Feast your eyes on this gorgeous Hubble photo of a star dying
Just like us, stars are born, live, and die, and while plenty of sci-fi movies have taken artistic liberties with their own depictions of stars dying, …
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External HDD support finally coming to PS4 in next system software update
Back when the PlayStation 4 launched in 2013, critics weren’t shy about heaping praise on to Sony’s new console, but there were several fundamental issues …
Scientists just discovered chunks of a ‘lost continent’ in a volcano
The idea of a “lost continent” is a romantic notion that has long since passed from the realm of possibility, but while the chances of …
Super Bowl LI will tap tech to give viewers a player’s POV
The Super Bowl dates back to 1967, and now, decades later, the big game of 2017 will make use of modern tech that will boost …
LG’s $1,000 5K display breaks if there’s too much Wi-Fi around
Earlier this week, reports emerged that LG’s new UltraFine 5K Display, the spiritual successor to Apple’s Thunderbolt Display, stops working if it’s located too close …
Sphero’s app-enabled ball is the most fun you’ll ever have learning to code
Every single child should learn at least some basic coding as they grow up. In fact, even adults who think they’ll never have a need …
More European countries sent President Trump hilarious welcome videos
A few days ago, a welcome video for President Trump made by a Dutch late night show went viral, asking the newly anointed American president to …
Federal agents just discovered a major flaw in SpaceX’s rockets
When you become one of the leading private space flight companies on the planet you can bet that the government is going to have a …
Who’s making Galaxy S8 batteries (and will they explode)?
It’s early February, and it looks like Samsung has not yet settled exactly on which batteries are going to be used in the upcoming Galaxy S8. Well, …
Trump’s FCC makes the first moves against net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission was expected to become a different animal under President Trump. Under the previous chairman, Tom Wheeler, the FCC opened investigations into …
How Snapchat and Facebook’s billionaires are changing rules to keep power forever
As part of the papers filed for its IPO yesterday, Snpachat’s parent company Snap revealed the ownership and power structure that the company will use …
9 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our fifth and final post of the week covering paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free for a …
The best Super Bowl commercials from every single year since 2000
Whether you’ve supported the Falcons your entire life, jumped on the Patriots bandwagon in 2015 or have absolutely no interest in the NFL whatsoever, chances are …
Best Buy just reopened preorders for the Nintendo Switch
You can press your luck by trying to pick up a Nintendo Switch on launch day if you like, but it might be easier just …
Apple is destroying Samsung where it really matters
There’s no end in sight to the war between Apple and Samsung. In all likelihood, competition between the two will be healthier than ever this …
Nintendo has already sold 1.5 million NES Classic Edition consoles
Riding on a wave of nostalgia, the NES Classic Edition quickly became one of the hottest ticket items this holiday shopping season. Packed with 30 …
Here’s how Apple will make Jet Black iPhones of the future unscratchable
Multiple reports say the iPhone 8 will feature a glass sandwich design, meaning that the front and rear panels of the handset will be made …
5 exciting new Galaxy S8 features you won’t find on Apple’s iPhone 8
Hundreds of new smartphones will debut all around the world in 2017. From low-end smartphones for developing markets that cost less than $100 a piece …
These silicone tips will keep your AirPods from falling out of your ears
Apple’s AirPods are pretty fantastic… if you can manage to get your hands on a pair. They’re still extremely difficult to find in stores, so …
Scientists just discovered water on a planet you’ve never even heard of
For the past couple of decades or so, humanity has been scraping in the dust and dirt on Mars for a number of different scientific …
The one way Android will never, ever be able to compete with the iPhone
I have always been extremely careful when handling my smartphones over the years. My wife… not so much. Sure I have dropped my phones a …
Class action lawsuit says Apple intentionally broke FaceTime to save money
Every time a new iPhone and major iOS update launch, reports surface suggesting that Apple is intentionally crippling older handsets with the brand new iOS …
Apple will start building iPhones in India this spring
President Trump is still attempting to negotiate a deal that will bring iPhone manufacturing to the United States, but on Friday, Bloomberg reported that Apple would begin …
It’s time to ditch your crappy cable box and switch to the TiVo Bolt
You’ve spent so many years hating the interface on your TV company’s set-top box that you probably don’t even realize how frustrated you are anymore. …
Snap sees Apple as a significant competitor ahead of its big IPO
Snapchat — well, Snap — is finally going public, as the company filed for a $3 billion IPO. The documentation it filed with the Securities …
Nokia’s Android phones probably won’t live up to the company’s hype
The new Nokia is already selling the kind of Android phones we wanted to see years ago from the old Finnish company, but only in …
Watch the gripping trailer for Amazon’s next movie, ‘The Lost City of Z’
Amazon’s original content might not get as much buzz as the average Netflix series, but that hasn’t stopped the company from pressing forward with new …
MIT’s new AI understands the hardest part of human language
Voice-based artificial intelligence assistants can understand human speech better than ever. But while AI can decipher our words and context to deliver fast results and …
Words cannot do this 37.5-inch gaming monitor justice
When I was but a wee child, I remember my parents having an argument over a new living-room TV. My mom thought the 32-inch Samsung …
Watch every day in Bill Murray’s ‘Groundhog Day’ at the same time
It’s Groundhog Day today, folks, which means two things. First of all, according to some groundhogs, there will be six more weeks of winter so forget …
