Technology News
Pursuing a fitness resolution? Nab a sports band for your Apple Watch [Watch Store]
Cult of Mac - 12 Jan 2019 20:54
It’s January of a brand new year, and you find yourself with two things that go well together: a resolution for better fitness and a new Apple Watch. What you might be missing is a band that is made to stand up to the ...
Bird Issues 'Chilling' Legal Threat After Boing Boing Publishes Blog on E-Scooter Hack
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2019 03:45
In early December, Boing Boing published a piece about an e-scooter "conversion kit," a $30 hotwiring option for users who were, in theory, able purchase any number of Bird electric scooters collecting dust at city impou...
Lab revokes honors for controversial DNA scientist Watson
ABC News - 12 Jan 2019 00:44
Research lab revokes honorary titles for Nobel Prize-winning DNA scientist James Watson, who lost his job there in 2007 for expressing racist views
Food Sensitivities Are Real and You Should Take Them Seriously
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2019 17:00
Earlier this week, we reported on a recent food allergy study that, perhaps not surprisingly, stirred up a long of strong feelings among readers. The research suggested that roughly 10 percent of adult Americans are alle...
Why Physicists Are Hunting the Strangest of the Ghost Particles
Live Science - 12 Jan 2019 16:33Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is just the latest master of the universe to have life exposed
USA Today - 12 Jan 2019 14:00
As a CEO, Jeff Bezos expects to be in control. But now, his personal life is fodder for the National Enquirer and internet meme makers.
SpaceX laying off 10 percent of its workforce
Space News - 12 Jan 2019 03:22
SpaceX is laying off about 10 percent of its workforce, a cost-cutting move the company says is required to focus on development of its next-generation launch system and a broadband satellite constellation. SpaceNews.com
Shareholders sue Google execs over handling of Andy Rubin sexual harassment claims
BGR - 12 Jan 2019 03:08
When Android founder Andy Rubin left Google in 2014, the departure was unexpected, if not shrouded in mystery. A few years later, a New York Times expose revealed that Rubin was essentially forced out of the search giant...
Samsung and Qualcomm talk realistic expectations for 5G in 2019
Engadget - 12 Jan 2019 02:33
The 5G hype at CES has grown each year, becoming unavoidable and almost unbearable over the past two shows. This year was no different -- we saw companies announce more partnerships and rollout plans, as well as the laun...
Unpaid federal workers have set up almost 1,000 GoFundMe pages due to the shutdown
BGR - 12 Jan 2019 01:04
The ongoing federal government shutdown, which entered its 21st day on Friday, and is now tied for the longest ever, is very much a political story. But there's a personal component as well -- one that it's easy to miss....
Shutdown makes dozens of .gov websites insecure due to expired TLS certificates
Digital Trends - 12 Jan 2019 21:06
The US government shutdown is causing trouble in internet security. As the shutdown enters day 22, dozens of government websites have been rendered insecure or inaccessible due to expired transport layer security (TLS) c...
Video: Rounding up the 2019 iPhone rumors, including USB-C, 5G, and more
AppleInsider - 12 Jan 2019 18:19
It is the start of a new year, and there's already a number of rumors circulating about Apple's iPhone releases for 2019. Based on the chatter we've been hearing, there could be some big changes for the iPhone arriving l...
Space Photos of the Week: The Life and Death of Stars
Wired - 12 Jan 2019 17:00
It's gases to gases, dust to dust in cold, dark space. Also, Jupiter has rings.
Lime halts scooter service in Switzerland after possible software glitch throws users off mid-ride
TechCrunch - 12 Jan 2019 16:51
Just as on-demand electric scooters are trying to pick up speed in Europe, one of the scooter market’s most ambitious startups has halted operations in one country after its e-scooters started halting mid-ride, throwin...
Moto Z4 + Z4 Play: News, Rumors, Release Date, Specs, and More!
Android Central - 12 Jan 2019 16:30
Looks like your Moto Mods will keep on working for another year. Ever since the first Moto Z came out in 2016, the Z line of devices from Motorola have stood out as some of the most unique in the smartphone space. No oth...
2020 Toyota Supra makes full debut in official video leak
Slash Gear - 12 Jan 2019 16:29
The long-awaited 2020 Toyota Supra will finally be unveiled at next week’s Detroit Auto Show, and thanks to a handful of previous leaks and camouflaged spy shots we already had a pretty good idea of what the two-door c...
I'm ditching a large Galaxy for a single Pixel, and I'll never look back
Android Central - 12 Jan 2019 16:00The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data
Gizmodo - 12 Jan 2019 16:00
Late last year, the U.S. government accidentally revealed that a sealed complaint had been filed against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Shortly before this was made public, the FBI reconfirmed its investigatio...
'Sub-Saturns' May Force Scientists to Revise Idea of How Planets Form
SPACE.com - 12 Jan 2019 15:43A Flying Tesla? Sure! We Calculate the Power Demands
Wired - 12 Jan 2019 15:00
Elon says he'd use SpaceX propulsion tech to make a Roadster take flight, and we have thoughts.
The FTC Thinks You Pay Too Much for Smartphones. Here's Why
Wired - 12 Jan 2019 14:00
The agency has charged wireless chip maker Qualcomm with imposing a "tax" on the makers of smartphones like Apple and Samsung.
Google Assistant was everywhere at CES 2019
Android Authority - 12 Jan 2019 13:00
Here are the best Google Assistant products introduced this week at CES 2019 in Las Vegas.