Conan makes fun of Apple’s Screen Time tools with ‘iPhone Basic’ parody
One of the areas of emphasis for Apple at the Worldwide Developers Conference this year was phone addiction. We all spend far too much time …
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T-Mobile’s coverage is miles better than 12 months ago – but only if you have an Android phone
A little under one year ago, T-Mobile turned on the first site in the US to use its 600MHz frequency, a low-band chunk of spectrum …
NASA’s New Horizons probe just woke back up
The last we heard of NASA’s New Horizons probe was when NASA released a set of photos taken at the farthest point any spacecraft has …
Comcast outage hits cities across the US
Comcast appears to be having intermittent problems with its service across all of the US. The company has confirmed that customers “may still be experiencing …
SpaceX forced to delay plans for first space tourism launch
Private spaceflight companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin have made some big promises when it comes to tourism in space. Eager (and very wealthy) astronaut …
A huge change is coming to Instagram, for better or worse
If you’ve ever felt restricted by Instagram’s 60-second limit for videos, we’ve got some good news for you. This week, The Wall Street Journal reported …
Earth’s days used to be just 18 hours long, but the Moon changed that
If you’ve ever felt like there just aren’t enough hours in the day just be glad that you didn’t live on Earth 1.4 billion years …
Soldier steals ‘tank-like’ armored transport, leads police on surprisingly speedy chase
Running from the police is a bad idea regardless of whether you’re on foot or in a vehicle, but a member of the Virginia Army …
The Pentagon wants AI to detect nuclear threats before they happen
The Pentagon is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) in its efforts to put a stop to nuclear threats. The goal of the new program is to …
NASA found something on Mars and it’s holding a press conference on Thursday to tell everyone
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been on the Red Planet for a long, long time. Back in March it tallied its 2,000th Martian day, which …
Report: ZTE has reached a deal to have US sanctions lifted
According to a report from Reuters, ZTE has reached a deal with US authorities that would lift a ban that prevents it from buying parts from …
Mythical ‘Planet 9’ might actually just be a bunch of very rude asteroids
Remember “Planet 9”? No I’m not talking about Pluto. That ship has sailed. I’m talking about the maybe-kinda-sorta hidden planet that might-kinda-maybe be lurking at …
Browse 20 years of Earth’s weather with NASA’s incredible Worldview tool
Whenever NASA shows off a stunning new image of Earth from space it’s fun to take a few minutes to soak in all the details. …
Gmail’s big redesign is coming to everyone beginning next month
Earlier this year, Google began showing off a new Gmail design that would change the look of the web client and add a host of …
Skeleton of unidentified dinosaur sells for $2.36 million to private buyer, and scientists are ticked off
You’d think that once you find a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton most of the hard work would be behind you, but that wasn’t the case …
Teacher who fed a live puppy to a snapping turtle gets charged with animal cruelty
Science teachers don’t have it easy. They have to explain the workings of the animal kingdom to students in a straightforward and honest way, but …
T-Mobile’s latest move shows its ‘Un-carrier’ ideals are on life support
When John Legere took control of T-Mobile in 2012, the carrier was in a sorry state. Scrapping with Sprint to be the third-biggest carrier with …
Apple’s 9 biggest announcements from WWDC 2018
Apple’s big WWDC 2018 keynote is a wrap! Millions of Apple fans around the world tuned in to Apple’s live stream of the event because …
Pint-sized asteroid spotted just hours before slamming into Earth’s atmosphere
Generally speaking, NASA has a pretty good idea of which asteroids are hanging out in Earth’s neighborhood. Astronomers have spotted, plotted, and forecasted asteroid flybys …
Apple is bringing iOS apps to the Mac – sort of
To wrap up a WWDC 2018 keynote that was distinctly lacking in major announcements, Apple gave us a rare sneak peek at something coming in …
Apple introduces watchOS 5, with more ways than ever to stay active and connected
We’re just a few minutes into WWDC 2018, and Apple has already covered the biggest announcement of all: iOS 12. Up next, we have the …
WWDC 2018 live stream: How to watch live as Apple unveils iOS 12 and more
At long last, Apple is once again taking the stage for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote presentation on Monday, June 4th at 1:00 PM …
Dozens dead after volcano erupts in Guatemala
All eyes have been on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano as it continues to pour molten rock from a number of fissures in the ground, but another …
Microsoft may have just quietly made a massive acquistion
Microsoft made a slew of significant purchases in recent years, including Minecraft and LinkedIn to name two of the most prominent ones, and Satya Nadella …
Apple is going to have to make a touchscreen MacBook if it wants to keep up with the competition
A report said recently that Apple is already prototyping an ARM MacBook, a device that features a touchscreen, LTE support, as well as a mix …
How 5G is going to make smartphones ugly again
The first 5G mobile devices should finally arrive next year, which means that smartphone manufacturers are hammering out the details right now. Unlike a lot …
Facebook is going to further destroy your timeline with its own version of cable news
Not content with destroying the web traffic of publishers and public confidence in, uh, everything, it seems like Facebook is now coming for cable news …
An Uber driver shot and killed his rider after an altercation in the car
An Uber driver shot and killed a passenger while the two were in the vehicle on Interstate 25 early Friday morning. According to Denver7 News, …
NASA spacecraft captures evidence of frozen methane dunes on Pluto
Pluto might not be an official planet anymore but that doesn’t mean the frozen world is any less interesting from a scientific perspective. The dwarf …
YouTube ‘prankster’ delivers bomb threat to university, seems surprised when cops arrest him
From the first day that YouTube made it easy for anyone with a smartphone and a bank account to upload and monetize videos, “comedians” with …
