Cars, more cars, and Marshawn Lynch: What could go wrong?
Retired Seattle Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch wasn't busy recently, so he helped us pick out some of the year's best cars. Hijinks immediately ensued.
Instagram hits 500 million users, sees 95 million posts per day
Instagram hits the 500 million user mark, Vine expands video time limits, Apple can find a lot of stuff in your Photos collection.
Microsoft snaps up app maker Wand as spending spree rolls on
Microsoft buys app maker Wand in bid to boost bot tech, Apple iPhone 6 sales in Beijing halted, new VR headset boasts 20K video resolution - and we saw it.
Lenovo debuts modular Moto Z phones, but there’s a big catch
Lenovo debuts two new Motorola phones but there's a big catch for buyers. Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro phablet does the Tango, Google looks at super-fast wi-fi.
Tinder locks out the kids, Larry Page wants to drive and fly
Tinder raises its age limit, millions of Twitter logins pop up on the dark web and Google co-founder Larry Page has a thing for flying cars.
FAA warns of GPS testing, Lexus update goes wrong, fly by Power Glove
GPS service in some West Coast locations disrupted by tests, Lexus software updates goes terribly wrong, guy controls drone with circa-1989 Power Glove
Microsoft takes aim at Trello, Samsung sees a flexible future
Uber updates their app, will it make drivers happier? Plus, Microsoft moves in on Trello's turf, Samsung could soon change how we use cell phones.
New Oculus game may require a parka, Zuck’s Twitter account gets hacked
New game Edge of Nowhere debuts today for Oculus Rift users, Mark Zuckerberg gets hacked, the Can You Hear Me Now guy switches teams.
Minecraft hits milestone, Pebble’s Core likes Alexa, Google’s podcars hit the horn
Minecraft's popularity hits a milestone, Pebble rolls out an interesting connected device, and Google's self-driving cars get a very human feature.
Elon Musk thinks we live in The Matrix, Facebook uncorks a text-reading A.I.
Wundekind Elon Musk tells tech conference we may live in a simulation, Facebook reveals Deep Text A.I. that can read, Saudi Arabia dumps $3.5B into Uber.
Why Xiaomi bought Microsoft patents, big magnet vs. big hydraulic press
Chinese phone maker Xiaomi hooks their U.S. market plans to Microsoft, Periscope rolls out a odd comment moderating system, big magnet vs. hydraulic press.
New EU ‘hate speech’ rules: badly needed or bad policy?
Is the new European Union hate speech pact a step towards civil discourse, or online speech suppression? Plus, ASUS rolls out Zenbo, and a new Intel CPU.
Peter Thiel revealed as Gawker lawsuit moneyman, Apple thought about buying Time-Warner
Billionaire Peter Thiel fueled Hulk Hogan's successful Gawker lawsuit, Apple eyeballed Time-Warner, and a headphone amp that has a healthy glow to it.
Twitter hashes out future changes, Microsoft steps away from phones, Siri SDK
Twitter sticks to the 140-character limit but some major changes are on the way, Microsoft throws in the towel on phones, Apple to release an SDK for Siri.
HTC Vive users port Rift games, Motorola’s Razr flip-phone making a comeback?
Vive users are porting Rift games, Motorola hints at a new Razr flip-phone, Google takes Deep Dream to the next level with the Magenta research project.
Google I/O kicks off, earbuds that translate languages for you
Google's I/O kicks off, Apple techs pay a visit to the guy who said all his music disappeared, earbuds use an app to translate language in near real-time.
Self-driving semi trucks? Ex-Google guys are working to make it happen
Some ex-Google autonomous car guys want to make semi trucks drive themselves, Twitter looks at shaking up the length of a tweet, and Nvidia is ready for VR.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg sets up big meeting over news feed flap
Facebook says that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be meeting this week with about a dozen conservative figures to talk about the news feed content situation.
Vuze gets your 360-degree VR video career going, CES Asia preview
Vuze's 360-degree video system launches for $799, Google's Gboard app lands on iPhones instead of Android, there's no sophomore jinx for CES Asia.
WTH? Peachy Printer Kickstarter co-founder did what with the dough?
Some Kickstarter projects never quite get it together and deliver on promises. But few fail in as spectacular a fashion as the Peachy Printer project.
Moto X going modular? Teen discovers lost Mayan city, needs fedora and whip
Motorola's next Moto X phone may get a series of modular options, Amazon targets YouTube with user videos, teen pinpoints undiscovered Mayan city.
Opera bakes a VPN into iOS app, Stormtroopers are a hit on the dance floor
Opera puts a VPN into their iOS app to allow private browsing, chatbots are on the rise, Stormtrooper dance team pushes Simon Cowell's button on BGT.
Actor that stole the show in Hail, Caesar! lands Star Wars role of a lifetime
Alden Ehrenreich, a critically acclaimed up-and-comer, has reportedly nabbed the role of a lifetime as Han Solo in Disney’s latest Star Wars Story film.
Cortana smiles as Windows 10 hits user milestone
Windows 10 adoption continue to climb, a new A.I. digital assistant looks to take on Siri, Cortana and Alexa, GoPro cameras capture spaceflight footage.
Google, Chrysler team up to create the ultimate self-driving… minivan?
If you think about it, there’s really no car out there that could better benefit from self-driving tech than the lowly minivan.
Judge shuts off WhatsApp in Brazil, new drone flyover of Apple ‘spaceship’ campus
Why a judge in Brazil shut down WhatsApp for three days, latest look at Apple's 'spaceship' campus, all-in-one ebike solution finds love on Kickstarter.
He went how far? Flyboard Air hoverboard pilot sets distance record
The inventors of the Flyboard Air have released a new video of pilot Franky Zapata setting a new world record for the longest flight aboard a hoverboard.
Zuck’s security team costs $5M a year, VW used PowerPoint to cheat
How much does it cost to keep Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg safe? And how did investigators know VW was thinking about cheating back in 2006? Well....
Apple’s earnings hit the skids, buy the stock now
Listening to the pundits, you’d think Apple was about to close up shop and call it a day after reporting a drop in sales for the first time in 13 years.
Wells Fargo thinks Apple’s iPhone 7 will be a huge seller
Apple is, by it’s own admission, in a bit of a doldrum when it comes to iPhone sales. However, the folks over at Wells Fargo seem to think that’s temporary.
Play Store pops up in redditor’s Google Chrome OS dev build
A redditor has screencapped what appears to be the option to use the Google Play Store in Chrome OS, which would greatly expand its capabilities.
Volkswagen may try to clean up ‘dieselgate’ mess with buy-back plan
Volkswagen is in trouble after admitting to cheating on emissions tests for a huge number of cars, now they may offer to buy them all back.
EU goes after Google again, this time over Android contracts
Google is getting sued by European Union countries over what they claim are some heavy-handed tactics when it comes to Android phones.
Apple refreshes Macbook lineup, YouTube goes all in on 360 videos
Apple’s basic laptops got a bit of a re-skin, YouTube embraces 360-degree streaming video and Sony scrambles to update the Playstation 4 game console.