Gizmodo - 21 Apr 2018 06:02

Facebook spent $3.3 million on lobbying in the United States during the first quarter of 2018, disclosures filed with the government Friday showed. The multi-million dollar effort marks the largest tab the company has ev...
ABC News - 21 Apr 2018 06:55

Workplace safety regulators say they are investigating two incidents at automaker Tesla's factory in Northern California

The long-term effects of concussions and other brain trauma has been a big focus in recent years thanks in large part to the NFL and many of its former players. The league has been forced to address concerns that it does...
Mashable - 21 Apr 2018 16:53

Ever wanted to learn to code, but didn't know where to start? Google's new app wants to help. This week the company launched Grasshopper, an app that aims to help teach adults to code (javascript, specifically) with a se...
Mashable - 21 Apr 2018 16:39

The Cambridge Analytica scandal isn't going away. In fact, it's heading straight to Washington, D.C. Christopher Wylie tweeted early Saturday morning that he would soon testify in front of Congress. Wylie made internat...
Android Central - 21 Apr 2018 16:30

Without a good fit on your head, your PlayStation VR experience won't be too enjoyable. Despite its somewhat odd shape, the PlayStation VR headset is extremely comfortable. It's fairly lightweight and designed so that th...
Wired - 21 Apr 2018 16:00

The best way to mark the space telescope's birthday is by looking at nebulae.

A top Apple analyst said in a note to clients this week that the cheapest new iPhone X might cost just $550, which is an impressive price point. Apple selling a brand new device for a price that's $100 cheaper than its t...
Android Central - 21 Apr 2018 15:00

ZTE no longer has a viable smartphone program thanks to U.S. sanctions, but was it a fair decision? The U.S. government has basically killed ZTE's smartphone business by blocking access to Google's services. There are a ...
Science Daily - 21 Apr 2018 14:57

Genetic recombination is vital to natural selection, yet some species display far more crossover than others. Scientists have discovered a gene in fruit flies that is responsible for the evolution of these recombination ...
Universe Today - 21 Apr 2018 06:49

The ESA's Swarm satellites recently began monitoring Earth's oceans to determine how they contribute to Earth's magnetic field The post Did You Know the Earth Has a Second Magnetic Field? Its Oceans appeared first on Uni...

Whenever I hear about a company making a battery phone, my first reaction is to roll my eyes at said device. From my experience, battery phones are good at battery life, and that's pretty much it. But a Chinese smartphon...
Digital Trends - 21 Apr 2018 05:26

Photo-sharing site SmugMug has acquired fellow photo-sharing site Flickr from Yahoo (Oath Inc.) for an undisclosed sum. Don't worry, though -- Flickr isn't going anywhere, and may even finally receive the resources it's ...
Engadget - 21 Apr 2018 04:08

Revenge porn is getting attention across the nation as state, regional and even federal lawmakers wrestle with how to deal with the practice of posting private, intimate photos of people without their permission. A 2015 ...
Gizmodo - 21 Apr 2018 03:36

Apple announced Friday that it discovered "a limited number" of its line of MacBook Pro laptops suffer from a potentially faulty component that can cause the battery to expand. The company is offering to replace the batt...
Mashable - 21 Apr 2018 02:56

Google finally has a plan to fix Android's texting problem. This week, the company confirmed its long-rumored plan to improve messaging on Android and bring its features up to par with other popular messaging apps like A...

Apple shares dropped by more than 4% today amid word that iPhone sales for the current June quarter may check in significantly lower than anticipated. In a new research note from Katy Huberty (via CNBC), the Morgan Stanl...
ABC News - 21 Apr 2018 01:25

Scientist Nerses "Krik" Krikorian, who became a legend in the once-secret New Mexico city where the atomic bomb was developed, has died

US Department of Justice is reportedly looking into whether AT&T and Verizon coordinated efforts thwart a tech known as eSIM, which would make switching easier. Apple may have filed the initial complaint.
Space News - 21 Apr 2018 01:19

GEOShare, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary matching missions with orbital slots in an effort to boost satellite sales, has signed up over 150 missions and over 100 orbital locations, said Lon Levin, GEOShare president and ch...
Pocket-lint - 21 Apr 2018 00:52

The next iPhone SE could arrive this spring.After talking to iPhone case manufacturers at the Global Sources Mobile Electronics trade-show, Japanese blog Macotakara claimed Apple

It's been a little while since skywatching enthusiasts had something to get excited about. Considering how jam-packed with celestial eye candy 2017 was, it's been a bit of a slow period as of late. That's about to change...