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This is where the iPhone magic will happen. 
On Sept. 12, Apple will unveil its latest smartphones at the sleek and mysterious Steve Jobs Theater, located just outside of the company's "spaceship" campus in Cupertino, California. We didn't what it looked like inside, until now. 
SEE ALSO: Everything you need to know about the Steve Jobs Theater
Mac Magazine published a photo of the auditorium under construction on Instagram and ... well, it doesn't really tell us much. Que tal al

A bug that exposed users’ contact information affected a far greater number of accounts than Instagram originally said. The bug, which appears to have been responsible for Selena Gomez’s account being hacked this week, allowed hackers to scrape email addresses and contact information for millions of accounts, Instagram said today. (It has since been fixed.) While the company first said the hack was limited to holders of verified accounts, it said today that non-verified users had bee

Microsoft this week joined an ever-growing list of tech companies speaking out in defense of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. President Trump is expected to end the Obama initiative on Tuesday, according to Fox News, and announce the US government will allow current work authorizations to expire before deportations begin. The company released an official blog post by President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith, who says: Today we know of 27 employees who are bene

There’s no way around the fact that at around $930, Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8 is an expensive phone. But if you’re a T-Mobile customer looking to pick up Samsung’s latest flagship, you might be able to get a second phone free — if you meet T-Mobile’s very specific set of requirements to qualify for the deal.
Here’s what you need to do to qualify: the promo requires you preorder two Galaxy Note 8s from T-Mobile through its equipment installment plan, wh

Adding to a trend of of tech companies and executives donating funds after Hurricane Harvey, Michael Dell pledged up to $36 million from his foundation to support disaster relief as well as the longer-term rebuilding of flooded areas.
Dell said the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation will make the donation to help seed the Rebuild Texas Fund. Half of the donation will be made initially, while as much as another $18 million would be used to match 50 cents for every dollar that others donate. T

GamesBeat 2017 is at San Francisco’s beautiful Fort Mason on October 5 and October 6, and we’re delighted to announce our next three speakers. This group can help us see the big picture about the global game industry, storytelling in games, and the new economy of tips for livestreaming.
Our newest speakers include John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries and science adviser for the influential sci-fi film Minority Report; Amit Kumar of Accel, a venture investor at one of

Up until now, we’ve only been able to see renderings and above-ground images / video of Apple Park’s Steve Jobs Theater, but thanks to a tipster and Mac Magazine, some images of the theater’s interior under construction have been posted online.
The 1,000-seat theater sits outside of Apple Park’s main ring on a hill that overlooks the main campus. Since it sits mostly underground, what the theatre looks like inside has largely remained a mystery. But, these construction im

When you're at a mega-shelter, like the ones currently housing thousands of Harvey evacuees in Houston, a child-friendly space stands out. 
Amidst the concrete and cots, you'll see a bold punch of color. And then you'll see the kids, many of them having fun for the first time since a disaster upended their lives. 
SEE ALSO: Teen saves horse trapped by Harvey's rising floodwaters with dad's help
At the cavernous NRG Center in Houston, the international non-government organization Save t

Fyre Festival has finally burnt out, and from the looks of things, no amount of stoking the "fyre" will ever revive it.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday — just over four months after the supposedly luxurious, entertainment-packed, Instagram-worthy event was abruptly cancelled — that a judge placed the company that promoted Fyre Fest into bankruptcy.SEE ALSO: Fyre Festival merch hits eBay because this dumpster fire just won't go out
Back in July, just days after fest

Acer is joining the 360-degree video craze with two new cameras, including one designed for your car. The Acer Holo360 is smartphone-sized 360-degree camera powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor. The LTE-connected camera comes with a 3-inch display and can capture 4K 360-degree videos. It also runs Android 7.1, making it easy for users to share their videos over social media.
The other camera Acer announced is the Vision360, a camera designed as a high-end dash cam. The Vision360 is des

A 5-year-old Brit with big dreams of babysitting a swan for the weekend did what any sensible would-be bird caretaker might do: she reached out to Queen Elizabeth II for permission.
And though Lyndsay Simpson did not end up with a swan to play with, she did end up with a letter from Buckingham Palace that she'll likely hold on to for the rest of her life.
SEE ALSO: 7 things you probably didn't know about the Queen's corgis
Per the Petersfield Post, Simpson initially thought to write Her Majesty

It took 18 months to cook, but Nukebox‘s Food Truck Chef mobile game has come out well done. The game generated more than 3 million downloads in its first 10 days, and the Indian developer said it is on track to make $500,000 revenue in its first 45 days.
Food Truck Chef is available on Android and iOS, and it has been the No. 1 casual game in the U.S. and more than 100 countries, said Amit Hardi, the CEO of Bangalore-based Nukebox Studios, in an email to GamesBeat. That’s a rar

Thanks to legal weed in multiple areas across the United States, there are now seemingly endless ways to light up. But even with all that weed tech out there, sometimes the most impressive stoner innovations still come from the kitchen.
While some prefer edibles and vaping, nothing can beat the old-fashioned joint. Thankfully, the classic setup can be upgraded using this little trick.
SEE ALSO: Netflix lights up special weed strains inspired by your favorite showsmy little brother just rolled a

Serena Williams isn't playing in the U.S. Open this year, but she's still making headlines — albeit for a very different reason than winning a match. 
The tennis legend and her fiancé, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, welcomed their first child into the world on Friday, according to reports. 
SEE ALSO: Serena Williams' picture-perfect '50s-themed baby shower is giving us squad goals
Chris Shepherd, a senior producer at West Palm Beach's WPBF first broke the news on Twitte

Tinder hit number one as the top grossing app on the App Store for the first time ever, all thanks to your unprecedented levels of thirst. 
The swipe-based dating platform shot to the top spot after introducing Tinder Gold, a new premium tier that allows users to see everyone who has already liked them ... for a price.     
The new subscription service was announced back in June, but finally rolled out to users worldwide earlier this week. The influx of new subscribers h

Ah, the police body camera. It's brought us such disturbing hits as a Baltimore cop appearing to plant drugs on someone, an officer telling a recently shot man "fuck your breath" as he cried out for help, and the foot chase and death of a Chicago teenager. 
Well, thanks to one Salt Lake City police officer, we have another lowlight to add to the list: The forcible handcuffing and dragging of a nurse for refusing to hand over an unconscious patient's blood.
Yeah, it's as ugly as it sounds.&n

There's something about the mid-to-late summer that tends to bring extreme weather events of enormous magnitude. There was the 2010 Russian heat wave and Pakistan floods, which together killed tens of thousands, and the 2003 European heat wave. Of course, this year, there's the unprecedented Texas deluge from Hurricane Harvey. 
While Harvey has garnered most of the attention in the U.S. — and rightly so, given the extraordinary scope and scale of the disaster, a wider view of the worl

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This post is about a thing that's great—Star Wars—and a thing that's very terrible—losing your belongings. 
What do they have to do with each other? Today, in honor of Force Friday II, a slick new set of Star Wars-themed Bluetooth finders let you show off your fandom—and keep track of your stuff. 
SEE ALSO: Behold, a levitating Bluetooth speaker in the shape of

On Sept. 1, 1902, the world was treated to a truly ridiculous but also amazing short silent film that definitely holds up more than a century later.
SEE ALSO: Neil deGrasse Tyson on all things Great American Eclipse
A Trip to the Moon, directed by Georges Méliès, takes viewers on a journey with astronomers in wizard hats and a pretty goofy moon with a face. 
Plus, according to NASA, it's the first science fiction movie with special effects. What's not to love? Read more...
Mo

Ark: Survival Evolved just left Early Access on Wednesday, and Studio Wildcard is wasting no time announcing new premium-priced content. The Aberration pack, as Wildcard is calling it, debuts October for the PC and console versions. It will focus on a harsh new land mass with dangerous radiation surges and lush areas hidden underground.
To make Aberration worth it for fans, Wildcard is packing it with tons of new content. Players will encounter totally new creatures. The radiation has mutat

Honor is releasing its Honor 9 phone in a new "robin egg blue" shade. The turquoise is certainly unique, although I'm not sure whether that's a good thing. We all want our phones to stand out, but this blue makes my eyes hurt a little bit? It's just so bright and so turquoise. I want to put it in an Easter basket. It shouldn't leave the Easter basket.
Maybe you're into the pastel trend, though, and are ready to fully commit to that lifestyle, in which case, this is probably a good color for you.

When faced with a question or obstacle in life, odds are you've turned to Google for guidance once, twice, or maybe a few hundred times.
Well, thanks to a new website created by Google's News Lab and visual data journalist Xaquin G.V., you can take comfort in knowing you're not alone in your frantic and somewhat embarrassing searches.
The website, called how-to-fix-a-toilet.com, compiles data from 100 of the most popular "How to" searches typed into Google's search engine worldwide, giving users

If you were affected by the absolutely humongous Yahoo data breaches in recent years — and given they were so damn big, there's a decent chance you were — you may be in luck. A judge just paved the way for affected users to sue the tech giant. 
SEE ALSO: Clever hackers don't even need your password to access your account
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California made the ruling on Wednesday in a 93-page decision, declaring that affected victims certainly did have a ri

Citibank recently disseminated a predictive research paper in its “Technology at Work” series, wherein a number of experts lay out the future of human employment. The co-director for the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment, Carl Benedikt Frey, writes “Retail is one industry in which employment is likely to vanish.” That day can’t come soon enough. Before the people who depend on retail for employment release all their pent-up rage at this humble re

Since at least 2014, Twitch was the League of Legends network. Sure, nearly every game has an audience on the livestreaming platform, but League of Legends was the biggest draw … until PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. For the first time since at least 2014, Riot Games’ megapopular multiplayer online battle arena was not the most viewed game on Twitch over a month-long period. Instead, the surging Battlegrounds from Bluehole Studio has taken that spot with its dramatic last-perso

Pour one out for Juicero.
The company behind the infamously useless $400 machine that empties fruit pulp out of bags has officially run out of juice.
The once-hyped startup became a poster child for Silicon Valley's most ridiculous excesses when Bloomberg discovered earlier this year that it could be disrupted by the human hand. The reporters found that simply applying pressure to the bags yielded juice about as efficiently as the shiny wifi enabled appliance.
SEE ALSO: Juicero might make you ha

This weekend marks the opening of Tulip Fever, a 17th-century costume drama starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, and Christoph Waltz. But unless you follow movie news very, very closely, odds are you've never heard of it. 
SEE ALSO: Have you seen all of Rotten Tomatoes' 200 essential movies?
Turns out there's a good reason for that – at least based on the first wave of reviews. They range from lukewarm to scathing, making Tulip Fever the kind of movie that seems way more fun to read

The United Kingdom is the hothouse of reality TV. Ideas for shows grow here, and are then exported across the pond where they are lapped up enthusiastically by American viewers — as was the case with Big Brother, Survivor and the snarky stylings of Simon Cowell.
Which is why we should all be terrified by the attention lavished on a new British reality show called Bromans. The show does exactly what it says on the tin — it transports modern-day "bros" back to Roman times, or at least

It is the year 2017 and we carry the future with us in our pocket – that is a simple and sleek mobile device. Texting is one of the most common activities that are performed in a smart phone. Apart from exchanging text and picture messages and videos, the messaging  Apps has gone far beyond these tasks. Messaging apps are also including corporate accounts, browsers, chat bots, and payment methods as well. People can now chat and exchange messages via messaging  apps but also pay

Juicero, the company that made its name by creating a proprietary juice-squeezing machine, is shutting down. The announcement comes from Juicero's website. In its post, the company writes that it is suspending the sale of both its juice packets and its Juicero Press device. The last juice packet delivery will occur next week. All customers have up to 90 days to request a refund for their purchase of the Juicero Press, regardless of when they bought it. Fortune reports that employees are being gi

Disasters seem to breed all types of rumors, tricks and scams, and Tropical Storm Harvey is no exception.
People have impersonated federal agents and tried to make money off insurance scams amid the storm and its aftermath, according to the new "Hurricane Harvey Rumor Control" page on FEMA's website.
The site says it has affirmed or debunked several rumors since at least Aug. 27.
SEE ALSO: Tropical Storm Harvey is the strongest to hit the US in 12 years
The new page aims to clear up rumors about

Herosphere is preparing an ICO to issue HEROcoin, an Ethereum based cryptocurrency for betting. On September 14th customers will be able to spend ETH for HERO and become part of a community that’s being designed to rub out the middle-man, and make sure the “house” never wins again. HEROcoin is a peanut-butter and chocolate mash-up of finance and gamer geekdom. The people behind the upcoming ICO live and breathe e-sports, and they’ve dedicated themselves to prov

Life is Strange didn’t need a prequel. Dontnod Entertainment’s time-traveling teen drama was a breakout hit when it launched in 2015, but the developer has been clear that it did not want to return to the story of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price. And so, Life is Strange: Before the Storm — a three-episode arc focusing on a younger Chloe — felt unnecessary.But Colorado-based developer Deck Nine’s take on Dontnod’s world is anything but disingenuous. It’s no

Alcatel has just announced two new additions to its budget smartphone lineup today at IFA 2017: the Idol 5 and A7.Targeted at millennials, the Idol 5 comes with a feature called App Cloner, that duplicates social apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, allowing you to be logged in to two accounts without having to log out, which is nice. Outside of that, it’s your standard sub-$300 phone:
5.2-inch full HD display
1.3GHz MediaTek MT6753 octa-core processor
16GB of storage, 3GB of RAM
13MP rear ca