We hope you weren’t counting on Nokia reviving its phone business. The Finnish firm is now bluntly denying claims that it’s planning to return to making phones — there are “no plans” to make or sell any, Nokia says. That’s not surprising given both …
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Inhabitat’s Week in Green: Chevy’s concept car, LED bulbs and solar lanterns
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. Tesla made headlines again this week with the official (sort of) announcement that it will be unveiling a…
Recommended Reading: Designing a roller coaster that’ll make you weep
Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web. Some weeks, you’ll also find short reviews of books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read. How to Design a Roller Co…
Only selfies can kill the bad guys in this game
Okay, “bad guys” is a bit of an exaggeration: The green boxes you have to kill in Selfie Assault don’t really do anything but stay perfectly still. You’d have to eliminate them all to conquer the game, though — as its tag line says: “Only cameras ca…
Comcast officially gives up on Time Warner Cable merger
The rather unpopular, $45 billion merger attempt between Comcast and Time Warner Cable has been officially called off. In a very brief statement, Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts said that he would have liked to pair the two companies together, but gover…
An Android is urinating on the Apple logo in Google Maps
Google and Apple have always had their differences, but a new Easter egg inside Google Maps has just taken their rivalry to a whole new level. As spotted by Team Android, if you head to these coordinates with the regular Map view enabled, you’ll see …
Uber co-founder’s new app wants to be your personal shopper
Shopping these days is easy peasy. You can either buy online if you want to stay in your pajamas or go to a store if you need a sales rep’s help. One startup believes it can combine both experiences, though, through a fledgling concierge service call…
House passes bill allowing corporations to share your data
If you wanted to explain the dilemma of privacy versus security to a curious relative, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act would be a good place to start. The bill has just been passed by the House of representatives (voting 307-116 in favor), and is d…
Blackberry wants to lock down security for the Internet of Things
Say what you will about BlackBerry’s current state of affairs, but in its heyday it was workplace no-brainer because of its then-unparalleled security systems. Well, the Canadian company has plans to make that work in its favor with an encryption cer…
Amazon Destinations handpicks hotels in LA, NY and Seattle
Amazon’s rumored new travel site has appeared and it’s well, exactly as rumored. While the company previously sold flash-sale hotel rooms as part of Amazon Local, alongside steep discounts, Destinations is more about curated hotels. The service curre…
‘Full House’ revival is official, will arrive on Netflix in 2016
Whatever happened to predictability? Well, if you had paid attention to the rumors surrounding Netflix’s upcoming roster of shows, you’d have seen this recent news coming from everywhere you look. Yep, that Full House sequel we heard about earlier th…
YouTube app will soon stop working on older smart TVs and iOS devices
If you own a smart TV or an iOS device that’s getting a bit long in the tooth, you may need to do some upgrading this week if you want to continue using the YouTube app. Due to certain changes in the app’s API, it’ll no longer work on a number of mod…
Dark matter is (probably) more complex than you think
Scientists typically believe that dark matter, for all of its mystery, behaves in a simple way: if one clump encounters another, the two interact solely through gravity. However, researchers using both Hubble and the Very Large Telescope have publish…
Here’s the next rocket that will carry US satellites into space
You may not be familiar with United Launch Alliance, but it’s about to handle a large chunk of US space launches — and that makes the rocket you see above particularly important. That’s Vulcan, ULA’s newly unveiled launch system for satellites and s…
Russians are using undiscovered exploits to hack the US government
If you’ve been wondering how Russian cyberattackers could compromise the White House and other high-profile targets, the security researchers at FireEye have an answer. They’ve determined that APT28, a politically-motivated Russian hacking group, use…