Epic Is Taking Google to Court (Again)
Epic Is Taking Google to Court (Again)
In the latest leg of Epic Games’ case against the tech giants, the Fortnite developer is taking Google to court—in Australia this time around.Read more... Go to Source
Science, Tech and Gadgets
The Roblox Boom Is About to Meet Reality
The Roblox Boom Is About to Meet Reality
Today, the online children’s gaming platform Roblox is dumping 199 million shares of mammon onto the market through its direct listing, which likely means a Black Friday-level mob and hours of free content for CNBC’s Squawk Box on a yet-unprofitable company. Nothing new there, but it’s also an almost psychedelic…Read more... Go to Source
NASA Scoops a Seat Aboard Russian Rocket Without Having to Pay For It
NASA Scoops a Seat Aboard Russian Rocket Without Having to Pay For It
An unusual arrangement involving NASA, the Russian space agency, and a commercial intermediary will see an American astronaut fly to the ISS in a cashless exchange meant to preserve a tradition that dates back over 20 years.Read more... Go to Source
This Drone in a Bowling Alley Is the Coolest Video You’ll See All Week
This Drone in a Bowling Alley Is the Coolest Video You'll See All Week
Do you love expertly choreographed drone videos? Then you’re in luck, because we’ve got the coolest video you’ll see all week—an expertly piloted and impressively directed video that was shot at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis.Read more... Go to Source
Hackers Target Surveillance Firm, Exposing 150,000 Live Camera Feeds in Hospitals, Jails, and Tesla
Hackers Target Surveillance Firm, Exposing 150,000 Live Camera Feeds in Hospitals, Jails, and Tesla
A hacker group claims to have broken into the networks of cloud-based surveillance startup Verkada, gaining unfiltered access to thousands and thousands of live security camera feeds in the process.Read more... Go to Source
Get a $100 Xbox Gift Card for $90 and Put That Extra $10 Towards More Xbox Games
Get a $100 Xbox Gift Card for $90 and Put That Extra $10 Towards More Xbox Games
$100 Xbox Gift Card | $90 | Newegg | Use code EMCETEB25Read more... Go to Source
Elon Musk Explains Why the Starship SN10 Prototype Exploded After Landing
Elon Musk Explains Why the Starship SN10 Prototype Exploded After Landing
The third high-altitude test of a SpaceX Starship prototype ended with a successful landing on March 3 — and then, moments later, ended for a second time with an explosion.Read more... Go to Source
Samsung’s Next Galaxy Unpacked Event Set for March 17
Samsung's Next Galaxy Unpacked Event Set for March 17
Samsung’s last product launch was just two months ago, but it seems the Korean tech giant has enough shiny new devices to hold another Galaxy Unpacked event on March 17. Read more... Go to Source
Cloud Gaming Platform Shadow Has Filed for Bankruptcy, a ‘Victim of Its Success’
Cloud Gaming Platform Shadow Has Filed for Bankruptcy, a 'Victim of Its Success'
The company behind the cloud gaming platform Shadow has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and receivership in France, according to 9to5Google. Shadow recently posted an update to its blog confirming that it was undergoing a “reorganization” to get rid of the debt it had amassed building its cloud gaming platform in…Read more... Go to Source
Some Mandalorian Books Have Been Canceled, But Not for the Reason You Think
Some Mandalorian Books Have Been Canceled, But Not for the Reason You Think
Fans looking forward to the universe of The Mandalorian expanding in print are going to be disappointed, as two future books centered on the Disney+ Star Wars franchise have been cancelled. But it’s not for the reason you think.Read more... Go to Source
No, Mark Zuckerberg, Virtual Reality Goggles Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
No, Mark Zuckerberg, Virtual Reality Goggles Won't Solve the Climate Crisis
The billionaires are once again claiming that tech will save us. In an interview published Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that by the end of this decade, he expects we’ll all have access to virtual reality goggles that will allow us to feel like we’re teleporting into other people’s houses and hanging out.…Read more... Go to Source
Expert Panel Calls for More Smokers to Get Tested for Lung Cancer Starting at 50 Years Old
Expert Panel Calls for More Smokers to Get Tested for Lung Cancer Starting at 50 Years Old
More people with a long history of smoking should be tested annually for lung cancer, even if they’ve quit in recent years, according to new guidance released Tuesday by a government-backed panel of health experts.Read more... Go to Source
Tyrannosaur Teens Didn’t Have the Bone-Crushing Bite of Adults
Tyrannosaur Teens Didn’t Have the Bone-Crushing Bite of Adults
Adult tyrannosaurs were basically bone crushing machines on two feet. New research suggests juvenile tyrannosaurs couldn’t match the same level of brutality, resulting in a distinctive bite that set them apart from their adult counterparts.Read more... Go to Source
Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra S-Pen Is a Useful Stylus With an Inconvenient Case
Samsung's Galaxy S21 Ultra S-Pen Is a Useful Stylus With an Inconvenient Case
For a long time, if you wanted a phone with a legit stylus—and I don’t mean one of those weak-sauce sticks with a squishy nub on top—your only real choice was a Galaxy Note. However, after adding stylus support to a number of its tablets and laptops, this year Samsung decided to free the stylus on its phones, too, by…Read more... Go to Source
Tuesday’s Best Deals: Xbox Gift Cards, TaoTronics Massage Gun, HP Chromebook 14, JACHS NY Sale, PlayStation Plus, ComfiLife Seat Cushion, K-Swiss Sneakers, and More
Tuesday's Best Deals: Xbox Gift Cards, TaoTronics Massage Gun, HP Chromebook 14, JACHS NY Sale, PlayStation Plus, ComfiLife Seat Cushion, K-Swiss Sneakers, and More
Xbox gift cards and a TaoTronics massage gun lead Tuesday’s best deals.Read more... Go to Source
Worn Out: The Fashion Industry’s Big Oil Problem
Worn Out: The Fashion Industry's Big Oil Problem
I really like buying clothes. I spend countless hours in the middle of the night scrolling my favorite brands’ Instagram feeds, and though I try to stick to buying secondhand, I also definitely set myself alarms to remember sample sales. Embarrassing, I know.Read more... Go to Source
Smart Speakers Like the Nest and Echo Could One Day Be Contactless Heart Monitors
Smart Speakers Like the Nest and Echo Could One Day Be Contactless Heart Monitors
As it turns out, smart speakers have proven to be handy in hospitals, allowing patients to independently control devices, as well as lessen the workload for clinicians and caretakers. And now, researchers from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to…Read more... Go to Source
Apple Security Fixes Mean it’s Time to Update Your iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches
Apple Security Fixes Mean it's Time to Update Your iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches
A newly released set of security fixes from Apple is “recommended for all users,” meaning that for anyone with an iPhone, iPad, Mac or Apple Watch, it’s probably time for an update. Read more... Go to Source
The Privacy Problem With Android’s ‘Choice’ Screen
The Privacy Problem With Android's 'Choice' Screen
About a year and a half ago, Google began auctioning off the chance to be one of the search engines that European users could choose as their default on Android devices. And for the past year and a half, we’ve seen some familiar ad-targeting giants continue to take those expensive slots. Read more... Go to Source
How to Use a Hardware Wallet to Store Your Crypto
How to Use a Hardware Wallet to Store Your Crypto
Keeping your cryptocurrency in the exchange where you bought it, be it Kraken, Coinbase, or Gemini, is inherently dangerous. Most of us will dip a toe into the crypto markets by visiting one of these markets and buying a few hundred dollars in currency. But then what do you do with it? Well, you can buy a wallet to…Read more... Go to Source
Get a 48-Pack of AA Batteries for Just $15, or AAA Batteries for $13
Get a 48-Pack of AA Batteries for Just $15, or AAA Batteries for $13
Nectium AA Batteries (48 Pack) | $15 | Amazon | Use code KINJANECTIUMNectium AAA Batteries (48 Pack) | $13 | Amazon | Use code KINJANECTIUMNectium AA Batteries (8 Pack) | $4 | Amazon | Use code KINJANECTIUMNectium AAA Batteries (8 Pack) | $4 | Amazon | Use code KINJANECTIUMRead more... Go to Source
MyPillow Guy Says He’s Starting Some Kind of Little Twitter Platform That’s ‘Not Just Like a Little Twitter Platform’
MyPillow Guy Says He’s Starting Some Kind of Little Twitter Platform That’s 'Not Just Like a Little Twitter Platform'
Mike Lindell, America’s pillow man, may be being sued for $1.3 billion for spreading hoax, pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theories claiming election tech manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems engaged in massive fraud to get Joe Biden into office. But soon that might only be a sliver of the MyPillow founder’s riches,…Read more... Go to Source
Space Jam 2’s New Legacy Doesn’t Include a Certain Sexually Predatory Skunk
Space Jam 2's New Legacy Doesn't Include a Certain Sexually Predatory Skunk
Space Jam: A New Legacy has “canceled” Pepé le Pew. You might assume a kids’ movie dropping a character whose sole characteristic is his desire to molest female characters without their consent is an unequivocally good thing, but it’s actually more complicated than you might think.Read more... Go to Source
Microsoft’s ‘Crazy Huge Hack,’ Explained
Microsoft's 'Crazy Huge Hack,’ Explained
Last week, Microsoft announced that the on-premises version of its widely used email and calendaring product Exchange had several previously undisclosed security flaws. These flaws, the company said, were being used by foreign threat actors to hack into the networks of U.S. businesses and governments, primarily to…Read more... Go to Source
How to Hack Google Assistant Into Your PC
How to Hack Google Assistant Into Your PC
One day, every digital assistant will be at our fingertips no matter what platform we prefer—so yelling at Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, or whoever else comes along will be as easy as clicking an icon and fumbling through verbal commands. Until then, however, there’s clever workarounds to get things like Google…Read more... Go to Source
Mars Rover Landing Site Named After Sci-Fi Legend Octavia Butler
Mars Rover Landing Site Named After Sci-Fi Legend Octavia Butler
That magical spot in Jezero crater where NASA’s Perseverance rover made its historic landing last month has been named “Octavia E. Butler Landing” in honor of the late sci-fi author.Read more... Go to Source
Monday’s Best Deals: Mario Switch Games, iPad Pro 12.9″, 48-Pack Batteries, UGG Bedsheets, 107 Beauty, Samsung Galaxy Buds Live, Naipo Mini Massage Gun, and More
Monday's Best Deals: Mario Switch Games, iPad Pro 12.9", 48-Pack Batteries, UGG Bedsheets, 107 Beauty, Samsung Galaxy Buds Live, Naipo Mini Massage Gun, and More
Walmart’s Mario games sale and the Apple iPad Pro 12.9" lead Monday’s best deals.Read more... Go to Source
Grab Two Wireless Mophie 10,000mAh Power Banks for $20 Right Now
Grab Two Wireless Mophie 10,000mAh Power Banks for $20 Right Now
Mophie Wireless 10,000mAh Power Banks (2-Pack) | $20 | SideDealRead more... Go to Source
Atari Says It’s Launching a Crypto Casino Based on Its Old Games
Atari Says It's Launching a Crypto Casino Based on Its Old Games
In a move that’s not at all desperate, Atari claims it will be launching an online casino in May. More specifically, an Ethereum blockchain casino built around “Atari-themed games.”Read more... Go to Source
Oprah’s Interview With Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Finally Posted Online for Cordcutters
Oprah's Interview With Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Finally Posted Online for Cordcutters
Oprah Winfrey’s explosive new interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry was all anyone seemed to be talking about online Sunday night, but if you missed the live show on CBS, it seemed you were out of luck. There was no way to watch the interview anywhere after the fact, including the new CBS streaming network,…Read more... Go to Source