Is Uber finally going to grow up?
According to a Reuters report this morning, Uber’s board has unanimously voted to approve recommendations from an investigation into Uber’s workplace policies and practices. The investigation, led …
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NASA is going to create artificial clouds on the East Coast tonight, and you can watch it live
The fictional concept that the government controls the weather has been a staple of tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists for decades, but a NASA experiment taking …
Senior Uber exec Emil Michael is out
After a tumultuous few weeks for Uber, we’re finally seeing real changes at the company. Emil Michael, Uber’s Senior Vice President for business and CEO …
Video: Richard Hammond miraculously survives a harrowing accident involving a $1 million supercar
In a harrowing incident that thankfully resulted in no fatalities, former Top Gear host Richard Hammond recently lost control of a $1 million Rimac Concept One …
Tim Cook takes a jab at Windows during MIT commencement speech
The intensity of of the Mac vs PC war today is a far cry from what it used to be back in the 90s. Even …
Intel is preparing to spoil everyone else’s fun
Intel, comfortably the largest manufacturer of desktop processors, is no stranger to throwing its weight around to protect its core business. It has spent years …
Elon Musk goes full Trump to defend Tesla’s fake founding myth
With Tesla doing so well these days, it’s sometimes difficult to remember where the company was at 10 years ago. Elon Musk and Tesla have …
99-million-year-old bird found preserved in amber stuns scientists
Archeologists have just discovered a nearly complete bird, encased in fossilized tree sap, that has remained intact for almost 100 million years. The bird, which …
Uber CEO reminds employees not to rape each other in ridiculous 2013 memo
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has been in over his head for many years. He’s admitted as much on several occasions, noting specifically that he needs …
Google finally sold Boston Dynamics, and all its insane robots
Inventor of all manner of awe-inspiring and uber-creepy robots, Boston Dynamics has finally found a buyer. SoftBank, the Japanese Google-alike which has been on a …
Officials arrest Apple distributors who sold private data
Smartphone users — which, at this point, is pretty much everyone — already have enough to worry about when it comes to hackers, malicious apps, …
Here are NASA’s new astronauts and – oh god, say that’s not a selfie stick
Earlier this week, NASA held a big event to introduce the world to its newest class of astronaut candidates. The group, which will now begin …
Apple’s ambitious iPhone 8 design could already be causing problems
From everything we’ve heard so far, the iPhone 8 that Apple plans to debut later this year will be a departure from the status quo. …
Southwest Airlines is offering one-way flights for as low as $49 today
Let’s not beat around the bush here: it’s been one heck of a week. Between Apple’s WWDC announcements, the continued rumor flood of future OnePlus …
Verizon finalizes Yahoo acquisition, instantly starts laying people off
In a vote today, Yahoo’s stockholders formally approved the sale of sad former internet company Yahoo to telecoms giant Verizon. The sale values Yahoo at …
Apple’s next major display innovation is coming soon, but not to the iPhone
One of the iPhone features Apple steadily improved over the years was the smartphone’s screen. The Retina display quality soon became the norm in the …
Messing with robots’ self-confidence could prevent the AI apocalypse
In every sci-fi depiction of an eventual robot apocalypse, the mechanical monstrosities move with cold, calculated precision, dispatching or enslaving humanity with a complete lack …
Sony’s PlayStation VR just nailed a huge sales milestone
Virtual reality might not have caught on as fast as some companies would have liked, but by now it’s abundantly clear that it’s not going …
NASA’s new Mars rover is completely insane
Thus far, NASA has landed a total of four rovers on Mars, and while the conversation surrounding sending humans to the red planet is a …
Every one of Fitbit’s most popular fitness trackers is on sale on Amazon
Fitbits don’t really make a good Mother’s Day gift at all. That’s just not the message you want to convey to mom on her special …
At WWDC 2017, Apple proved it hasn’t forgotten about its pro users
One of the more interesting narratives to surround Apple in recent years holds that the company has either forgotten or simply doesn’t care about pro …
Scientists just did something even Einstein didn’t think was possible
Researchers just confirmed a theory originally proposed by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago, and it’s something that even the famed physicist thought was impossible. …
Watch NASA announce its new astronaut class live right here
Today, NASA will reveal its newest astronauts by formally introducing the 2017 astronaut class, and you can watch it happen live. The event, which will …
With WWDC 2017 and iOS 11, Apple has shown us the end of the iPhone
In 1997, Apple was on the brink of bankruptcy and had to take on a $150 million investment tied to a patent-licensing deal from its …
Apple’s HomePod isn’t the first ‘HomePod’
At its much-hyped WWDC 2017 keynote, Apple did what everyone already thought they were going to do by announcing a funky little home speaker. You’ve …
Sting operation caught Apple misleading customers over right to repair
It’s no secret that Apple isn’t a huge fan of the “right to repair” movement, or the laws that support consumers’ decisions to have their …
There’s a giant hole on Mars, and scientists can’t figure out where it came from
Humans have now had rovers active on Mars for almost two full decades, which is enough time that we’ve learned plenty about the Martian landscape. …
JetSmarter is giving private jet memberships away for free for frequent travelers
JetSmarter has been hailed as “Uber for jets,” and while that comparison is rather apt, getting frequent flyers to ditch their airlines of choice in …
Here’s what people are saying about Apple’s first new product line since 2015
When Tim Cook took the stage to wrap up the WWDC 2017 keynote on Monday with one final announcement, he clearly had saved the most …
T-Mobile’s big Tuesday giveaway is live right now
T-Mobile’s loyalty/bribe program, T-Mobile Tuesdays, has been running for a year now. It’s been a runaway success with consumers, because if there’s one thing that …
