Rumor mill: With Microsoft already working on a second-generation HoloLens without having ever released the first to the consumer, people are anxious to get their mitts on one without having to shell out thousands of dollars. Microsoft will be attending MWC19 next month, and Alex Kipman will be on... Read more

Last week we created a textured paper canvas and got a healthy dose of the P5 API and JavaScript’s Math.random() function. This week, we’re going to look at a specific element of watercolor to see if we can emulate it on our canvas: the edge color. Annie Spratt (CC0)... Read more

Rarely has a Toshiba-branded Fire TV been priced this low. Toshiba Not all the Super Bowl TV deals are for super-big TVs. Best Buy just rolled out a really sweet discount on a midsize model. For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Toshiba 43-inch 4K TV with... Read more

Russian startup StartRocket wants to fill the night sky with logos and brand names such as McDonald’s, KFC, and Coke, which, as you can see in the video below, is as bad as it sounds. The idea is to use an array of programmable CubeSat satellites that can be... Read more

London-based startup iProov develops technology to allow remote facial verification for everything from logging into an online banking account to crossing a major border, and it has already made significant deals with everyone from ING Bank to the US Department of Homeland Security.  “The real heart of face verification is to determine... Read more

The Visitor’s Center at Microsoft Headquarters campus in Redmond, Washington. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images Microsoft is making its largest ever pledge of $500 million and is using it to combat homelessness. The software giant announced earlier Wednesday that it plans to use the money to develop affordable housing in Seattle’s... Read more

Since free trials first became popular, people have always fallen victim to one of the oldest sales tricks in the book – auto billing. We all know the drill by now: you go to sign up for an interesting-looking new service (such as Netflix), and after the free trial... Read more

The big picture: Almost half of all international airlines use the Amadeus ticket booking system. Security researchers found a vulnerability that allowed hackers to easily view and change private passenger information including claiming other passenger’s frequent flyer miles to a hacker’s personal account, changing their contact info to allow... Read more