Hard questions: Is Facebook making its own Bitcoin rival?
Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency world is very attractive to all sorts of businesses, including tech companies, because of the underlying technology, the blockchain. Facebook is …
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Samsung missed the chance to make history at Google I/O
Google released the first Android P version to developers many weeks ago, without revealing all the new features coming to Android this year. But on …
Google I/O 2018: The 10 biggest announcements
The annual Google I/O developer conference is Google’s biggest event of the year by far. Unlike Apple, where the biggest event each year is the …
Facebook talks up end-to-end encryption, but still won’t use it on Messenger
News broke out a few days ago that the WhatsApp co-founder that’s still working for Facebook will leave the company soon over various differences with …
Elon Musk just bought another $10 million of Tesla stock to silence Wall Street
Just a few days after Elon Musk took to Twitter and said that Tesla bears should prepare for the “short burn of the century,” the …
Uber makes more empty promises at its annual flying car summit
For the second time in as many years, Uber has gathered a thousand people in Los Angeles for the Elevate Summit, an event that “brings …
Garmin’s discounted dash cam also warns you of speed traps and red light cameras
We’ve already established that you have to be absolutely crazy to drive around without a dash cam. If you get into an accident that’s another …
Samsung just teased us with a gorgeous Galaxy S9 you can’t buy
Samsung just launched a Galaxy S9 color option that you can’t buy, but which looks a lot better than the original launch colors. The South …
How the ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ directors chose which characters would die
Yes, people do die in Infinity War. Don’t act surprised. It’s war, after all, and superheroes, no matter how super or how heroic they might be, aren’t …
Apple is hinting that the notch is the future of all iPhones
Apple shook up established smartphone design with its iPhone X’s notch. The company’s move signaled to competitors that it’s okay to go forward with notch …
MoviePass is rapidly running out of cash to support its incredible deal
MoviePass, the subscription movie theater service that is far too good to be true, is rapidly running out of money. According to a filing from …
NASA spots Kilauea lava flows from space
When Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted late last week it wasn’t exactly the kind of massive, explosive event that you see in disaster movies starring Pierce …
This is one of the best MacBook Pro sales we’ve ever seen
The MacBook Pro is, despite all my jesting, a very good laptop. If someone gave me one (and a small mountain of dongles) I would …
USB Restricted Mode in iOS 11.4 will make the iPhone much harder to hack into
Despite Apple’s best efforts to keep iOS secure, security and research companies have consistently been able to come up with ways to work around many …
Comedian and former physician Ken Jeong stops stand-up routine to rescue audience member
Before Ken Jeong became a comedy star he was a trained physician with a bright medical career in front of him. That experience came in …
Häagen-Dazs Free Cone Day 2018: How to get a free ice cream cone today
What better way to celebrate the beginning of spring than with free ice cream? Häagen-Dazs Free Cone Day is today, May 8th, and all you have …
Android P swipes right on iPhone X’s gestures, and it’s a glorious steal
If you’re already using an iPhone X, you’re probably more than familiar with Apple’s newly introduced gestures that help you navigate an operating system that …
Google Maps is getting the coolest new feature since turn-by-turn directions
Google is adding some massive new features to Google Maps, the biggest being the addition of augmented reality directions to help with walking directions. If …
Android P public beta is available on Pixel phones, OnePlus 6, and other non-Google handsets
As expected, Android P is one of the major announcements from Google’s I/O 2018 event. Google made the first developer preview available a few weeks …
Google shows off Android P at I/O, and it’s packed with AI-powered features
Today at Google’s annual I/O developer conference the company shared a handful of important details about the upcoming Android P update. Following the Oreo update …
Google introduces Google News redesign with brand new AI features
Google I/O 2018 is underway and we’ve already seen a number of interesting announcements from the search giant. Most notably, we saw Google unveil a …
Google Assistant will make reservations for you, and the human at the end of the call will never know it
Google I/O is back in session, as Google is looking to tell the world what it’s been working on since last year’s developers event. The …
Google shows off new voices, new functionality for Google Assistant
After a bit of a dry opening, Google has picked up the pace at its I/O 2018 keynote with the reveal of new voices, new …
Starting this month, Gmail will write your emails for you
Google’s I/O 2018 developer conference just kicked off, but Google is already announcing small additions to some of its core products. Gmail just received a …
I seriously can’t believe AirPods are back in stock on Amazon with free Prime shipping
How is it possible that Apple still can’t manage to ship out new AirPods orders in under a week, but Amazon has gotten at least …
8 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
Yesterday’s roundup of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free was a good one, and there are still some freebies in there if …
A surround sound system that costs $53 really has no place sounding this good
At its full retail price of $99.99, the Logitech Z506 Surround Sound Home Theater Speaker System is an unbelievable value. To be frank, it’s pretty …
Watch the Google I/O 2018 keynote address live stream right here
Developer conference season marches on today as Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his team prepare for the annual Google I/O keynote address on Tuesday morning …
Nintendo Switch Online service will let you back up saves, play 20 classic NES games
With just over a month remaining before E3 2018 kicks off in Los Angeles, California, Nintendo on Monday night shared more details about the long-awaited …
I don’t think I can live with Apple’s upcoming iPhone X Plus
Ever since 2014 when Apple finally relented and gave iPhone users the bigger screens they had been clamoring for, I’ve been waiting for mobile tech …
