Spotify wants to make a wearable, even though that’s probably a horrible idea
Spotify — the music streaming service which boasts a huge subscriber count, lots of great licensing agreements, and a music catalog that is the envy …
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Comcast knows you’ll pay anything for good Wi-Fi
A new survey commissioned by Comcast has ranked apartment-dweller’s need for good internet, relative to other niceties like basic hygiene. The conclusion seems to be …
T-Mobile keeps growing like crazy
T-Mobile’s results for the first three months of 2017 are out, and it’s good news for anyone wearing a magenta onesie. The company is once …
Does Donald Trump actually know where Mars is?
Earlier today, President Trump took time out of his busy schedule to video-call the American astronauts aboard the International Space Station. In between comments on …
Apple is getting serious about self-driving cars
Though Apple’s plans to develop and manufacture a branded car may currently be on hold, the company’s plans to research and develop self-driving car technologies …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft just caught a glimpse of Earth, all the way from Saturn
NASA and its spectacular space hardware often spend so much time checking out our planetary neighbors that we forget Earth offers some pretty cool photo …
Man who made his living killing African wildlife gets eaten by African wildlife
Scott Van Zyl made his living taking wealthy clients on “safaris” for the sole purpose of bringing home trophies like leopards, zebras, wildebeests and even …
17th-century smart lock was really smart
Think cool technology is only a recent thing? A 340-year old smart lock may change your mind. As The Verge reports, the device in the collection …
The Galaxy S8 is cheaper than it should be, thanks to Samsung’s screw-up
Unless you’re Samsung, you should be happy the Galaxy Note 7 exploded last year. Not only was Samsung able to find some serious quality control issues …
The best plans for your new Galaxy S8
The most wonderful of the time of the year, as it happens, is this morning. Not only is it Friday, but it’s also launch day …
A $1,000 iPhone will still sell like crazy
There’s no denying that one of the best features of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is its price. The cheapest version costs $720, which is in line …
Nearly blind runner competes in Boston Marathon with help of digital eyes
Marathon runner Erich Manser competed in his eighth Boston Marathon this year, but with each passing year he’s able to see less and less of …
Elon Musk’s grand plan for your brain includes adding new senses
Between serving as the boss of both Tesla and SpaceX, you probably wouldn’t imagine that Elon Musk has a ton of time to devote to new …
Not everyone is a fan of Apple’s recycling program
Perhaps more so than any other large-scale tech company, Apple prides itself for its commitment to the environment and for its ongoing efforts to “leave …
Finally, bike tires that can never, ever go flat
One of the most annoying parts of biking for exercise or pleasure (or both, if you’re lucky) is that bike tires seem to go flat …
Apple is already using a screen technology that’s better than OLED, report says
Apple is widely expected to launch an OLED iPhone this year, which would be a first for the iPhone since its introduction 10 years ago. …
These creepy naked rats have a superpower and scientists can’t believe it
Naked mole-rats are weird creatures. They’re a cold-blooded mammal (which is insanely rare), they have extremely low metabolism which allows them to live extremely long …
Verizon is losing customers like crazy, even with unlimited data plans
In the first six weeks of 2017, Verizon Wireless lost 398,000 on-contract wireless customers. Considering that analysts expected Verizon to add nearly 250,000 customers in the …
🦄 Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappucino didn’t kill me 🦄
Drinking a pink, purple, and neon blue beverage at 7 o’clock in the morning isn’t something I’d ever recommend, but when Starbucks spontaneously launched its …
Why you probably shouldn’t care if Bose is spying on you
Bose, one of the biggest names in personal audio, is under fire for allegedly cataloging the listening habits and song choices of its users and …
Scientists are worried that humanity just keeps sending junk into space
Space is big and the hardware that humans keep sending into the great beyond is comparatively small, but our habit of letting random bits of space …
Google wants to predict your next medical problem before symptoms appear
We first heard about Google’s Baseline Study a couple of years ago. At the time, it was a bold Google moonshot aiming to develop means …
Facebook is building a helicopter to help deliver internet access in emergencies
After building a solar-powered plane to help deliver internet access nearly two years ago, Facebook is once again building another aircraft to deploy the internet …
Scientists just unearthed an absolutely terrifying new sea creature
It’s hard to imagine that, after thousands of years of cataloguing every living thing we come across, humans are still discovering new animals, but when …
Scientists rank all the ways an asteroid can kill you
Tonight, a particularly large asteroid is going to cruise by Earth at its closest point in 400 years, and while we humans are going to …
Why the iPhone 7S could be better than the iPhone 8
We’ve still got months until Apple even prints the invites for the iPhone 8 event, but rumors are starting to mount. The new flagship iPhone, …
Watch a massive asteroid cruise by Earth live tonight
Tonight is a big night for skywatchers thanks to the relatively close approach of a large asteroid called 2014 JO25. The rock is slated to …
Even Google’s Wi-Fi router still sucks
It seems to be an immutable fact that all Wi-Fi routers are doomed to be bad. In fairness, we do ask a lot of them: …
Chuwi Hi13 Review: A $369 hybrid notebook that might outshine Microsoft’s Surface Book
Back in February I had the opportunity to put the Chuwi Lapbook 14.1 to the test. Its ultra-budget price paired with midrange specs resulted in …
Watch Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon torch United Airlines with a hilarious parody
The past few days have been nothing short of a PR nightmare for United Airlines. A little bit more than a week ago, a video …
