Nintendo Switch won’t be able to stream Netflix or anything else at launch
You might be one of the Nintendo fans who preordered the Switch console fast enough to secure an early March ship date, and you might …
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AT&T just raised activation and upgrade fees for the second time in 9 months
January 20th is Inauguration Day, and AT&T is making America great again by increasing the fees it charges customers to activate or upgrade their smartphones. Again. …
The company that crowdfunded a mind-reading headset for dogs finally admits it never worked
In 2013 a group called NSID (Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery) launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for a canine wearable called No More …
Here are Trump’s first Presidential Tweets
Donald J. Trump is now President Donald J. Trump, and with great power comes control of the @POTUS Twitter handle. But so far, Trump has …
iPhone leaks could be over as Apple partner builds secretive new factory in China
For years, the Apple rumormill has subsisted for the months before an iPhone launch solely on blurry photos of prototype components smuggled out of Chinese …
This new 256GB microSD card might be faster than your hard drive
Expandable storage is critical to many Android users, and memory makers know it too well. Existing microSD cards can go all the way up to 256GB …
9 paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free right now
We’ve got one last batch of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free to share with you this week, and it’s a good …
‘House of Cards’ returns to Netflix for its fifth season on May 30th
In what can only be described as a brilliant marketing move, Netflix announced the release date for the fifth season of House of Cards on January …
Tesla quietly released the longest-range electric car in the world
In the tech industry, it’s common practice to send out an embargoed press release when releasing anything more exciting than a bug fix. But in …
Android’s biggest strength is driving people to the iPhone
Once upon a time, a team of engineers began work on a mobile operating system called Android. The platform began its life as an uninspired BlackBerry OS …
Amazon calls your bluff, creates virtual Dash buttons that serve no purpose
When Amazon launched its oh-so-tempting Dash buttons it was a revolutionary idea that made reordering items that you buy regularly as simple as pushing the …
How to watch Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration live online
By Friday afternoon, Donald Trump will officially have been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Although the festivities began on Thursday, …
You won’t believe how much Amazon is charging for Google’s Pixel XL
The Pixel phone series seems like a big success for Google, which still can’t seem to make enough of them to go around. Both the Pixel …
These are the dash cams your car has been waiting for
Having a dash cam can mean the difference between a small fender bender that wasn’t your fault costing you nothing and costing you thousands. How? …
Samsung will blame the Galaxy Note 7’s battery when it releases its findings on Monday
We’re finally going to learn what caused the unprecedented Galaxy Note 7 recall last year. Samsung confirmed that it’ll announce the results of its investigation …
Donald Trump had to trade in his Android tweeting machine for a more secure device
Like President Barack Obama before him, Donald Trump will also have to give up his personal smartphone and replace it with one that the intelligence …
Security researcher finds the DDoS mastermind who took down the internet last fall
A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack can take down a site, a server, or various parts of the internet. Attackers send to the target …
Scientists built an AI that is smarter than most adults
Computers can already hold a massive amount of instantly-retrievable data in a manner that puts most humans to shame, but getting them to actually display …
Here’s why Nintendo thinks the Switch will succeed where the Wii U failed
Following the Nintendo Switch hands-on event in New York City last week, Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime told Polygon that The Legend of Zelda: …
Survey shows actually yes, you would download a car
In the mid-2000s, the movie industry sponsored a series of ads that equated illegally downloading a movie to committing a series of badly-shot crimes out …
Even Microsoft is giving up on Windows Phone
The hit sandbox game Minecraft is a pretty big deal on mobile devices, and it’s long been a top-selling title on Android and iOS. The …
This smartphone accessory can diagnose cancer
The smartphone case you slap on the back of your mobile phone might protect it from bumps and scrapes, and maybe even give it a …
Grab these hot 2016 TV models on sale before the 2017 models come out
Everyone thinks that Black Friday is the best time to buy a new big-screen TV. While it’s true that there are always killer deals on …
Google will soon fix the most annoying thing about the Pixel
Google’s Pixel phones and Apple’s iPhone 7 models are fairly similar when it comes to overall design, but they also share similarly annoying bugs that …
This video showing over 100 years of global warming will terrify you
We found out this week that 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded, further supporting the consensus that the Earth is getting gradually warmer due to human …
Top Apple engineer explains why he quit to go work at Tesla
Earlier this week, Tesla scored a huge coup when it announced the hiring of Chris Lattner, a widely respected Apple engineer who helped spearhead the …
Will Apple finally change the iPhone name this year?
As far as the rumormill is concerned, Apple is dead-set to release a major iPhone this year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of rounded corners …
Donald Trump provides Internet trolls free ammunition for inauguration speech-writing meme
President-elect Donald Trump will become the de facto next president of the United States this week. Fans and critics alike will surely watch his inauguration …
A list of every Samsung phone getting Android 7.0 Nougat this year
If you’re holding onto a Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, then go ahead and check whether there’s an over-the-air update waiting for you. Samsung …
Is this the LG G6?
Last week, a third-party case manufacturer leaked what may have been the world’s first ever look at Samsung’s upcoming flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone. While nothing has …
