Dara Khosrowshahi agreed to make Uber great again
Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and guy whose last name is so complex he’ll always be just Dara for me, is the new CEO of Uber. …
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Spare a thought for Voyager 1 and 2, which have been hurtling through space for 40 years
In late August and early September of 1977, NASA sent two messengers into space. Their extended mission, to travel as far away from Earth as …
NASA’s Cassini dove past Saturn’s rings and sent back this gorgeous video
NASA’s Cassini orbiter continues to send back some stunning shots of Saturn even as its days are rapidly coming to an end. The spacecraft’s latest …
Google’s answer to Apple’s ARKit is late and underwhelming
When Google unveiled its virtual reality (VR) program back in 2016, it came with a huge caveat: it needed specialized hardware. Fast forward to today, …
NASA’s next Mars spacecraft is going to look inside the planet, and nobody knows what it might find
NASA’s Mars rovers regularly send back awesome images of the red planet, not to mention an incredible wealth of scientific data, but that’s not stopping …
YouTube has a new design, a new logo and an updated app
YouTube has undergone a series of significant changes over the past few years, but on Tuesday, all of the pieces finally began to come together. …
Amazon’s Echo is out of stock, signalling an impending update
Amazon first released the Echo speaker back in 2015, approximately 115,452,101 Lightning Deals ago. The hardware has remained the same ever since then, largely because …
This is Apple’s long game to ‘trap’ you inside the iPhone
No matter how much greener the grass might get on the other side, I’m certain I’ll never leave the iPhone/Mac ecosystem. I have everything I …
One tiny detail could majorly delay T-Mobile’s 600MHz rollout
T-Mobile is moving at speed to deploy an LTE network in the 600MHz spectrum it purchased this spring. Just months after it gave the FCC …
Fitbit has doubled down on a losing strategy
Through years of hard work and good hardware, Fitbit has achieved the “Kleenex status” of having an entire genre of devices associated with its brand. …
Heart-wrenching photos show Houston before and after Hurricane Harvey
As expected, Hurricane Harvey has taken a significant toll on Texas since making landfall on August 25th. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected …
Apple wants to sell 4K movies for $20 on iTunes, but Hollywood is pushing back
With its next major media event reportedly set for September 12th, Apple is working hard to make sure everything comes together in time. Unfortunately, the …
Facebook begins blocking ads from pages that share fake news
Facebook was slow on the uptake when it came to combating fake news, but the prevention efforts are now in full swing as the company …
News crew saves driver’s life in Hurricane Harvey flood
News crews covering natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey have the tricky task of reporting on the event as it unfolds while also doing their best …
Drones are using artificial intelligence to protect Australian beachgoers from sharks
Drones are harnessing artificial intelligence to detect sharks approaching Australian beaches.
This photo of Harvey flooding at Houston airport is totally fake
There’s all kinds of incredible and distressing imagery coming out of Hurricane Harvey, but as ever, you need to check before pressing E to pay …
Drones provide a depressing look at Hurricane Harvey’s devastation
Hurricane Harvey struck Texas this past weekend, making landfall early Saturday and leaving a path of utter devastation in its wake. For those of us …
Everything you need to know about Uber’s new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi
After a long and bitter search, Uber has finally found a new CEO to replace former chief executive and founder Travis Kalanick. Uber has selected Dara …
T-Mobile’s plan is working: Customers actually like the network
T-Mobile has made a big deal these past few years of being the “Un-Carrier.” Led by outspoken CEO John Legere, it simplified plans, removed extra …
Why AR powered smart glasses might be Apple’s next big money maker
Google Glass may have been a resounding flop, but some analysts believe that Apple may be able to succeed where Google did not. As a …
I wonder why Apple is stockpiling a ‘massive’ pile of camera modules
A new report from Digitimes quotes sources in the supply chain as saying that Apple is working to secure a massive stockpile of camera lens modules from …
We finally know why the Galaxy Note 7 loved burning up
The Galaxy Note 8 is finally official, and all the rumors that preceded Samsung’s Wednesday event turned out to be true, including battery details. Yes, …
Stop blaming the Sun for global warming
The Earth is getting warmer and warmer, and scientists are now essentially unanimous in their opinion that humans are to blame, but could other factors …
These hovering gyro-busses could be the future of transportation
It’s become pretty clear that flying cars aren’t going to be a thing for a long, long time, so how exactly are modern cities going …
How a wireless network prepares for Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey, currently a Category Two hurricane but getting worse, is predicted to make landfall in Texas late Friday or early Saturday. 1.5 million people …
Astronaut pee could be turned into plastics
Astronauts are masters at recycling, and the brave space farers aboard the International Space Station already repurpose urine and the humidity they exhale into drinking …
This ancient tablet might rewrite this history of math as we know it
Thankfully, very few of us have to bother with trigonometry on a daily basis, but regardless of how much you may have dreaded studying it …
Galaxy Note 8, iPhone 8, and the birth of the $1,000 smartphone
Once upon a time, there was a large group of Wall Street analysts who would pound the table on a regular basis. They insisted that …
Why Samsung’s heir just got a 5-year prison sentence
The trial of the century started all the way back in winter when the Samsung Electronics heir was charged with bribery, among other things, in …
Microsoft promises never to force upgrades on customers ever again
Microsoft’s Windows 10 rollout was something of a disaster. It’s not that the operating system is bad — in fact, it’s widely considered to be …
