Attendees enter the Macworld Expo in San Francisco on January 8, 2002.Photo: Getty On Wednesday, Tim Cook issued a dire, surprising, and historic warning to his company’s investors. Apple, the world’s first trillion dollar company, would be lowering its revenue forecast for the first time since 2002, thanks in part to bad iPhone sales and…

Left: Anak Krakatau on December 17, 2018, before the landslide. Right: The island volcano on December 30, 2018, after the landslide. Vivid new satellite photos of Anak Krakatau are providing our first cloud-free glimpse of the island volcano that triggered a devastating tsunami in Indonesia late last month. As the photos show, a gaping lagoon…

Photo: Red (Facebook) With its high price, outdated specs, lackluster holographic screen, and absent mod support, Red’s Hydrogen One may have been the biggest smartphone flop of 2018. However, on the last day of the year, Red teased that something could be coming in 2019 that could potentially redeem the over-hyped handset. In a post…

Image: esudroff (Pixabay) In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to get a complete readout of a person’s genetics with ease, even right after they’re born. A new study published Thursday offers a glimpse of what that future could look, suggesting many children are born with genetic conditions that can’t be found with current…

Photo from 2017 field trials of the method.Photo: James Baltz/UI College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Scientists genetically modified plants in order to give a huge boost to photosynthesis, hoping to one day improve the yield of food crops like rice and wheat, according to a new paper. A swelling population means that demand…

Online harassment has existed for as long as online has existed, and as access speeds up and expands, it’s only getting worse and more nuanced. A newly released report from the Digital Rights Foundation, a feminist nonprofit in Pakistan focused on digital freedom, spotlights timely data collected on harassment in the country. None of the…

An adult Hyloscirtus hillisi, a newly described frog from from the Andes of Ecuador.Image: Gustavo Pazmiño, BIOWEB Ecuador Introducing Hyloscirtus hillisi, a species of treefrog recently discovered in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Among its many distinguishing features is an enlarged claw, the purpose of which isn’t immediately clear. H. hillisi is the latest member…

Ignore the break in the middle for a second and check out the problem with simply doubling a regular widescreen display like ZTE did on the Axon M. Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) The use of two folds instead of one offers a significant advantage because normally, when you double a regular 16:9 or 18:9 aspect…

Vials of homeopathic pills.Photo: Peter Macdiarmid (Getty) Medical crowdfunding has become a billion-dollar industry practically overnight, led by sites like GoFundMe. But yet another new study shows a dark side of the trend: Millions of dollars funneled to ludicrous, unscientific treatments for life-threatening diseases like cancer. Tragically, the study also found that many of the…