Test shows how much the iOS 12 public beta can speed up an older iPhone
When Apple announced iOS 12 at its developer conference earlier this month, there was an unusual lack of new features to show off. This year, …
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7 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited-time
We detailed 8 paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free on Wednesday, and there were some great options on that list. In fact, …
This iPhone X rumor is actually great news for the Pixel 3
The second half of the year will bring us a bunch of new flagship handsets, including the Galaxy Note 9, new iPhone models, and the …
It’s not just new iPhones casting a shadow over Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 this year
Samsung on Wednesday morning sent out media invitations to its next Unpacked event, during which the company is widely expected to unveil its next-generation flagship …
Tesla just made the Model 3 cheaper, despite burning record amounts of cash
Tesla is currently in one of those make-or-break years, a time that will be represented in the eventual Musk biopic by tense music overtop of …
You know the AirPods rivals everyone loves? They’re somehow only $18.79 right now
With a retail price of just $39.99, you’re not going to get quite the same audio quality out of the SmartOmi Q5 True Wireless Bluetooth …
Apple’s Netflix streaming rival actually sounds interesting
Apple is creating its own original content to take on streaming juggernaut Netflix, but also HBO and Hulu. The company has inked several high-profile content …
Instagram’s new Lite app is basically Instagram without a bunch of stuff it stole from Snapchat
With over 1 billion monthly active users, Instagram is one of the most popular mobile apps out there, and a huge win for Facebook, which …
Alexa is one step closer to replacing Siri as voice control comes to iOS app
Over a year after landing on the App Store, the Alexa app on iOS finally supports voice commands starting today. The feature arrived on Android …
‘Pokemon Quest’ now free to download on iOS and Android
The Pokemon Company surprised us with a handful of new games during a press conference in Japan about a month ago, and today, one of …
Save $200 on Sony’s Glass Sound Speaker, which is basically a work of art
We’re seeing some surprisingly good sales pop up as July 4th approaches, and this is definitely one of them. You might not have ever heard …
Few people are actually using Amazon’s Alexa to shop on Amazon
British consumers are buying technology with embedded voice assistants and asking it do things like … help them boil an egg. That’s one of the …
Sony is working on a ‘solution’ for PS4 console cross-play controversy
Of all the entertaining story lines coming out of E3 2018, few have persisted quite like the controversy surrounding Sony’s decision to lock Epic Games …
North America is going to totally miss out on the longest lunar eclipse of the century
North America, and more specifically the United States, got treated to a spectacular total solar eclipse in 2017, but the entire northern half of the …
Report: Increased hidden fees are making AT&T $800 million in new profit
The gratuitous imposition of “administration fees” that have no resemblance to reality is one of the many things that make Americans hate their internet companies, …
Snap gaming platform on the way now that Facebook has copied everything else
The parent company of Snapchat is working on something new, along the lines of this AR “game” I’ve swiped across a few different lenses in …
Verizon’s new MVNO keeps insisting it’s not an MVNO
Earlier this year, it emerged that Verizon is very stealthily funding a company called Visible, which is offering a slightly different kind of wireless service. …
Now you can block TV spoilers and annoying political rants on Facebook
There are plenty of reasons members of the general public have begun to sour on Facebook. It’s not cool. Instagram is simpler. Privacy issues. That …
More details emerge regarding the Galaxy Note 9’s most exciting new feature
For all of its faults, Apple knows how to get the public excited about its new phones year in and year out. Even when the …
Apple and Samsung settle their patent dispute after 7 years of legal battles
Marking an end to one of the more high-profile tech disputes of our time, Apple and Samsung earlier today settled their ongoing patent dispute that …
8 paid iPhone and iPad apps you can download for free today
What, all the paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free we shared with you yesterday weren’t enough? Well don’t worry because we’ve got …
Japan’s asteroid probe just arrived at a massive space rock, and now it gets to blow stuff up
Back in 2014, Japan’s space program JAXA launched an asteroid probe that had a long journey ahead of it. The spacecraft, called Hayabusa 2, spent …
A bunch of stupid human errors have delayed NASA’s new space telescope yet again, this time to 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope is easily the most-anticipated new piece of hardware in NASA’s arsenal. The telescope is incredibly powerful and will give scientists …
The biggest reason you should install iOS 12 public beta on your iPhone
Apple surprised us all on Monday when it released the first iOS 12 public beta late in the afternoon. Apple typically releases new iOS betas …
NASA is about to give an update on the troubled development of the James Webb telescope, and you can listen to it live
NASA’s most powerful observational tool currently in development is the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s the heir apparent to the Hubble Space Telescope, and although …
Google’s creepily human-like Duplex AI is coming to the real world
Google is getting closer to introducing its new Duplex AI into the real world, Duplex being the assistive AI that Google built to talk like …
It’s official: Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Note 9 on August 9th
Samsung on Wednesday sent invitations to the media for its next Unpacked event, which is scheduled to take place on August 9th in New York …
Boost Mobile founder explains exactly why the T-Mobile-Sprint merger rationale is full of crap
Earlier this year, T-Mobile and Sprint finally ended years of awkward flirting and made their union official. If regulators sign off, the US’s two smallest …
New leak shows Google’s Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL from every angle
We’ve already seen the upcoming Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL flagship phones several times now, but a new leak on Wednesday gives us an …
Fortnite’s new Playground Mode and everything else in version 4.5
Many Fortnite players are still recovering from the fallout of the comet that struck the Battle Royale map last month, creating new areas to explore …
