WSJ: GM to release the $30,000 Chevy Bolt electric vehicle in 2017

Looks like General Motors is about to go head to head against Tesla with a new electric vehicle called Chevy Bolt (yes, Bolt with a B) — at least according to The Wall Street Journal. The publication’s sources say the Bolt can travel 200 miles on a …

Flappy Bird arcade cabinet will empty your wallet in record time

Think that Flappy Bird is already supremely aggravating to play? Try flying between those pipes when there’s money on the line. Bay Tek Games has unveiled an arcade version of the game that promises to be the most masochistic cabinet ever… and we’v…

4K, quantum dots and more: see the TV technology of CES 2015

Every year at CES, some of the most stunning visuals to be seen come from the TV manufacturers, and 2015 is no exception. Sure, 4K was the name of the game at this year’s show, but there were also displays with four times that resolution on offer, to…

Netflix is reviving 'Wet Hot American Summer' as a series

Netflix’s first shot at resurrecting a cult hit production wasn’t exactly flawless. However, it’s apparently not afraid to give this everything-old-is-new-again strategy another try. Both Deadline and the Hollywood Reporter claim that the streaming v…

AT&T invokes Title II status to dismiss FTC data throttling suit

AT&T definitely doesn’t want to be regulated as a Title II “common carrier” internet provider, but it’s happy to use that status to dodge charges of throttling customer data. The carrier just filed a motion to dismiss a recent suit by the FTC over “d…

Watch SpaceX launch its Falcon 9 rocket and try to land it on a barge (updated)

Very soon at around 6:20 4:47 AM EST today SpaceX will launch one its mighty Falcon 9 rockets carrying a Dragon capsule, weather permitting. “Big deal!” you may well say. “What’s another rocket launch?” We’re sure you’re not that jaded (they’re all a…

Meet the company that brought 'Ebola' to CES

Every year, CES manages to bring thousands of exhibitors to Las Vegas, spreading them across the Las Vegas Convention Center and throughout hotels like Mandalay Bay, Sands Expo and The Mirage. For members of the media, the abundance of companies at t…

Brazil's enormous taxes chase Nintendo out of the country

After this month, Nintendo will halt all direct sales in Brazil. According to UOL Jogos, the company’s leaving the country due to the exorbitant taxes it has to pay to continue its operations. Bill van Zyll, the company’s general manager in Latin Ame…

We flew over the Nevada desert with Avegant's 'Jellyfish' video glasses

​Avegant’s video headsets are like buses. You wait all year for one, and then two suddenly turn up at once. That thing you see above might look a million miles away from the headphone-inspired Glyph, but it is in fact a very close relative. Codenamed…

B&O launches its first wireless headphones, the BeoPlay H8

Bang & Olufsen’s main announcement this year is the wonderfully weird “Moment” home music system. The Danish company had a few other things to show though, and the BeoPlay H8 Bluetooth headphones are one of them. A mixture of cowhide, lambskin and al…