Apple hit with class-action lawsuit over ‘defective’ MacBook Pro keyboard
The backlash and criticism surrounding the keyboard design on Apple’s refreshed MacBook Pro continues to pick up steam. Following a petition calling for Apple to …
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Apple generated more profit in one quarter than Amazon has in 21 years
It’s no secret that Apple has boatloads of cash, but sometimes it can be difficult to truly grasp just how profitable Apple has become over …
Family of EgyptAir crash victims sue Apple, claiming an iPhone took down the plane
When EgyptAir flight 804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea back in 2016 it killed all 66 passengers and crew. It was a horrific tragedy, and …
New drone video shows just how terrifying and destructive Hawaii’s ongoing lava flows really are
When Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted on the state’s Big Island earlier this month it started off pretty mild. Initial reports stated that the lava bubbled …
76-year old man sends thank-you letter to Tim Cook after the Apple Watch helped save his life
Apple may have initially positioned the Apple Watch as something of a fashion accessory, but it’s become apparent in the years since its release that …
Solider gets new ear after doctors grow one on her own arm
When Shamika Burrage survived a devastating car crash two years ago, she didn’t come out entirely unscathed. The 21-year-old, who is a private in the …
Bitcoin prices are tumbling again
Bitcoin has once again fallen below the $9,000 mark as a bad 24 hours of news sent speculative investors scurrying back to their fiat currencies. …
London is under attack… from caterpillars
When you think of invasive species, a fluffy little caterpillar probably isn’t the first that that comes to mind — that is, unless you happen …
SpaceX just successfully landed its most powerful rocket yet
By now, SpaceX landing one of its Falcon 9 rockets (or even landing two, for that matter) is barely worthy of a headline. But late …
After scrubbing its first attempt, SpaceX plans to launch the Falcon 9 ‘Block 5’ rocket today
Yesterday was supposed to be one of the biggest launches in SpaceX history, with the new Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket heading into space for …
Google has a BS excuse for copying the iPhone X’s gestures
Google unpacked most of the new features in Android P at Google I/O 2018 earlier this week, revealing in the process that it copied yet …
This ‘singing’ space cloud is where stars and planets are born
Long before our Sun formed it was nothing more than a bunch of material floating listlessly in a large cloud of gas, dust, and debris. …
Dumb tourists keep throwing 200-million-year-old dinosaur fossils into a Utah reservoir
The job of Josh Hansen, a park manager at Red Fleet State Park in Utah, shouldn’t be nearly as complicated as it’s becoming. Part of …
Boston Dynamics releases more videos of the last thing you’ll see when the robots rise
Boston Dynamics, the Massachusetts-based company that builds increasingly sophisticated robots that enjoy opening doors, has released two more videos of its robots doing very clever …
Scientists want you to know the dangers of third-hand smoke
Smokers just can’t catch a break! First, we all learned of the obvious dangers of smoking cigarettes and then, not long afterwards, the effects of …
Watch SpaceX launch its upgraded Falcon 9 ‘Block 5’ for the very first time today
SpaceX has had an incredibly busy year so far in 2018. The company started the year by showing off its Falcon Heavy for the first …
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 …
E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce spreads to four new states, with dozens of new cases
The ongoing E. coli contamination crisis linked to romaine lettuce grown and shipped from the Yuma, Arizona, growing region shows no sign of slowing down. …
Hey Google, please stop pretending to be human
Google Duplex — Google Assistant’s creepiest feature yet, which can make actual phone calls that sound very human — was without a doubt the best …
This LEGO machine will make you breakfast and maybe mess it up sometimes
Breakfast is the most overlooked meal of the day, and it’s due to the simple fact that many of us just don’t have a lot …
Windows File Explorer is finally getting a dark mode, and you can try it right now
Dark themes are about the most popular software modification to make to any operating system, and software companies are finally taking note and enabling dark …
Google may be the one tech company the world can’t afford to lose
If the stream of big Google-related news so far this week — from details about Android P to some of the wow moments at I/O …
Search for aliens heats up as scientists prepare huge survey of the sky
The never-ending search for extraterrestrial life is about to get a big boost thanks to a new research effort from the Breakthrough Listen project. Breakthrough …
Astronomers identify massive asteroid leftover from the early Solar System
Scientists believe that the Earth has been around in some form for roughly four and a half billion years, and the Solar System is only …
Here are all the things Google Assistant now does that Amazon Alexa can’t
Amazon started the current trend of voice assistants when it launched the Amazon Echo four years ago. But the first-mover advantage doesn’t last all that …
Is Google crossing a line with new AI that pretends to be human?
Most people, even if they don’t know anything about the norms of journalism, are aware that reporters are expected to identify themselves as such to …
Woman with chronic runny nose was actually leaking brain fluid
In a case that is sure to make anyone with the sniffles second-guess what exactly is causing their congestion, a 52-year-old Nebraska woman who complained …
Hard questions: Is Facebook making its own Bitcoin rival?
Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency world is very attractive to all sorts of businesses, including tech companies, because of the underlying technology, the blockchain. Facebook is …
Samsung missed the chance to make history at Google I/O
Google released the first Android P version to developers many weeks ago, without revealing all the new features coming to Android this year. But on …
Google I/O 2018: The 10 biggest announcements
The annual Google I/O developer conference is Google’s biggest event of the year by far. Unlike Apple, where the biggest event each year is the …
