The curious case of the swimmers, the robbery, and the Olympics
Not everything is going according to plan in Brazil with the Olympics, and the hosts in Rio can’t be happy about it. And water going …
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Best Buy has 50 hot deals that will be good for just 50 hours
Best Buy is going to celebrate its 50th anniversary on August 22nd, and the company will host a special sales event this week to kick …
Pizza Hut’s new pizza box will make you order in every single night
You might be a DJ and you don’t even know it. But if you’re also a Pizza Hut fan, you might soon discover your hidden …
Here’s how the US stacks up when it comes to mobile network speed
The U.S. has the 39th fastest mobile data speeds out of 95 countries across the world, according to a report released Wednesday by OpenSignal, a …
Target blames disappointing quarter on shrinking demand for Apple products
Target released its earnings for the June quarter earlier today, and while earnings came in a bit higher than anticipated, the company notably lowered its …
The US wins Olympic gold in doping
All the focus is on Russia’s state-sponsored doping program at these Games, but as the Olympics has a long and storied history of athletic prowess, …
Verizon wants to dump even more bloatware onto your smartphone
Android is the world’s most popular mobile operating system for several reasons. It’s open source, free for smartphone and tablet makers to use, it’s packed full …
I just got Netflix’s price hike email, and I did the only reasonable thing to do
I was minding my own business earlier this week – read: wasting time online – when a fresh email caught my attention. It was from …
Amazon’s 10 best deals: 128GB microSD for $40, Vizio smart TV, $23 VR headset, Amazon Tap, more
We sifted through hundreds of Amazon’s daily deals this morning to select the cream of the crop, and today’s crop really does have some terrific …
I can’t wait to see Apple’s silly explanation for the iPhone 7’s camera
I am an iPhone user, and I think the iPhone 7 will be the best smartphone for iOS fans come this fall. Apple’s next-gen smartphones may …
Every Windows 10 PC will get Windows Holographic next year
Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 7 is a phenomenal smartphone and Apple’s next-generation iPhone 7 is shaping up to be an exciting upgrade as well. Companies …
Amazon’s 11 best daily deals: 128GB microSD for $40, Amazon Tap, wireless Bose speakers, and more
Today’s batch of Amazon’s best daily deals includes some discounts on Amazon’s own products, like the world’s first portable speaker with Alexa, the Amazon Tap. …
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review
While nothing is official until Apple makes it so, there’s little doubt in most industry watchers’ minds that we know practically everything there is to …
Apple Watch ‘architect’ opens up about what developing the Apple Watch was really like
The Apple Watch hasn’t yet become the groundbreaking and culturally transformative device many initially assumed it would be, but one would be hard-pressed to call …
We finally know why the Olympic diving pool turned green
We all have bad days on the job. But when your bad day involves accidentally turning the world’s most famous swimming pool (right now) an …
Amazon’s 13 best deals: Amazon Tap with Alexa, free home phone service for life, curved 4K TV, more
Bargain hunters, we sincerely hope you’re strapped in because we’re starting the new week off with the best batch of daily deals you’ve seen all …
Augmented reality is a ‘core’ technology for Tim Cook’s Apple
Apple sees augmented reality (AR) as a “core” technology, and the company is already doing “a lot of things” with AR. The news comes from …
Delta finally explained how one power outage grounded an entire airline
Earlier this week, Delta passengers worldwide were stranded as a computer failure completely screwed up operations. The ensuing chaos provided a good look at how …
Company promises autonomous flying car, coming soon
Which will come first: flying cars, or self-driving cars? Both are technologies that have been in the works for some time, but neither one is …
This guy crushed dynamite with a hydraulic press, and you’ll absolutely believe what happened next
Unlikely internet celebrity Lauri Vuohensilta is the Finnish genius behind Hydraulic Press Channel, a YouTube channel that does…well, you can probably guess. Vuohensilta made his name …
Sinking iPhone sales aren’t just hurting Apple
The price of Apple shares dropped like a rock earlier this year after the company reported a worse than expected decline in iPhone sales for …
Apple Watch 2 will be the game-changing device we’ve been waiting for
Colored by the immense success Apple experienced with both the iPhone and the iPad, the Apple Watch launched in April of 2015 with tremendous fanfare …
Amazon’s 10 best deals: SanDisk and Sony storage sale, Bose Bluetooth speakers, Fitbit Charge, more
Wait, is it really Friday? That’s right, we’ve arrived at the end of another long week, and if you’re in the Northeast it was a …
Google has a new plan to bring gigabit internet to your home, and it doesn’t involve wires
Google Fiber is the ISP that everyone wants — absurdly fast, unlimited internet for a reasonable price. It could legitimately be called the anti-Comcast, and …
A close-up look at the F-35A, the Air Force’s next-gen jet
The U.S. Air Force declared its first squadron of fifth-generation fighter jets, the F-35A Lightning II, combat ready earlier in August. This remarkably advanced and …
Using gravity to split bowling balls on an axe is so damn impressive
Splitting a bowling ball with an axe sounds like the kind of futile activity you should not try at home, mainly because it’s not likely …
iPhone manufacturing giant Foxconn adds screen-making to its arsenal
Foxconn’s $3.8 billion acquisition of Sharp recently passed anti-trust scrutiny in China and will now proceed as planned, according to a report from Reuters. In …
This multi-million dollar crowdfunding fail sounds like the plot for a bad movie
The following story isn’t a script for a bad Hangover sequel, though Hollywood should definitely adapt it for the big screen. Remember that incredibly cool …
Researchers find ‘smart’ door locks are easy to hack, surprising no one
My favorite part about the annual DEF CON security conference is the part where supposedly secure devices get torn to pieces. For some pieces of …
It only took two days for Adblock Plus to stop Facebook’s new ads
Two days. That’s how long it took for Adblock Plus to start blocking ads on Facebook again after the social media giant found a way to …
