Instagram details big changes to account verification and other security features
If you’d like to have your Instagram account verified, you can now apply for it directly from your phone. It’s as easy as that. However, …
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Yahoo is still reading some of your emails
It’s not unheard of for email service providers to read users’ emails to target them with better-tailored ads that would help the company make more …
Opposition grows to the T-Mobile Sprint merger
Since T-Mobile and Sprint finally stopped flirting and made their union official in April, the two companies have encountered less opposition than you’d expect. Verizon and …
Samsung’s new portable SSD is as fast and expensive as you’d expect
Samsung on Tuesday unveiled the X5 portable SSD, its first-ever NVMe-based solid state drive that’s going to deliver some pretty incredible speeds, which might make …
Watch classic Nickelodeon shows on VRV’s new NickSplat streaming channel
Children of the 1990s wanting to return to the ’90s has become something of a joke in recent years, but at least one television network …
Report: Waymo’s driverless cars aren’t as smart as everyone thinks
Waymo, Google’s vaunted driverless car spinoff, is widely regarded to be at the forefront of driverless car development. While Uber was busy killing a pedestrian …
Netflix tells its actors to stop saying ‘binge-watching’ because it wants to seem more luxe
Before the cast of The Innocents, a new teenage supernatural original series from Netflix, set out to make the rounds with the press promoting the …
China has samples of a deadly new flu virus and it won’t share them with anyone
Diseases can spread incredibly rapidly throughout a population, and as past outbreaks of infections diseases have demonstrated it’s incredibly important that scientists have time to …
Despite a mass shooting and a judge’s order, this guy is now selling 3D-printed gun plans online
This chronology of events certainly captures modern America pretty well: On Sunday, a mass shooting and tragic loss of life. The next day, a judge’s …
You couldn’t ruin this indestructible iPhone charging cable even if you wanted to
I’m not saying you should try everything you can to break the Fuse Chicken Titan Lightning Cable, but you could if you wanted to and …
Sorry, Apple: Another analyst report crowns Huawei the number 2 smartphone maker
We’ve previously reported how Huawei, undaunted by the $1 trillion Apple juggernaut, has moved into the number two position as ranked by worldwide smartphone shipments …
Samsung has unveiled a new monitor with a gorgeous ultra-wide curved display
It was unveiled this year at CES, and now here it is: Samsung’s new ultra-wide, 34-inch curved monitor that sports Intel’s Thunderbolt 3 connectivity that …
Report: Amazon is going to launch a free streaming TV channel for Fire TV owners
Amazon Prime Video, the Netflix-esque service that the company gives away to its hundreds of millions of Amazon Prime members, is a multi-billion-dollar reminder of …
‘Fortnite’ players are using Galaxy Note 9 demo units to get exclusive skins
During the Galaxy Note 9 launch event earlier this month, Samsung revealed that anyone who played the Fortnite Android beta on a Note 9 or …
Lonely dolphin has humped so many tourists that a French town had to ban swimming with him
A tiny seaside town in northwestern France has been forced to warn locals and tourists against swimming in the ocean. What could possibly warrant such …
Google’s Play Store crypto-mining ban is not going well
30 days ago, Google announced a ban on crypto-mining apps in the Play Store, a move designed to cut down on apps that secretly mine …
Some Galaxy Note 9 units have a hardware bug that’s impossible to unsee
After the Galaxy S9 failed to sell as well as Samsung hoped it would, the last thing the company needed was a new controversy to …
Bose launches the first real HomePod competitor, a $400 Alexa-powered monstrosity
When Apple launched its HomePod smart speaker early this year, it did so into a vacuum. While there were a ton of smart speakers already …
Intel just unveiled the ultra-efficient chips that might power Apple’s MacBook Air replacement
Forget about that 8th-gen Coffee Lake line of chips that powers Apple’s recently-unveiled 2018 MacBook Pros, because Intel just unveiled a couple of other 8th-gen …
Nintendo unveils even more exciting indie games coming soon to Switch
In its latest Nindies video showcase on Tuesday, Nintendo showed off more than 20 indie titles that will be arriving on the Switch in the …
The best deal in tablets is back as Amazon’s Fire HD 8 drops to $49.99
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet with Alexa is one of the best bargains in the tablet market on a normal today, but today the …
Jupiter had some major growth problems in its early years
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, and the competition really isn’t even close. It’s an absolutely massive planet and it helped define …
Ex-SpaceX engineer and NASA astronaut candidate decides he doesn’t actually want to go to space
Some humans will fly into space, but a much larger group never will. That later group includes just about all of us, and while you …
9 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on August 28th
We didn’t have time to round up the best paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free yesterday, so we took extra time on …
Heartbreaking ‘Avengers 4’ theory goes viral: The perfect ending for a beloved hero
With each day that gets us closer to next year’s Avengers 4, we find new spoilers as well as new clues that prove various characters …
Google has launched a new jobs tool for veterans because Uncle Sam is slacking
The news since Monday has been dominated by, who else, but Trump and specifically his taking too long to honor the late Sen. John McCain …
Yale’s Nest-compatible smart lock finally has Google Assistant integration
Two years ago, lockmaker Yale announced a partnership with Nest, the smart-home company owned by Google, to make a connected lock. It looked great and …
New iPhones expected to drive Apple’s best performance since 2014
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were Apple’s first phones featuring screen sizes comparable to what the competition had been doing for years. They …
Scientists may have discovered the very first ‘ghost’ black hole from a different universe
It’s common knowledge that, because of the speed at which light travels, we can see things in space that aren’t even there anymore. If we …
The best Chromebook on the planet is back down to its lowest price ever
Well what do you know? Amazon has once again given the best Chromebook on the planet a deep discount, and you’d once again have to …
