MoviePass is going through a rough patch right now after raising prices and limiting new movies in an attempt to stay in business. Chagrined subscribers who were used to all-you-can-watch plans aren’t thrilled. If they thought problem-solving specialist Elon Musk might be able to help, then they’re out of luck. Buzzfeed writer Samir Mezrahi tweeted …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Magic Leap offers new details on its secretive and much-hyped augmented-reality headset and says it’ll release the gadget this summer. We compare this week’s hardware announcements, with Apple refreshing its MacBook Pro and Microsoft revealing the Surface Go tablet. Elon Musk jumps in to help the soccer team stuck in a cave in Thailand, …
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On this podcast, special guest Iyaz Akhtar joins us to talk about: The OnePlus 6 review, and what’s missing from this great smartphone. Elon Musk’s bold plan to shuttle us underground at 150 miles per hour. How Amazon ships weirdly shaped and supersized packages. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …
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Maybe you think the iPhone X is too boring, or maybe you think it isn’t expensive enough. Luckily for you, Russian accessory maker Caviar is selling its own custom iPhone X, the iPhone X Tesla, for $4,587 (that’s about £3,398 or AU$6,103). What’s unique about this phone versus a normal iPhone X? It can harness the power of the sun …
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For years, technology features for people with disabilities have felt like an afterthought. Microsoft is hoping to change that. The tech giant announced Monday a $25 million, five-year program to encourage software and device developers to design products using artificial intelligence that are aimed at the disabled community. Think apps that describe what people see, better text-to-speech technology and predictive text …
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Calling it a small gesture, Sonos has announced that in response to the recent revelations about how Cambridge Analytica was allowed to exploit millions of Facebook users’ data, it’s suspending all of its digital advertising on Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube and Twitter for a week. The smart speaker company will also “go dark” on its Facebook and Instagram social accounts …
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After five days, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally responded to the Cambridge Analytica scandal that began to unfold late last Friday. Naturally, it was done via a Facebook post. Unfortunately for Zuckerberg, many netizens didn’t seem too impressed. “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you,” Zuckerberg said, reacting …
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Blockchain promises to revolutionize all sorts of businesses, and cryptocurrencies could help rewrite the rules of finance. But today, let’s focus on how they let you discover that Elon Musk is worth more than Emma Watson for collectors of a sort of digital baseball card. A group of San Francisco-area programmers launched a site, unveiled Thursday, called Crypto Celebrities that …
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Eccentric tech billionaires shooting money into the sky, brands out for a viral video win and fast food companies desperate to prove themselves as tech innovators: When it comes to publicity stunts, the tech world has well and truly delivered over the years. So who won? Who lost? And whose desperate and thinly veiled attempts to appear “with-it” might have …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not a flamethrower after all? Screenshot by Mike Sorrentino/CNET It was the must-have gadget of, well, last week. Elon Musk’s Boring Company flamethrower, retailing at $500, sold out within days of its launch. All 20,000 were gone. Everyone wanted one, it seemed. Musk …
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