Getty Images It may be counterintuitive to say, but yes, the Apple Watch does indeed work without an iPhone. However, you will be sacrificing many of the watch’s more prominent features if doing so. Without an iPhone, the features available to you on your Apple Watch depend on the availability of cellular and Wi-Fi connection. […]
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Uber spent $5.2 billion in 3 months. Here’s where all that money went.
AP Photo/Richard Drew Uber posted a $ 5.2 billion loss on Thursday, its largest ever, sending shares plummeting. A major chunk of that spending was on two things: stock-based compensation and driver rewards, both stemming from the company’s IPO in May. Other major costs for Uber include research and development, on things like self-driving cars, […]
VanMoof ebikes aren’t that easy to steal. Here’s what happened
Earlier this week, Digital Trends ran a story entitled “This $ 3,000 ebike is allegedly impossible to steal. We stole it in 60 seconds.” VanMoof does make that claim about its S2 ebikes, and we did steal it in 60 seconds, but if you own one, don’t worry: It looks like our bike was a […]
Here’s how to manage your kids’ Mac usage with Screen Time
When Apple first introduced Screen Time on iOS, it was pitched as a way to help you overcome your smartphone addiction and manage the time you spent on your device. In MacOS Catalina, Screen Time has come to the Mac, and gives you just as much power as you get on iOS. But it also […]
Here’s how to protect yourself from the Capital One data breach
Nathan Dumlao/Unsplash By now, you may have heard that Capital One has recently announced a massive data breach that has reportedly affected approximately 100 million people in the United States and six million in Canada. While this news can understandably induce panic, it’s important to remember that there are ways to protect yourself in the event […]
‘Arrogance,’ ‘a ploy,’ ‘bold’: Here’s what officials are saying about Facebook’s Libra
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-N.Y.) questions David Marcus, who heads Calibra, Facebook’s cryptocurrency subsidiary, at a hearing Wednesday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) Renae Merle Reporter covering white-collar crime and Wall Street July 19 A growing chorus of critics in government and the financial sector has raised concerns about Facebook’s plans to create a global currency. This week, two […]
Here’s every Alexa Built-in phone that can access Amazon’s assistant on the move
Amazon’s own phone-selling initiative has been through some serious changes since it began. Originally launched under the Prime Exclusive banner, Amazon offered significant discounts on certain phones in exchange for lock screen ads and targeted advertisements. Amazon eventually did away with the ads, but kept the strong discounts and automatic access to Amazon products like […]
What is a prime lens? Here’s why you need one in your camera bag
Hillary Grigonis/Digital Trends If you’re new to the world of photography, the idea of a lens that doesn’t zoom might seem a bit odd. Even our phones have zoom lenses on them now, or a least a version of zoom thanks to multiple lenses and digital tricks. And yet, some of the best lenses for […]
The Technology 202: I drove a Tesla Model 3 and here’s what I learned: Trust but verify
Ctrl + N I am spending two days driving a Tesla Model 3. (Photo by Jada Chin, The Washington Post) Note to readers: We’re taking a break for the Fourth of July holiday, and hope you are, too! Cat Zakrzewski will back at the helm of this newsletter on Monday, July 8. Thanks for reading. SAN FRANCISCO […]
‘Fingerprinting’ to Track Us Online Is on the Rise. Here’s What to Do.
If there’s one lesson to learn about digital privacy, it’s that we can never grow complacent. Even if we secure our data so we are not tracked online, the ad tech industry will find ways to monitor our digital activities. And so it is with the rise of so-called fingerprinting, which security researchers are calling […]
Here’s how you can watch Tuesday’s total solar eclipse over South America
The last solar eclipse to pass over the U.S. caused quite a stir in 2017. Millions of people drove many miles to find a viewing spot inside the path of totality, joining millions more already living in the 70-mile-wide path that stretched from coast to coast. On Tuesday, July 2, another solar eclipse will take […]
Here’s what’s happening if you see someone steering their Tesla in park
[embedded content] If you happen to spot someone steering like crazy while sitting inside a parked Tesla, just take a moment to see if they’re playing Beach Buggy Racing 2 before questioning their sanity. Launched this week as part of the new Tesla Arcade games hub, the Mario Kart-like game from developer Vector Unit lets […]
Twitter: Here’s who won the attention war at E3 2019
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) drew more than 66,000 people to the Los Angeles Convention Center last week. But the real battle for attention happens on social media, where the goal is to steal the minds of millions of gamers around the world. Twitter measured the activity on its social network and found that people […]
The PlayStation Network is back up. Here’s the latest on the PSN outage
Sony’s PlayStation Network is up after going down for several hours on Thursday afternoon, annoying legions of gamers right in the middle of E3. The gaming network restored service shortly after 3 p.m. Pacific. Users began to encounter PSN errors early in the afternoon. For hours, PlayStation’s network service status page showed issues across the board — […]
Here’s what an Apple TV and Alexa look like on an old TV and record player cabinet
Enlarge / Apple TV on a vintage TV cabinet. Thomas Martin Lewins V Consumer and household tech obviously looks quite different today than it did years ago—there’s a significant analog and digital divide, for one thing. Among other things, bridging that gap makes integrating the latest tech with tech from a few decades back a […]