Russian and Iranian hacker groups are looking to undermine U.S. elections
US intelligence officials say Russian and Iranian hackers have infiltrated American voter record systems
Tech Culture
Society is facing a technology revolution and it's manifesting in more ways than we can imagine.
Apple shares iPhone 12, iPad Air launch day photos from around the globe
Apple's iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro go on sale around the world
Airbnb has a new design partnership with Sir Jony Ive
Airbnb looks to change its fortunes with new partnership deal
Biggest Rivalries in Computing History
#ThrowBackThursday Star Wars vs. Star Trek, Coke vs. Pepsi, Edison vs. Tesla. History is filled with famous rivalries, but few have matched the intensity and, quite often, the viciousness that comes when two tech industry giants clash heads. From the dawn of computers to the present digital age, here are the 5 biggest rivalries in computing history.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez breaks records with Among Us Twitch stream
She reached over 400,00 viewers at peak
Amazon now offers free, one-hour grocery pickup for Prime members at all Whole Foods in the US
Curbside delivery is here to stay
AI deepfake digitally removes clothes of over 100,000 women
It's becoming even easier to troll (or be trolled) with deepfakes
Gone But Not Forgotten: Compaq
Computers had finally made the jump from taking up an entire room to fitting on a desk, but they were still far from portable. In 1982, three entrepreneurs decided to change that. Their first entry into the market was the Compaq Portable in 1983.
A sequel to 1980s fantasy classic Willow is coming to Disney Plus
Ron Howard and Warwick Davis will return for the TV series
Among Us is a hit, overtakes Fortnite on Google Trends
Among Us was released in 2018 but just recently has become one of the most popular multiplayer games around after streamers began noticing and people started playing it. Its highly accessible gameplay (and price) have made it a late hit.
Samsung is using a stationary bus to showcase the best 5G has to offer
Why a bus? Because it's in London
AMC hops on the private movie showing bandwagon with reasonable rates
Affordable, but not sustainable
How much did it cost to rent a movie at the first VHS rental store in 1977?
Decades before the Netflix era
E3 2020 analysis shows significant shift toward female protagonists in games
But only time will tell if this positive shift is here to stay
Bill Gates says today's tech CEOs are better prepared to handle antitrust issues
"Everybody saw what I did and knows better now"
Virtual profanity filter bans the word "Bone" at a paleontology conference
Putting the steam back in "Stream"
A new Star Wars Holiday Special is coming to Disney+ next month - in Lego form
Erasing the memory of 1978
Amazon said third-party sellers surpassed $3.5 billion in sales during Prime Day
Prime Day 2020 is officially in the books
Nearly 80 percent of the top 225 apps in the Play Store are subscription-based
If you can envision it, there's probably a subscription service for it
The United States gets its first firefighting robot
3,500 pounds and capable of blasting 2,500 gallons of water per minute
In Hindsight... Infamous Tech Predictions and Quotes
#ThrowBackThursday Many have tried to follow Intel co-founder Gordon Moore (of Moore's Law fame) in bringing their tech predictions into the public eye... with varying degrees of success. Every year for nearly a decade, we've revisited this TechSpot original feature to bring new quotes to your attention. Here's a taste of those now infamous quotes.
How "DeFi" has stirred up the crypto market
More crypto projects embrace DeFi (decentralized finance)
AMC warns that it might run out of money by the end of 2020
It's a great time to own a streaming service but a terrible time to own a movie theater