Verizon Wireless will let you dodge those sketchy 'supercookies'
Living
a wholly private life on the internet is getting to be impossible, but
months of thinkpieces and public outcry finally seem to have done a
little good where one company is concerned. According to the New York
Times, Verizon Wireless is giving ... Read More ...
Tesla's long-delayed Model X SUV is testing in California
It
may look like a Prius that's been vomited on by Mad Max, but the
vehicle you see in the clip below is probably Tesla's long-delayed Model
X SUV. You see, when companies begin stress-testing vehicles, they
dress them down with a dodgy paint job and... Read More ...
Tesla doubles the size of its Supercharger network in the UK
The
last time we checked in with Tesla's UK roll-out, the company had
opened three new Superchargers in London, bringing its grand total for
the British Isles up to nine. It promised that within six months, Model S
owners would be able to drive the l... Read More ...
Soundcloud's latest iPad app is good for listeners, bad for creators
Soundcloud
likes to keep its apps looking sharp -- this much we know. It was only
just recently that the music service gave its iPhone app a bit of spit
and polish. This time it's the iPad version's turn. Unsurprisingly, a
lot of the design-DNA from ... Read More ...
Microsoft's white space internet aims to improve education in Ghana
Microsoft
has long been championing TV white space internet for use in places
conventional types of connections don't reach, even in places that don't
even have access to electricity. After a pilot program that brought
white space broadband to some A... Read More ...
British thieves stole DVDs from a supermarket by mailing them home
Before
we start, we know that crime is wrong and that theft is a serious
issue. That said, the lengths some people will go to steal a few DVDs is
pretty entertaining. Thieves at a Walmart-owned ASDA supermarket in
Cheshire, England managed to evade s... Read More ...
Google agrees to make its privacy policy clearer in the UK
Three
years ago Google merged more than 60 privacy policies into one
gargantuan document, in the hope it would be simpler and more readable
for its customers around the world. Some people were skeptical of the
changes and, despite Google's best effor... Read More ...
'Revenge porn' peddler banned from posting images without consent
If
your significant other sends you artful nudes, it'd be pretty nasty to
share those pics in the event of your separation. It's a feeling that
the Federal Trade Commission shares after handing down a judgment on
Craig Brittain, the owner of a websit... Read More ...
The Big Picture: Virtual Los Angeles' minimalist skyline
Hello
darkness, my old friend. No the image above isn't a minimalist poster
for the Jack Nicholson classic Chinatown on Etsy, it's what Grand Theft
Auto V's version of Los Angeles looks like when the game's textures are
stripped away, leaving just th... Read More ...
BT says faster broadband is coming, but it could take 10 years
Everyone
in the UK wants super-fast broadband in their home. The most reliable
and effective solution right now is fibre, which every internet provider
uses as the backbone for their network nationwide. But there's a
problem -- the fibre often stops ... Read More ...
Jay Z is buying Spotify rival Tidal for $56 million
So
this is something. The Scandinavian press is buzzing right now with the
news that Jay Z is buying the Norwegian company behind the high-quality
music streaming service Tidal. The rapper and entrepreneur made a 464
million Krona (roughly $56 millio... Read More ...
DARPA's new tech lets robots learn from YouTube videos
Things
would be a lot easier for roboticists if their creations can learn from
any instructional video they watch without further programming. While
we're still far from teaching robots complicated skills using just a
playlist of YouTube clips, a Uni... Read More ...
Saygus' over-specced phone costs $550 for early birds
How
do you prove your device isn't vaporware? Put a price and pre-order
date on it. Well, that's what Saygus is doing with the V2 (pronounced
V-Squared) that we spent some time with at the Consumer Electronics Show
this year, at least. If you reserve... Read More ...
'Lego Jurassic World' game packs four movies' worth of brick dinosaurs
We
have no idea how Jurassic World is going to turn out come summer, but
we do know that it's getting Lego-fied for Lego Jurassic World. The game
follows all three Jurassic Park stories in addition to this June's
blockbuster, and it'll be available f... Read More ...
The next 'Toshiba' TV you see will be made by a different company
Toshiba
has undertaken many attempts to reshape its TV segment over the years
with "Cloud Portal" and Cell TV, but none have hit the mark and now it's
getting out of the business entirely in North America. Following other
Japanese manufacturers that ... Read More ...
iTunes for Mac gets its own Notification Center widget
The
latest iTunes is now available for download, and while it won't clothe
your old application in a newer, fancier interface, it does come with a
convenient new feature. To be exact, it adds an iTunes widget right
within the notification center that... Read More ...
Daily Roundup: Apple outsells Samsung, Microsoft invests in Android and more!
Apple
sold as many phones as Samsung did last quarter; Microsoft is investing
in Android; and SkyMall might be saved. Head past the break to find all
of today's top stories in the Daily Roundup.... Read More ...
Of course 'Law & Order: SVU' is doing a GamerGate episode
Actually,
it's not about ethics in games journalism. NBC's Law & Order:
SVU will air an episode titled "Intimidation Game" on February 11th, and
unless you've been living under a rock the circumstances will be pretty
familiar. In a plotline following... Read More ...
OnePlus will reveal its 'OxygenOS' February 12th
As
Cyanogen moves along a new path (apparently with help from Microsoft)
phone maker OnePlus is working on its own flavor of Android, and now it
has a name: OxygenOS. Unfortunately, it doesn't have much else beyond
promises of going back to the drawi... Read More ...
Google X Labs made synthetic skin to test a cancer-detecting bracelet
If
someone asks you to name a Google X Labs moonshot, you'd probably say
Glass, self-driving car or maybe even Project Loon. But as you might
remember from the WSJD Live conference last year, it also has a
flourishing Life Sciences division that empl... Read More ...
Rolling Stone archives hit Google Play Newsstand this week
Have
you ever felt the need to dive into the history of music, movies and
other pop culture? Well, you'll soon be able to do so with the help of
Rolling Stone and Google Play Newsstand. The magazine is set to add its
archive of decade-spanning conten... Read More ...
Amazon put $1.3 billion into Prime Instant Video last year
Amazon
may have surprised Wall Street by how much sales went up in the fourth
quarter of last year ($29.3 billion, with a profit of $214 million), but
for customers its Prime service is the big deal. Founder and CEO Jeff
Bezos said Prime membership i... Read More ...
Tesla Model S is getting even quicker through a software update
If
you didn't think that Tesla's Model S P85D was bonkers enough, you're
in for a treat. Elon Musk has revealed that the already speedy electric
sedan is getting a software update that will improve its 0-60MPH
acceleration time by a tenth of a second... Read More ...
Reddit posts its first transparency report
Reddit
may not be subject to as much legal scrutiny as tech giants like Google
or Microsoft, but there's enough of it that the internet community has
published its first transparency report. The site says that it received
55 demands for user info thr... Read More ...
Google: We fought to notify WikiLeaks about email warrants
We
still don't know everything about the information Google handed over to
the government about three WikiLeaks employees, but a lawyer for the
search giant has answered one question about the incident. While a gag
order prevented Google from the thr... Read More ...
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