Best Buy slashes Apple Watch Series 3 prices by $300 for one day only
With less than a week to go until Tim Cook takes the stage at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, today might not be …
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Astronomers spot new ultra-hot exoplanet twice the size of Earth
When astronomers search for exoplanets, the real goal is finding a distant world that might be within what scientists believe is the habitable zone. Those …
A top macOS app is stealing users’ browsing history and sending it to China
One of the oldest and most transparent malware tricks is the fake antivirus program, which gullible users are prompted to download with panicked banner ads …
Astrophysicist scores $3 million prize over four decades after being snubbed for a Nobel
Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone. Her career as a scientist and now a professor sort of speaks for itself, …
Elon Musk smokes weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast, two Tesla execs ‘mysteriously’ resign at the same time
The last 12 hours of the hit TV show How To Wreck A Car Company have taken yet another bizarre twist. On Thursday evening, Tesla CEO Elon …
Scientists are now trying to clone the 40,000-year-old baby horse found frozen in Siberia
It was just a couple of weeks ago that the discovery of a frozen baby horse began to spread. The animal, which is thought to …
Apple just came up with a model for how to cooperate with law enforcement
Technology companies are fielding a growing number of requests for user data from law enforcement agencies, now that so much of our lives is tied …
This job posting from Apple could mean its AR glasses are closer to being a real thing
Could Apple’s secret effort to bring a pair of AR glasses to fruition be closer to becoming, well, a real product? Maybe, if this job …
The dirtiest place in the airport probably isn’t what you think
Airports are packed with people coming and going at all hours of the day. Travelers, like all of us, are filthy humans that carry all …
NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler telescope wakes up once again to begin probing the depths of space
All eyes these days may be on NASA’s shiny new exoplanet hunter TESS, but the group’s Kepler space telescope still has some life left in …
This shark species doesn’t mind eating veggies once in a while
Sharks, the fearsome predators of the deep blue sea, are some of the most deadly animals on the planet. Their teeth are made for tearing …
Earthquake rocks Japan, causing mudslides and burying homes
A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the island of Hokkaido in Japan early today. Residents of the island, which is the northernmost large island of Japan, …
Hope dwindles as NASA’s Opportunity rover refuses to contact Earth
Time flies when you’re trying to message a rover that just won’t wake up. It’s now been nearly three full months since NASA has heard …
Promoting Pixel 2 photography from an iPhone is the ultimate Android humiliation
We’ve seen it happen a thousand times: Android device makers hire stars to promote their latest devices, and those influencers tweet their endorsements from the …
Tech industry is built around hijacking users’ attention, says Google research paper
In keeping with the new trend in tech toward a focus on “time well spent” and how more emphasis needs to be put on users’ …
Instagram might be building a standalone shopping app to get those sweet, sweet e-commerce dollars
Instagram is making headlines today over the fact it’s apparently building a standalone shopping app that could move the company into the realm of e-commerce, …
Ouch: 44 percent of younger users have deleted Facebook from their phone, Pew study finds
On a day when its chief operating officer was on Capitol Hill this morning getting a grilling from DC lawmakers, Facebook is also the focus …
The Justice Department is considering whether Twitter and Facebook are censoring users
The Justice Department is the latest branch of the government to take sudden concern with social media companies’ content moderation policies, according to a statement …
Scientists built a robot that hunts and kills starfish
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has seen better days. The massive natural wonder is dealing with the impacts of ocean warming (thanks to manmade climate change) …
How to change Google Chrome back to the old design after the Material Design update
Months of minor updates culminated in the release of Chrome 69 this week, which introduces a radical redesign and a collection of new features to …
There’s another weird hexagon forming on Saturn, and astronomers are scratching their heads
Saturn sure has a thing for peculiar shapes! Astronomers have known for some time that Saturn’s north pole has developed a very odd hexagonal shape. …
The hole in the International Space Station isn’t the first serious space misstep from Russian manufacturer
The saga of the hole in the International Space Station is taking some serious twists today, in the wake of yesterday’s declaration that it was …
Dozens more have gotten Salmonella from Kellogg’s Honey Smack cereal
It was all the way back in June that we first learned of a new Salmonella outbreak that was being linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks …
New report suggests the iPhone is dominating Android in the world of spreadsheets
Android versus iOS is the fanboy battle of our time, and for the last decade, it’s been remarkably consistent. Apple has always had the edge …
The massive iceberg that broke off Antarctica last year is now spinning for some reason
It’s now been well over a year since a colossal chunk of ice snapped off of the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. The ice …
Former Apple software engineer describes demoing for Steve Jobs, and it doesn’t sound fun
There’s been no shortage of insider stories about how demanding a boss Steve Jobs could be and how exacting a quality standard he expected everyone …
Apple Watch is already killing off other wearables
At this point, it’s pretty clear that not only Is the Apple Watch the king of the smartwatch hill, but it’s going to stay that …
Elon Musk quadruples down on ‘pedo’ allegations in wild new emails
Elon Musk, multi-billionaire CEO and freelance Defender of the Children, has been in an ongoing war of words with Vern Unsworth, a British diver who …
A 4-year-old girl has a life-threatening infection, and her mom is blaming a new pair of shoes
Kids have a habit of getting into precarious situations at a moment’s notice, but one place a parent probably wouldn’t expect danger to be lurking …
Google Chrome is celebrating its 10th birthday with this awesome hidden Easter egg
If you’ve ever tried to browse the internet on Google Chrome when your connection was shoddy, you’ve likely seen a small, pixelated Tyrannosaurus Rex sitting …
