Source: Getty Images For better or worse, it’s hard to argue that religion is big business these days. From films to books to radio programs to TV shows, it’s never been easier to spread gospel around the world — and it’s never been more lucrative. How much money are we talking about, exactly? We’ve rounded […]
Brave, the ad-blocking browser in the midst of a major overhaul, once again has an option for private tabs augmented by the Tor Project’s technology for keeping websites from tracking you online. Brave earlier this month launched an overhauled version, Brave Core, that looks a lot more like the Google Chrome browser on whose open-source […]
The way to your heart might actually be through your fridge. That’s what Samsung is hoping, at least. While you might mostly associate Samsung with phones, tablets and TVs, the electronics giant is trying to make inroads into your love life by launching a dating app called Refrigerdating. Yup. Refrigerdating. The free app works with […]
After a four-month hiatus, electric scooters are back on the streets of San Francisco. Once again, people are able to hop on one of the vehicles — paying $1 per rental plus about $0.15 per minute — and scoot block to block at up to 15 mph. But things are a bit different this time […]
David Hockney, 81, started his illustrious art career as a painter and pop-art pioneer long before Apple was founded. But Hockney has embraced the tech giant’s gadgets and used an iPad to design a new stained-glass window that debuted on Wednesday at London’s Westminster Abbey. The Abbey commissioned The Queen’s Window to celebrate the […]
Most things are just things. A Samsung Galaxy S10 is just a Samsung Galaxy S10. An iPhone X is an iPhone X. It’s a rare breed of device that becomes so synonymous with its purpose it becomes the default example for everything that follows in its wake. A few cross over into that […]
Juul is trying to help customers wean off of its own product. The maker of sleek, popular e-cigarettes will provide tools to help people who want to quit using its product to do so ‘in the smoothest possible way,’ Juul Labs Chief Product Officer James Monsees said at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco Wednesday. Early […]
As we all know, a musician’s ability to remain relevant in the hellscape that is 2018 is dependent solely on their ability to make their songs and actions worthy of meme status. The master of this game, clearly, is Kanye West. Drake is undoubtedly a close runner-up. But friends, a new challenger has appeared. Her name […]
It’s Saturday morning at Defcon, and eight players are racing to solve as many hacking challenges as they can within two hours. But the crowd at Caesars Palace isn’t here for that. They want to see someone’s computer get smashed. A player known only as ‘That Guy’ is the first unlucky contestant to get randomly […]
Uber has officially joined the scooter craze. The ride-hailing company launched its own scooters in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday. Riders now have the option of hailing a car or renting a bike or scooter from the Uber app in the city. And this is just the beginning, the company said. ‘As we work towards […]