Shortly after the hacker group launched successful cyberattacks against Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, Lizard Squad boasted that it was completely untraceable. Apparently they spoke too soon, as reports from the United Kingdom claim that local law enforcement officers have detained an alleged member of the group on separate charges, shortly after a similar arrest… Continue reading A member of the PSN and XBL hacker group has been arrested in the UK
Month: December 2014
Tesla’s new wall charger can automatically hook up to your vehicle
Plugging in your electric vehicle when you get home may be a minuscule inconvenience, but it’s an inconvenience nonetheless. That’s why Elon Musk is announcing that Tesla Motors is working on a charger that resembles a “solid metal snake” that automatically extends from the wall and plugs into your vehicle. While this may seem like overkill… Continue reading Tesla’s new wall charger can automatically hook up to your vehicle
Huawei sold more than 75 million smartphones this year
Xiaomi may be the most talked about Chinese smartphone manufacturer of 2014, but plenty of other companies in the country are worth noting as well. One of these companies is Huawei, which managed to sell more than 75 million smartphones this year and pulled in almost $12 billion in revenue. As impressive as this is, it’s… Continue reading Huawei sold more than 75 million smartphones this year
New York might start accepting Apple Pay and Bitcoin for parking tickets
Being the most populous city in the United States and having some of the nation’s worst parking, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that New York City issues millions of parking tickets every year. While the city made things slightly more convenient for people by allowing parking tickets to be paid online, New York may… Continue reading New York might start accepting Apple Pay and Bitcoin for parking tickets
The US Army might relax fitness standards for future “cyber warriors”
It almost goes without saying that the kind of people who’re good enough with technology to be able to fight cyberwars for the United States aren’t the kind of people who you’d expect to be capable of fighting in physical battles. That’s why the US Army is considering loosening the fitness standards for the nation’s… Continue reading The US Army might relax fitness standards for future “cyber warriors”
Samsung managed to beat Apple in customer satisfaction for handsets
Samsung hasn’t had a very good year. The South Korean electronics giant’s smartphone-related profits have been facing enormous pressure, particularly in China, and its flagship Galaxy S5 handset hasn’t exactly been doing well in terms of reviews. Even so, the company did win a small but significant victory in customer satisfaction, where it managed to beat… Continue reading Samsung managed to beat Apple in customer satisfaction for handsets
Mark Zuckerberg is crowdsourcing his “personal challenge” for 2015
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t sure what goals he should to set for himself in 2015, so he’s turning to the 1.35 billion users on Facebook to help him crowdsource ideas. Setting these challenges is something that the co-founder of Facebook does every year. Previous goals involved learning Mandarin, meeting a new person each day, and only eating meat from animals… Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg is crowdsourcing his “personal challenge” for 2015
New extension makes it easy to run Linux on a Chromebook
Although it’s been possible to run Linux on a Chromebook for sometime, it wasn’t exactly easy and required quite a bit of work and technical knowledge. Fortunately, there’s now an extension for Chrome OS that allows you to run either Ubuntu or Debian in a window using nothing but a console command. This isn’t exactly… Continue reading New extension makes it easy to run Linux on a Chromebook
Microsoft has been purged of its original Xbox executives
Remember back in 2013 when Microsoft was advertising the Xbox One as not only a video game console, but an all-in-one cloud-based entertainment hub for the living room? Well now it appears as if the company is perfectly fine with the Xbox One being just a gaming console, as evidenced by the fact that all… Continue reading Microsoft has been purged of its original Xbox executives
John Legere believes the Apple Watch will make wearables mainstream
John Legere is as boisterous as he is ingenious, which is probably why his company has had such a wildly successful year. Now that the year is coming to an end, T-Mobile’s candid CEO is discussing what he believes 2015 will have in store for the industry, and there seems to be a recurring theme in these predictions:… Continue reading John Legere believes the Apple Watch will make wearables mainstream