Making a decent-looking charging backpack shouldn’t have taken this long
Charging backpacks — bags with built-in batteries and cable management — are an obvious solution to smartphone batteries that don’t last long enough. Unfortunately, most …
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Facebook’s aggressive plan to block revenge porn still has one flaw
Facebook on Wednesday announced a new plan to fight revenge porn, a term coined to describe the practice of sharing private pictures of a person …
Duo is an AI-powered, 27-inch multitouch smart mirror that will definitely, totally exist some day
AI assistants aren’t going away any time soon, but their implementation is constantly shifting and evolving. Alexa is invading every gadget in our homes, Siri …
Apple has a solution to underpowered MacBook Pro graphics: fix it yourself
Apple earlier this week announced that a bunch of Mac products are in the works and you can expect them to launch this year. But the company’s …
Microsoft is finally telling us more about the data Windows 10 collects
Ever since Windows 10 launched in 2015, Microsoft has been responding to concerns about user privacy. Windows 10 users were concerned about data collection from day …
Photos of the Tesla Model 3 in the wild emerge for the first time
Tesla’s work on the Model 3 design may be complete, but there are still a few design tweaks we won’t officially be made aware of …
The first Galaxy S8 drop test has some bad news
The first Galaxy S8 drop test is here, folks, and the news isn’t exactly surprising. The phone has a great design, and it’s probably been …
Don’t say goodbye to the MagSafe charger just yet
Apple has been clear that it thinks USB-C is the future. You don’t get the option of buying a new MacBook without USB-C ports; the …
Apple just told us it will never kill the Mac for the iPhone, and we nearly missed it
Apple’s top execs including Tim Cook have often repeated that the macOS and iOS platforms will continue to coexist as separate entities that will never merge, …
The Pixel 2 pops up again on Google’s forum
A few weeks ago, word got out that Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones are codenamed Walleye and Muskie, respectively. Google may have …
This could be some pretty bad news for anyone waiting for the iPhone 8
One reason to already be worried about the iPhone 8 is its rumored price. The handset may or may not hit the $1,000 mark, but the …
Scratching wasn’t bad enough, so now there’s a new way Jet Black iPhones are getting ruined
Following the release of Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus this past September, it took months before someone could actually walk into an Apple …
AT&T is giving Unlimited Plus subscribers free HBO
With all the major wireless providers now offering some flavor of “unlimited” service to their customers it’s become common for the companies to cram as …
This iPhone 8 would be so much hotter than the Galaxy S8
For the first time ever, Samsung will become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in about two weeks when it comes to smartphone design. …
New report offers first details on upcoming Apple Watch Series 3
Apple plans to launch a third-generation Apple Watch this year, a new report on Wednesday indicates, with the purported Apple Watch Series 3 expected to arrive …
Confirmed: There’s a premium version of the Galaxy S8, and you can’t have one
When the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are released in just over two weeks, they’ll be the most beautiful and most powerful smartphones the world …
Why ditching Imagination is critical for the iPhone’s future
British company Imagination Tech announced earlier this week that Apple will stop using its graphics processing unit at some point in the following two years. …
The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus will lead Samsung to record-breaking profits
2016 was a year of ups and downs for Samsung. Early on, the company was sitting pretty as consumers were snatching up Galaxy S7 devices …
You should spend 8 minutes of your life watching the PlayStation 2 startup animation one trillion times
I’m not normally the kind of person to tell other people how to spend their time — mainly because I don’t like people telling me …
Researchers discover the Android version of iOS’s worst spyware
A few months back, we covered a nasty and incredibly advanced piece of malware dubbed Pegasus. Created by a relatively obscure Israeli security company called …
Google’s fancy new AI video tool can be completely fooled
Knowing the content of any piece of media on the web is kind of Google’s bread and butter. It started with search of web pages …
Trying to buy China’s extra-powerful Galaxy S8 will make you broke
The Galaxy S8 is the talk of the town right now, and you can already preorder it from a variety of retailers and carriers. It …
Wow, here’s a drone delivery system that actually makes sense for once
We’ve seen a half dozen companies show off various flavors of drone delivery already, including the likes of UPS and Amazon. Sure, those are fine, …
Torture test shows the LG G6 won’t break any time soon
A standard right of passage for any new smartphone is the torture test. After all, nothing shows respect for the years of design and careful …
Apple-branded display in the works for iMac ‘Pro’ and Mac Pro
Apple on Tuesday announced a mild refresh for the Mac Pro, but the biggest news concerned the future of the Mac line. All the pressure …
Apple: Pro users couldn’t care less about a touchscreen iMac
With the Mac Pro languishing on the sidelines, not to mention the backlash that accompanied Apple’s arguably underpowered 2016 MacBook Pro, a narrative that Apple no …
T-Mobile is gifting its customers one free year of MLB.TV Premium today only
If you’re a T-Mobile subscriber and you want to keep up with the baseball season this year, you’re in luck. Today only, T-Mobile is offering …
The Galaxy S8+ actually managed to beat the iPhone 7’s battery life
A few days ago, we learned that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ will have roughly the same battery life as their iPhone counterparts, and now …
New report says earlier iPhone 8 price rumors were way off
As excited as Apple fans are for the reveal of the 10th anniversary iPhone this fall, they can’t be nearly as ecstatic about the rumored …
Oh good, Samsung found a way to ruin the Galaxy S8’s gorgeous design for me
The Galaxy S8 is the hottest Android smartphone in the world right now, and it hasn’t even been released yet. It’s probably the only high-end …
