Facebook’s Watch is here with new original Shows
Facebook introduced Watch on Tuesday; a new video platform for original content and short-format Shows right within the social network. The service is free...
Essential Phone release date in Amazon, Best Buy coming soon
On Wednesday, Essential secured an additional $300 million in funding from Amazon’s Alexa Fund and the Chinese internet giant Tencent. Its main product, the...
Current password standards creator regrets everything
In June, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued an updated version of its Digital Identity Guidelines, which include current password practices...
Google fires engineer who authored anti-diversity memo
On Monday, Google fired the software engineer who penned the internal memo titled ‘Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber’ last week. Since identified as James Damore,...
The Bitcoin fork and Bitcoin Cash explained
On August 1, the cryptocurrency community experienced a fork that led to the creation of Bitcoin Cash as a new form of cryptocurrency spinning...
ASUS’s Zenfone AR brings Tango to the next level
Last week, ASUS finally launched the Zenfone AR in the United States. The Google Tango-powered device is available unlocked from Amazon for $599, while...
Google engineer questions ‘Ideological Echo Chamber’
Over the weekend, reports of an ‘anti-diversity manifesto’ written by a senior engineer at Google started circulating in the media. The screed, titled ‘Google’s...
FBI arrests researcher who stopped WannaCry scheme
On Wednesday, the FBI arrested Marcus Hutchins, a 23-year-old security researcher from the U.K. best known for helping to stop the WannaCry global outbreak,...
Hackers cash out on WannaCry Bitcoin earnings
Late on Wednesday, the hackers responsible for the WannaCry attack withdrew the equivalent of $143,000 from three Bitcoin wallets associated with the ransomware scheme....
First look at RED’s $1,200 modular phone: Hydrogen One
RED provided a first look at their Hydrogen One smartphone on Tuesday with a hands-on video courtesy of Marques Brownlee, a.k.a. MKBHD on YouTube....