Elon Musk Says It Wasn't an Explosion That Took Out SpaceX's Rocket

Yesterday, one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets went up in a blaze of flames, taking its satellite payload right along with it. But it wasn’t an explosion, says company founder Elon Musk. Instead, what we saw was just a really fast fire.

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How Much Did Jill Stein's Flight Mix-Up Harm the Environment?

Above all else, Dr. Jill Stein is green. Or so we thought.

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Star Wars Fridge Magnets: Use the (Magnetic) Force, Luke!

If you have a fridge, you probably have stuff you need to stick on it. Be it report cards, reminders about your court date, or coupons for pizza, you need to stick stuff to the door or on the sides. You don’t have to do it with boring magnets though, you can do it with these sweet Star Wars deluxe fridge magnets from ThinkGeek.

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There are four of them in the set, including the Death Star, Boba Fett’s helmet, a stormtrooper helmet, or Vader’s helmet. Each magnet is about 2.25″ x 2.5″,

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You can get the entire set for $19.99(USD). I always liked Luke the best out of the franchise and he never seems to get magnets or stuff like this with his likeness.

LG Smart Instaview Door-in-Door Fridge up close and personal

instaview 6Let the battle of the smart refrigerators commence: LG has a new entry in the smart fridge space, introducing the world to its Instaview Door-in-Door Fridge at IFA 2016. Like the Instaview that came before, this latest iteration has a panel in the door that allows users to look inside without having to open the fridge up, but that panel … Continue reading

Huawei is now a force to be feared in smartphone design

huawei-nova-phones-sg-0Amid exploding Samsungs and fast-incoming iPhones, a new challenger in smartphone design has arisen, and Huawei is landing hits not only in the price bracket it has traditionally played in, but against devices several hundred dollars more. Latest from the company is the Nova series, a pair of Android phones differentiated primarily by their size, but unified by two core … Continue reading

Sennheiser HD 2 and HD 4 lines launch with 7 headphones models

Sennheiser has launched two headphones product lines, the HD 2 and the HD 4. Both lines bring a few new headphones models with them, with Sennheiser describing all of them as ‘portable headphones.’ In total, the two product lines bring the HD 4.20s, the HD 4.30i, and the HD 4.30G, as well as the HD 2.10, HD 2.20s, HD 2.30i … Continue reading

Sony UST Projector and Glass Sound Speaker hands-on

heroSony’s Life Space UX*2 (or Life Space UX2) is a name which many home entertainment and living devices reside. We got to know the last generation last year at IFA 2016 – now it’s time to get delicate. In the Sony room we got to experience, the Sony Portable Ultra Short Throw Projector was in full swing bringing multiple layers … Continue reading

IFA 2016 day zero: Selfie-phones and barista robots

We’re edging ever closer to the official start of IFA 2016 (that’s today as you read this), but the pre-show events continue. Huawei, ZTE and others brought new phones, and Sony showed its hand — even if some of that was familiar. There was also a s…

What we expect from Apple's big iPhone event

Apple is holding a big press event next week, and it’s a pretty safe assumption at this point that we’re getting a new iPhone. We’re not expecting a radical reimagining of the device, but there might be a few surprises here (like no headphone jack!)…

Clueless Georgia official placed on election cybersecurity panel

When it comes to US government officials who might know a thing or two about cybersecurity, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp doesn’t rank highly. He was behind a massive private data leak that affected millions of that state’s citizens, which in…