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MSI supercharges its high-end gaming laptops with NVIDIA Maxwell graphics
It happens every time. NVIDIA unveils its latest GPU architecture, and all your favorite gaming laptops are suddenly getting refreshed internals. And why not? The new silicon promises screaming...
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Razer refreshes its Blade gaming laptops with NVIDIA Maxwell GPUs, multitouch...
“Thin and powerful” aren’t words we tend to associate with gaming laptops, Razer has always been an exception. The company’s Blade and Blade Pro laptops have been challenging our preconceptions for...
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Apple drops iPhone return policy back to 14 days, matches carriers
At some point several years ago Apple decided to offer a much more generous return policy for the iPhone than it did for other products, bumping it from 14 days to 30 days. Over the last couple of...
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MakerBot’s mammoth Replicator Z18 3D printer goes up for pre-order
If you want some truly heavy-duty 3D printing, you’ll be glad to hear that MakerBot’s Replicator Z18 is now available for pre-order. Pay $6,499 and you’ll get to craft objects up to a lofty 18 inches...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 review: great screen, disappointing battery life
We often tease Samsung about the seemingly arbitrary way it divvies up its tablet offerings — not content with round numbers, it’s released tablets that are 10.1 inches wide instead of 10, 8.9 instead...
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Tinder wants to verify celebrities so you know they’re really into you
Tinder, the iOS and Android app that matches people by how close they are from one another, has a celebrity problem. While signing up to a dating app is probably the last thing you’d expect any...
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Touring the Sony Archives in Tokyo: Walkmans, robot dogs and a golden guinea pig
Sony has had some tough times recently, and while it’s finally started to make some difficult changes in a bid to turn its fortunes around, the Archives building is where the company’s success stories...
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The inventor of the web wants you to help create an internet bill of rights
The web has changed a lot in the 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee first proposed its underlying technology, and not entirely for the better — censorship, reduced net neutrality and surveillance are very...
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OnePlus dripfeeds more specs for its ‘perfect’ One smartphone
Let’s face it: “One” isn’t the most creative name for a smartphone, even if OnePlus couldn’t resist the wordplay. We wouldn’t call the company headed by ex-Oppo exec Pete Lau unoriginal though, as we...
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Life in 140 characters or less: My first eight years on Twitter
“I am sick of cell phones.” I posted that on Twitter on November 16th, 2006, during a time in my life when I made a living writing phone reviews. It was a one-off rant during a particularly busy week,...
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Appmethod lets you code native Android, iOS and desktop apps simultaneously...
With different requirements and countless other incompatibilities, building applications for multiple platforms can be a tremendous chore. Embarcadero Technologies is setting out to simplify that...
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How to Negotiate a Job Offer
If you’ve been offered the job of a lifetime, you may feel ready to jump at just about any offer passed across the table. However, the best way to accept a job offer is to make sure the package is...
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Yahoo now shows Yelp reviews when you’re searching for local businesses
Google has long made it easy to find reviews of local businesses in its search results, but you’ve been out of luck if you prefer Yahoo. You won’t have much trouble scouting those locations after...
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Gaming deals of the week: 3.12.14
Sometimes you just have to wait until a retailer tosses together a bunch of tech that you’re eying before you make the leap. In terms of new gaming consoles, today could very well be the day. There...
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Forging weapons upstages fowl flinging in the new Angry Birds Epic RPG
If you’re a fan of flinging Angry Birds across the screen or racing them in go-carts on your favorite mobile device, Rovio’s next installment looks to offer a new challenge. Angry Birds Epic is said...
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SXSW 2014 wrap-up: Snoop Dogg, stun copter, Snowden, Mario Kart and more!
SXSW Interactive can hardly match the significance of CES, MWC or IFA when it comes to consumer electronics launches, but there’s always a ton of awesome gear to see. This year, Chaotic Moon’s “CUPID”...
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Here’s how the NSA can collect data from millions of PCs
We know that the NSA has been ramping up its efforts to collect data from computers, but it’s now clear that the intelligence agency has the tools to compromise those computers on a grand scale....
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Google Wallet’s new ‘Orders’ feature lets you track online shipments
Nice to see Google is keeping the regular Google Wallet updates coming. A few weeks after introducing loyalty card scans, the company is adding a feature called “Orders,” which lets you track your...
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Microsoft’s OneNote may come to the Mac this month
Microsoft’s OneNote app has been available on mobile, Windows and the web for quite some time, but Mac support for the note-taking software has proven elusive… at least, until now. Both The Verge and...
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The Next Frontier in Crowdsourcing: Your Smartphone
Rather than swiping the screen or entering a passcode to unlock the smartphone in my hand, I have to tell it how energetic the people around me are feeling by tapping one of four icons. I’m the only...
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