The Galaxy S9 will face even stiffer competition next year
Although there’s a good selection of Android flagships to choose from in most stores, Samsung still dominates the premium handset market. At this point, it …
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Scientists are no longer barred from developing deadly viruses, and this will definitely end well
If 2017 didn’t already seem like the prologue to every cautionary dystopian tale ever written, the US government has decided to lift a ban on …
NASA is planning an interstellar mission for 2069, may head to nearby Alpha Centauri
Mankind hasn’t yet explored some of the most interesting objects in our own solar system — heck, we still don’t even know all that much …
This self-healing phone screen could mean no more shattered iPhones
I recently told you that I “ruined” my brand new iPhone X, just like many other buyers, to avoid ruining it for real. The all-screen …
How to turn off Facebook’s creepy new facial recognition feature
Facebook is tearing down another wall this week as the company has revealed a new feature that will automatically let users know when they appear …
Doogee Mix 2 review: A huge screen, four cameras, and a couple of compromises
It’s been a very interesting year for smartphones. Samsung’s Galaxy line is hitting new highs while Apple’s iPhone X broke new ground with its edge-to-edge-to-edge …
There may be a volcano forming under New England, scientists warn
If you’re looking for a volcano there’s a number of places you’d probably check first, like Hawaii or even Yellowstone National Park, but new data …
Breakthrough discovery reveals life on Earth existed over 3.5 billion years ago
One of humanity’s most burning questions has always been whether or not we’re alone in the universe and whether life exists somewhere other than Earth. …
These are the worst passwords of 2017 – is yours on the list?
We’re drowning in passwords. From email accounts and Facebook to services like mobile banking and video streaming, the average Internet user today has to keep …
Deja-vu: Facebook ordered to stop sharing data with WhatsApp
Facebook said when it acquired WhatsApp back in early 2014 that it won’t be able to link WhatsApp users to their Facebook accounts. But it …
Ted Cruz proves once again that he shouldn’t be on Twitter
It’s Star Wars season but that doesn’t mean The Last Jedi is the only thing we care about right now. Last week, the FCC repealed …
Google will use lasers instead of fiber to deploy high-speed internet
There are two main components to getting an entire nation online: the last mile, and the backbone. The often-talked-about “last mile” is the final piece …
Cable prices are soaring as millions of customers jump ship
Traditional pay TV — cable and satellite — is in a bad place. Every three months we get a new record for the number of …
That weird ‘alien probe’ asteroid might not be an asteroid after all
When astronomers first spotted the odd, cigar-shaped object later determined to be the asteroid Oumuamua a couple of months back, initial observations suggested it was …
Surprise: Netflix is the best streaming service you can buy today
Netflix and online streaming are as synonymous as Blockbuster and straight-to-DVD movies. But in the last two years, dozens of pretenders to the throne have …
A three-mile-wide asteroid just slipped by Earth, but its next pass will really be one for the books
It’s Monday, and since you didn’t die in a fiery apocalyptic hellscape over the weekend that means that the massive space rock named 3200 Phaethon …
Amazon’s upcoming Digital Day sale was just announced: Here’s everything you need to know
You have one week left to finish your Christmas shopping, although it’s likely you won’t find some of the most coveted gifts of the year in …
The US government spent $22 million to investigate UFOs, but won’t tell us what they found
Do aliens exist, and have they visited Earth? That might sound like a question that conspiracy theorists mull over in obscure chatrooms and internet forums, …
Best Buy’s 20-day doorbuster sale is almost over, but today’s deals are the best yet
Retailers really turned up the heat this year when it comes to holiday deals. “Black Friday” started about a week early, which meant there were …
Meet the researchers who used TV episodes of CSI to train artificial intelligence
Federal lawmakers want to have a say in defining artificial intelligence. Researchers are now using TV shows to feed the predictive capability of an AI …
MIT just created living plants that glow like a lamp, and could grow glowing trees to replace streetlights
The modern world has been reinventing our relationship with energy for some time now. Cars are turning away from fossil fuels and relying ever more …
Researchers thought this furry little marsupial was extinct for 100 years, until it came to find them
It’s obviously not often that scientists get good news regarding regionally extinct creatures. Once an animal has been seemingly wiped from its natural home, the …
How to check if your identity was stolen to help kill net neutrality
Yesterday, in a stunning (but inevitable) defeat for proponents of the open internet, the FCC voted 3-2 to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality rules that …
Google Flights gets a major upgrade right before the holiday season
You’re playing with fire if you still haven’t booked a flight for Christmas or New Years yet, but in its latest incarnation, Google Flights will …
‘Alien probe’ asteroid is dead quiet, but is that good news or bad news?
A couple of months back, a really, really weird asteroid flew through our Solar System. It looked nothing like any object humanity had ever spotted …
The best thing about ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is also the worst thing about it
Go. Watch. Star Wars. The movie so many of us have been waiting for is finally out, and you absolutely need to see it. Even …
Report: Samsung will launch a smart speaker in the first half of 2018
Samsung is jumping on board the smart speaker train next year, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Sources briefed on the plans tell Bloomberg …
Forget fiber: Engineers made a broadband connection using wet string
Thanks to the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality provisions this morning, you’re even more in thrall to your local cable monopoly than you were yesterday. …
Verizon has a killer iPhone 8 deal just in time for Christmas
It’s been a tragically slow holiday season for smartphone deals thus far. Thanks to the late launch of the iPhone X and the success of …
An entire family in Italy can’t feel physical pain, and scientists finally have an answer
If you’ve ever stubbed your toe on a coffee table in the dead of night you know just how awesome it would be to switch …
