Ted Cruz trolled Donald Trump with a Snapchat filter at last night's debate
Donald Trump has proved time and time again that Twitter can be a powerful tool when it comes to public debate and signal-boosting Nazis, but what about that other great digital medium, Snapchat? Ted Cruz...
the self-destructing candidate
Droneboarding needs bigger drones or smaller humans
Okay, there's a lot going on here so let's break things down. Is it impractical to use quadcopters to tow a toddler on a snowboard? Yes, very. Did the battery on the drone in this video last long? Probably...
Tow drones don't make a right
Stanford study: T-Mobile's Binge On is 'likely illegal'
The debate over the potential harm of T-Mobile's Binge On continues, with a new study from Stanford University claiming that the perk violates key net neutrality principles and is "likely illegal." Binge...
"good in the short-term but harms consumers in the long run." – Barbara van Schewick
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January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz trolled Donald Trump with a Snapchat filter at last night's debate
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January 29, 2016
Droneboarding needs bigger drones or smaller humans
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January 28, 2016
A 360-degree view from Ted Cruz's podium at the Republican debate
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January 28, 2016
New York: apparently that earthquake you felt was just a sonic boom, no big deal
Watchup's Apple TV app wants to be the Pandora of news
TV news has been relatively untouched territory in the battle between cord cutters and cable companies, but a recently-launched free app for Apple TV named Watchup might make this content more relevant....
No subscription necessary
Saints Row developer releases canceled PSP version for free download
When most video games are canceled during development, they disappear, consigned to back rooms and never spoken of again. That same fate almost befell the unreleased Saints Row: Undercover — a planned PSP...
Patience of a saint
Strong PlayStation sales boost Sony despite dip in image sensors
Sony posted third-quarter earnings up on those from a year ago, making ¥202.1 billion ($1.69 billion) in operating profit off ¥2.58 trillion ($21.5 billion) in revenue. Net profit between October and...
Slowing smartphone sales hit sensor unit
Apple could release a 'cutting-edge' wireless-charging iPhone next year
Apple is working on wireless charging technology for the iPhone and iPad, and it may see release as soon as 2017, according to a new report in Bloomberg. The company is said to be developing technology...
Exploring wireless charging that works from further away
Stephen King adaptation 11.22.63 isn't going to turn Hulu into HBO
While Netflix and Amazon have been able to transform themselves into legitimate creators of high-end, award-winning television, Hulu has continued to find itself on the outside looking in. The streaming...
But it's still a step in the right direction
Uber is slashing prices in New York City
Uber is dropping fares in New York City on its UberX and UberXL services by around 15 percent. The price drop was first reported by the New York Post and subsequently confirmed by Uber.
The base fare on...
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Apple Pay and Android Pay are coming to ATMs in the US this year
Contactless ATMs have been available in countries like Spain and Canada for some time, but they haven't made their way to the US. That will soon change, thanks to the proliferation of mobile payment...
NFC-equipped ATMs are on the way
House of Cards will lose creator Beau Willimon for fifth season
Netflix's flagship original series House of Cards has lost creator Beau Willimon, who won't return as showrunner for the series' fifth season due out in 2017, according to reports from Deadline and The...
He's said to be working on an original play
The FCC’s cable box proposal looks different to cable and tech companies
Yesterday FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler shared a proposal that would make the cable set-top box world look a whole lot more like the mobile phone market. The idea is to give consumers more choice around the...
A 360-degree view from Ted Cruz's podium at the Republican debate
Google has shared with us a 360-degree snapshot taken from Ted Cruz's podium hours before tonight's GOP primary debate. The image was captured with a Ricoh Theta, a nifty consumer 360-camera.
Let us take...
Cruzn' USA
New York: apparently that earthquake you felt was just a sonic boom, no big deal
The US Geological Survey is here to soothe the nerves of New Yorkers on edge this afternoon: that earthquake you may have felt around 1:30PM? Yeah, don't worry about it — it was just a series of "at least...
Oh, okay then
Tesla may start mirroring apps from smartphones on its big touchscreen
Tesla is considering allowing smartphone apps from an iPhone or Android device to be mirrored on its giant 17-inch center console display, rather than building its own native app development kit for...
apps on your tesla
Amazon’s holiday sales didn’t live up to expectations
Amazon, the bookseller-turned-cloud computing giant, continues to show how its most profitable division, Amazon Web Services, has room to grow. However, a vast majority of the company's sales are generated...
Blame Amazon's rising shipping and delivery costs
Microsoft's Q2 2016: Surface strong and phones weak
Microsoft has published its Q2 fiscal 2016 earnings report, and the company has made $6.3 billion in net income on $25.7 billion in revenue. While Microsoft continues to experience a weak phone offering,...
HP’s Isaac Mizrahi Smartwatch is just another smartwatch covered in jewels
HP has announced the newest smartwatch in a series of collaborations with big brand names, and this one comes from Isaac Mizrahi. Like the others in the "Engineered by HP" series, this watch eschews a big...
Put some bling on it
The Zika virus, explained
Until recently, few people had heard of Zika. As of 2013, it had never been recorded in the Western Hemisphere. By 2014, the virus made an appearance in the Americas, arriving in the Easter Islands, and...
Until recently, Zika was considered very rare
Kevin Spacey bravely faces the next chapter of his career — talking animals!
Kevin Spacey is one of those actors who never makes a bad call — from The Usual Suspects to A Bug's Life to American Beauty to House of Cards, the guy is a winner.
That's why I for one am thrilled for the...
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Reddit’s official Android app arrives in beta today
Reddit finally (almost) has its own official apps. The company released its first Android app in beta today, according to an announcement by Reddit CEO Steve Huffman. Huffman says the iOS version will...
iOS is coming soon
Tesla denies report it will debut a second car at Model 3 event in March
Tesla has quashed reports that it will announce a second car alongside the hotly anticipated Model 3 in March, after Electrek's Seth Weintraub reported yesterday that the electric car maker would show off...
Two cars are better than one
Animal Collective's newest song is tucked inside an iOS fingerpainting app
Baltimore rock veterans Animal Collective released a new single today, but you won't be able to find it on YouTube or SoundCloud. "Lying in the Grass" is embedded within the band's new iOS app, Painting...
I'm a terrible artist
Walgreens tells Theranos to stop sending lab tests to California lab
The drugstore chain Walgreens told Theranos to stop sending clinical lab tests to its Newark, California lab today. Walgreens has also decided to immediately suspend Theranos laboratory testing services at...
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Walt and Nilay talk twitter; discussing problems with it as a product and suggest improvements in features and strategies.
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Tharsis is a video game about life's mundane decisions — and also space cannibalism
Tharsis is a digital, single-player board game about four astronauts and their harrowing journey to Mars. Like all journeys to Mars, theirs devolves into hysterics, brash decision making, and uncomfortable...
Eat, pray, roll
Shazam is experimenting with distributing exclusive songs for users
Shazam, the app known best for helping identify songs, is trying its hand at music distribution, according to a report today from The Wall Street Journal. Artist management firm Mick Management, in...
The first ever Electronic Music Awards are coming in April
When it comes to being recognized by the Grammys, the two most neglected genres have been hip hop and electronic music. But while hip hop has had a number of its own award shows over the years including...
And it will air on Fox
Rihanna's leaving radio behind on the strange, defiant ANTI
Rihanna would rather be smoking weed. She admits as much just a few minutes into ANTI, her eighth LP and first since 2012’s Unapologetic; she does so on "James Joint," a bubbling, casually lusty interlude...
It's her first LP since 2012
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Facebook rolls out live video streaming to everyone in the United States
A month after beginning to test live-streaming video from its flagship app, Facebook is now rolling the feature out to all users in the United States. The feature, which only works on iPhone for now, is...
But it only works on iPhone
Netflix and Hasbro are making a Stretch Armstrong TV series
Not content to simply hand out gobs of cash at Sundance, Netflix is now expanding its line-up of shows aimed at children with a new series based on the toy Stretch Armstrong. Today the company announced...
Sure, why not?
San Francisco’s transit system is now using a thing called the ‘Space/Time Engine’ to track commutes
Urban Engines, the transportation planning startup founded by former Google engineers and funded by Google Ventures, announced today it had struck a deal with San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit, as...
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Snapchat just made it a lot easier to find and add friends
One of the most frustrating parts of using Snapchat is trying to find and add new people. You can either take a photo of a friend's BooR code (cumbersome), or search for their username (annoying,...
With personalized URLs
