Walmart is going to start selling cars because why not?
You can already buy just about anything you need at Walmart, and now the mega retailer is going to start selling something you probably never …
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How ISIS is turning commercial drones into weapons in the battle for Mosul
Elite Iraqi units clearing Mosul from Islamic State occupation face aerial bombardment from modified ISIS drones every day. I just returned from two weeks on …
Go get a NES Classic at GameStop right now
NES Classic consoles are slowly starting to trickle back into stores, and GameStop is the latest chain to get a new shipment of consoles. According …
T-Mobile employees share horror stories of lies and bill cramming in ‘wild outlaw’ stores
Former T-Mobile employees and managers have contacted BGR to confirm a previously rumored scandal: that across the country, certain unscrupulous T-Mobile sales reps lie to customers and …
Samsung earnings soar in Q4 despite unprecedented Note 7 recall
If one year for humans is the equivalent of roughly seven years for a dog, how quickly does a smartphone age in a year? Power …
Trump’s FCC has a strong net neutrality opponent for a leader
Ajit Pai, a strong net neutrality opponent, is the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Just as expected.
Stunning fossil discovery: Giant otter was size of wolf
Millions of years ago, a wolf-sized otter swam around ancient swampy China, scientists have discovered. The huge otter would have weighed about 110 pounds, and …
The NES Classic is back in stock at a bunch of Target stores right now
The NES Classic has been permanently out of stock ever since it first launched last November. Nintendo has been hustling to increase production to meet …
Apple’s new MacBook Pro is on its best sale ever
One of the bigger disappointments from Apple last year was the lack of a follow-up to the MacBook Air. Apple told fans that the cheapest, …
New in-depth analysis suggests iPhone 8 will not support long-range wireless charging
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 8 won’t be unveiled for another eight months, give or take. By that time, however, we’ll already know practically everything there is …
Sprint just made Jay-Z rich
Early this morning, slowly dying wireless carrier Sprint announced that it has bought a 33 percent stake in Tidal, Jay Z’s nearly-dead streaming music service. …
Hugo Barra leaves Xiaomi, says China has ‘taken a huge toll on my life’
Smartphone startup Xiaomi began life as a peculiar beast. From within the safety of China, the company did all it could to copy every last detail of …
AT&T is losing cellphone customers, fast
AT&T is steaming ahead at full speed with its plan to merge with media company Time Warner. That’s probably a good thing for the company’s …
KFC is now using facial recognition to guess what you’ll like
Are your lunch choices dictated by your age and gender? KFC thinks they might be, so it’s going to use facial recognition technology to categorize …
Microsoft bombards Windows 10 users with popups for its bad Chrome extension
Every time it looks like Microsoft has learned its lesson, it goes out and finds an exciting new way to make people angry again. Just …
Apple hits Qualcomm with $1 billion lawsuit over patent royalties
Just days after the FTC declared that Qualcomm engaged in monopolistic practices by strong-arming Apple and other smartphone manufacturers into exclusive agreements, Apple announced it …
AT&T just raised activation and upgrade fees for the second time in 9 months
January 20th is Inauguration Day, and AT&T is making America great again by increasing the fees it charges customers to activate or upgrade their smartphones. Again. …
The company that crowdfunded a mind-reading headset for dogs finally admits it never worked
In 2013 a group called NSID (Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery) launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for a canine wearable called No More …
Here are Trump’s first Presidential Tweets
Donald J. Trump is now President Donald J. Trump, and with great power comes control of the @POTUS Twitter handle. But so far, Trump has …
Amazon calls your bluff, creates virtual Dash buttons that serve no purpose
When Amazon launched its oh-so-tempting Dash buttons it was a revolutionary idea that made reordering items that you buy regularly as simple as pushing the …
How to watch Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration live online
By Friday afternoon, Donald Trump will officially have been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Although the festivities began on Thursday, …
Scientists built an AI that is smarter than most adults
Computers can already hold a massive amount of instantly-retrievable data in a manner that puts most humans to shame, but getting them to actually display …
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 …
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 …
