As if things couldn’t get any worse for Uber, which ousted its CEO yesterday, the company’s troubles in connection with allegations of stealing self-driving tech from Google spin-off firm Waymo are about to get a lot worse. In a court filing, Waymo said that Uber has admitted it … | Continue reading
Under former CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo failed to build anything truly exciting over the past five years – except for a single truly notable app, Yahoo News Digest. Now, under the reign of its new owner Verizon, the company is killing off one of the best mobile apps I’ve ever used. … | Continue reading
In order for electric vehicles to go mainstream, it’ll take more than just people buying them: governments will have to create infrastructure that enables drivers to use them just as easily as regular cars. And that’s what the UK is trying to do with the Automated and Electric Ve … | Continue reading
Ad-related fraud is a very real problem that has been puzzling everyone in the industry from small business owners who wish to do new marketing campaigns to giants like Google and Facebook. According to a study by WWP, the revenue of global advertising wasted on fraudulent traffi … | Continue reading
In post-dot com era Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg was the poster child for all things bro culture. The flip-flop clad, hoodie-wearing savant was thrust into the spotlight in his early 20s, and with his rise to fame came elements of toxic culture we didn’t yet understand: playing fas … | Continue reading
In its continuing divergence from its original form as an auction site, eBay now offers price-matching through its Deals site. Up to 50,000 items will be available will now come with a price-matching guarantee, meaning if you find it for a lower price on another site, eBay will m … | Continue reading
Last month, Pokémon GO developer Niantic decided to deal with cheaters by trolling them with extremely common monsters. Now the company is taking its anti-cheating measures to another level. In a Reddit post, Niantic had the following to say: With the announcement of Raid Battles … | Continue reading
A 1000 person survey on issues relating to privacy has revealed that smart devices pose too much risk for the elderly to trust. Survey respondents aged over 65 said that virtual assistants, TVs, and gaming systems weren’t worth it, rating them a 7.9 on a ten point scale from ‘les … | Continue reading
Everything old is new again. Old, in this case, is the NES classic that introduced many of us to gaming. New, is a recently re-designed level using HoloLens that allows players to become their favorite fictional Italian plumber through the power of augmented reality. Developer Ab … | Continue reading
If you’re a Virgin Mobile USA subscriber and are looking to upgrade to the latest and greatest Android device, I have some bad news for you. The Sprint-powered carrier has decided to go all-in on Apple products. If you want a phone, your only options are the iPhone 6, 6s, 6s Plus … | Continue reading
With July 4th coming up, you’ll want to make sure you can eke the best out of your phone’s camera for those nighttime fireworks. Though phones vary in quality and features significantly, there are still some general tricks – both technical and common sense – you can pick up on to … | Continue reading
World renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is urging the nations of Earth to resume sending manned missions to the moon. He wants us to engage in another space-race – one that will serve as the catalyst for our eventual migration to a second Earth-like home planet. Prof … | Continue reading
Humanity has revered creativity throughout time, from the ancient Greeks to modern-day painters, poets, and web designers. It’s one of those ineffable things that’s extremely hard to define but you absolutely know it when you see it. It’s also the driving force for so many of us, … | Continue reading
Last April, several episodes of the fifth season of Orange is the New Black were leaked online. New testimony reveals it all started due to outdated computer software and the fickle whims of extortionist hackers. According to Variety, a collective calling themselves The Dark Over … | Continue reading
Dads looking to create the next generation of geeks should hold their horses. A new study shows that waiting until later in life to procreate increases the chances that male offspring will be intelligent, aloof, and focused. Researchers from King’s College London and The Seaver A … | Continue reading
Being a webmaster (especially a qualified and certified webmaster) means mastering a wide ranging skill set. It isn’t enough to just know coding or graphic design or video and animation creation — you have to know something about all those disciplines as well as how they work tog … | Continue reading
Following speculation from last week, Snapchat has introduced a new location service: Snap Maps. The new feature, which aims to hook you up with nearby users, essentially lets you follow where your friends are hanging out and what they’re up to. In a way, Snap Maps is supposed to … | Continue reading
Phone chargers are big, bulky, and often, completely forgettable. I can’t count the number of times I’ve left my house without my plug and cable, only for my phone to run out of juice halfway through the day. One potential solution to this all-too-common problem comes from Kado … | Continue reading
Following in the footsteps of Nintendo and Atari, Sega has hopped on the retro gaming bandwagon to bring heaps of classic games from the 1990s straight to your flashy new Android and iOS devices. The new initiative, which aims to give old-school players a chance to revisit their … | Continue reading
Grand, government-level IT projects are bloody tricky beasts. You don’t have to look hard to find examples of ones that have gone over-budget and over-time. It’s never a good sign when a country cheaps out on a tech project. And yet, one IT consultancy is bravely (and stupidly) t … | Continue reading
Getting involved in the Airbnb industry sounds like easy money. You already have the rental units, and now all you have to do is keep them clean, post some pictures, and you have a business, right? Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. As Airbnb has grown, so have customer expecta … | Continue reading
Following a disastrous string of publicity blunders over the past several months, earlier today tainted Silicon Valley entrepreneur Travis Kalanick announced he will be stepping down from his role as a CEO at Uber. But it seems one mysterious netizen had seen this coming all alon … | Continue reading
Google has recently confirmed what was previously just a rumor: that an “ad filter” is coming to Chrome. Though many are skeptical about Google’s move, it’s clear the new technology will be different from traditional ad blockers. The new feature, which will conform to the adverti … | Continue reading
Uber has finally caught up to its rivals in the ridesharing business with the launch of its latest feature – the ability for riders to pay drivers a tip through the app. Currently being tested in Seattle, Minneapolis, and Houston (with plans to expand across the US and eventually … | Continue reading
Following months of scandal at Uber and pressure from investors, CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick has stepped down from his position at the ridesharing company, reports The New York Times. While he will no longer head the $70 billion firm, Kalanick will remain on its board of d … | Continue reading
I’ve long been meaning to get around to finally reading some classic must-read books by the likes of Jules Verne, HG Wells and Anton Chekov, and I’m glad that I’ve finally run out of excuses. You’ve probably heard of Project Gutenberg, an incredible initiative that’s turned over … | Continue reading
JanSport is dabbling in smart-tech fabric, and they want your backpack to be just as social as you. According to Steve Munn, President of JanSport: “A [backpack is a] place to put something to eat, something to drink and something to wear — [that’s] what’s most important. Now, it … | Continue reading
We’re all in a love/hate relationship with social media. For all the obvious benefits, studies are now showing Facebook and Twitter could actually be detrimental to our well-being. Yet we push on. But what motivates us to share our lives with friends and strangers on social media … | Continue reading
There seems to be an unspoken rule for OS users to stay in their lane. You’re a Mac user or a PC user, full stop. So when you want to make the leap from one to the other — either because you’re switching teams or you want to try both — there can be a bit of a learning curve. I’m … | Continue reading
Version 10.0 of the Unicode Standard is almost here, which means you can soon send your friends vomiting emoji! Here are a few Emoji 5 sample images: And our favorites are: Hijab: Finally. Breast feeding: Emoji representation matters. Face with monacle: Because sometimes you nee … | Continue reading
Facebook is taking some heat for the pride reactions roll-out this month. The social media network added a rainbow reaction to its standard reactions in support of LGBTQ pride month. The problem: in places like Russia, users don’t have access to the new reactions. This isn’t the … | Continue reading
One of my favorite Mac features is the ease at which you can take and edit screenshots using Apple’s default tools. Using one of several keyboard shortcuts, I can take a screenshot of exactly what I want to capture, and edit it all (or not) in Preview. Here are those keyboard sho … | Continue reading
The reports of the death of local cooperative gaming have been greatly exaggerated. Developers at E3 showed off titles like A Way Out, Moonhunters, and Cuphead – all designed with offline co-op as their premise. There are numerous others coming as well. Local co-op is making a co … | Continue reading
The OnePlus 5 became official today, and we wrote a a review earlier today, which you can check out here. But I want to highlight one particular feature of a phone that, however small, was pretty unique and very awesome: The “Reading Mode. Basically, it’s a simple visual filter t … | Continue reading
The discount shopping site Wish exists to fill the space between Amazon and Etsy. You’re not going to find the new iPhone on it and you aren’t going to find a hand-knitted tea-cozy either. What you will find is a virtual wonderland of ‘made in china’ items ranging from sex toys t … | Continue reading
With the OnePlus 3 and 3T, OnePlus really hit its stride. The company that first marketed its budget-friendly phones as so remarkable to be better than everyone else’s flagships – a year in advance – had toned back some of the hyperbolic language and let its devices speak for the … | Continue reading
The people behind Stackla, a program that helps you stream-line the process of finding and using user-generated content (UGC), are releasing Co-Pilot. A new program that will use machine-learning algorithms to figure out what content you’re going to use next. Co-Pilot wants to he … | Continue reading
Both Stories and Live video have become increasingly popular on Instagram, but your life footage can go wasted if few people actually tune in while you’re broadcasting. Fret no more: Instagram now lets you share a replay of your live videos for 24 hours. It’s especially useful if … | Continue reading
Today at MongoDB World in Chicago, MongoDB announced the launch of Stitch, its new backend-as-a-service (BaaS) tool that lets developers build MongoDB-powered applications, without the need for mountains of boilerplate code. MongoDB Stitch is a single, document-centric API design … | Continue reading
Cool new apps for your Apple Mac are rolling out to excited users every day. Some help your rig run faster, some better protect your valuable information, and some are just darn fun. But with so much new content hitting the App Store all the time, it’s tough to keep up. Thankfull … | Continue reading
Netflix is putting a new spin on the old Gamebook genre. Today the company announced that it’s launching an all-new interactive format that ultimately turns viewers into legitimate storytellers. In comparison to standard television, these so-called interactive shows put the viewe … | Continue reading
There’s a new prediction on how Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods will change customer service. Brick and mortar stores will start sporting the same customer service apps provide. One company that has a particular expertise in this field is Helpshift which provides customer sup … | Continue reading
Planning trips can be a real headache. After my recent trip to Italy with my wife, I started thinking how frustrating it was that there wasn’t any platform that provided all the information needed to plan a vacation in one place. That’s why I decided to put together a promo-desig … | Continue reading
Instagram’s stories has quite quickly become the standout feature of the app, allowing you to share delightfully ephemeral clips and pics that vanish after just 24 hours. Sounds familiar, right? The feature was cribbed shamelessly from Snapchat. If you use Instagram Stories to sh … | Continue reading
The less-than-anticipated fidget spinner mania seems to have finally reached Google. Redditors have spotted that the internet giant has added a hidden fidget spinner virtual simulation straight into search results – but you have to search for the right word to find it. To access … | Continue reading
In a nightmare scenario, South Korean web hosting firm Nayana announced that last week it had suffered a massive breach affecting more than 150 of its servers. But perhaps more troubling was the fact the attackers had managed to take control of an immense amount of user data. In … | Continue reading
Back in March, we heard about Lyft’s plans to run a fixed-route shared ride service called Shuttle, starting with trials in a couple of US cities. It’s now kicked off in San Francisco, and it doesn’t sound like everyone’s warming up to the idea: Salon’s story about it from yester … | Continue reading
Whether you’re into Nintendo’s Switch for its roster of Mario and Zelda titles or the on-the-go gameplay, you’ll be happy to know that it’ll soon be able to handle double duty as a programming tool, when FUZE Code Studio launches around a year from now. The package will let your … | Continue reading