The Earth is wobbling more than it should, and humans are likely the cause
When looking at the Earth from afar it appears to be a perfect sphere, but that actually isn’t the case. Because Earth isn’t uniform on …
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Qualcomm accuses Apple of stealing modem secrets and passing them to Intel for new iPhone chips
Qualcomm is back with another claim in the complex Apple vs. Qualcomm battle, as the latter has accused Apple of stealing “vast swaths” of its …
The Apple Watch Series 4’s new watch faces prove that Apple’s attention to detail is unrivaled
The Apple Watch Series 4 arguably stole the show at Apple’s media event earlier this month. Sure, the iPhone XS models are respectable upgrades, and …
Former NASA astronaut honored with corn field tribute so big it can be seen from space
NASA astronauts deserve all the accolades in the book and then some. The men and women that put their lives on the line in the …
T-Mobile rebrands MetroPCS, launches two prepaid unlimited plans
Five years after acquiring MetroPCS, T-Mobile has fully rebranded its prepaid brand towards a more premium marketplace. Metro by T-Mobile, as the company is now …
Elon Musk shows off concept for SpaceX Mars base, says it could be underway by 2028
Never let it be said that Elon Musk isn’t one heck of an optimist. The SpaceX boss has been doing a whole lot of forecasting …
Decades old murder victim found after a fig tree grew out of his stomach
When a person has been missing for over four decades it’s obviously pretty difficult for family members to hold out hope that their remains will …
Roku’s new 4K Premiere streaming players start at $40, ship next month
For as many media streaming devices as there are on the market, few can deliver 4K content at an affordable price. At least, that was …
Apple Watch’s new fall detection is turned off by default if you’re under 65 – here’s how to enable it
Apple Watch Series 4 sales kicked off on Friday, after a week of preorders, and days after a flurry of reviews praised Apple’s new wearable …
The first photos from the surface of an asteroid looks like something from a space horror movie
We’ve seen plenty of photos taken from the surface of places other than Earth. There’s the Moon of course, a huge archive of images snapped …
Pet store puppies have infected over 100 people with a drug-resistant bacteria, CDC says
If you’d like to avoid intense abdominal pain and diarrhea the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there’s a new place you should be …
I went to a cashierless Amazon Go store and it absolutely lived up to the hype
In a lot of ways, Amazon today is reminiscent of the Microsoft of old, if only because it’s become increasingly hard to keep track of …
SiriusXM will acquire Pandora for $3.5 billion to create world’s largest audio entertainment company
It’s the perfect climate for big deals and it looks like another media company is looking to seize the opportunity. SiriusXM on Monday morning announced …
Some Amazon delivery drivers have been forced to use trucks with bald tires and broken doors
Amazon is a notoriously frugal company, its thrifty nature so pervasive that the company has turned doors into employee desks. But there’s also a darker …
Don’t fall for this clever Netflix phishing email scam
People are used to phishing emails from Nigerian princes and Western Union by now, but it’s not only financial institutions that get impersonated by scammers. …
NASA sent a balloon to observe ‘electric’ blue clouds, and they sure are pretty
We’re used to NASA dropping gorgeous photos of far-off objects in space, but its most recent observations are much closer to home. In a new …
Gorgeous new Hubble photo shows hundreds of galaxies ready to be explored
To us puny humans, Earth is a pretty big place. There’s lots to see, do, and explore here on the planet where we originated. We …
Japanese asteroid probe sends hopping rovers down to space rock’s surface
At the end of August, Japanese space agency JAXA announced when it would attempt to deploy a pair of very special rovers to the surface …
T-Mobile says its 5G network will bring home broadband to half the country
The regulatory discussion over the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is chugging along at the usual speed of government bureaucracy, but new details about T-Mobile’s …
Watch a big net snag a piece of space junk in first-ever test of new cleanup system
Mankind has made a real mess of planet Earth. Our trash is just about everywhere, from city streets to the most remote areas of the …
The FDA says your pet’s flea and tick treatment could cause neurological damage
Keeping your dog or cat up to date with preventative treatments so they remain free of fleas and ticks is something that every responsible pet …
When will the first ‘Avengers 4’ trailer finally be released?
Earlier this week, Disney quietly released the first Captain Marvel trailer, a few days after the marketing campaign started. Captain Marvel hits theaters on March …
The Kindle Paperwhite is still on sale at its lowest price since Prime Day
If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber, Amazon is running a sale right now that you’re definitely not going to want to miss. The insanely popular …
EU commissioner probing Facebook calls it ‘a channel of dirt’ after deleting her account
Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, has been outspoken in her defense of why she thinks the EU needs to …
Researchers built AI-powered gliders that learn how to fly just like birds
It took mankind untold eons to learn how to fly, but now artificial intelligence is doing something similar and in a fraction of the time. …
AT&T has a fantastic $30-a-month, totally unlimited data plan – but you need an Airstream to buy it
While all four major carriers all offer “unlimited” data plans these days, every one of them comes with more strings attached than something called “unlimited” …
Amazon lays creative traps to catch drivers that steal packages
Losses attributable to things like theft and fraud cost retailers almost $50 billion in 2017, according to the National Retail Federation. Given the scale of …
Scientists gave a bunch of octopuses ecstasy and they started acting just like humans
You might not imagine that you have much in common with an octopus. Humans and octopuses certainly don’t look similar, and their brains are far …
These big flat blobs might now be the oldest known animals on the entire planet
You’ve probably never heard of a long-extinct organism known as Dickinsonia. Unlike dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex or more recent extinct beasts like the wooly …
The 12 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise Echo event on Thursday
Amazon held a surprise event on Thursday morning in Seattle to announce a variety of Echo-branded smart home devices, including a subwoofer and a smart …
