The new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery gives us our first look at Spock, who we knew was coming to Disco but were led to believe we wouldn’t see until the back half of season 2. The trailer, unveiled at New York…
Meet the bonnethead, the world’s first omnivorous shark
Sharks, we thought we knew you. But it turns out we may have had it all wrong. Thanks to researchers at the University of California, Irvine, new information has come to light about the bonnethead shark. The sharks were thought…
Your 5G phone reality in 2019: A trickle, not a flood
Mobile companies just can’t stop talking about 5G. The next-generation technology is poised to connect devices like phones and driverless cars to wireless networks almost instantly, and download data 10-to-100 times faster than today’s 4G LTE. 5G means downloading entire…
John Wick: Chapter 3 review — Keanu Reeves takes a bite of glorious action
When sharp-suited superassassin John Wick dives back into the intricately designed cloak-and-dagger universe established in the game-changing 2015 original and 2017 sequel, it’s bad news for just about anyone he meets. But it’s great news for us. Released (or should…
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft meets asteroid for cosmic pickpocketing
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft officially rendezvoused on Monday with Bennu, an asteroid with a tiny chance of hitting Earth in the distant future. ‘We have arrived,’ communications system engineer Javi Cerna called out in the mission control center at Lockheed Martin…
Criterion streaming service launches April 8 in US, Canada
The Criterion Channel, Criterion’s streaming service for film lovers, will launch on April 8 in the US and Canada. You can sign up for a subscription now and it’ll set you back $11 a month (or $100 a year). It’s…
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 will bring advanced features to 2019 5G phones
Qualcomm’s next processor that’ll power most upcoming Android smartphones is called the Snapdragon 855. And it’s bringing a lot more smarts to next year’s devices. ‘That’s the mobile processor that will be in the 5G smartphone as we launch 5G,’…
Need some good news? Ask Google: ‘Tell me something good’
In this day and age, the news can be a constant source of dread, but Google thinks it doesn’t have to be that way. Google just released a new feature for its voice assistant called ‘Tell me something good.’ You…
Pixel 3 Call Screen and Now Playing are my favorite features
Even before the Pixel 3 was announced, I was hyped for the phone mostly to see how Google would follow up the Pixel 2 and its brilliant camera. When I finally got my hands on the Pixel 3, it didn’t…
Preorders for the Asus ROG gaming phone go live in the US
The Asus ROG Phone is now available for preorders in the US on Amazon and the Asus website. Asus announced the gaming phone in June, and then revealed its availability at an Oct. 18 event. The ROG Phone is designed…