Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Meet Privately With Trump Following Tech Summit [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump held a tech summit today with the leaders of America's top technology companies. Trump began by saying, "Well I just wanted to thank everybody. This is a truly amazing group of people. I won't tell you the hundreds of ca…

Wireless Charging Startup Energous has Teamed up With Apple Supplier Dialog

Way back in 2015, the wireless charging startup known as Energous showed off “truly wireless charging,” which caught plenty of attention. Continue reading →

Arista takes a round off Cisco in long-running legal battle

Jury finds similar CLI syntax and manuals don't create Copyright claims Arista's taken a round from Cisco, as the two companies continue their long-running legal wrestle.…

HPE storage meltdown at Australian Tax Office lost no taxpayer data

But online services were down for days so maybe some tax office data is AWOL The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has revealed that no taxpayer data was lost as a result of the weird crash of Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3Par storage kit.…

'Dishonored 2' has a good reason to play its New Game Plus mode

If, like me, you're already deep into the intricate world of Dishonored 2, be prepared to keep playing for a while. Bethesda just revealed that the title's first free update will include a "New Game Plus" mode, which will give you full acce…

Use Game Theory to "Win" a White Elephant Gift Exchange

The holidays are about getting the most awesome presents possible—and giving them too, I guess. But if you want to snatch up the best item at a white elephant gift exchange, use this strategy.Read more...

Trump talks job creation, innovation, and more with Tim Cook, tech executives in meeting at Trump Tower

While Twitter may have not been in attendance, President-elect Donald Trump held a meeting with other top technology executives including Tim Cook, Larry Page, and Elon Musk today at Trump Tower. The meeting, according to The New York Times, covere…

Watch a Monkey Wrench Get Forged into a Cool-Ass Knife

I’m a total sucker for watching old tools get turned into badass blades, because seeing random objects get weaponized is such silly dangerous fun. That used to be a thing that tightened bolts! Now it’s a knife that’ll slice your eyes out. Plus, it l…

Yahoo Says Personal Info of Over One Billion Users Stolen in Latest Fuck Up

Photo: GizmodoYahoo’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year just got even worse.Read more...

NASA's Juno Mission Has Inspired Some Jaw-Dropping Artwork

Image: GalaxyshotsNASA’s Juno mission may have fallen behind schedule, but that hasn’t stopped artists and amateur astronomers from having a blast with the data. The Jupiter-orbiting spacecraft’s citizen science camera just sent back its second bat…

Remains of the Day: You Can Now Bookmark Posts on Instagram

Instagram just added a new way to save your favorite photos so that you can peruse all the best pics from your feed whenever you’d like. Maybe I just want to collect your best brunch pics in one place. Don’t judge me. That and more in today’s news.R…

.biz, .us, .co master Neustar grabbed by the privates in $2.9bn deal

Vote of confidence in company after losing critical contract Neustar has agreed to sell itself for $2.9bn to a San Francisco-based investment firm, taking the public company private.…

Telstra is filthy about being barred from spectrum auction

Big T wants to know why the government is going to let airspace sell cheap and competition cherry-pick Australia's dominant carrier Telstra has expressed its displeasure with yesterday's decision to exclude it from an auction for some useful-for-4G …

Yahoo! says! hackers! stole! ONE! BEELLION! user! accounts!

Purple Palace plundered in new breach unrelated to previous p0wnage Yahoo! says hackers have probably stolen details from more than a billion user accounts, including names, addresses, phone numbers, and weakly-hashed passwords in attacks dating bac…

Hack Brief: Hackers Breach a Billion Yahoo Accounts. A Billion

OK, this is officially a hot mess. The post Hack Brief: Hackers Breach a Billion Yahoo Accounts. A Billion appeared first on WIRED.

Watch Uber’s Self-Driving Car Run a Red Light in San Francisco

Uber's self-driving car ran a red light in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood. The post Watch Uber's Self-Driving Car Run a Red Light in San Francisco appeared first on WIRED.

Fitbit will keep Pebble's services running through 2017

Fitbit might no longer sell Pebble's devices, but it won't brick the smartwatches the smaller company already sold. In a blog post today, Pebble developer Jon Barlow has assured fans that Fitbit will keep their e-paper smartwatches running …

51% off Apple USB-C to Lightning Cable - Deal Alert

This USB-C cable connects your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with Lightning connector to your computer's USB-C port for syncing and charging.  Currently discounted 51% on Amazon from Apple, taking its typical list price down to just $19. See the discount…

An Oral History of the ‘Get a Mac’ Ad Campaign

We're Pretty Sure This Is a Self-Driving Uber Blowing a Red Light

Image: Charles Rotter/YouTubeEarlier today, Uber rolled out a fleet of its not-really-self-driving cars in San Fransisco. A few hours later, one the XC90s—a Volvo equipped with seven cameras, laser detection systems, and slew of other expensive shit…

The Best iOS Camera App Updated for the iPhone 7 Plus' Dual Camera

Image: GizmodoCamera+ is one of the best photo apps for iOS and now it’s even better because it supports the iPhone 7 Plus’ dual camera as well as support for taking and editing RAW photos.Read more...