Why your Apple ID isn’t as safe as Apple says it is
In early September last year, just before Apple launched its new iPhones and iOS operating system, the company was hit by a huge data breach …
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What it’s like to ride in a 3D-printed car
As always, there was a huge focus on motor vehicle innovations at CES this year, from hydrogen fuel cells to dashboard operating systems. But here’s one …
Watch a 20-something Matthew McConaughey audition for his breakout role in Dazed and Confused
20 years before he won his first Academy Award for Best Actor, Matthew McConaughey had his breakout role playing David Wooderson, a somewhat creepy 20-something guy who still …
Forza Motorsport 6 is officially coming to Xbox One
Fans of racing games, rejoice! On Monday, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios announced that Forza Motorsport …
How to set up a VPN – and why you should, if you care about privacy
If we learned anything in 2014, it’s the simple but painful truth that here in the digital age, we are not safe. Nefarious hackers are lurking around …
Chinese smuggler gets busted with an insane 94 iPhone 6’s strapped to his body
Selling the iPhone 6 illegally in China can make you big bucks, which is why smugglers are willing to go to insane lengths to bring …
There’s something very curious about Kelly Clarkson’s latest single
I can’t stop listening to Kelly Clarkson’s “Heartbeat Song,” but it isn’t because I’m a particularly huge fan of her music. Rather, Andy Cush at Gawker pointed …
Key details emerge on how your Apple Watch will work with your iPhone
The Apple Watch will be launching within the next couple months and naturally one thing everyone wants to know is how it will interact with …
12-inch MacBook Air launch may happen sooner than you think
Apple may soon launch the brand new 12-inch MacBook Air version, a slimmer, redesigned version of Apple’s iconic laptop model, with Digitimes saying that Taiwan-based …
Grand Theft Auto V will finally launch on PC in March
After a series of frustrating delays, Rockstar Games has finally landed on a release date for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. The …
Ex-Amazon insider reveals its clever tricks for convincing you it always has the best prices
We’ve come to associate Amazon with incredible bargains over the years, and with good reason — its Black Friday deals in particular were some of …
This ingenious app lets you dine and dash without getting arrested
It has become increasingly difficult for new companies to make their mark in the crowded world of tech startups, but being compared to one of the …
These are the sexiest, most futuristic new cars unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show
The annual Detroit Auto Show is always a fantastic showcase for futuristic new cars. Some of them are concepts that will never see the light …
Video: This is what Lollipop looks like on the world’s sleekest Android phone
It might not be the newest Android phone in the world, and it might not be the most powerful. It also isn’t the fastest phone on …
The 4 funniest British responses to David Cameron’s boneheaded attack on encryption
If there’s one thing British writers do vastly better than we Americans, it’s using subtle but cutting wit to ridicule others’ complete stupidity. Now the United Kingdom’s …
25 most massive and luxurious mansions on the market right now
Giant great rooms… tennis courts… winding staircases… koi ponds… indoor bowling alleys… impeccably manicured grounds… wine cellars the size of your living room… who doesn’t …
Apple might be working on that crazy ‘Minority Report’ 3D UI you’ve been dreaming of
One of the highlights of the 2002 movie Minority Report movie starring Tom Cruise is the impressive 3D gesture-based computer interface the cops use to …
Facebook needs just 300 likes to know you better than your spouse
Facebook, which collects a huge amount of personal data from you in order to serve you better-targeted ads, has gotten so good at profiling you that …
Surprise! Apple Watch competitors think the device is ugly and will fail
Here’s a shocker: When you ask people who have worked on wearable computers that will go head-to-head with Apple what they think about the Apple Watch, …
The real reason Area 51 is called Area 51
Area 51 is a top-secret U.S. research facility that gets mentioned all the time in alien movies. While we’re still very far from getting any real …
This tiny magnetic keyboard might be the coolest iPhone accessory we’ve ever seen
Typing on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is now a much better experience than it has been in the past, thanks largely to …
Android fans vent about what they hate most about Lollipop
No new operating system is perfect and even though Android 5.0 Lollipop has been largely well received, some Android fans aren’t liking some of what …
8 awesome paid iPhone apps you can get free for a limited time (save $56!)
According to just about every Apple analyst out there, Apple had a killer quarter to finish out the calendar year in 2014. The company is …
These are all the best and worst things about the iPhone 6
Apple’s iPhone 6 was released more than three months ago now, but it’s still seemingly selling as quickly as Apple’s manufacturing partners can build it. …
The Galaxy S6 news we’ve been waiting for may have just leaked
We’re just months away from the unveiling of Samsung’s 2015 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, and it seems like we have been waiting forever. It’s …
New report details major improvements Apple may make with the iPhone 6s’s camera
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus both won wide acclaim for their cameras, even from some Android fans who admitted they were envious of the …
Watch this now: The second ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer has arrived
On Monday night, during the first ever College Football Playoff National Championship, Marvel debuted the second full-length trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. The trailer was …
An Apple supplier just debuted a phone with an ‘unbreakable’ sapphire screen
Chinese company Desay has launched a new Android smartphone in the region, The Wall Street Journal reports, which offers high-end specs, a very affordable price, …
You’ll soon be able to run Windows 10 on your Windows Phone
Windows fans interested in experiencing Microsoft’s Windows 10 way ahead of its official release have been able to do so quite a while now, via …
Charlie Hebdo fallout: U.K. wants to ban WhatsApp, iMessage and other encrypted chat apps
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack, some governments are already planning to take preemptive action against similar future events, by coming up with …
