Watch a robot prove humans are obsolete by performing the most difficult task known to man
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Tim Cook explains why a hybrid Mac/iPad device would be bad for users
Despite the success Microsoft has enjoyed with the Surface Book, Apple has no intention of creating a hybrid tablet-notebook device anytime soon, if ever. Hardly …
Bitcoin heist suspect escapes from Iceland jail, hops on plane to Sweden
A man suspected of having stolen 600 Bitcoin mining rigs in Iceland was able to break out of jail and then board a plane to …
I want to live in AT&T’s fantasy world where prices actually go down
We’re weeks into the court proceedings between AT&T, which is trying to buy Time Warner Inc, and the Justice Department that is suing to block …
This is the photo that conspiracy theorists say proves the Moon landing was a fraud
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon. It was an incredible technological and scientific achievement for the human …
Anyone can use Amazon’s new Alexa Blueprints to create custom skills for Echo
Just hours after announcing that Amazon Prime has surpassed 100 million members, the e-commerce giant revealed a new way for Alexa users to build their …
A big slowdown in iPhone orders has Wall Street worried
Shares of Apple were down nearly 2.5 percent Thursday afternoon, following a dismal growth forecast from Apple’s biggest processor supplier. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) …
E. Coli outbreak linked to lettuce expands to five more states, here’s what you should do
A slow-growing E. coli outbreak linked to chopped romaine lettuce is continuing to grow, with a new update from the Centers for Disease Control and …
New study says mankind has permanently messed up the ocean’s coral reefs
If the ocean’s coral reefs have one arch enemy, it’s definitely humans. We’ve altered the Earth’s climate enough that ocean warming is killing off huge …
Switch to Fios and get a year of Xbox Live Gold plus one of the hottest games of 2018 for free
This is a sponsored article and all content and opinions expressed within are from the author. If you’re a gamer, you know that a fast …
Origin of diamonds found in meteorite have been traced to a long-lost planet
Mankind has managed to learn a lot about our Solar System and the planets that reside in it simply by gazing into the night sky, …
Chrome’s new autoplay video blocker doesn’t really work, but this free extension does
When Google announced that the next Chrome update would introduce a feature that would block autoplay video, the internet was thrilled. Now that pop-ups are …
Facebook wants to build its own processors for AI devices
Facebook is the latest titan in the tech business to manifest interest in manufacturing its own processors, a practice that’s increasingly popular. Apple was one …
Amazon has a plan to narc on every single Bitcoin user
Although initial coin offerings and the blockchain have taken over seemingly every company, tech-related or not, the big tech companies have been understandably reluctant to …
How the US’s export ban could truly sink ZTE
Android has been the dominant operating system on mobile for years. Every other alternative, aside from Apple’s iOS, vanished, as most device makers out there …
Cord-cutting is hitting the cable companies where it hurts most: Money
As it’s been extensively documented for the last year, cord-cutting streaming services are coming for the cable companies. Pay TV subscriptions are down by record …
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is looking for excuses to raise prices again
After raising prices for the second times in two years last fall, Netflix was understandably cautious about its results for the first quarter in 2018. …
Watch SpaceX deliver NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite into orbit live
Monday was supposed to be the day that NASA’s exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite rode into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, but the launch was scrubbed …
Homeopathic ‘doctor’ gave dog rabies to a child and claimed it cured his behavioral issues
A four-year-old boy named Jonah is at the center of a heated debate over the ethics of homeopathic treatment after receiving a diluted rabies solution …
Petition asking McDonald’s to serve meat-free Impossible Burger passes 20,000 signatures
It’s only been a week since White Castle announced the widespread rollout of its Impossible Slider — a meat-free 100% vegan burger that looks, tastes, …
Astronomers are looking for the Sun’s long-lost twins by checking the ‘DNA’ of stars
We sometimes think of the Sun as a pretty special star, but only because of the fact that Earth happens to be in the perfect …
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 …
Astronomers discovery trio of gas giant planets orbiting distant stars
SpaceX’s launch of NASA’s exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite may have been delayed, but that’s not stopping scientists from using the hardware they already have to make …
No, your dog probably can’t predict an earthquake, scientists say
Can animals predict natural disasters? Lots of anecdotal evidence exists to suggest they can, with plenty of people claiming that their dogs or cats behaved …
Google responds to report that Android apps are illegally tracking children’s behavior
Not to be outdone by Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a political data firm potentially skimmed the private data of around 87 million users …
The iPhone X alone made three times more money than every Android manufacturer put together
So much hype surrounded Apple in the run-up to the iPhone X launch that we’ve had a tough time working out whether the phone was …
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 …
Researchers finally invented a battery that won’t explode when it fails
We carry devices with us every day that have built-in rechargeable batteries, and whether it’s smartphone, tablet, or even an electronic cigarette, the lithium-ion batteries …
Apple’s upcoming new service might be the Netflix of news
Just over a month after Apple acquired digital magazine app Texture, Bloomberg reports that the company is planning to integrate the service into Apple News and …
Twitter.com is down for some users, so it’s time to panic until it comes back
UPDATE | 4/17 at 10:37 AM: Twitter is back up for now. Still no word from any official channels though. UPDATE | 4/17 at 10:09 …
