Plastics are suffocating ocean reefs because humans can’t stop being lazy slobs
The world’s coral reefs are already in serious trouble thanks to climate change that has bleached (read: utterly devastated) massive stretches of ocean habitat, and …
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7 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
Friday is finally here, which means you have one more roundup of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free to enjoy before you …
‘Dull’ iPhone X sales might be hurting Samsung as much as Apple
The iPhone X was the best-selling smartphone in the December quarter according to some estimates, putting plenty of pressure on Apple’s competitors that launched high-end …
Apple’s first new iPhone of 2018 will reportedly launch as soon as May
The Apple rumor mill got something of a shakeup on Friday morning when a new report popped up that completely contradicts what we thought we …
Scientists actually just figured out how to make real floating ‘holograms’
We’ve seen countless science fiction technologies make their way to the real world over the past few decades, but one has always eluded us: holograms. …
Everything there is to know about the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ just leaked
Samsung confirmed during CES that its next-generation Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ flagship smartphones would be announced in February. Then, earlier this week, Samsung confirmed …
Researchers say it may be the shape of our brains, not the size, that makes us who we are
We all learned in science class that human’s have big ol’ brains, and that the size of our brains is responsible for all of the …
Apple’s HomePod is available for preorder – but you can get two Sonos Ones for the same price
Sonos has an extensive product catalog packed full of high-end speakers that sound amazing. Apple has one speaker, and no one other than a few …
180,000-year-old human fossil discovery changes what we thought we knew about mankind’s history
A great deal has happened in recent history that changes everything we thought we knew about the dawn of our species. Now, a newly discovered …
Preorders for Apple’s HomePod are now live
After being unveiled last summer and then delayed multiple times, Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is finally available to preorder as of this morning on Apple’s …
$40 kit transforms your wall outlets into gigabit Ethernet jacks in 5 seconds
If you only use smartphones and tablets when you’re home, you’re stuck with Wi-Fi for better or worse. If you work from home though, or …
There’s a chance Apple kills the 5.8-inch OLED iPhone for real this year
A report a few days ago said that Apple is already considering discontinuing the iPhone X after only one year of sales, as soon as …
Intel promises hardware fixes for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, but only for new chips
Intel on Thursday reported its financial results for Q4 2017, posting great numbers for the period: $17.1 billion in revenue, or an increase of 8%. …
Dell has another cheap Chromebook that’ll make you reconsider your Windows laptop
There are two main types of Chromebooks that companies sell today: Consumer-grade Windows laptop replacements, costing anywhere from $300 to $500, and cheap-as-possible machines designed …
The doomsday clock hasn’t been this close to midnight since the first H-bomb test
You might not agree with them, but doomsday experts say we’re the closest to a disaster since 1953. That’s when the first hydrogen bomb was …
Apple’s new TV project with ‘La La Land’ creator proves that it’s dead serious about competing with Netflix and HBO
With a reported $1 billion at its discretion to develop and acquire original content, Apple’s TV chiefs — Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht — …
Crazy winds are helping passenger jets cross the Atlantic faster than ever
The record for a non-military aircraft flying from New York to London is, unsurprisingly, held by Concorde. The ill-fated supersonic passenger jet once made the …
Apple is giving one of its forgotten apps an overhaul in order to compete with Amazon
Years after being found guilty in a high-profile e-book price-fixing case, Apple appears to be ready to make a renewed push into the digital book …
‘Super Zelda 64’ mod mashes up two of the best N64 games of all time
Mario and Zelda have long been Nintendo’s two premier franchises. Mario games set the standard for the platforming genre, while Zelda games continue to reinvent …
LG hits back against reports that its 2018 flagship will be delayed
LG launched a great phone early last year, the LG G6, and then the Galaxy S8 came along and killed it. That was LG’s own …
‘Terminator’-inspired robotic exoskeleton maker Cyberdyne scores FDA approval
We joke a lot about the “inevitable” robot apocalypse, but aside from a few scary developments it seems like humanity is much more likely to …
This year’s iPhone X models tipped to have even bigger batteries
Of course, we expect better battery life from this year’s iPhones, just as we expect them to be faster than their predecessors and to introduce …
Every Xbox One and Xbox 360 game you can download for free in February
When The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III is the highlight of Games with Gold, you know it’s a down month. That was the case in January …
Tesla is having more issues with Model 3 battery production than initially imagined
Despite all of the progress Tesla has made with respect to ramping up Model 3 production, a new report from CNBC claims that problems with …
Scientists say we should definitely be eating more bugs
What did you have for breakfast this morning? How about dinner last night? If bugs aren’t the menu you might be doing yourself and your …
Early HomePod review: Sound is superior to the Echo and Google Home, but Siri may be a liability
After a brief delay, Apple’s HomePod smart speaker will finally hit store shelves on February 9. Sporting a $349 sticker price, the HomePod isn’t exactly …
Mute ‘reminder’ ads that follow you around the internet with Google’s new tool
Seeing adverts is just a fact of life for anyone on the internet these days. While the most intrusive kinds of pop-ups have died out …
Apple’s growing self-driving car initiative now includes 30 test vehicles
A little more than a year ago, Apple decided to completely shift the focus of its car research initiative. After reaching the conclusion that developing …
Researchers invent new smart contact lenses that might beat Google’s to market
Measuring glucose without poking a patient with a needle is one of the white whales of modern medicine, and that’s because so many people around …
Scientists rebuilt a 30,000-year-old woolly rhino, and its name is Sasha
We often think of dinosaurs as the coolest creatures to have walked the Earth before mankind began its bizarre march towards the present, but you …
