Yahoo email surveillance linked to court order, Apple denies any similar requests

Yahoo's tool to scan the contents of customer emails came as a result of a U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order last year, and was created by adapting otherwise benign software, a report indicated on Thursday.

Facebook Oculus update lowers hardware requirements, promises social experiences

Facebook has unveiled the next steps in the Oculus virtual reality platform, including a sneak peek at a wireless version of the Oculus Rift, and an initiative to lower the hardware requirements needed to use the system to specs alr…

Palmer Luckey skipped the Oculus event to avoid being a 'distraction'

Palmer Luckey may have founded Oculus, but he stayed away from today's big Oculus Connect event after stirring up some trouble recently. Late last month, it was discovered that Luckey donated $10,000 to an anti-Hillary Clinton group that wa…

Amazon picks up 'Lore' TV series

Though comic conventions might traditionally be the domain of superheroes and space epics, Amazon Studios used its New York Comic Con panel today to announce that Amazon Prime will be the home of the upcoming Lore TV series, based on the po…

Sony's new A6500 and RX100 V cameras are all about speed

Today at an event in New York City, Sony revealed its latest compact cameras, the A6500 and RX100 V. And they have one thing in common: They're all about speed. With the A6500 flagship mirrorless, you get a 24.2-megapixel APS-C sensor with …

Gartner predicting iPhone sales decline through 2016, expecting growth in 2017

Tech research giant Gartner is forecasting that the year-on-year decline in iPhone sales will continue through the rest of 2016, but that Apple will return to growth next year. Overall stats released by the company relate to the mobile phone market…

Archaeologists Discover Skeleton of Ancient Stoner Wrapped in Weed

Some people choose to be buried with objects that are emblematic of what they cared for in life. In the case of a 2,400-year-old skeleton recently uncovered in northwest China, that guy was all about that good bud.Read more...

Sony's Insane Pocket Camera Gets Even Crazier

For years Sony’s RX100 line has been the camera to beat if you’re looking for an impressively capable pocket-sized shooter packing a one-inch sensor. It still doesn’t let you swap lenses, the but the latest iteration, the new Rx100 V, now boasts the…

Oculus Wants Us to Pay How Much For Its Overdue Touch Controllers?

Amazon UK, and other UK retailers, just leaked the possible price of the long delayed Oculus Touch controllers, and perhaps unsurprisingly, they’re expensive. The leak suggests that the Touch controllers will ship in the UK on November 23 and they’l…

Hurricane Matthew Is a Nightmare Scenario for Kennedy Space Center

All signs are pointing toward deadly hurricane Matthew slamming directly into Space Coast—home to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station—on Friday. If that unfortunate prediction comes true, it’ll be the worst storm to hit the ico…

Someone Please Buy Twitter, Please, Please, Please, Please

Twitter stock crashed this morning, falling nine-percent, amidst reports from Re/code that Google and Disney—who were previously suspected buyers—will not be making bids for the company. That still leaves Salesforce in the running, with CEO Marc Ben…

Apple’s iPhone 7 Lightning headphone adapter packs in a surprising amount of circuitry

Secret keyboard shortcuts: Speed up your typing!

How do you take your iPhone keyboard skills to the next level? With these typing tips! Apple popularized virtual, multitouch keyboards with the original iPhone. Since then, the company has improved text entry with editing and insertion options, a…

Apple Will Unify its Cloud Services With New Platform as Teams Merge

Apple has been focusing on services for quite awhile now, especially its cloud platform, and now the company is reportedly doubling down on its efforts. Continue reading →

Beware the “False First Step” of Buying Stuff to Achieve a Goal

Earlier this year, I wanted to start working out more. A friend suggested I buy a bunch of workout gear to motivate myself. I knew better, but I tried it anyway. Of course, I failed. Mindfulness site Break the Twitch has a name for this: a false fir…

Review: U-Gym TENS unit delivers iPhone-connected relief from aches and pains

Mark Yu, the man behind the portable iPhone-enabled TENS unit U-Gym, is back with a crowdfunded project called U-Gym Mini, a muscle stimulator intended for pain treatment. AppleInsider went hands-on for a full review.

'Blade Runner 2049' and Disney will come to VR via Oculus

Oculus is working on a handful of new VR content projects, but the biggest names dropped at its Oculus Connect 3 conference this afternoon were Blade Runner and Disney. The coming film Blade Runner 2049 and a series of experiences about cla…

Oculus brings VR gameplay streams to your Facebook news feed

Facebook has been experimenting with livestreaming gaming for a bit, and now Oculus is coming into the fold. You'll be able to broadcast your VR gameplay to the world's largest social network. From the stage presentation, perhaps unsurprisi…

Does anyone want to buy Twitter?

At the end of September, the list of reported potential suitors for Twitter included Apple, Disney, Google and Salesforce. Based on new reports from Recode and CNBC, it sounds like none of those companies are interested in buying the social…

Fight off post-apocalyptic bandits in 'Arktika.1'

It's a hundred years in a post-apocalyptic future and a second ice age has arrived. You're a mercenary, hired by a Russian colony to protect the facilities from bandits, criminals and other... creatures. That's the basic premise behind Arkt…

Walking in virtual reality is hard, so 'Lone Echo' got rid of it

First generation virtual reality may have nailed sense of presence, but one major limitation keeps it from feeling truly immersive: Walking. The endless landscapes of the digital world are hampered by the confines of reality -- your playspa…