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Do you love expertly choreographed drone videos? Then you’re in luck, because we’ve got the coolest video you’ll see all week—an expertly piloted and impressively directed video that was shot at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. The video, titled “Right Up Our Alley,” was created by Sky Candy Studios and directed by Anthony Jaska. The…
A hacker group claims to have recently broken into the networks of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada, a Silicon Valley startup that sells and manages security systems to thousands of organizations across the country. Once inside the firm’s walls, the hackers were able to use its 150,000 live camera feeds to peer into the internal workings…
The third high-altitude test of a SpaceX Starship prototype ended with a successful landing on March 3 — and then, moments later, ended for a second time with an explosion. Although the SN10, as the prototype was known, joined its two most recent predecessors in the fiery great beyond, it was still celebrated as a…
Samsung’s last product launch was just two months ago, but it seems the Korean tech giant has enough shiny new devices to hold another Galaxy Unpacked event on March 17. While Samsung’s official invite doesn’t tell us much, rumors has it new products will consist of a lineup of mid-range 5G phones, most likely a…
The company behind the cloud gaming platform Shadow has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and receivership in France, according to 9to5Google. Shadow recently posted an update to its blog confirming that it was undergoing a “reorganization” to get rid of the debt it had amassed building its cloud gaming platform in several countries. Shadow,…
A little over a year after its launch, Disney says it has already reached an astonishing 100 million subscribers. The company announced the milestone at its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday. Disney chief Bob Chapek said in a statement that the streaming platform’s success has inspired the company “to be even more ambitious, and to…
It’s well-known that Facebook’s partnering with Ray-Ban to develop a pair of augmented reality glasses. What’s less clear is how Facebook envisions these glasses will function, and how the company imagines people will interact with the device. A new Facebook Reality Labs blog sheds a little light on that front—and it possibly involves haptic gloves…
Heads up, fellow T-Mobile customers: You might want to take a look at your mobile carrier’s privacy policy. As first spotted by the Wall Street Journal, the company’s latest update to its privacy policy is set to automatically enroll paying phone subscribers into an ad-targeting program that will see their data shared with unnumbered advertisers…
It’s hard to believe Chrome OS has already been around for a decade, but to celebrate the Chromebook’s 10th birthday, Google is releasing a bunch of new features to improve productivity, connectivity, and more. Similar to the way Handoff works on macOS, Google is upgrading the synergy between Chromebooks and Android phones with the new…
In terms of privacy nightmares, this one is pretty bad: a glaring security flaw in a popular iPhone call recorder app would have let literally anyone listen to a user’s recordings if they knew their target’s phone number. The app in question, Call Recorder, claims to have over a million global downloads. This makes it…
When Sonos came out with its first Bluetooth speaker, the Move, it was technically portable as in you could lug it around. But it was both gigantic and heavy compared to other Bluetooth speakers. The kicker? It cost $400. Well, it seems that over the past two years, Sonos has gone back to the drawing…
Barring a series of increasingly tragic disasters, we’ll probably be hearing about pandemic-related political favors and mind-melting incompetence for years. Early signs also indicate that we’re in for an exhibition of bipartisan jockeying for the role of pandemic hero by the same agents of destruction. Thinking that’s a little cynical? Look at Florida Governor and…
You are definitely not hallucinating that Micro Center display case full of AMD CPUs. Consumers can purchase AMD 5000-series CPUs again, and there seems to be plenty of stock to go around. Over the last couple of weeks, as PCWorld also noticed, Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 7 5800X stock has been available at in-store retailers…
For those of us looking for more streaming options on a tight budget, you can’t beat free, right? IMDb TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by Amazon, is now available on PlayStation 4, Nvidia Shield, Tivo Stream 4K, and LG OLED TVs in the U.S. following an earlier rollout on Android TV, Chromecast with…
For years now, Apple’s earned a reputation for being possibly the only major tech company with a semi-decent set of privacy practices. But a new complaint lobbed against the company alleges that some of Apple’s more recent moves are less about privacy and more about gaining a leg up on its competitors—a claim Apple quickly…
As it turns out, smart speakers have proven to be handy in hospitals, allowing patients to independently control devices, as well as lessen the workload for clinicians and caretakers. And now, researchers from the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables these devices to monitor regular and irregular heartbeats. Using technology…
Nothing isn’t expected to have its first product ready for sale until later this summer, but today the company is giving people a peek at what its future gadgets might look like with the Concept One wireless earbuds. Featuring a minimalist design using transparent plastic and a shape Nothing founder Carl Pei says was inspired…
For over 100 years, Leo the Lion has introduced Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films with a triumphant roar as the studio’s mascot. But this week MGM revealed the first update to its branding since 2012, with a highly polished metallic gold finish, and for the first time, footage of a live lion replaced with a digital double. The…
Every social media site has scammers, but there’s something extra depressing about people getting scammed on dating sites like Tinder. Unfortunately, it happens all the time, and that hasn’t stopped with more people turning to dating apps during the pandemic. Back in 2016, Gizmodo filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FTC for…
Apple added period-tracking to the iOS Health app and launched a clinical study into women’s health back in 2019. Now, the Apple Women’s Health Study team has some preliminary data that affirms that, yes, there is an incredible variety of period symptoms suffered by menstruating people worldwide. The findings were from the first 10,000 participants…
