Contrary to many of its users, I wasn’t immediately turned off by Instagram stealing a feature from Snapchat. The execution was better, the admission that it borrowed heavily from Snapchat was refreshing and the timing couldn’t have been better (right before the Olympics). I’m ac … | Continue reading
ARM has revealed that their new chip designs are specifically crafted with supercomputers in mind, and they will be used on Fujitsu's Post-K machine. | Continue reading
After attempting to regain contact for nearly two years, NASA has finally reestablished communications with the sun-studying satellite, STEREO-B. At 6:27 p.m. ET, NASA received a downlink signal from the spacecraft using the ground-based communication antennas in the Deep Space N … | Continue reading
Amazon has built itself up as Netflix and Hulu’s biggest competitor in online video subscriptions, but now it’s looking to bring the fight to Spotify, Google, and Apple for music. Those companies all offer $10-a-month subscriptions. Recode reports that, unsurprisingly, Amazon is … | Continue reading
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided publisher Square Enix posted the exact unlock times for its latest cyberpunk sneak-'em-up.If you're playing on PS4 or Xbox in the UK / Europe, it's already out. Enjoy!North Americans on Xbox One will have to wait until 9pm PST / midnight EST, while PS4 pl … | Continue reading
Democratic party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has an app for voters so it's only natural that her GOP opponent, Donald Trump, would roll out his own as well. SEE ALSO: Hillary Clinton's new tool lets you #TrumpYourselfThe America First app was quietly launched Thursday … | Continue reading
In December last year, Facebook CEO and new father Mark Zuckerberg penned a heartfelt letter to his newborn baby girl, Max. As part of an on-going initiative with his wife, Priscilla Chan, the two pledged to donate 99 percent of their current Facebook shares — around $45 billion … | Continue reading
The consumer version of Android 7.0 Nougat is here, and we're tracking when OTA updates are available for devices. Factory images coming soon. | Continue reading
GUEST: Uber’s recent $680 million acquisition of Israel-based self-driving-truck company Otto adds to the flurry of moves by major car and transportation companies looking to claim a piece of Israel’s burgeoning autonomous car technology industry. “Israel is a very important part … | Continue reading
Japan could be using the 2020 Olympics to make a statement about sustainability. According to a report from Asian publication, Nikkei, Olympic organizers are considering using recycled electronics to forge the iconic bronze, silver and rose gold medals for the 2020 games. While h … | Continue reading
The interactive gaming toy market is contracting, and Nintendo and Activision are feeling it. Spending on gaming-related accessories, which includes interactive toys (those plastic action figures like Skylanders, Amiibo, and Lego Dimensions that connect wirelessly to compatible v … | Continue reading
There are so many genres that have been done to death on iOS, it's only become harder and harder to get excited about seeing new ones. A new match-3, a new endless runner, the one-billionth casino game… it takes a lot to get me to notice any of those. The classic Snake that many … | Continue reading
Pax Labs, the folks responsible for the Ploom and the Juul and the Pax loose-leaf vaporizer, have today announced some leadership changes. Former Deezer CEO Tyler Goldman will be taking over as CEO, and Pax co-founder James Monsees will continue on at the company as Chief Product … | Continue reading
Less than four months after Comcast announced its $3.8 billion plan to pick up DreamWorks Animation SKG, the deal is closed. The animation studio, which created franchises like Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and How To Train Your Dragon, is now part of NBCUniversal’s Universal Filmed Ente … | Continue reading
A study from Carnegie Mellon University and subsequent analysis by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation indicate that the UK’s blockage of more than 50 websites was indeed effective at reducing piracy, but neither addresses the fundamental problems with the approach … | Continue reading
It’s a hot summer, and that has plenty of people indoors playing favorites like Overwatch and Grand Theft Auto V. But a lack of new video game releases is preventing people from plunking down any serious cash on new hardware or software. Consumers spent only $480.1 million on new … | Continue reading
For those who still mourn the loss of Rdio, Devin Halladay has a solution. The 19-year-old designer has hand-crafted a Spotify skin for Mac, which brings Rdio’s best design principles to the Swedish streaming service that has survived the booms and busts of the modern streaming e … | Continue reading
Allstate is on a mission to vertically develop its telematics expertise and find new sources of revenue across different sectors by launching a new standalone unit called Arity (dedicated to data collection and analytics). It’s no surprise that Allstate’s own brands, such as Esur … | Continue reading
The NodPod solves a real problem. When we fall asleep in random places, like on airplanes and in the car, our heads nod, and we temporarily wake up. One: this is annoying. Two: this hurts necks. It’s a big-time sleep bummer. The NodPod is essentially a head cradle. It prevents yo … | Continue reading
Banks win when the poor lose. Credit cards can trap people in debt and bleed them dry with late fees. But it’s this exploitative experience that makes banks vulnerable to fintech startups like LendUp that are willing to undercut them and make up margin with software efficiency. I … | Continue reading
A variety of app and market intelligence firms are reporting that Pokemon Go usership engagement is starting to fade away. | Continue reading
The folks over at PhoneBuff published a speed comparison between the iPhone 6S and Samsung Note 7. Spoiler: the iPhone wins, by a lot. In all, it took the Galaxy Note 7 two minutes and four seconds to launch 14 apps and render a video; it took the iPhone one minute and 21 seconds … | Continue reading
It's almost been a year since we first learned about Roborace, the autonomous racing series that will run alongside Formula E next season. Since then, though, the series has been pretty tight-lipped, offering up some tantalizing renders of the cars but little in the way of inform … | Continue reading
The state of Florida has appealed a recent court decision that saw a judge rule bitcoin isn't money. | Continue reading
People have been talking trash about Apple. They claim its best days are over. Its revenue engine, the iPhone, is slowing down and the company has no new ideas. The next big iPhone, the iPhone 7, which most people believe will arrive sometime in the next 60 days, will be a snooze … | Continue reading
You know what’s cooler than a million dollars? Getting Gandalf to officiate your wedding. That’s just what ex-Facebook employee and Napster creator Sean Parker tried to do. According to Ian McKellen, Parker once offered him $1.5 million to officiate his wedding. The catch? He had … | Continue reading
Hyundai and Amazon have partnered up to let customers order test drives of the Hyundai Elantra, right from Amazon’s website. The pilot program — called "Prime Now. Drive Now." — is under the umbrella of Amazon’s same-day delivery service and it’s basically just a way to schedule … | Continue reading
RS + Architekci studio have designed a modern and attractive recreation area at Lake Paprocany in Tychy, Poland. ” The promenade ” is a favorite place… Continue reading | Continue reading
Warner Bros. is releasing an $800 boxset collection of the combined Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, in their extended Blu-ray cuts, this coming October. It costs — please finish drinking any water or coffee so you don’t spit take — $800. Continue reading… | Continue reading
Apple has just dropped the 7th developer beta for macOS Sierra, along with the macOS Sierra Public Beta 6, for other early adopters of the new version of the Mac operating system first shown off at this year’s WWDC 2016. The release follows on the heels of the 7th iOS developer b … | Continue reading
Amid all the hubbub of Nougat officially arriving, we’re not seeing a whole lot of new information. Except for this little tidbit. | Continue reading
NASA has reestablished contact with its STEREO-B spacecraft, nearly two years after losing communication with the vehicle. The space agency has been trying to get in contact with the spacecraft since October 1st, 2014, when the last signal from STEREO-B was received on Earth. Fin … | Continue reading
Bitfinex, the troubled cryptocurrency exchange which recently faced a hacking incident has signed a letter of intent with BnkToTheFuture. This letter of intent marks the beginning of a cooperation between the cryptocurrency exchange and the well-known digital currency based inves … | Continue reading
ZeniMax isn’t backing off the lawsuit it originally filed in 2014 against Oculus VR and Facebook. Instead, the publisher is making some new allegations. ZeniMax, which owns Fallout publisher Bethesda, names Oculus chief executive Brendan Iribe and chief technology officer John Ca … | Continue reading
A winning bidder has claimed 2,700 BTC (worth $1.58m) at an auction held by the US Marshals Service (USMS). | Continue reading
One of the first Apple computers ever made is currently up for auction.A rare "Celebration" Apple-1 computer, which may have been built by Steve Jobs himself, is already going for more than $500,000 in an online auction with a few days left of bidding. SEE ALSO: 5 people Tim Cook … | Continue reading
We now know how Kobe Bryant will spend retirement: he’s opened his own venture capital firm. Bryant has partnered with entrepreneur Jeff Stibel to launch Bryant-Stibel. Let’s hope their choice in which businesses to fund is better than their creative naming scheme. Stibel will do … | Continue reading
PR usually avoids controversy like an infectious disease. After all, controversy can damage brand reputation and ultimately hurt sales and revenue. Yet some PR and marketing experts urge organizations to at least consider pursuing controversy in developing articles and social med … | Continue reading
If you have even a passing interest in NASA, you should know about two upcoming events set to air in the coming days. First, NASA will cover the departure of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from the International Space Station on August 26. The Dragon spacecraft arrived at the stati … | Continue reading
Thanks to the popularity of Lifeline [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lifeline.../id982354972?mt=8"], games with narrative hooks and notification features have become in vogue. And KOMRAD is set to be another entry in that genre – replete with Apple Watch functional … | Continue reading
Bethells Bach was recently completed by Herbst Architects on the west coast of New Zealand. A two-bedroom bach set back from the beach ... | Continue reading
Blackbird House is a vacation home designed by Will Bruder Architects in Aspen, Colorado, US. The Urban Mountain Retreat is located in ... | Continue reading
The Dovecote is an old building transformed and renovated by AZO - Sequeira Arquitectos Associados in Soutelo, Portugal. | Continue reading
Linux will turn 25 years old on August 25, the day Linus Torvalds sent out his fateful message asking for help with a new operating system. “I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing si … | Continue reading
A startup called Proxy has raised $1.6 million in seed funding to help people use internet-enabled devices of every kind without all the annoying login processes and standalone apps for each separate device. Proxy’s cofounders Denis Mars and Simon Ratner said they were inspired t … | Continue reading
The National Park System is turning 100, and The Verge is celebrating with Wilderness Week: a look at the natural world, its freaky critters, and its future.Whitebark pines are majestic trees with a whitish, often wind-curled trunk that grow up high in the Rocky and Sierra Mounta … | Continue reading
The new T-Mobile plan will force you to pay for unthrottled video, and the EFF doesn't think that's cool. Neither do we. | Continue reading