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There's a lot of reasons why you might have heard about FuckJerry. In addition to being a popular Instagram account, it's also come under fire for playing a big hand in promoting the ill-fated Fyre Festival via owner Ell...

They say that all good things must come to an end. What they often fail to say is that what follows may not exactly be better or even just as good. After a disastrous Windows Vista release, Microsoft was able to salvage ...

It used to be that, if you wanted to buy the best possible iPad, you splurged on an iPad Air. It wasn't just sleek -- it was terribly powerful, too. (Well, for the time, anyway.) In 2015, though, the company launched the...

Microsoft has announced that its anti-malware protection is becoming available for users of macOS. Previously known as Windows Defender, the software has been renamed more broadly as "Microsoft Defender" in coordination ...

A thing you probably hope to never find underneath your home is one rattlesnake--much less a small army of them.

Remember how shampoo magnate John Paul DeJoria threw himself into the mobile world five years ago? He's now offering smartphones -- and they might be appealing if you find most budget phones a little boring. Rokit's newl...

The robocalling problem just keeps getting worse and worse--last year, the Federal Communications Commission ordered telecommunications executives to start doing something about the problem, which one report in January 2...

Fraudulent robocallers, your days are numbered. Or at least that’s what AT&T and Comcast are telling the sources of these calls designed to con people. In what is being touted as the nation’s first, the two providers...

A January 2019 poll conducted by the Center for the Governance of Change at Spain's IE University has found considerable anxiety throughout Europe about the pace of automation and technological change, Quartz reported--t...

Microsoft really, really wants you to know that Windows 7's security updates will end soon. A newly deployed update will warn users that Microsoft will stop providing security updates for the operating system after Janua...

Collaborating with the University of Washington, Microsoft has demonstrated a system that can store information in synthetic DNA and then retrieve the data afterward. The proof-of-concept device is among the first of its...

While Agents of SHIELD's Phil Coulson is, at least currently, quite dead, actor Clark Gregg's been spending time settling into his mysterious new role on the show as a character who's everything the fallen agent and frie...

Big fun sometimes comes in small packages. Hamsterdam from Muse Games is one such example.

It’s time to change your Facebook password. Again. The social network argues today’s revelation that “hundreds of millions” of users’ passwords were saved, in plaintext and unprotected, where thousands of emplo...

Using apps to keep track of your medication or look up the symptoms of your latest mysterious illness might be convenient. But a new study out this week highlights the hidden privacy risks of plugging sensitive health in...

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

Netflix is testing a less expensive mobile-only plan in India, which may help it expand its userbase in the world's second most populous nation. A small number of users are reportedly trying the plan, which, at 250 rupee...

Boeing charged airlines extra for two safety features that may have been able to detect in advance issues with the 737 Max planes involved in fatal crashes, according to the New York Times. The additional sensors provide...

Comcast has introduced Xfinity Flex, its own streaming television and video service. The new platform brings Internet-only customers the opportunity to get live streaming TV and on-demand videos without signing up for th...

We’ve arrived at another Thursday, which means Nintendo has delivered a fresh list of games that are about to hit the eShop. This week, that list is arriving the day after a Nindies Showcase that revealed titles like C...

Although 5G is only just being cobbled together, planning is already underway for 6G networks. Next week, March 24 through 25, more than 200 researchers will gather at the "6G Wireless Summit" in Levi, Finland to discuss...

A few months ago I became interested in the offbeat art of bootleg action figures. I started by following artists and designers on Instagram, and a big part of sharing art like this on Instagram is revealing parts of the...