Finding the right download button on a website is the least fun version of hide and seek ever invented. Now, Google’s taking action to warn users when sites engage in this kind of deceptive behavior. Read more…
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Google Will Now Warn You About Sites With Fake "Download" Buttons
Flexible devices may still be a little way off , but a new kind of ceramic that is flexible in the same way as paper could certainly help speed things along. Read more…
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A New Ceramic Film Promises Electronics That Fold Like Paper
Owning your own car company has a lot of little-considered benefits: all the slightly-damaged car seats you want for napping, easy access to stacks of tires to build forts, and the ability to cancel any customer’s order just because you don’t like them. Guess which one Elon Musk just took advantage of? Read more…
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Elon Musk Cancels Blogger’s Model X Order Because He Bitched About Event
There’s no denying that 360 video is wonderful, immersive and, in some cases, almost exhilarating . But YouTube isn’t content: Apparently it’s building capabilities that will allow it to stream 360-degree video live. Read more…
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YouTube Said To Be Working to Stream Live 360 Video
Amazon is working on plans to open hundreds of brick-and-mortar bookstores, according to a new report from CNBC . Yes, following in the steps of chains like Borders, Amazon apparently thinks that the future is in deadtrees. Read more…
iOS/OS X: Services like Facebook, Instagram, and Google Hangouts all have their own archives, but they can be tricky to download and organize, if you can at all. Shryne is an iPhone app (and companion desktop tool) that puts you in control, and lets you download, archive, and organize it all. Read more…
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Shryne for iPhone Lets You Download and Archive Your Own Social History
The weird thing about the road trip of the future is that it’s much more like the road trips we used to take in our past than anything else. My coworkers and I just did 1400-odd miles in an electric Tesla Model S that could also drive itself. It wasn’t just the trip of the future. It was the way things used to be, too. Read more…
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How A Tesla With Autopilot Forced Us To Take The Road Trip Of The Past
If Safari is crashing when you search from the address bar this morning, you’re not alone. It seems the browser is facing difficulties on both iOS and OS X. Read more…
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Search Is Crashing Safari on iOS and OS X (and How to Fix It)
There’s all sorts of expensive R&D facilities working frantically to make body-enhancing skeletons into actual things, but the research isn’t limited just to big companies. Two years ago, a YouTuber showed off his Elysium -inspired suit curling 170lbs; last weekend, he decided to life a Mini Cooper. Read more…
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Here’s a Homemade Exoskeleton Jacking Up a Small Car
Tax season already sucks for independent contractors, but some Uber drivers who logged on to the company’s Partners portal to receive their 1099s are complaining about an especially nasty surprise: Instead of their own information, drivers say they received the tax forms of other drivers. Read more…
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Uber Screwup Exposed Driver’s Social Security Number and Tax Info