Self-emptying robot vacuums: Do you really need one?
Many robot vacuums are smart enough to automatically clean your home, but most lack the ability to empty their dustbins. That means you’ll still be fussing with a dirty robot…
A Guide to the Messy, Divided Rights to The Lord of the Rings
Image: Warner Bros. Warner Bros., through New Line Cinema, has held the movie rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit since the late ‘90s, after Peter Jackson’s…
Terran Orbital Scores $2.4 Billion Deal to Develop 300 Satellites for Rivada
Rivada Space wants to build a constellation of 600 satellites. Illustration: Terran Orbital Satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has been awarded a hefty contract by Rivada Space Networks to build 288…
Motorola is bringing iPhone-beating satellite messaging to your Android phone
Audio player loading… The iPhone 14 may have pioneered the idea of the satellite-connected smartphone, but now the first Android phone has launched with the feature – and it’s already…
Microsoft Defender will soon be a lot better at stopping corporate cyberattacks
Audio player loading… A number of advanced Microsoft 365 Defender features first announced last year as a means of stopping ransomware and business email compromise (BEC) attacks, have now reached…
Americans lost $8.8 billion to cyber scams in 2022
Audio player loading… New data from the US Federal Trade Commission (opens in new tab) (FTC) has revealed the astonishing scale of scams across America, which accounted for billions in…
Microsoft tells Exchange admins to remove some previous antivirus restrictions
Audio player loading… Some Microsoft Exchange folders and processes, which the company previously suggested be excluded from antivirus (opens in new tab) scans for stability reasons, should no longer be…
‘Cocaine Bear’ Is a Buzz Kill
Cocaine Bear, a film that sounds like it was dreamed up between bong hits, arrives in theaters today. Like Eight Legged Freaks, Snakes on a Plane, and Sharknado before it,…
The 11 Best Amazon Prime Movies Right Now
Over the past year or so, Netflix and Apple TV+ have been duking it out to have the most prestigious film offerings (congrats, CODA!), but that doesn’t mean other streaming…
The 40 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now
It’s easy to see the influences—Wednesday is equal parts Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Riverdale, and Smallville (no surprise, given it’s created by the latter’s Alfred Gough and Miles Millar)—but it’s…