How a smartphone backdoor can be used to spy on absolutely everything you do
You’ll have no idea that someone out there is spying on you if it happens, especially if it’s one of several government agencies that have sophisticated …
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We’re going to Mars, again
With the memory of the Schiaparelli probe’s crash still fresh in our memory, mankind remains steadfast in its pursuit of landing more hardware on Mars. …
Eye in the sky: Tech helps protect isolated Amazon tribes
The Brazilian government is using satellite technology and aerial imagery to monitor and help protect isolated Amazonian tribes. FUNAI, the Brazilian government’s Indian Affairs department, …
This tool will tell you if President Trump just lied to you
Twitter may be too small to attend a tech summit at Donald Trump’s New York lair, but the social network is still the preferred communication …
Airbnb wants to let you book flights now
Much like Uber, Airbnb has fundamentally changed the way many of us travel. Instead of being forced to choose between incredibly expensive hotels or an …
Apple’s appealing against its EU tax bill, but thanks to President Trump, it might not need to
Apple has launched a formal appeal against a $14 billion tax ruling handed down earlier this year by the European Union. Apple has fought the …
South Carolina law would install porn-blocking ransomware on all PCs to ‘protect the children’
Just when you thought lawmakers can’t be any more out of touch with the cybers, a South Carolina representative comes along to lower the bar of …
Everything you need to know about Best Buy’s NES Classic sale tomorrow
If you’re reading this, you probably know how impossible it is to find a NES Classic Edition anywhere right now. Amazon, Target, Walmart and anywhere …
Trump said China should keep US submarine drone after China said it would return it
China last week snatched an unmanned underwater drone that belongs to the US Navy. President-elect Donald Trump wasn’t quick to react to the news, but …
What an extra-special solstice lunar eclipse looks like
A lunar eclipse only happens a few times per year, and it’s a pretty special event when it does. Tonight is the winter solstice, and …
Watch these potential Mars robot designs endure the Utah desert
Testing a vehicle meant to traverse the harsh conditions of another world is pretty difficult here on Earth, but when it comes to putting potential Mars …
If this Kickstarter actually works, it’s going to be awesome
I just gave a company $37 of my money with, optimistically speaking, a 25% hope of ever seeing a return. I normally don’t back Kickstarters …
This drone timelapse shows Apple’s new spaceship HQ taking shape
Over the last few years, Apple has slowly been spending some of its giant wad of cash to build a gigantic new headquarters. The obviously-named …
NES Classic Edition: Best Buy shares more details about upcoming availability
Amazon has been drip-feeding NES Classic Edition stock into the market for the past couple of days, but unless you’re an Amazon Prime member living …
Tips on finding a NES Classic Edition in stock from people who’ve actually done it
The NES Classic is virtually impossible to find in store, thanks to overwhelming demand for the $60 games console and a dramatic shortage of supply. …
Today only: The lowest price ever on an Xbox One S console bundle
You’ve probably heard by now that both Microsoft and Sony have cut prices for the Xbox One S and PS4 bundles by $50 for Christmas. …
China just seized an American submarine drone
This doesn’t happen too often, or if it does, we don’t get to hear about it. But China has just seized an unmanned underwater vehicle …
The best iPad sale of the year is happening right now
Black Friday is supposed to have the best sale prices of the year, or so our capitalist overlords would have you believe. As it happens, …
Massive security breaches may cost Yahoo its $4.8 billion deal with Verizon
Verizon announced this summer plans to buy Yahoo for $4.83 million. Since then, Yahoo had to acknowledge two major security breaches that may now cost …
Watch NASA deploy a fleet of micro satellites that will save us from big storms
When NASA isn’t checking out its Saturn-cruising cameras or compiling a collection of hundreds of awesome GIFs, it’s doing its best to save us from …
The 2016 news bloopers you’ve been waiting for are here
2016’s been a pretty bad year for the human race in general, but news anchors have had a particularly bad time of it. You can …
Here’s how Facebook is going to stop the spread of fake news
After already acknowledging its rampant fake news problems and promising to come up with some sort of solution back in November, Facebook today announced its actual …
Best Buy’s got a special iPhone 7 Plus deal just in time for Christmas
Best Buy wants you to know that the NES Classic will be back in stock on December 20th. But that’s not the only good news …
9 years after the iPhone, Apple still gets no respect
The chorus of skeptics quick to proclaim that Apple’s best days are behind it is seemingly louder than its been in decades. According to this outspoken group …
NES Classic Edition is coming back to Best Buy
Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition console is one of the hottest gifts this Christmas seasons, and stores are having a hard time keeping up with demand. …
NES Classic Edition back in stock on Amazon for five more cities
In what appears to be a trend this week, Amazon has once again made a limited amount of NES Classic Edition consoles available on Amazon …
Shots fired: T-Mobile will give switchers a year of AT&T’s DirecTV Now service for free
T-Mobile sure does have a great sense of humor, but we doubt AT&T is laughing very much following the Un-carrier’s latest announcement. On Thursday morning, …
Pokemon Go, iPhone 7, Donald Trump and Brexit dominated Google this year
2016 is almost over, and what a year we just had. So many things happened since January 1st this year that you’d have a hard …
I don’t know how this insane floating boat car works, but I want one
Can we just take a moment to marvel at human ingenuity? It’s brought us the toaster, the smartphone, and now it’s given birth to this …
Tech workers publicly pledge not to help make a Muslim registry
Invoking the legacy of the Holocaust, hundreds of people from the technology industry have published a statement saying that they would not cooperate in creating …
