Technology 
Xbox One kicks out the jams with new Pandora, Vevo apps
Mere weeks after Microsoft dumped the free streaming tier of Xbox Music, two new streaming music apps have landed on the Xbox One for your aural pleasure: Pandora and Vevo. Vevo was originally tipped in June as part of a major entertainment … Continue reading
Elon Musk’s speed-of-sound Hyperloop is actually being built
Way back in the summer of 2013, SpaceX’s Elon Musk proposed a new transportation system that was equal parts awesome and insane: The Hyperloop. Unfortunately, that was the extent of Musk’s involvement: He gave us his plans in the form … Continue reading
The cord-cutter’s guide to free (and legal!) TV streaming
In last week’s Cord-Cutter Confidential, I highlighted the many streaming video options available to anyone who can mooch a pay-TV password. But watching free, streaming video on your television doesn’t have to be a morally dubious enterprise. As more people … Continue reading
ET deals: Dell Inspiron 14 Core i7 touch laptop with 1080p for $750, Inspiron 17 Core i5 for $550
Sometimes you don’t want to give up anything when shopping for a laptop. With a powerful processor, portable design, 1080p touchscreen and great specs, Dell’s latest Inspiron 14 is quite the versatile machine, and on sale right now for just … Continue reading
PS4 is about to get streaming media with an official Plex app
If you’re a PS4 user, your media streaming needs are finally being met. Plex has announced that native media streaming clients are being released on both the PS3 and PS4, so the existing in-browser and DLNA solutions are no longer … Continue reading
New brain implant tech from Blackrock is making ‘mind over matter’ a reality
Prosthetics researchers from the University of Pittsburg have now been able to finesse an additional three degrees of freedom out of an improved implant-to-arm pipeline by swapping by additional finger motions where previously Jan had only a crude pincer grip.
Microsoft is finally allowed to (once again) set IE as the default browser in Windows
For the past five years, Microsoft has been forced to offer first-time Windows users in Europe a choice of web browser. This was a result of an EU ruling in 2009, which found that Microsoft had been unfairly abusing its … Continue reading
SpaceX will attempt to land a Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform (updated)
On Friday, December 19, SpaceX will attempt one of the most exciting maneuvers in the entire history of space travel: The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket will try to land on a giant platform in the middle of … Continue reading
LG preps webOS 4K TVs with souped-up performance
LG Electronics’ upcoming smart TVs will run an upgraded version of webOS that promises better performance and more customization. The TVs will be launched at the International CES trade show in Las Vegas next month. The improvements on webOS 2.0 … Continue reading
Netflix says offline viewing will never happen, but fails to give a good reason why
Netflix has once again killed any hope of an eventual offline version of its service — but as near as we can tell, there’s no technical reason the company couldn’t offer this kind of feature.
