Ahead of the 2016-2017 season, the NBA ran a simulation to see how many games each team might win. The computer says the Golden State Warriors will win 83 games. That sounds too good to be true, and it is. The NBA regular season only has 82 games, so the Warriors will be spotted … | Continue reading
Just a day after a new launcher for the 2016 Nexus phones leaked (via Android Police), an APK for the launcher has been illegitimately released into the wild. 9to5Google spotted the file on Google+, and while that link is no longer available, this is the internet we’re talking ab … | Continue reading
Nintendo is continuing to give back to the gaming community — or at least the nostalgic members. As we get ready for the mini NES to drop this Fall, Nintendo has made the first 13 years of Nintendo Power available online for free. Via Internet Archive, we get a page-by-page digit … | Continue reading
In a world where we’re all pretending to appear happy on the internet, Japan is banking on selling sadness. The latest craze is Gudetama, an anthropomorphic egg who’s lazy, depressed, and an all-around Negative Nancy. It doesn’t like to move around much, or be bothered. It’s tire … | Continue reading
Suicide Squad opens this weekend, and though many of us are excited to see Jared Leto’s rendition of The Joker, there’s a big problem: the movie sucks. At least according to critics. Today, the review embargo lifted for critics, and a tidal wave of bad reviews hit the interwebz. … | Continue reading
Snapchat is reportedly developing a new form of QR code that opens unique content in-app when scanned. According to The Information, Snapchat’s scannable codes could be found just about anywhere: a box of canned soda, movie posters or even in-store advertisements. They may also c … | Continue reading
A federal judge in the Bay Area ruled that the FBI violated the fourth amendment by recording more than 200 hours of conversation at the entrance to a court house. Agents planted concealed microphones around the San Mateo County Courthouse in 2009 and 2010 as part of an investiga … | Continue reading
BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we look at a new approach to creating plans using a chat interface. Submit your startup to get featured too. What does Tweek do? Me and my colleagues all felt the need for a simpler task sharing tool that would help us assign tasks to … | Continue reading
Microsoft first released HoloLens back in March, but it was a relatively small batch limited to developers. Now anyone can buy one – no sign up required. The news coincides with the Windows 10 Anniversary update, which technically applies to the HoloLens too (and the Xbox). With … | Continue reading
As of today, Google has the all clear from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to start testing its drones at any of six FAA-approved test sites in the US. Until now, FAA guidelines prohibited drones in the US to operate without a human pilot, or beyond the pilot’s line of … | Continue reading
In a world that’s soon to be dominated by VR, the ability to create a life-like environment revolves almost wholly around advanced 3D modeling, an expensive and labor-intensive process that yields great results but comes at the expense of hundreds (or thousands) of man hours. Res … | Continue reading
Donald Trump, political plague on society and known monster, actually kicked a baby out of the room while giving a speech in Virginia recently. Here, watch the video for yourself: “I was kidding. Get that baby out of here.” @realDonaldTrump gets a baby kicked out during one of hi … | Continue reading
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is finally rolling out. It’s quite good, and makes pretty much every aspect of Windows 10 better. We think you shouldn’t hesitate to install it, so here’s how: Force an update If you’re getting impatient, you can just force the download via the U … | Continue reading
Earlier today, the public release of Firefox 48 landed for both desktop and Android. Although there hasn’t been much fanfare, it represents a significant leap forward for the browser that is perennially in third place. So, what’s changed? On the desktop, a lot. Mozilla is slowly … | Continue reading
Google’s AMP webpages are making their way to mobile Search. The company is bringing AMP results directly to search on your smartphone or tablet to make stripped-down articles and webpages easier to find. AMP is Google’s initiative to break the Web down into digestible chunks of … | Continue reading
Medium has acquired Embedly, a platform for making embedding content easier across the Web. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Embedly says it will keep its Boston office open. From Embedly’s blog post announcing the acquisition: Medium and Embedly both believe in the p … | Continue reading
Instagram may be copying Snapchat today, but the latter still has some new tricks up its sleeve. The ephemeral social network today introduced ‘Geostickers,’ which are basically like Geofilters, except… stickers. They’re themed to your current location, and you can resize and mov … | Continue reading
Facebook Live has been used for all sorts of things, from birds to terrorists down to the aftermath of a policeman’s rage. Now it’s been taken to prison. In the video (obtained exclusively by Pix11), we’re met with the worst possible scenario for life at Rikers Island Prison in N … | Continue reading
If the success of Pokémon Go has taught us anything, it’s that people are willing to travel in order to capture these elusive digital creatures. I’m not just talking about walking down the road, either. In South Korea, thousands of tourists have descended upon the Northern town o … | Continue reading
At its unpacked event in New York today Samsung, Samsung unveiled a certain new phone. Oh, and a VR headset too. It’s pretty much exactly what the leaks indicated. The main changes in the new Gear VR (that’s the official name) are the wider 101-degree field of view(instead of 96) … | Continue reading
There’s a guy sitting in a forest. He never speaks. The only thing he seemingly does all day is come up with amazing solutions to problems that don’t have a place in modern life. And for some inexplicable reason, it’s very hard to stop watching. In the episode featured above, the … | Continue reading
After months of leaks, rumors and speculation, Samsung has revealed the dual-curved-screen Galaxy Note 7 at last (yes, Samsung skipped the 6) – and we got to play with it beforehand. While the specs line up with what we expected, the phone really shines through through because of … | Continue reading
Airtame, a Chromecast-like HDMI dongle aimed at the enterprise space, has completely overhauled its firmware. The new ‘Airtame 2.0’ is “a complete overhaul of the Airtame code,” and adds a lot of functionality businesses will enjoy. Without losing any functionality, Airtame added … | Continue reading
Instagram today introduced a new feature called Instagram Stories, which allows you to compile a series of photos into a single album. It’s basically a straight rip off Snapchat, down to the ability to draw and slap text and emoji on the images. To see a Snapchat Instagram Story, … | Continue reading
Coding skills continue to be a hot commodity, with certainly no shortage of jobs in the field. If a developer career appeals to you, the Ultimate Web Design & UX Bundle will help you master the essentials of interactive website design via 10 comprehensive courses. For a limited t … | Continue reading
Apple products are fantastic, but their cables have yet to catch up with the demands of their users. Often fraying and falling apart after a few months’ use, they can be frustratingly limited in functionality. Finally, a reliable charging cable is available and conveniently works … | Continue reading
Following the smash success of last year’s ‘Gizmos & Gadgets’ kit, littleBits is at it again with a new kit designed to help kids rule their room. The kit comes with all children need to protect their things all while turning ordinary to extraordinary through use of a smart syste … | Continue reading
The Olympics are set to start on Friday, and following WhatsApp and Google, Twitter is preparing its onslaught of related media. Because all modern promotions now need their own emoji, Twitter is making available not one, not two, but two-hundred-and-sixty-two emoji for the Olymp … | Continue reading
Few things have the power to catapult you back in time quite as quickly as the stuff you played with as a child, so when I accidentally wandered into San Francisco’s Musée Mécanique with my husband, it instantly felt like home. Just a really weird version of it. The place was cra … | Continue reading
There are a myriad of ways you can be tracked online – from supercookies, to canvas fingerprinting and malware. Now you can add your device’s battery status to the list, according to research by Steve Engelhard and Arvind Narayanan – two academics from Stanford University. The at … | Continue reading
We all have a friend like this. Food arrives and they spend a good few minutes taking pictures of their food from various angles. Some even get up on a chair for the perfect bird’s-eye view of their meal. IKEA thinks enough is enough. According to the Swedish furniture giant, a m … | Continue reading
This week, the US patent office issued 3,898 patents. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As we cannot list all six thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the five most interesting patents. This technology magnetically levitates buildings duri … | Continue reading
Venmo is a PayPal-owned money transfer app that’s soared in popularity recently, as it allows you to settle bills and pay friends with just a couple of taps. In addition to sending money, you can request that people pay you. And until recently, anyone could drain a Venmo account … | Continue reading
After the team behind Pokémon Go cracked down on numerous apps that helped players finding Pokémon in the AR game, there aren’t many options left to help narrow down your search. Thankfully, Poke Radar is still standing. That’s because it doesn’t use the Pokémon Go API and doesn’ … | Continue reading
It’s a problem when your marketing starts to feel too much like marketing. Really, marketing tends to backfire once your audience becomes aware of it. Investing too heavily in any one channel, being too persistent or just generally coming on too strong are all to be avoided. In t … | Continue reading
In a press release about new emoji coming to iOS 10, Apple said that it would replace the pistol emoji with that of a water gun. The company didn’t directly address the gun emoji in particular or say whether the move was in response to an open letter addressed to it by New Yorker … | Continue reading
It’s been a shitty 2016 so far for Theranos: the medical company that claimed to be able to conduct a variety of tests from a single drop of blood had to void results that went back two years after they were found to be inaccurate. And last month, CEO Elizabeth Holmes was barred … | Continue reading
Google may be releasing Android Nougat before launching its new Nexus devices, but that doesn’t mean it’s giving away all its goodies. A report by Android Police suggests Google is completely redesigning the Launcher app in time for its new devices. There are a few notable change … | Continue reading
A new ad campaign by Apple seems to shed some light on the mystery of the missing MacBook Pro. After a subtle refresh to the MacBook this spring, the long-awaited MacBook Pro line was expected to see (at least) a similar refresh if not a completely re-designed lineup. We saw neit … | Continue reading
Every one of us make dozens, if not hundreds of small to big decisions on a daily basis. Some don’t impact our lives at all, while some can change the outcome of our entire lives. Whether it’s trying to figure out which job you should take, deciding to quit your job to start a bu … | Continue reading
In a blog post, YouTube today announced that its video service is now 97 percent encrypted. The company blames not being at 100 percent on some devices being unable to support modern HTTPS, and it hopes to “phase out insecure connections” over time. How long that’ll take remains … | Continue reading
If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, chances are you’re familiar with Bob Ross and his show ‘The Joy of Painting.’ If not, you can go check it out on Netflix, and then return to check this out. Really, it’s cool; I’ll wait. The soft-spoken 20-year military-veteran-turned-artist-and- … | Continue reading
A hacker is selling what is said to be the account information of 200 million Yahoo users on the dark Web — and Yahoo knows about it. ‘Peace’ is a known hacker that previously broke into MySpace and LinkedIn, and has put Yahoo credentials up for sale on a hacker’s marketplace cal … | Continue reading
There are only a handful of us in existence that could justify plopping down $10,000 on a solid state drive (SSD) — even if that drive offers blazing fast speeds and a whopping 15 terabytes (TB) of storage. Justification, however, is irrelevant when it comes to forking over enoug … | Continue reading
That fancy Apple TV remote app that Apple promised us at WWDC is now available. The app is pretty simple, really. It tries to mimic the physical Apple TV remote on-screen, and does a fairly good job. Where it shines is text input. If you’d rather type in a search query than speak … | Continue reading
The state of Washington is suing Comcast for more than $100 million, alleging it willfully and knowingly deceived customers into paying for services it never intended to provide. In a statement, Attorney General Bob Ferguson had the following to say: This case is a classic exampl … | Continue reading
If you’re still skeptical as to whether the robot takeover will end humanity as we know it, then you may need to meet Alter. Alter is a new humanoid straight from Japan that runs entirely off a neural network, with 42 pneumatic actuators that help it generate its own movement pat … | Continue reading
YouTube creators are once again being courted by outside forces offering big bucks to switch platforms. This time it’s Facebook and Twitter. According to a new report from Bloomberg, both companies have been meeting privately with creators to find out “how they want to build thei … | Continue reading