Privacy groups say Google has rigged Chromebooks to track students
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday alleging that Google is collecting student data from Chromebooks used …
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Amazon’s 12 best Cyber Week deals of the day for Wednesday
Cyber Week continues, and the deals being offered by various retailers across the web aren’t getting any less attractive. In fact, waiting to do some of …
Watch a makeshift tank survive a terrifying EF-4 tornado
Our fascination with terrifying storms might come to an end one day, but today is not that day. Thanks to nostalgic Imgur user CaineArgentin, we were …
Walmart’s best Cyber Week deals for Wednesday, December 2nd
As we work our way through Cyber Week 2015, new deals are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Although this shouldn’t come as much of a …
Can you really get a Linksys Wireless N Wi-Fi router for $14?
When some people set up their home Wi-Fi networks, they spend thousands on top-of-the-line gear that will beam full-strength Wi-Fi signal to every nook and …
Watch someone use Netflix on a 100+ inch HDTV that appears out of thin air
While Microsoft’s HoloLens won’t start shipping to developers until early next year — and it’ll be a costly $3,000 when it does — the augmented …
The cynical math behind Comcast’s data caps
I’ve observed in the past that Comcast’s data caps look specifically designed to discourage cord cutting and the revelations that Comcast has created its own IP …
Mark Zuckerberg and wife promise daughter to donate 99% of Facebook shares to charity
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Pricilla Chan vowed to donate 99% of their Facebook shares during their lifetime to charitable projects that will be managed …
We wish these hilarious Black Friday ads were real
Black Friday has come and gone and Cyber Monday is already on a year-long hiatus. Suffice it to say, the last few days have been exciting …
Christmas might be ruining your home Internet service
There are many possible explanations of why you’re currently having problems with your home Wi-Fi connection, including a rather unexpected one: Your Christmas lights.
‘Hoverboard’ catches fire, ruins home while charging
Marty McFly would not approve of this item. Lafitte, LA resident Jessica Horne and her 12-year-old son were in for a surprise last week when …
What it’s like inside an Amazon warehouse on Cyber Monday
Unless you have far more self-control than the vast majority of Americans, there’s a good chance that you bought something on Amazon at some point in …
Target’s Cyber Week deals of the day for Tuesday, December 1st
After weeks of endless ads, commercials and articles leading up to Black Friday 2015, the most notorious shopping day of the year is finally over. …
Viral video shows how to crack a Master Lock using a $10 tool you can buy anywhere
Executives at Master Lock can’t be happy with some of the videos that have gone viral on YouTube this year. Earlier this year, I wrote …
Is Apple working on its own version of Microsoft’s incredible HoloLens project?
We’re used to seeing plenty of Apple patents that describe all sorts of technologies and services that might be someday used in future iPhone, iPad, …
Hilarious ‘Honest Slogans’ project imagines a world where companies tell it like it is
Logos and slogans are spectacular marketing and branding tools that flood our lives. Many of them enter our vocabulary and we end up automatically associating …
Walmart’s best Cyber Week deals for Tuesday, December 1st
Last week, we made sure to keep track of all the best pre-Black Friday deals from Walmart leading up to the biggest shopping day of …
These are Amazon’s best Cyber Week deals of the day for Tuesday
If you thought the great deals on Amazon’s website would go away once Black Friday and Cyber Monday were behind us, think again. Amazon is …
4 times Apple has shamelessly ripped off its fans
My major criticism of Apple isn’t that it charges a lot for its products — rather, it’s that in addition to charging a lot for …
10 best Cyber Week sales you can shop all week long
If you’ve been following our Black Friday 2015 and Cyber Monday 2015 coverage for the past couple of weeks, it would have been almost impossible …
Is Comcast’s new Stream TV service as bad as it seems for net neutrality? No, it’s even worse
Comcast often seems to be in the news for all the wrong reasons and lately, that has been the case even more so than usual. …
The Internet is furious about the state of Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Trees
Is nothing sacred anymore? It used to be that when you’d buy one of Reese’s special Peanut Butter Christmas Trees, you’d get a piece of …
Invisible forces appear to be at play in this bizarre car accident video
Videos of strange vehicle accidents are a dime a dozen in 2015 with all of the traffic and dashboard cameras littering the streets, but there’s …
Tests showcase missile vs. missile technology
In a battle of missile versus missile, the PAC-3 continues to blast threats out of the sky. In two separate tests at White Sands Missile …
Amazon Prime’s latest perk brings free video streaming to JetBlue flights
Frequent flyers, rejoice! Amazon and JetBlue announced last week that they have entered into a new partnership which will allow Amazon Prime members to stream …
How Apple stays ahead of the game without spending top dollar on R&D
Although its critics will claim otherwise, Apple is still a very innovative company. Sure, it has its share of stinkers — we’re looking at you, Apple …
$1 gets you a full year of unlimited cloud photo storage from Amazon
On Black Friday, we told you about a crazy deal Amazon was offering: one full year of unlimited cloud storage for just $5. That deal …
4 myths about batteries you need to stop believing
A lot of the tips we’ve been hearing about how to improve the performance of our batteries turn out to have been tall tales. CNET’s Sharon …
Kohl’s Cyber Monday deals are live right now – save on HDTVs, laptops, tablets and more
You have plenty of options for your Cyber Monday shopping but be sure you don’t overlook what Kohl’s is offering this year. Kohl’s Cyber Monday …
Target’s Cyber Monday 2015 deals are live now, but you’ll have to act fast
It was touch-and-go for a while there, but it looks like the vast majority of us made it through the Black Friday weekend unscathed. Unfortunately, …
