Google's hardware extravaganza: Ad giant takes on Sonos, Roku, Linksys, Amazon, Oculus... you name it

No market is safe from search engine monster In just 90 minutes on Tuesday morning, Google took an enormous leap into the hardware market, offering new products to compete with Sonos in the music streaming market, Roku in video streaming, Linksys in…

Boost Your Happiness at Work By Changing the Way You Approach To-Do Lists

A straightforward to-do list might make you more productive, but it can also make your job feel tedious and boring. It’s time to start reincorporating your big goals within your to-do lists.Read more...

The iPhone 7 is Causing Connection Hell For Verizon Customers

Last week, we put out a call for iPhone 7 users to tell us what problems they’re experiencing with their phones. Although Bluetooth complaints were the most common, we’ve heard from dozens of Verizon users who are having issues with their new phones…

Remains of the Day: Yahoo Secretly Scanned Emails for the NSA and FBI

It turns out that hackers weren’t the only ones with access to your Yahoo email account. Last year Yahoo built software into their email platform that allowed U.S. intelligence officials to search for specific information in Yahoo email accounts. Th…

GOP website outed its response to the VP debate a bit early

Today the Republican National Committee showed tech companies aren't the only ones to get a little jumpy with the publish button. Following Apple's early Twitter leak of the iPhone 7, the GOP website pushed up blog posts declaring its VP ca…

Beats by Dre chief marketing officer leaving the company next month

The Beats brand has become one of the most well-known ones in recent times, but one of the minds behind the rise of Beats is departing from the company. According to a new report from Fast Company, Beats By Dre’s chief marketing officer Omar Johnso…

Watch Crayons Melt Into Wonderful Blobs of Color

Anything looks cooler in macro. Setting stuff on fire with a blowtorch is rad, for obvious reasons. And even in death, the humble crayon manages to fill us with child-like joy.Read more...

Lifehacker Everything Google Announced at Its “Made By Google” Event that Actually Matters | Kotaku 

Lifehacker Everything Google Announced at Its “Made By Google” Event that Actually Matters | Kotaku Five Nights at Freddy’s Creator Gives Worst Reason For Possible Delay | io9 Seven Things We Loved About Luke Cage and Two We Didn’t | Jalopnik Exclus…

This Russian Rogue One Poster Puts the War in Star Wars

The posters for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have already been pretty great. Even the fan made ones have been good. But attendees at a Comic-Con in Russia were just given a brand new poster that tells a story all its own—a story about a brutal war a…

Google's AI Plans Are A Privacy Nightmare

Google CEO Sundar Pichai thinks we are now living in an “artificial intelligence-first world.” He’s probably right. Artificial intelligence is all the rage in Silicon Valley these days, as technology companies race to build the first killer app that…

You Can Now Wirelessly Connect Over 50 Ultimate Ears Speakers Together to Crank Up the Volume

Ultimate Ears has announced a new feature that lets you wirelessly connect more than 50 Ultimate Ears speakers together and crank up the volume.From your backyard to the beach, Ultimate Ears’ waterproof (IPX7) and durable wireless Bluetooth speakers…

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Add Coconut Milk to Hot Cider for an "Apple Pie in a Glass"

Cold weather means warm beverages, and nothing feels more “fall” than a hot, steaming mug of apple cider. To make a beverage that drinks like pie in a glass, just add in a little coconut milk.Read more...

Watch the Made by Google launch event in 15 minutes

Google unveiled its plan for consumer hardware earlier today, showing off Pixel phones, the Google Home hub, Google WiFi router, Chromecast Ultra and Daydream VR headset, plus its Assistant AI ready to tie everything together. We liveblogge…

With Assistant, Google is becoming a lot more like Apple

Google may have finally taken control of its hardware with the new Pixel phones, but the company's still focusing on software. In particular: artificial intelligence. The AI-powered Assistant is an integral part of its new phones, Allo mess…

Good God, we've found a Google thing we like – the Pixel iPhone killer

Well, OK, Chromium's pretty nice – as is this new Android smartie Hands-on  Google is taking on the iPhone.…

Exotic 'Twilight Zone' Reef Is Brimming With Unique Forms of Life

We tend to think of coral reefs as luminous, undersea jungles that pepper the shallow, scuba-friendly tropics. But deeper down, in a region about as bright as Pluto on a sunny day, there lie vast reef ecosystems unknown to science.Read more...

Apple TV Universal Search Expands to Support the CW, Five Additional Countries

Apple has expanded its Universal Search function on the Apple TV.In the United States, Universal Search now supports the new CW app which offers subscription-free streaming of recent episodes.Apple has also brought Universal Search to Mexico, Nether…

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Apple Seeds macOS Sierra 10.12.1 Beta 3 to Public Testers

Apple publicly released macOS Sierra to the masses last month, but the company is already working on the next iteration. Continue reading →

How to Turn On Encryption In Facebook Messenger

The end-to-end message encryption Facebook promised to Messenger users back in July has finally finished rolling out to everyone. Here’s how to enable it.Read more...