police have confirmed. Although it was …
YouTube attack: Shooter dead from self-inflicted gunshot and four victims injured, police say
The San Bruno Police Department has confirmed that a woman opened fire at YouTube’s San Bruno headquarters this afternoon, wounding four victims before dying from …
You don’t need to sign your credit card receipt any more
Most of the slightly surprising news that comes out on April 1st is unsurprisingly fake. But one change went into effect yesterday that is real: …
Let’s talk about Tesla’s Autopilot and the fatal Model X crash
On Friday, March 23rd in Mountain View, California, the driver of a Tesla Model X died in a fiery crash on Highway 1o1. Tesla later …
The Equifax hack netted the credit bureaus $1.4 billion in fees from customers
Last year’s Equifax hack was a data breach of truly epic proportions. Around 147 million people had sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, stolen from …
Toys R Us liquidation sales will begin at stores all over the country tomorrow
If you haven’t heard by now, I’m sorry I have to be the one to break it to you, but Toys R Us is going …
Google is spending $300 million to fight fake news
Google announced today a sweeping new global initiative to fight fake news and help legitimate news organizations grow their business. At an event in New …
Sony is giving PS3 owners a $65 settlement – here’s how to get yours
If you bought an original PlayStation 3 (the “fat” one, before the PS3 Slim came out) between November 1, 2006, and April 1, 2010 in the …
Have a fun weekend skiing after watching this
Spring skiing in the Northeast is a particularly wonderful time of year. There’s enough snow accumulation by this point to cover the worst of the …
Walmart adds grocery delivery in 100 cities as the war with Amazon heats up
Walmart has announced plans to bring its online grocery delivery service to 100 cities and 800 Walmart stores by the end of the year. If …
How one German company is trying to change how you think about e-bikes
Being the top executive at European e-bike company Riese & Muller, based near Frankfurt, Germany, has given Sandra Wolf a distinctly global perspective on the …
Forget Jack and Coke, get ready for Coca-Cola’s first alcoholic drink
Jack and Coke is one of the most popular alcoholic drinks you can make. It involves mixing Jack Daniels whiskey, Coca-Cola, and ice. Voila! You …
Amazon’s two-hour Whole Foods deliveries are coming to more cities
Amazon is rolling out free two-hour delivery of Whole Foods products to San Francisco and Atlanta, bringing the total number of cities where grocery delivery …
Read the transcripts of 911 calls from when Apple employees walked into glass walls
Apple’s stunning new “spaceship” headquarters in Cupertino, California has been turning heads ever since it opened, but its glass-heavy design has created an unfortunate issue. …
Drunk man paid $1,600 for a 300-mile Uber ride to the wrong home
Using Uber’s ride-hailing service to get home after a long night of drinking is definitely the responsible thing to do. Everyone on the road is …
Twitch streamer and all-around awful person Simone Scott brags about killing a dog when she was a vet tech
Simone Scott, a small-time streamer on video website Twitch, admitted to killing a dog while working as a veterinary technician simply because she didn’t like …
Hero lawyer exploits HOA loophole and parks his WWII tank on the street
Tension between HOAs and people with exotic vehicle collections are nothing new, but one Texas lawyer took things to the extreme last year when he …
Even Elon Musk doesn’t buy into the Bitcoin hype
Although Bitcoin has captured the hearts and minds of amateur gamblers and Ponzi schemers, it’s still an orphan child among most financial managers. Warren Buffett …
Apple is trying to figure out why its repair center is making hundreds of 911 calls
Emergency dispatchers have an incredibly important and stressful job, which is made infinitely more difficult when the calls they receive turn out to be false …
Amazon just made shopping at Whole Foods even cheaper for Prime members
Amazon has announced the latest phase in its push to get Prime members into Whole Foods, and it’s good news for anyone who already has …
