Even though it's always fun looking forwards to an influx of new games in the middle of the week, it's also nice when things trickle out a bit earlier just to break things up. Just as we reported last week, Boncho Games' twitchy swipe-based platformer Blitz Breaker [$2.99] rolled … | Continue reading
The August 2016 security bulletin has been posted, and you can now get ahold of the latest Factory Images and OTA Files right here. | Continue reading
A little over a week ago, Glassdoor began emailing its users to let them know of an update to the site’s terms of service. But rather than BCC’ing its anonymous reviewers, Glassdoor dumped their email addresses into a regular ol’ CC field, effectively outing at least 600,000 memb … | Continue reading
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is presenting her blood analysis technology to a room full of scientific experts for the first time ever today at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her big focus? A customizable, tabl … | Continue reading
Salesforce is continuing its buying spree to expand the services that it offers to its customers. The company has just announced that it is acquiring Quip, the cloud-based word processing app that was co-founded by Bret Taylor, formerly CTO of Facebook. We understand that the pri … | Continue reading
The person responsible for the next wave of virtual reality software coming from Oculus Rift developers is giddy about how rapidly things are going to change over the next few years. Jason Rubin, head of content at Oculus Rift, revealed in a chat at the GamesBeat 2016 conference … | Continue reading
Sometimes I see something so ugly I’m emotionally stirred. It’s usually a design that’s meant to be cool, but is actually very uncool and brutally out-of-touch that I want it. Sad dysmorphic Jesus, for example, has been a favorite of mine. So wrong, yet so great. Nikon … | 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
Redirected walking is a simple but trippy idea: what if a virtual reality game could trick you into walking in circles, while feeling like you were moving straight ahead? It’s the big trick behind ambitious "hyper-reality" project The Void, and something that university labs were … | Continue reading
Apple has released the Apple TV’s companion iPhone remote app. It’s a full-fledged (albeit less convenient) replacement for the remote that came with every black Apple TV, or generations two, three, and four.The app lets users control their Apple TV with touch gestures; use the i … | Continue reading
Ready to learn international SEO? Get ready, there is a lot to know. In this video, we cover what it is, why you should do it, how to set up your URL structure, what to watch out for and much more. Watch this video now and learn how to take advantage of international SEO for... | 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
Professional football player Wendell Lira is retiring from real-life FIFA to compete in its video game adaptation.As reported by the BBC, the Brazilian striker from Goianésia is stepping down from football after winning FIFA's Puskás Award for the best goal of 2015 in a 2-1 game … | Continue reading
Onecoin, the so-called cryptocurrency has been around for almost two years now. The digital currency has received mixed responses from the digital currency community, depending on whom you ask about the infamous Onecoin. While those who are invested in the digital currency tend t … | Continue reading
The United Nations Children's Fund is seeking a software developer and consultant who can help shape the organization's blockchain strategy. | Continue reading
Of all the ways to make a 3-dimensional object, 3-D printing is still the freshest, whether what’s involved is plastic extrusion, milling away wood or metal, or the spinning of cells into functional living tissues. Now, a company that makes a desktop laser cutter and engraver for … | Continue reading
Android users will now get a notification if a new device is added to their Google account, replacing the email that was reactively archived before reading. Google says the new notification system makes users four times as likely to review their accounts compared to the email, wh … | Continue reading
Eons ago, or at least 40 years ago, there were fewer TV channels than you could count on your fingers and toes and the programming schedule was set by television networks. We all watched TV, but maybe not as much because your favorite shows were only on at a certain time and plac … | Continue reading
Early this morning, Tesla announced that it had come to an agreement to acquire SolarCity in a $2.6 billion all stock transaction. Tesla first announced it was interested in acquiring the solar power company back in June. In the wake of the announcement, both Tesla and SolarCity … | Continue reading
There has been an explosion of digital health startups in recent years. The market is expected to reach $233.3 billion by 2020, with the primary driver coming from the mobile health market. Read More | Continue reading
Waiting in line at the grocery store is no fun — not for the customer nor for the store owner. Selfycart, a self-checkout startup participating in Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, wants to make it so you’ll never have to wait in line at the grocery store again. On Monday, … | Continue reading
Is the clock frequency the main gauge of a CPU's performance? No, because it matters how many instructions the CPU can execute per cycle of that clock! Read on to find out more. | Continue reading
You’ve built an app and it’s blowing up but you have no clue how to scale or retain users. Who do you call? Binary Capital specializes in businesses with initial traction that need direction. Binary’s founding partners got behind Tinder at 12,000 active users, Snapchat at 120,000 … | Continue reading
First-person horror sequel Outlast 2 has been delayed until Q1 2017. It was previously set for this autumn."Our mission as an indie studio is to deliver to you the best, most terrifying, most fulfilling experiences possible," developer Red Barrels said on Facebook. "That's why we … | Continue reading
Two weeks ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed the second part of his master plan for the upstart automaker. In it, he divulged that Tesla would build a commercial vehicle called 'Tesla Semi,' along with a few other intriguing tidbits — including the fact that autonomous Teslas migh … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go users may be furious over the shutdown of the third-party trackers and the recent update that killed the nearby tracking feature in the game, but neither of these issues have stopped the app’s viral spread, it seems. According to new data from App Store intelligence fi … | Continue reading
I was one of those kids who didn’t have cable. For this reason, my moral compass and world view were shaped by maybe seven channels of public TV. This included the morning news; the sitcom Frasier; and most-influentially PBS's Arthur, a children's program that, no matter the time … | Continue reading
Brazilian bitcoin exchange Foxbit has acquired payment processor BitInvest. | 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
During Alphabet’s Q2 2016 earnings call last week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that 30 million Chromecast units have been shipped since the launch of the original. | Continue reading
The next version of iOS will have the most diverse set of emoji yet.Apple announced Monday that the upcoming iOS 10 update will include new female characters depicting professional women and women in sports. The update also redesigns several existing emoji and adds a rainbow flag … | Continue reading
We love the multi-talented Camaro SS, even with its paltry 455-horsepower rating. And we've been very much been looking forward to driving its higher performance brother, the Camaro ZL1.When it was unveiled in March, Chevy said it produced 640 horsepower, which is most certainly … | Continue reading
Fermenter Games has been hard at work on Neighborhorde for PC, with Baseless, their most recent mobile project, being in limbo right now. But mobile fans of the unique David. [$1.99] will have a new game to check out from Fermenter – and you can sign up to try it out. Spingun giv … | Continue reading
Esports fans are still willing to turn on a traditional TV channel to watch their favorite games. The Turner Broadcasting Station (TBS) revealed today that the first season of Eleague, an esports league created by Turner and WME | IMG, attracted 19 million viewers on the channel. … | Continue reading
The downside of today’s relentless review economy — the rush to cover every film and television show first and fastest — is that we’re constantly analyzing stories long before we know where they’re headed. Critics dismiss entire TV series based on the pilot. Fans turn the first i … | 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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel warning for Wynwood, a neighborhood in Miami where 14 people have been infected with mosquito-borne transmissions of the Zika virus. At the request of Florida Governor Rick Scott, the CDC is sending an Emergency R … | 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
Google is rolling out a new feature that will push any new Google Account logins directly to your device, making you more aware of your account activity. | 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
Virgin Galactic now has a commercial operating license for its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. That’s the company’s spaceplane that’s designed to take passengers into sub-orbital space. The license, granted by the Federal Aviation Administration, allows Virgin Galactic to begin conducting … | Continue reading
HTC is rapidly mobilizing resources to build the broader ecosystem its own Vive virtual reality hardware will fit into. A big part of this strategy is its Vive X accelerator program which is aiming to train up the next generation of innovative VR companies.For HTC, the onus has l … | Continue reading
Lyft, the number two ride-sharing app in the US, says it will reevaluate its partnership with Didi Chuxing, the dominant service in China. This comes after the latter announced Monday it was acquiring Uber’s China operation. Lyft and Didi have been partners since last December, w … | Continue reading
Warning: minor spoilers for Mr. Robot ahead. Continue reading… | Continue reading
50 Cent's next show on Starz will be his first foray into superhero TV. The Hollywood Reporter reports that, with the third season of his crime drama Power having just begun, 50 has extended his overall deal with the network, under which he'll develop Tomorrow, Today, a series ab … | Continue reading
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has created a private blockchain that seeks to help make charities more transparent and accountable. | Continue reading
Comcast is being sued for more than $100 million by Washington state, which claims that the cable giant illegally deceived customers with various customer service guarantees. Most notably, the state alleges that Comcast deceived Washington customers into paying $73 million over f … | Continue reading
Cubot hat, was die Hardware betrifft, definitiv einen eigenen Stil. Die Smartphones der chinesischen Firma sind in letzter Zeit großzügig geschnitten, gut verarbeitet, klassisch gerundet und elegant, wenn auch nicht die schlanksten. In der... | Continue reading