This summer Samsung showed off prototype HDTVs powered by its homegrown Tizen OS (pictured above and in the gallery), and things have apparently progressed far enough for the company to go all-in on the software next year. While Tizen hasn’t taken ov…
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Tesla shows just how far your Model S will go on a charge
So you’re fortunate enough to be shopping for a Tesla Model S, but you’re anxious about just how far the electric sedan’s variants will go on a full battery. How do you know you won’t be stranded on the roadside because you bought the wrong edition? …
LG will show off curved, 21:9 and 4K monitors at CES
As you’ve probably read by now, LG’s keen on tipping its hand ahead of our arrival in Las Vegas for CES. This year is no different, and with today’s news the company focuses on monitors. First up, LG has a 21:9 display with AMD’s FreeSync tech in ord…
Samsung’s new ‘ring’ speakers pipe sound in every direction
Samsung has tackled just about every kind of speaker you can imagine, but it hasn’t had an answer to hot-selling 360-degree speakers like the UE Boom. Well, that changes today: the Korean firm has unveiled the WAM6500 and WAM7500, its first compact o…
Yes, LG will have new 4K TVs at CES next week
Ending a long period of speculation, LG revealed that it will have new TVs of the extra-large, super duper high-res variety to show off during CES next week. While that’s not really a surprise, one thing we should note is that all of them are flat –…
Twitter login bug kicks users out, doesn’t let them sign back in
Did your Twitter app suddenly give you the boot or otherwise behave strangely? It’s not just you. The social network has confirmed a sign-in problem that’s kicking out hordes of users (so far, mostly on Android) and preventing them from logging back …
Here are the security measures NSA spies hate the most
It’s tempting to imagine that few online safeguards will stop NSA surveillance in its tracks, but that’s not true. A new leak from Edward Snowden’s files reveals that there’s a surprising number of ways to thwart these snoops, at least as of 2012. Wh…
Uber tries to win back India with improved passenger safety
It’s no secret that Uber wants to improve its passenger safeguards and rescue its reputation, especially in India — sexual assault claims led to a Delhi ban amid worries that the ridesharing company wasn’t doing enough to screen drivers and protect …
After the hype: here’s what the internet thinks of ‘The Interview’
So you resisted the pressure to watch The Interview the second it became available, and you’re not willing to rely on one review to decide whether it’s really worth a download or theater trip just to stick it to hackers. No worries — we’ve rounded u…
Hackers behind PlayStation Network, Xbox Live disruption reportedly targeting Tor
Lizard Squad, the merry band of hackers that claimed responsibility for taking Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network offline for Christmas, appears to have a new target: Tor. Reports of an attack on the network, which offers online anonymity, appeare…
Tech giants do battle with Russia over censorship
Next week supporters of Alexei Navalny, a lawyer and anti-corruption crusader currently under house arrest in Russia, are planning a rally that the Kremlin would really rather not happen. So, to that end, the government has begun issuing block orders…
Kodak’s finally making smartphones (sort of)
For a while there it looked like Kodak’s moment had come and gone, but the past few months have seen the imaging icon fight back from the brink of irrelevance. Now the company’s planning to push a Kodak-branded smartphone, and thankfully it’s not goi…
Tesla’s Roadster update will allow it to travel 400 miles on a charge
And here you thought only bad things happen on Christmas. Whereas most companies would avoid announcing good news on a day when no one is paying attention, Tesla CEO Elon Musk does things a bit differently. Musk just teased some news on Twitter about…
FBI warned of a Sony-style hack in a report last year
The Sony Pictures hack and its resulting fallout may have caught many people by surprise, but not the FBI — it apparently suspected for months that something like this might happen. The Intercept has obtained a December 2013 agency report warning th…
Vinyl demand is so high, a record label opened its own factory to keep up
Jack White and his Third Man Records imprint aren’t the only ones benefiting from the vinyl boom. Oxford, Mississippi-based Fat Possum Records took matters into its own hands, building a pressing plant to meet the demands of its avid collectors. Afte…