The ability to watch 4K video on YouTube has been around for a few years now. Unfortunately, though, actually getting 4K video to run smoothly is a whole another story. The problem is that 4K video simply has so much data that many folks simply lack the requisite bandwidth and/or patience to make viewing 4K clips all that practical.
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Ever since its inception, the voluntary “six strikes” Copyright Alert System has been one of the most controversial in the film industry… but maybe not for the reasons you think. In effect, the policy was meant to give pirates six warnings before throttling their download speeds or blocking their access to torrent sites, but many filmmakers believe it doesn’t go nearly far enough.
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If you’re an avid gadget fan on the hunt for a new smartphone, only the latest and greatest handsets will suffice. You’ll check out the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, the HTC One M9, LG’s upcoming new G4, and perhaps one or two other devices. But for people out there who don’t need the latest and greatest gadgets, the prospect of saving hundreds of dollars and still getting a terrific smartphone is quite appealing, even if it’s not among the latest and greatest phones out there.
If the option of saving some money and still getting a great phone sounds appealing to you, Motorola has a new deal you won’t want to miss.
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Have you ever seen something just outside your window that you wanted to take a picture of but you couldn’t get a decent shot thanks to the annoyance that is window reflection? Don’t worry: Some researchers at MIT have you covered. Mashable notes that MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm for digital camera software designed specifically remove window reflection from your photos, which means you won’t have to hesitate the next time a rare species of bird is perched right outside your window.
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Verizon made headlines this week with the surprise $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL, but a new report from BuzzFeed reveals that a major security flaw could have made this a much more challenging week for the telecommunications giant.
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When Roberto Mosky found himself in a press room following a Soccer match in Argentina’s Primera Division, he bizarrely figured that it was as good a time as any to try and make off with an unattended tablet he saw laying on a nearby table.
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To make $90,000 a year, an UberX driver would have to work “27 hours a day, 365 a year.” That’s what one reporter learned after going undercover as an UberX driver to see whether the company’s income claims could be verified in real life. After 100 rides, she concluded that she would need to work 10 hours per day for six days each week, and take just one week off each year, to make about $30,000 annually before taxes.
That’s a third of what Uber claimed is the median income for UberX drivers in New York City.
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After teasing us with a cryptic tweet earlier this week, Nintendo revealed its E3 2015 plans on Wednesday, from when we can watch the next Digital Event to how fans outside of E3 can participate in the festivities.
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Listening to sports talk radio in Boston this week has been a hilarious and surreal experience. Even though I’ve long been a Patriots fan myself, I also do my best to keep at least one foot firmly planted somewhere in reality. And that reality tells me, despite whatever Patriotic biases I might have, that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady most likely has been cheating for years. It goes without saying that most of my fellow Patriots fans don’t agree and they’ve been vigorously protesting the star QB’s four-game suspension.
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People: Never lend Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy your smartphone, no matter how nicely he asks you. Hilsenteger, who really hit the big time last fall with his infamous iPhone 6 Plus bending videos, this week posted a new video that shows what happens when you shoot a Galaxy S6 edge with a Desert Eagle semi-automatic pistol. As you’d exepct, the S6 edge does not survive — however, the slow-motion video is filmed in 4K and is actually a lot prettier than any other smartphone destruction video we’ve seen.
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