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Watch the first full trailer for Netflix's divisive 'Ghost in the Shell' series
Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for its 3DCG anime series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 and announced that it will arrive in April of 2020. The video reveals... → Read More
Vine successor Byte vows to fix its spam problem
Vine replacement Byte already seems to be a success, gathering not only former Vine users but the TikTok crowd, too. With that popularity has come a new problem... → Read More
Honda E first drive: Futuristic and incredibly fun to drive
Honda's E is futuristic, fun to drive, but there's a caveat. → Read More
Boston Dynamics gives its robot dog a developer SDK
Boston Dynamics has released the source code for its robotic dog Spot to any developer who wants it. → Read More
FBI seizes site dedicated to selling data breach information
The FBI took down a site called WeLeakInfo that offered subscriptions for indexed access to breached data. → Read More
Samsung appoints Roh Tae-moon as its new smartphone CEO
Samsung Electronics has named Roh Tae-moon CEO of its key smartphone division, according to Bloomberg. He'll take over the position from DJ Koh, who will contin... → Read More
Jennifer Aniston lands Apple TV+ a SAG award for 'The Morning Show'
Jennifer Aniston won the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) award for best female actor in a drama series (The Morning Show). That netted Apple TV Plus a second major a... → Read More
Xiaomi is spinning off its Poco brand into a new company
Xiaomi is spinning off its powerful but cheap Poco F1 into an independent company. → Read More
Facebook canceled two original Watch series
Can you name a single scripted original on the streaming service Facebook Watch? Me neither, which might be why Facebook appears to be cutting back on on them.... → Read More
Microsoft is patching a major Windows 10 flaw discovered by the NSA
The IT world is waiting on pins and needles today for a high-profile Microsoft Windows 10 security patch, and now we know why. The US National Security Agency (... → Read More
Google quietly removed 'Guest Mode' casting from Home speakers
Google first introduced Guest Mode on Chromecast to let your friends easily cast from their phone to your TV just by entering a four-digit PIN code. Later on, i... → Read More
Most websites don't follow European cookie consent laws, study shows
Websites that operate in Europe are supposed to follow GDPR rules that make it easy for consumers to opt out of cookie-type tracking. However, most sites are ma... → Read More
'Westworld' season 3 premieres March 15th
Westworld's third season will hit HBO and HBO Go on March 15th, according to a tweet from the show's official Twitter account. HBO also released a new trailer t... → Read More
Mazda purposely limited its new EV 'to feel more like a gas car'
Mazda deliberately limited not only the range but the torque on its MX-30 EV. → Read More
CES 2020 recap: It's a wrap!
CES can be predictable, but what devices blindsided us in 2020? The Vision S EV did because Sony isn't known for building cars. While meant to show off Sony... → Read More
CES 2020 recap: Day three
CES 2020 isn't a PC show per se, but recently manufacturers have used it to show off their most outré prototypes. Take Intel's Horseshoe Bend, a 17-i... → Read More
CES 2020 recap: Day two
It was Bizarro day at CES as Sony built an EV and Hyundai unveiled a flying car. → Read More
Crock-Pot's latest slow cooker comes with Alexa voice control
Belkin has quietly unveiled a 6 quart Crock-Pot slow cooker with a new twist: you can control it with Amazon Alexa. Using the voice assistant, you can not only... → Read More
CES 2020 recap: Day one
On day one at CES 2020 we got to see a lot of bleeding-edge TVs. To start with, Samsung showed off its Q950 8K TV with a minimal 15mm frame and AI processor... → Read More
Google Play now supports Samsung's HDR10+ alternative to Dolby Vision
Samsung unveiled HDR10+ as a way to bring HDR tech on par with Dolby Vision without paying Dolby's royalties. So far, it hasn't attracted a lot of other TV make... → Read More