The phone is dead. The iPhone killed it. It’s hard to say when exactly the inflection point came. Was there was a single point in time that the devices in our pockets became computers first and phones as a distant second? Was it the original iPhone, released 10 years ago today? P … | Continue reading
Amazon’s Prime Exclusive Android smartphones start at $49.99, but there’s more than meets the eye. The ultimate question is “Is this really a bargain?” | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency trading has turned into one of the hottest pastime as well as a profession for many. The volatility associated with digital currencies makes it easier for the traders to make a fortune if they play their cards right — buying and selling the tokens at the right time … | Continue reading
The former head of DARPA, Arati Prabhakar, has a dream. It’s a civilian utopian neuroscience dream that’s kind of the inverse of the scenarios that the far-out research wing of the military normally develops.In a presentation at the Aspen Ideas Festival, which is co-hosted by the … | Continue reading
Blue Apron investors might be shedding a tear and it’s not from the chopped onions. The subscription service for at-home cooking closed the day just barely above $10 per share, rounded to just $10.01. This is not only a disappointment for the company which hoped to raise more mo … | Continue reading
As the Apple iPhone officially turns 10, we look back at how the introduction of Apple’s touchscreen smartphone influenced the rest of the mobile industry and society as a whole. From bringing us the emoji by conquering the Japanese market to turning the modern world into a socie … | Continue reading
A Russian jury convicted five men Thursday in the murder of Russian opposition leader and prominent Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, concluding a trial Nemtsov’s family has criticized as being insufficient.Nemtsov, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics, was ki … | Continue reading
It’s still hard to say if the voice controlled aluminum can will be the next smartphone or the next Segway, but either way brands are preparing. This morning Adobe launched a new set of analytics tools, Adobe Sensei for Voice, to help brands take advantage of conversational data … | Continue reading
Apple just launched the public beta of macOS High Sierra. It's available to download now if you're feeling brave (and enroll your devices), or you can sit back and let everyone else face the inherent risks and breakages involved in a new OS, then reap the rewards when the final v … | Continue reading
King Rabbit [Free] and its predecessor Furdemption [$2.99] have been two of my favorite iOS games of recent times, with the former managing to make my highly exclusive Best of 2016 list at the end of last year. The brilliantly executed puzzle mechanics of both games was perfectly … | Continue reading
On-demand storage startup Omni wants to make it easier for you to have access to your favorite items without them taking up space in your closet. But now the company is taking a huge step toward making those items available to your friends, and to other people in your local comm … | Continue reading
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OnePlus’ latest flagship phone has gotten critical acclaim for its fast performance and clean software, but some owners of the new device have complained about a weird jelly-like effect that shows its face when scrolling through an app. It’s something I’ve noticed on the OnePlus … | Continue reading
We live in the world where security has become a mainstream topic now and data privacy is an on-going concern for all of us. With a number of high-profile privacy and security breaches, ranging from celebrities to businesses to individual users, even the average users are now kee … | Continue reading
Earlier this month, Motorola gave us a glimpse of four new Moto Mods. Now we have the exact release dates for three of them. | Continue reading
In November last year, the morning after the presidential election, the cast of Hamilton faced a day where they had two shows to perform, in the wake of a result that left many of them horrified. “It was a soul-crushing day,” the show’s producer, Jeffrey Seller, said. Some of the … | Continue reading
Harvest Moon successor Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns will launch on 13th October in Europe for 3DS.While Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns doesn't actually have the words "Harvest" or "Moon" in the title, it's still part of Marvelous Inc.'s long-running farming series. In fact, T … | Continue reading
Shadow of the Colossus game director Fumito Ueda submitted a proposal of changes to Sony for the upcoming and recently announced PS4 remake. But he doesn't know if they'll get in.Speaking to me via translator at the Gamelab conference in Barcelona, he said, "I transmitted my peti … | Continue reading
Wireless charging is undoubtedly one of the most exciting, hyped-up features expected to debut with the iPhone 8 later this year. The wireless charging capability will likely come via the inductive Qi standard, which means the phone will require some form of power mat. So, we hav … | Continue reading
House 19 is designed as a carbon neutral, energy efficient home in the ancient historic town of Old Amersham, nestled in the Chiltern Hills. | Continue reading
Etihad Airways has introduced a new “Neighbour-Free Seat” concept, allowing passengers to bid on up to three extra empty seats adjacent to their booked seat. If the bid is won, the extra seats will remain vacant for the duration of the passenger’s journey, meaning you could have … | Continue reading
Palm wine in Nigeria Under normal circumstances, alcohol on a wellness getaway would be a no-no, or counterproductive—the odd glass of wine with dinner is perhaps the exception. However, palm wine, or palmy, as locals affectionately call it, is a staple and a healthy part of life … | Continue reading
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World View is building a different kind of space business, using high altitude balloons to bring cargo and provide services in the Earth’s stratosphere, the middle layer of the atmosphere separating us from space. It’s tech that could have a big impact in science and business, b … | Continue reading
After getting canceled by Netflix at the beginning of June following the release of its second season, Sense8 is now getting a last-minute stay of execution in the form of a two-hour special. It will air in 2018, as announced through a letter from creator Lana Wachowski on the sh … | Continue reading
For just $39 you can get master the art of graphic design across the big three Adobe packages, and pick up a Diploma in the process. | Continue reading
If you’ve been on the Web in the past decade, you’ll likely have visited Reddit, Craigslist, Wikipedia, 4Chan, Hacker News, or The Drudge Report at some point. While these sites are all vastly different, they have two things in common: they’re all extremely popular among their au … | Continue reading
What is there left to say about Death Road to Canada [$8.99]? Ever since its launch on the App Store in March, it seems the iOS community has been entirely enamoured by Rocketcat Games' latest and biggest mobile venture, and for good reason. As our review and subsequent Game of t … | Continue reading
There have never been consumers like Generation Z. Marked by low attention spans and vocal opinions, this up and coming cohorts buyer power affects many industries, connecting and consuming at an ever increasing rate. Gen Z’s tastes and priorities largely contribute to the direct … | Continue reading
On Sunday, June 11, when some Iraqi Christians were on their way to church, Detroit’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement office arrested dozens. More were arrested on their way home from church. Torn from children and families, they were sent to various detention centers, most g … | Continue reading
Ford CTO Ken Washington today announced that the automaker will create a robotics and AI research team to explore AI beyond autonomous cars. “This is the next step in Ford’s automation story,” Washington said. “Ford is poised to drive into the future by expanding automation of mo … | Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning usually work best with a lot of horsepower behind them to crunch the data, compute possibilities and instantly come up with better solutions.That's why most AI systems rely on local sensors to gather input, while more powerful hardware … | Continue reading
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When physicists at CERN discovered the Higgs boson — the so-called ‘God particle’ — they used Comic Sans to make the announcement. For all the hate it gets by designers, humans love the typeface, and researchers felt it added an approachability to the science. So, they used it to … | Continue reading
Southern and Midwestern US states will suffer the biggest economic losses from climate change, according to a new study. Some of these areas, already among the poorest in the country, stand to lose as much as 20 percent of the value of the goods and services they produce. In othe … | Continue reading
Climate change will aggravate economic inequality in the United States, essentially transferring wealth from poor counties in the Southeast and the Midwest to well-off communities in the Northeast and on the coasts, according to the most detailed economic assessment of the phenom … | Continue reading
Comcast's new phone service, Xfinity Mobile, has an astonishingly minimal phone lineup. There are a few iPhone models, a couple Samsung Galaxy handsets, and a $132 LG phone from 2016, the LG X power. Well, now LG has something new to offer: the LG X Charge, which beats the X Powe … | Continue reading
One of the most stunning elements of the first iPhone, which turns 10 years old today, is that it jettisoned the idea of a physical keyboard in favor of a software one. The idea, in hindsight, feels like a no-brainer. But during the iPhone’s development more than a decade ago, th … | Continue reading
Get ready Hearthstone [Free] players because on July 6th at 7 PM PDT, Blizzard will reveal details about the game's next expansion. Specifically, during the HCT Spring championships, Team 5 will be around to make a "special announcement" about upcoming content. The announcement w … | Continue reading
The iPhone, which turns 10 years old today, is arguably one of the most transformative pieces of consumer technology ever created. It kicked off the smartphone boom by putting the first accessible and easy-to-use computer in our pockets, helped usher in entire software industries … | Continue reading
The shoddily mass-produced electronic gadgets are at it again! In a completely expected twist in its sad, inevitable fate, two cases of exploding Bluetooth-enabled fidget spinners have been reported in Michigan and Alabama this week, as spotted by Gizmodo. The fidget spinners, bo … | Continue reading
Wouldn't it be great if some company launched a new Project Fi-compatible phone that was a little more affordable? It looks like that's happening soon. | Continue reading
The Smithsonian American Art Museum hosts an annual event called SAAM Arcade, and this year it will be all about video games. 150 independent developers submitted their games for consideration, and only a few were selected to be featured during the event. Among those few are two … | Continue reading
A glance at Will Ferrell’s recent history at the box office does not suggest anything resembling a crisis. His last starring role, the 2015 Christmas comedy Daddy’s Home with Mark Wahlberg, was a huge hit that did well enough to spawn a sequel (coming later this year). Before tha … | Continue reading
Tim Cook just acknowledged the iPhone's tenth anniversary in the most Apple way possible."Here's to the #iPhone that changed the world, to the man who dreamed it & the people at Apple who have never stopped looking to its future," the CEO wrote. SEE ALSO: What it's like to use th … | Continue reading
Huawei announced three laptops and tablet designs last month in an attempt to become an established PC brand. Today the company has confirmed the devices are coming to the US, and all are competitively priced. The devices fit three main categories: The MateBook E is a convertible … | Continue reading
In the last four years, Jay Z has released two albums, both through non-traditional means. While most artists would sign with a record label to release their album, the most successful hip-hop artist of all time, a man worth $810 million, has made deals with a smartphone maker an … | Continue reading
Entrants in the fourth annual BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition, put on by the California Academy of Sciences, were invited to “celebrate and illustrate the rich diversity of life on Earth, and inspire action to protect and conserve it through the power of imagery. … | Continue reading