Where to buy Sony's Xperia XZ in the UK

Sony's smartphone launch timetable has been pretty questionable of late. After bringing the Xperia X Compact to the UK the day after Apple's iPhone announce, the company is back with a poorly timed release of the Xperia XZ, just as the dust…

Apple is Seeking 10 Participants for a New Marketing Program Called 'the Orchard'

Apple is seeking 10 participants for a new innovative, creative program in the Marketing Communications (Marcom) group at Apple called 'the Orchard'.Its mission is to bring together a talented and diverse group of up-and-coming creatives to learn an…

'Gravity Rush 2' won't get a holiday release after all

A bunch of PS4 exclusives were supposed to drop this year, but almost all of them had been delayed. The latest casualty? Gravity Rush 2. The sequel to one of the key launch titles for the PS Vita was supposed to come out on December 2nd, a …

If you upgrade to two-factor authentication, you can’t log in to your Mac with an iCloud password

A few releases of what was then called Mac OS X, Apple added an option that seemed a convenient way to reduce the number of passwords you had to remember. While setting up a system (or later via the Users & Groups system preference pane), you cou…

Rimac's electric bike can go 150 miles on a single charge

Rimac has revealed a new electric bicycle that is just as impressive as its LaFerrari-killing, million-dollar Concept One supercar, in its own way. With a massive 3kWh battery, the Greyp G12H can go up to 240 km (150 miles) on a single char…

How to use Photoshop Elements to combine images like a pro

One of the most exciting projects you can tackle in image editing software that supports layering—Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Pixelmator, etc.—is to combine images in interesting ways. Whether you’re crafting a surreal piece of art or s…

Cult classic 'Voodoo Vince' returns to Xbox next year

Voodoo Vince is coming back. The quirky platformer set in New Orleans and starring a voodoo doll who inflicts pain on himself to hurt enemies (because voodoo) started life on the first Xbox. But because it was an Xbox exclusive not many peo…

With Viv, Samsung challenges Apple…and Google

The acquisition of digital assistant, Viv, has raised Samsung’s status to that of peer player in the smart devices wars, and while Apple is a traditional target, Google, Amazon, HTC and other Android maker also have much to fear.Ecosystem meltdow…

Travelers: Keep your data secure by using a virtual private network

Even when your goal is to get away from it all, sometimes necessity requires that you stay in touch with the outside world. This can take a lot of forms: chatting with your loved ones on FaceTime, shuttling project files between your iPad Pro or…

Apple’s ‘Orchard’ Program Aims to Find the Best Upcoming Marketing Talent

Apple has launched a new program called Orchard with the aim of finding the next best marketing talent. The page of the program on Apple’s website teases the program by saying that if you are lucky enough to get selected, you will get to work with…

NYT: Yahoo reworked its malware scanner for email surveillance

Following a Reuters report that in 2015 Yahoo scanned customer emails for US surveillance, the New York Times has followed up with details from anonymous sources of its own. Although Yahoo responded a day later claiming the initial report w…

Gary Johnson Wants to Fight for Your Right to Vape

Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson has a simple message for American vapers: Let me be your hero.Read more...

Stanford simulator predicts brain swelling to guide surgeons

Surgeons have been cutting out parts of the skulls of patients suffering from brain trauma for a very long time. But a new simulation tool developed by a team of researchers for Stanford U and the University of Oxford will help make the pro…

Apple’s new ‘Orchard’ program aims to discover the next best marketing talent

Apple has quietly created a new program called Orchard with the goal of seeking out the next best marketing talent. Job listings have been appearing gradually over the past few weeks for the program, but Apple this evening has launched a new Orchar…

Theranos Is Raining Blood

In an open letter to investors on Wednesday, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes announced that the company was shuttering all of its labs and wellness centers, “impacting” around 340 employees—presumably by putting them out of work.Read more...

You Can Now Shazam Songs From Within Messages

You can now easily Shazam songs right from the Messages app. An update to the popular iOS application brings a new Messages app for iOS 10 users that lets you easily recognize and share songs without leaving Messages.So you’re messaging a friend and…

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Samsung buying Viv, the AI assistant developed by Siri creators

BASE Jumping Off a Balcony of a Skyscraper Above the Clouds Is Pure Crazy

The 75-story Sulafa Tower skyscraper in the Dubai Marina is so tall that it’s essentially above the clouds. So this guy is not just BASE jumping off a super high balcony, he’s also jumping straight into a cloud of fog below. That thick blanket o…

Samsung Acquires New Viv Personal Assistant From the Makers of Siri

Samsung has acquired Viv, a new personal assistant from the makers of Siri. Viv is described as an artificial intelligence platform that enables developers to create an intelligent, conversational interface to anything.Dag Kittlaus, Co-Founder/CEO o…

'Pokémon Go' will add catch bonuses to make the grind worthwhile

As Niantic Labs keeps tweaking things to hold onto its Pokémon Go player base, it has revealed another new feature coming to the augmented reality game. Currently, player activities like catching Pokémon can level them up towa…