23andMe brings its genetic reports to the UK - the same ones the US won't allow
Though 23andMe's health reports have been faulted by the FDA for a lack of evidence, the company will market them in the UK.
UK customers will have access to health reports the FDA won't allow
New evidence points to North Korean involvement in Sony Pictures hack
As Sony Pictures employees still
struggle to get back online, new evidence is emerging that suggests
North Korea may be behind the hack. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that researchers investigating...
Uber reportedly gave a job applicant full access to customer travel records
Companies court potential
employees all the time with things like lavish meals, tickets to
concerts and sporting events, and much, much more. In the case of Uber,
it seems one of those perks was a look...
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'Black Mirror,' one of the best sci-fi shows around, is finally streaming on Netflix
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My name is Chris, and I can’t stop selling my stuff
Watch Kanye West's entire Yeezus live show in this feature-length fan film
Hype Williams may already be releasing a concert film for Kanye West's Yeezus tour, but one fan managed to beat him to the punch. YouTube user John Colandra needed over seven months of painstaking work to...
Your move, Hype Williams
Huawei claims 'nobody made any money in Windows Phone'
Huawei revealed earlier this year that it was creating a dual-booting Windows Phone and Android handset for the US, before ditching its plans a short time later. While the Chinese manufacturer never...
A bold statement at a bad time for Microsoft
The Washington Redskins are terrible at football and at Cyber Monday
There are only two rules to
Cyber Monday, the other side of the Thanksgiving shopping weekend. It
has to occur on Monday. (That's what the word "Monday" means. It's a day
of the week.) And it has to be...
'Black Mirror,' one of the best sci-fi shows around, is finally streaming on Netflix
One of the best science fiction shows around is finally available in the United States. Black Mirror is now streaming on Netflix, and you should absolutely watch it.
Created by Charlie Brooker, the...
Created by Charlie Brooker, the...
Microsoft is killing off Clip Art in favor of Bing Images
Back in the ‘90s,
Clip Art took over Word and PowerPoint files thanks to the thousands of
office workers and students who used the images as a way to "improve"
their documents. These days there are a large...
Farewell, '90s illustrations
'Scrubs' actor Donald Faison has been a Black Stormtrooper for years
A handful of racist Star Wars fans reacted... unfavorably... after seeing Attack the Block star John Boyega in a Stormtrooper outfit in last week's Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser. Black people can't...
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The guy behind 'Threes' wants to 'fix' real-time strategy games
Early this year, designer Asher Vollmer released one of 2014's best games with Threes, a title that boiled mobile puzzle games down to their very basics. It was simple, but wonderfully addictive, and it s...
Google Fiber begins signups in Austin
Starting today, select Austin
residents can sign up to receive Google Fiber TV and internet service.
Google has announced that signups are open for southern and southeastern
sections of the city, and Fiber...
Here's 'Star Wars' actor John Boyega's classy response to racist critics
While we don't know the plot for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, last week's debut trailer hinted strongly that John Boyega, i.e. "the first person we see in the trailer," will have a leading...
Microsoft acquires email app Acompli
After accidentally announcing it a little early,
Microsoft is officially confirming it has acquired email startup
Acompli. The surprise acquisition means Microsoft is picking up a
powerful email client for...
Another piece of Microsoft's cross-platform puzzle
'House of Cards' will return February 27th, 2015
Frank Underwood is back. House
of Cards, Netflix's first breakout success, is coming back for a third
season. Netflix today announced the premiere date: February 27th, 2015.
You'll be able to buy your next box of Girl Scout cookies online
Buying Girl Scout cookies is
about to become much easier. For the first time ever, the Girl Scouts of
the USA will accept online orders of Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Savannah
Smiles, and other cookies during...
Parents have tight control over web sales
Finally, the 'Better Call Saul' teaser we've been waiting for: angry Jonathan Banks
Look, we get it; there's been a deluge of Better Call Saul teasers these last few months — clips with weird country music, clips where the creators talk about clips we're not seeing, and a clip showcasing a...
"I suggest you find parking somewhere else." Mike
Twitter should bring an NBA basketball to its next investor meeting
I'm a little late to learn about this, but in my defense, it's a very inconspicuous change: the 2014 NBA game ball now features the league's @NBA social handle alongside the new Commissioner's...
Amazon cuts Fire TV price to $69 for Cyber Monday, saving you $30
Amazon has cut the price of its Fire TV set-top box
to just $69 for its Cyber Monday sale, offering a 30 percent saving on
its offering in the free-for-all streaming video market. Although the
Fire TV is...
Dell’s 28-inch 4K display is just $299 today
Microsoft has a number of Black Friday and Cyber Monday laptop offers this year, but if you’re a PC desktop owner then a deal on a new 4K display might be the most tempting. Microsoft has priced Dell’s...
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Google Glass will return in 2015 with Intel inside, says WSJ
2015 will see Google launch a
new model of its Glass headset, which will be powered by an Intel chip
and offer longer battery life than the current Explorer Edition,
according to The Wall Street Journal....
Massive Square Enix sale puts nearly every 'Final Fantasy' game on sale
If you've been looking to buy
just about any Square Enix game ever made, chances are right now might
be a really good time to buy. The developer is running a massive Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale...
DVD rips of 'Fury,' 'Annie,' 'Mr. Turner,' and 'Still Alice' hit the web following Sony Pictures hack
Matters just keep getting worse for Sony Pictures, which was victim to a massive hack this past week. Its internal email systems remain offline, and now DVD-quality rips of four of the studio's newest...
Microsoft Lumia phone with a huge camera bump appears in leaked photos
Microsoft appears to
have been developing a new Lumia device with a camera bump that’s bigger
or equal in size to the 41-megapixel Lumia 1020. Leaked photos from a
Chinese auction site show a device...
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Japan's largest wireless carrier uses a shrimp cannon to promote its LTE network
2014 is the year of the seafood cannon. We've already seen two ways to use a pneumatic salmon cannon, and now we're getting a slo-mo look at a dual-barreled, shrimp-frying cannon. This latest video comes...
Watch this haunting look at Chernobyl, as seen by drones
For a 60 Minutes report
that aired earlier this month, filmmaker Danny Cooke spent a week
exploring abandoned cities Chernobyl and nearby Pripyat, whose amusement
park was scheduled to open just days after...
George Lucas pitched 'Episode VII' to Mark Hamill in the ‘80s
It doesn't take a leap of the imagination to envision Mark Hamill playing an old Jedi mentor like Obi-Wan in the upcoming Episode VII. We know he certainly has the beard to play the part, and according to...
Sony Pictures investigating possible ties between hackers and North Korea
Sony Pictures is "exploring the
possibility that hackers working on behalf of North Korea, perhaps
operating out of China." Possibly related: Sony is releasing The
Interview, a Seth Rogen comedy about...
Someone recreated the new 'Star Wars' trailer in Lego and it's fantastic
Maybe you've seen the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer 500 times already. Maybe you haven't — that'd be just over 12 hours, which is ridiculous. But have you seen it in Lego?
Uber says it has discliplined its manager accused of tracking a journalist
Uber says it's completed an
investigation into one of its managers, who earlier this month was
accused of improperly using the transportation company's tools to track
the travels of a journalist. Slate...
People are already making awesome fan art for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'
Whether or not you were in a theater, we all got our first glimpse of Star Wars: The Force Awakens today. The long-awaited teaser showed off some familiar settings, briefly introduced us to a few new...
'Kingdom Rush Origins' is a world-class tower defense game
I’ve played plenty of tower defense games over the years, but none have ever captured my heart the way the Kingdom Rush series has. Its first two installments offered whimsical graphics, inventive level...
I designed a better lightsaber than J.J. Abrams while I was in line for coffee this morning
Today I finally realized why there are so many Star Wars fanboys: there's a lot of shady pseudoscience behind everything in the Star Wars universe, and it's pretty fun to argue about.
Today's preeminent...
Today's preeminent...
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