Technology News
The Nokia 3V phone will soon be available on Verizon for only $168
Digital Trends - 21 Aug 2019 00:47
Nokia has announced a new Verizon-exclusive phone called the Nokia 3V. The Nokia 3V boasts a relatively modern design compared to other phones in this price range, plus it offers decent internal specs.
Guidemaster: The best Nintendo Switch accessories you can buy in 2019
Ars Technica - 21 Aug 2019 13:15
We researched and tested dozens of gadgets to find you quality Switch gear.
Teen Has 3-Pound Hair Ball Removed from Her Stomach
Live Science - 21 Aug 2019 20:39
A teen girl in India who secretly ate her own hair ended up having a giant hairball removed from her stomach.
Researchers create electronic lens that works better than the human eye
Engadget - 21 Aug 2019 20:07
A new breakthrough could soon revolutionize the design of almost every optical instrument in use today, including cameras, eyeglasses and telescopes. Combining recent developments in artificial muscle and flat lens techn...
Girl, You're a Middle-Aged Woman Now
The New Yorker - 21 Aug 2019 13:00
Wendi Aarons and KJ Dell'Antonia imagine a satirical list of original TV programs, books, and movies that no longer cater to "girls" but to "middle-aged women."
Baseball's home run surge spurs scientists to look for answers
Fox News - 21 Aug 2019 18:54
This season has seen a surge in home runs, sparking complaints from a number of pitchers that the baseballs are juiced, an allegation that Major League Baseball denies. Scientists, however, are searching for the reasons ...
What is Samsung's Tizen OS and what devices is it on?
Pocket-lint - 21 Aug 2019 17:13
You've undoubtedly heard of Android, Windows, MacOS and iOS, perhaps even WatchOS, but while those are undoubtedly the most well-known operating systems
Wandering the VR halls of 'Westworld Awakening'
Engadget - 21 Aug 2019 16:30
My name is Kate and I've been brutally murdered in an old west farmhouse. Moments after meeting my doom, I'm awake. Barely. I'm in a sterile room with two people lording over me. They talk to each other while I try to un...
The Morning After: About that fourth 'Matrix' movie
Engadget - 21 Aug 2019 13:04
Hey, good morning! As my inner teen squeals at the idea of another Matrix movie (and my outer grown-up winces at what the series might turn into), we look into the true reality of flying cars, offers up impressions from ...
Porn bots are now storming Twitter's trending topics
Engadget - 21 Aug 2019 19:03
Instagram isn't the only social media app being invaded by porn bots. Now they're on Twitter, too. For the past few days, as I was scrolling through Twitter's trending section, I noticed a number of accounts showing simi...
Apple releasing iOS 13 developer beta 8 today [U]
9 to 5 Mac - 21 Aug 2019 18:55
Update: iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and watchOS 6 beta 8 are now available. No updates to macOS Catalina beta 6 or tvOS 13 beta 7. iOS 13 public beta 7 also coming today. Apple is releasing iOS 13 and iPad OS 13 beta 8 to develop...
New Scientist Live 2019: Everything you need to know
New Scientist - 21 Aug 2019 17:43
The world's greatest science festival returns to ExCeL in London from 10 to 13 October 2019 - here's what to expect
How to Encourage Kindness in Kids
Life Hacker - 21 Aug 2019 17:30
We teach our kids kindness by modeling kindness ourselves, talking to them about kindness, and praising them when we catch them being kind. We can also teach it with fuzzy pom-pom balls.
LinkedIn thwarted over 20 million fake accounts in the first half of 2019 - CNET
CNET - 21 Aug 2019 15:52
Most of those accounts never made it live in the site.
SimpliSafe brings its DIY security system to your door with a new smart lock - CNET
CNET - 21 Aug 2019 15:00
The DIY security system company just announced the SimpliSafe Smart Lock, which costs just $99.
Google, Mozilla, Apple Block Kazakhstan's Root CA Certificate to Prevent Spying
The Hacker News - 21 Aug 2019 13:49
In a move to protect its users based in Kazakhstan from government surveillance, Google, Apple and Mozilla finally today came forward and blocked Kazakhstan's government-issued root CA certificate within their respective...
YouTube to stop serving targeted ads to kids, but groups say it's not enough
Digital Trends - 21 Aug 2019 13:27
YouTube has agreed to stop serving target advertisements to children, Bloomberg reports. The company was the subject of an FTC investigation over the practice but has apparently settled. YouTube's critics say it's not en...
Facebook Is Rolling out a Tool to Limit Data Gathering
Time - 21 Aug 2019 08:26
Facebook says the tool will be available in the U.S. in "coming months."
Elon Musk's red Roadster just completed its first lap around the Sun
BGR - 21 Aug 2019 05:15
It's now been about a year and a half since Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla Roadster was sent into space atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The launch went flawlessly and was a major milestone for SpaceX, marking the first ...
MoviePass Apparently Left 58,000 Customer Records Exposed on a Public Server
Gizmodo - 21 Aug 2019 04:45
Ticketing app and ongoing shitshow MoviePass has been burning through whatever could possibly remain of its finances at an incredible rate--when last the imploding startup was in the news, it was because it reportedly tr...
Scientists found stardust in the most unlikely of places
BGR - 21 Aug 2019 02:44
Earth has managed to avoid any truly catastrophic impacts from objects in space for quite some time, but that doesn't mean material from the cosmos doesn't regularly rain down on our world. Scientists regularly observe r...
DOJ working with state attorneys general on big tech probe
AppleInsider - 21 Aug 2019 02:22
The U.S. Department of Justice is consulting a group of state attorneys general on what promises to be a wide-ranging antitrust probe into major technology industry firms Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.