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Nearly 40% of U.S. Broadband Households Own a Streaming Media Player
New research today shows that ownership of streaming media players has risen from about six percent of U.S. broadband households…
Read More »Amazon Cloud Is Being Used To Harvest Cryptocurrency By Hackers
by Kyle Perisic Hackers are using malware hosted on Amazon’s cloud service to harvest cryptocurrency, according to a security…
Read More »Apple Says It Will Start Telling Public When Government Wants To Shut Down Apps
by Eric Lieberman Apple revealed Friday that it will start publishing reports on government requests to shut down apps…
Read More »Watch: That Time It Rained for Two Million Years
At the beginning of the Triassic Period, with the continents locked together from pole-to-pole in the supercontinent of Pangea, the…
Read More »Turns Out Amazon Alexa Really Is Listening To Your Private Conversations
by Kyle Perisic Since the rise of Amazon’s Alexa, tech junkies have speculated the device is secretly listening to private…
Read More »Ultimate Drop Test Proves Which Smartphones are Toughest and Which Aren’t
Who makes the toughest smartphone? Tom’s Guide dropped 12 of the leading handsets as part of its first annual Drop Everything…
Read More »Google To Announce New Initiative Assisting Homeschoolers With Educational Services
by Eric Lieberman Google is set to announce a new initiative Thursday in which its slate of services and…
Read More »3 out of 5 Americans distrust social media
A new survey found that 3 out of 5 Americans distrust social media when it comes to protecting their privacy online. Despite increased…
Read More »U.S. Consumers Will Buy More Than 485 Million Connected Devices in 2021
A new report released at CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference says that U.S. consumers will purchase more than 485…
Read More »Microsoft Introduced the new Suface Hub 2 – Despite the stupid name, I want one .. or four
Microsoft announced its newest gadget last week and for the first time in … forever .. they’ve actually produced something…
Read More »27% of U.S. Broadband Households Own at Least One Smart Speaker
A new report “Global Connected Living Outlook: Expanding IoT Momentum” reports 27% of U.S. broadband households reported owning at least one smart…
Read More »New Facebook data breach shows why you should never reveal personal information on social media
Facebook, still reeling from the Cambridge Analytica personal data scandal, is facing scrutiny again as the intimate details of 3…
Read More »NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars
NASA is sending something to Mars that no one before has, a helicopter. The Mars Helicopter will be included in…
Read More »SpaceX launches satellite atop first Block 5 Falcon 9 Rocket on second attempt
update: The Block 5 Falcon 9 successfully launched and deployed the satellite on Friday afternoon. Both the Thursday aborted attempt…
Read More »Elon Musk touts new tunnel under L.A. in video, promises free rides [video]
Elon Musk, CEO of The Boring Company, SpaceX and Tesla released a video late Thursday night showing the first tunnel…
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