This smartphone accessory can diagnose cancer
The smartphone case you slap on the back of your mobile phone might protect it from bumps and scrapes, and maybe even give it a …
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This video showing over 100 years of global warming will terrify you
We found out this week that 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded, further supporting the consensus that the Earth is getting gradually warmer due to human …
Top Apple engineer explains why he quit to go work at Tesla
Earlier this week, Tesla scored a huge coup when it announced the hiring of Chris Lattner, a widely respected Apple engineer who helped spearhead the …
Donald Trump provides Internet trolls free ammunition for inauguration speech-writing meme
President-elect Donald Trump will become the de facto next president of the United States this week. Fans and critics alike will surely watch his inauguration …
Here are all the musicians who refused to play at Trump’s inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be taking place Friday, January 20th in Washington, D.C., and Trump himself has already boasted about how fantastic the musical …
Samsung boss freed from jail as court dismisses arrest warrant
Samsung Group’s chief Jay Y. Lee was freed from jail after spending a night behind bars, as a South Korean court on Thursday decided to …
Scientists built an AI that is really, really good at ‘Ms. Pac-Man’
Retro games like Ms. Pac-Man were created to pit a computer opponent against a living, breathing human, but in recent years they’ve become fantastic testbeds …
Researchers prove that smartwatches know you’re sick even before you do
Smartwatches are normally touted for their ability to track our activity, count steps, and log our heart rate during a morning run, but the devices have …
These cracks on Mars are way more interesting than they look
If you’ve seen any photos from Mars rovers exploring the red planet you know that it’s basically a vast rocky landscape with very little going …
Vine is back as a 6-second camera app, and users are furious
Twitter’s micro video app Vine died an untimely death — or, if you never used it, a totally logical and appropriate death — late last …
How Trump’s interview with Tim Cook about US-made iPhones probably went
In an interview with Axios, President-Elect Trump apparently said that Apple CEO Tim Cook is open to building the iPhone in the US. This would …
Last year was the hottest year on record, again
The results are in: 2016 was the hottest year on record, marking the third year in a row that climate records have been broken. The …
Samsung boss Jay Y. Lee waiting in jail for arrest warrant decision
Earlier this week, special prosecutors asked a court in South Korea to grant an arrest warrant for Samsung’s chief Jay Y. Lee. The investigators are …
FTC alleges Qualcomm forced Apple into iPhone LTE chip deals
The Federal Trade Commission has reason to believe that Qualcomm abused its position in the broadband chip manufacturing business to obtain an advantage illegally. The …
Something in space is killing off entire galaxies
When we think about the survival of the human race we often focus on making sure our planet stays alive and habitable, but out there in …
Orlando nightclubs deploy radar technology to detect weapons
Some nightclubs in Orlando are looking to deploy radar-based weapons detection technology in the aftermath of last year’s deadly mass shooting at gay nightclub Pulse. …
Google’s Daydream View VR headset is only $49 right now
Google was one of the first companies to see the value in ultra-affordable VR, and the Google Cardboard sparked a whole subsection of virtual reality accessories …
This might be your last chance to preorder a Nintendo Switch
Somewhat unsurprisingly, Nintendo Switch preorders dried up within days of the live presentation in Japan on January 12th. The upcoming console is unavailable at Amazon, Best …
There’s something weird happening on Venus
Mars may be the focus of many current space exploration efforts, but scientists studying Venus have just discovered something very strange: a massive structure that …
You can buy a handgun that looks like an iPhone, and cops are worried
It might look like a bulky old-generation square iPhone to most people, police included, but the device in the image above is a weapon. One …
Japanese rocket suffers catastrophic failure
Japan’s ambitious plan to launch a pint-sized rocket equipped with a satellite has come to an abrupt end after the rocket suffered a communication failure …
Here’s the battery that could have saved the Galaxy Note 7
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was absolutely the most publicized example of faulty battery technology in the history of mobile phones, but exploding batteries aren’t exclusively …
Failed Lily drone startup allegedly used GoPro in promotional video, lied about it
The much-hyped Lily drone is officially dead in the water after the company realized it wouldn’t be able to actually produce the autonomous flying camera …
Making an iPhone in the USA wouldn’t bring jobs here
One of President-Elect Trump’s few consistent policies has been to vaguely try to bring manufacturing jobs back to the USA. An obvious target for his …
Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee to be arrested on bribery charges
Samsung’s tough times are hardly over, as the current political scandal in South Korea is tied to the giant conglomerate. South Korea’s special prosecutor on …
Take a VR tour of the White House with President Obama
Obama may be just wrapping up his stay in the White House but before he leaves he wants everyone to stop by for a visit, …
You will totally never guess the most hated company in America
Every year, survey companies take ghoulish delight in quantifying the most-hated company in America. Every year, without fail, Time Warner breathes a sigh of relief …
Brace yourself: Scientists just sequenced the coffee genome
The Coffea arabica plant provides nearly three quarters of all the coffee consumed worldwide, so scientists are pretty interested in the plant’s genetic makeup. Today, …
Astronomers just discovered a ‘Hot Jupiter,’ and it’s absolutely massive
Jupiter is the undisputed big dog in our solar system. It’s so huge that even if you took all the other planets in our solar …
Notorious iPhone hacking company has its secrets revealed by hack
Cellebrite, an Israeli firm that supplies “forensics tools” to agencies around the world, including US law enforcement, appears to have suffered a serious hack. Motherboard claims …
