Amazon's Website Went Down Just As Prime Day 2018 Kicked Off
As you've no doubt heard, today is the beginning of Amazon's 36-hour Prime Day deals bacchanal, an occasion that's supposed to be a glorious celebration…
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Apple's MacBook Updates Are A Much Bigger Deal Than Anyone Imagined
Last week, Apple very quietly rolled out a bunch of changes to its MacBook range. The updates were a classic spec bump, with the big…
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Venus Photobombed The Moon Last Night, And Everyone Loved It
If you're staring at the sky on a clear night it's usually pretty easy to spot the Moon, but we often forget that it's sometimes…
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Shockingly, AT&T's CEO Thinks The Government's Merger Appeal Will Fail
Brace yourself for this stunning turn of events, but AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson doesn't think much of the Justice Department's decision to appeal a ruling…
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Wireless Companies Are Making More Money, Which Is Bad News For The Rest Of Us
The recent announcement of T-Mobile and Sprint's merger has everyone thinking a little more than usual about wireless competition. The US has enjoyed a fierce…
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Giant 'Plant From Hell' Sends 17-Year-Old To The Hospital With Third-Degree Burns
The Giant Hogweed is a terrible, no-good, dangerous plant. It also happens to be spreading across the United States with shocking speed, and just touching…
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YouTube TV Is Offering A Week Of Free Service In Return For Ruining The World Cup
During the incredibly tense England vs Croatia World Cup semi-final earlier this week, cable streaming alternative YouTube TV messed up in a big way. The…
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Full-Color 3D X-Rays Are The Future, And Here's What They Look Like
For all the advancements in body-scanning medical technology, X-rays still tend to be pretty boring to look at. They're more accurate than ever, providing plenty…
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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin Will Fly You To Space If You've Got $200,000 To Spare
Ever wanted to fly to space, without actually going to astronaut school? If that's the case, then you should be filthy rich by now as…
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Watch Cape Canaveral's Iconic Launch Towers Crumble In Early-Morning Demolition
Cape Canaveral has always been a cherished place for the US space program, having hosting some of the most important space missions stretching back decades.…
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Oops! NASA Might Have Destroyed Proof Of Life On Mars On Accident Decades Ago
Finding proof that life once existed on Mars would be one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in the history of mankind, which is why NASA…
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The Justice Department Is Appealing The AT&T Time Warner Merger Approval
The Justice Department is appealing a judge's ruling approving the merger of AT&T and Time Warner, according to court documents filed Thursday. The Justice Department sued…
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Blizzard Just Fixed The Worst Thing About Hearthstone For Anyone With An iPhone X
One of the apps that iOS 12 beta is telling me I spend too much time in is Blizzard's Hearthstone card game, and I plan…
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You Can Now Test Google's Biggest Chrome Redesign In Years
For the past several months, Google has been releasing updates for its Chrome browser in preparation for a massive redesign. We've seen bits and pieces…
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New Telescope Camera Snaps Gorgeous Image Of Distant Star Cluster
NASA regularly delivers outer space eye candy snapped with its various telescopes, but the European Southern Observatory has plenty of star-gazing power as well, and…
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PayPal Just Demanded Payment From A Dead Woman
PayPal has never had a reputation for being a particularly upstanding organization to deal with, but its latest public misstep shows that there is nothing…
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The Oldest Known Color Made By A Living Creature On Earth Is Not What You'd Guess
Today, when you look around the Earth, you see a lot of green. It's easy to imagine that things were the same before humans or…
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Average Internet Speeds Rose 23 Percent Last Year
With Google Fiber's public mission to destroy the cable companies on hold and 5G networks properly launching only in 2019, you'd be forgiven for thinking…
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You Still Have Time To Get 10% Almost Any Electronics On eBay
The shopping event of the summer that many of you are waiting for is just around the corner. Prime Day 2018 kicks off on Monday,…
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Cox Reps Stole Personal Information And Created Fake Accounts, Whistleblower Claims
By this point, we're certainly not shocked by allegations that telecoms salespeople lie to customers, add services to accounts without permission, and generally do anything…
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Exclusive: Apple To Deploy 1Password To All 123,000 Employees, Acquisition Talks Underway
Apple acquires an average of 15 to 20 companies a year, according to CEO Tim Cook. Of that number, we only hear about a couple,…
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Tesla Commits To 500,000-Car Factory In China As Tarrifs Kick In
Tesla CEO and wannabe cave diver Elon Musk was in Shanghai on Tuesday to secure a deal with Chinese authorities to build an ambitious new…
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Video Captures Fireball Streaking Across The Midwestern US, Visible From 10 States
Skywatchers in 10 states in the Midwestern United States got a treat early on Sunday evening as a fireball careened through the atmosphere and produced…
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China Central Bank Brags About Killing Bitcoin Trading In The Country
Bitcoin had a fantastic run last year, but the fun only lasted until January 2018 when a variety of factors contributed to Bitcoin's massive fall.…
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The Brightest Object In The Universe Was Just Discovered, But Is It Still There?
Space is dark, which makes finding bright things like stars pretty darn easy. It also makes it possible for high-powered telescopes to spot things that…
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Check Out The Insane Heat Shield NASA Just Installed On The Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe is going to get close to the Sun than any spacecraft mankind has ever launched into space. It's going to study…
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Twitter Swung The Ban Hammer 70 Million Times In The Last Two Months
Twitter and bots are like flies and horse manure, and anyone who has spent more than one month on President Trump's favorite social media platform…
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