Apple announced a big changes to its bug-bounty program it launched in 2016. The biggest is a new $1 million reward if you find a very specific exploit. The payout will go to security researchers that are able to carry out a “zero-click full chain kernel execution attack with persistence”

If you get a ton of robocalls, installing an app promising to block them might sound like a good idea. Robocalls are a huge problem, and a blocker seems like a quick and easy solution for improving the situation. Turns out, the apps might be violating your privacy starting from the second you open them.

A new draft executive order from the White House would put the Federal Communications Commission in charge of deciding what social media companies like Twitter and Facebook can remove from their sites. President Donald Trump's potential order could fundamentally change how social media companies operate.

The U.S. military is using balloons to monitor activity in the Midwest. The 25 solar-powered balloons are reportedly being launched from South Dakota and used to monitor portions of Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. They're also capable of tracking multiple individuals or vehicles during the day or night

Electric scooters are touted as an environmentally-friendly way to get around town, but a new study suggests that they might be worse for climate change than the transportation methods they’re replacing. According to the North Carolina State University Study, walking and biking are better options

Last week, it was revealed that Apple uses human contractors to review Siri recordings, contractors that often end up hearing everything from drug deals to sexual encounters as a result. Now Apple says it has suspended the use of those contractors and is reviewing the program

Ever wish your eyes came with a zoom lens? Soon they might. Scientists at the University of California San Diego have successfully created a pair of contact lenses measure signals sent by the electrical impulses of eye movement, and can zoom in on something when you blink twice.

Forget a better display and faster cellular modem, a new report suggests that the next iPhone will have a laser. That said, that laser might not work quite the way you think. TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the lasers will help determine how far away objects are from the phone.

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, affectionately called TESS, discovered three new worlds during its latest exploration. The exoplanets are the smallest, nearest known to date and orbit a star that’s just 73 light-years away,

If you've been trading Bitcoin and haven't been reporting your earnings to the IRS, you might be getting a surprise in your mailbox. The IRS is cracking down on cryptocurrency traders who didn’t report their earnings on their taxes. Around 10,000 people are expected to get letters.

Soon you might be able to binge-watch your favorite show while in your Tesla -- provided your car is parked. Tesla founder Elon Musk announced via tweet that the ability to stream Netflix and Hulu through the car’s display is on its way -- and may one day be available while driving.

The organizing committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveiled its Olympic medal designs this week. On the surface, they look like any other medal but these will be made a little differently: of recycled electronics. Over 47,000 tons of devices including 5 million mobile phones were collected.

Apple recently filed two new iPad model numbers with the EEC, adding to the five model numbers that it has already filed with the commission. The filings indicate that seven versions of the iPad will ship running iOS 13, suggesting that they’ll be launched in the fall.

Apple contractors routinely hear sensitive things like confidential medical information, couples having sex, and drug deals as part of their work related to quality control for the company’s virtual assistant Siri. It was revealed that earlier this year that humans also evaluate things overheard by Amazon's Alexa

Earlier this week Facebook settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy violations to the tune of $5 billion, the largest fine in the history of the FTC. While certainly huge, one privacy group thinks that the $5 billion fine doesn't go far enough to address consumer concerns.

Google Nest is giving away 100,000 free Home Minis to people who are living with paralysis. The company announced a partnership with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Friday to provide the devices to paralyzed individuals to help them gain some additional independence.

SpaceX successfully launched a test prototype of its future Starship rocket, called Starhopper, on Thursday. The test version of the rocket was launched from a location in Texas and was able to hover in the air for a few seconds before it returned to the ground and landed.

Ford announced plans on Thursday to launch a new model of its Spin electric scooters next month. The scooters will support growth and demand in both new and existing markets for the company and are designed to be safer and sturdier than their predecessors. Spin scooters are currently available in 47 U.S. cities.

SpaceX ran into trouble Tuesday evening when a small fire erupted from the engine of a prototype rocket it was testing at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. It's not clear if the fire caused any damage to the rocket itself

Thousands of workers at Amazon’s facilities in Germany went on strike Monday, making them the latest to use Prime Day to bring attention to the company’s working conditions. The German workers joined others around the world protesting how Amazon treats its workers

President Trump attacked Facebook's new Libra cryptocurrency on Thursday, claiming it will have "little standing or dependability" and that Facebook would need to seek a banking charter if it wanted to move forward.

Remember Elon Musk’s “Not a Flamethrower” from last year? Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto recently launched his own eerily similar product, a device he said looks almost identical because Musk stole the idea from him and then beat him to market.

Tired of seeing Facebook ads that aren’t relevant to you? Now you can not only opt out of ads from that company, but you can also see why the ad was shown to you in the first place. However, there's still no "opt out of all ads" button quite yet.

Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday to obtain permission to launch 3,236 broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit. The goal of the satellites would be to cover the majority of the United States with broadband internet

While deal-hungry Amazon customers flock to the site to celebrate Prime Day, its warehouse employees in Shakopee, Minnesota will commemorate the sale in a different way — with a strike. The employees plan to strike to protest what they claim are unfair working conditions.

The LightSail 2 has sent its first signals back to Earth, and The Planetary Society has made it possible for enthusiasts to track those signals from home through an online dashboard. The spacecraft is expected to remain in orbit for a year and demonstrate the viability of solar sailing.