Facebook boosts ad targeting with partner categories
With 500 unique categories, such as cereal buyers and frozen food buyers, the social network creates more ways for advertisers and agencies to specifically target users' online buying habits. [Read more]
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T-Mobile's 4G LTE impresses in real-world tests (hands-on) CNET compares T-Mobile's 4G LTE network against AT&T and Verizon on the Galaxy Note 2. [Read more]
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Stephen Hawking predicts end-of-Earth scenario The renowned theoretical physicist urges humans to go into space in order to save ourselves. [Read more]
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Apple blocks Samsung access to next iPhone chip, says report Samsung won't be making Apple's upcoming A7 chip, says a Korea-based report. [Read more]
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Reddit co-founder sharpens knife for CISPA fight Aiming to get the chiefs at Google, Facebook and Twitter on board against upcoming U.S. cybersecurity legislation, Alexis Ohanian calls them on the phone and gets some amusing results. [Read more]
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Firefox readies tougher stance on cookies A future release of the browser blocks third-party cookies by default on desktops, ignoring advertiser complaints, while both desktops and Android Firefox get several under-the-hood improvements. [Read more]
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High-speed cam catches cool 3D shots of snowflakes The Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera captures closeup images of snowflakes, as well as data on their fall speed, to improve weather forecasting systems. Did we mention how stunning the shots are? [Read more]
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Burner brings 'disposable' phone numbers to Android Burner can cloak your Android phone with a temporary phone number that expires in a set amount of time. [Read more]
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Google Glass Explorer edition heading to devs soon The developer versions of the anticipated augmented reality eyewear will ship to developers in the coming weeks. [Read more]
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Flying iPad lodges in woman's bumper? In Georgia, many things fly that don't necessarily take flight elsewhere. An iPad, for example, may be one of them. [Read more]
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Bitcoin bubble burst? Currency suffers dramatic correction The peer-to-peer currency, which has quadrupled in value in recent weeks, lost more than 60 percent of its value before a slight recovery. [Read more]
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9 percent would have sex with a robot Robots are coming. The question is what do people want to do with them? Well, almost 1 in 10 humans would go all the way with them. So says a survey. [Read more]
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Huawei plans flagship phone release for summer In addition to sponsoring a pop concert tour, the smartphone-maker will launch a "major" handset in the U.S. [Read more]
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Facebook adds icons and links to status updates The social network is rolling out a feature that throws an icon and link into any status update having to do with a movie, TV show, or book. These will also show up in user timelines. [Read more]
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Fix permissions errors for sandboxed applications in OS X Sometimes file access errors in OS X may actually be related to a program's sandboxing rather than being a classic file permissions error. [Read more]
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Neon waterfalls illuminate nature at night Artists use glow sticks and long-exposure photography to enhance waterfalls with mesmerizing streams of colorful light. [Read more]
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Apple's Q1 Mac numbers were either very good, or terrible IDC and Gartner both say U.S. Mac shipments in the first three months of the year changed by 7.5 percent or thereabouts. Problem is, one says up, the other down. [Read more]
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The best Windows 8 gaming laptops Portable PCs with powerful graphics cards are rare these days. Here are some recent favorites. [Read more]
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Google 'Glass Collective' ropes in VC bigshots Investment syndicate brings together Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Google Ventures to offer seed money for Google Glass startups. [Read more]
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Raspberry Pi-powers DIY autonomous underwater vehicle Built by a team of engineering undergraduates from Singapore, the robotic vessel dubbed Coconut Pi uses both the Raspberry Pi and Arduino. [Read more]
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IRS doesn't believe in warrants for e-mail Documents suggest IRS lawyers don't think a search warrant is needed for obtaining e-mail, burglars steal user data from video service Vudu, and T-Mobile touts trade-in program before its iPhone 5 launch. [Read more]
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The 404 1,246: Where we kick rocks (podcast) Jeff keeps complaining about the lack of gaming news on the show, so we're bringing Mark Licea on the show every Wednesday for your weekly video game update! It's like Pre-Game but with more dudes. [Read more]
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Trendnet ships 802.11ac USB 3.0 adapter Trendnet announces the availability of its USB 3.0 Wi-Fi adapter that quickly adds support for latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard to any Windows computer. [Read more]
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FCC chair to TV broadcasters: Mobile is not your enemy Is the wireless industry a wolf in sheep's clothing to the TV market? FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski says, "no," as he encourages TV broadcasters to work with wireless operators. [Read more]
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Building the world of The Last of Us New developer diary from Naughty Dog shows how the environments were created for its upcoming game set in a world torn apart by fungus-ridden zombies. [Read more]
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