Matthew Humphries
Senior Editor
Technology
Forget Pesticides, Farmers Can Shoot Bad Bugs With Lasers
The Photonic Fence intelligently targets and kills flying pests at a rate of 20 per second, leaving other friendly insects alone.
Amazon
Amazon Patents Tech to Block In-Store Comparison Shopping
If you visit an Amazon Store, don't expect to be able to compare prices using your smartphone. Amazon's patent describes blocking such checks and sending a sales rep over to see you.
Alphabet
Alphabet Sells Boston Dynamics to Softbank
It took over a year, but Google parent Alphabet finally offloads not one, but two robotics divisions to the Japanese company that acquired chip maker ARM last year.
Amazon
Amazon Drive Stops Offering Unlimited Storage
Prime customers still get unlimited photo storage, but otherwise, $59.99 per year now gets you 1TB of storage for your files, photos and videos.
Laptops
Laptop Ban Expansion Could Include Domestic Flights
As well as domestic flights, dozens of airports across Europe, the Middle East and Africa are also under consideration by Homeland Security.
Walmart
Walmart Opens 24-Hour Grocery Pickup Kiosk
Order online, then pickup your groceries from the fully-automated kiosk when its convenient. You have to spend at least $30 though.
Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey's Next Venture Could Build Trump's Wall
President Trump will surely be interested to hear about Luckey's alternative wall that doesn't involve building an actual wall.
Facebook
Man Fined $4,000 for 'Liking' Facebook Comments
Read very carefully before hitting the Like button on Facebook -- it could land you in court.
Stocks
Twitch Users Are Playing the Stock Market With $50,000
All Twitch users can vote for which stocks to buy and sell, with the $50,000 invested being real money.
Amazon
Amazon Awarded Patent for Parachute Shipping Label
It's a shipping label with a built-in parachute enabling packages to be dropped from a drone in flight.
Google
Google's $5,000 Whiteboard Is Now on Sale
The collaborative and smart Jamboard can now be purchased.
Lawsuits
PayPal Sues Pandora Over Logo Similarities
PayPal claims Pandora ignored 110 pages of examples showing how its logo is causing consumer confusion.
gamestop
GameStop Sells (Another) Used Game Containing Bag of Meth
GameStop really needs to review its used game checking policy, as this is the second time meth has been discovered inside a game case.
iPhone
The 10th Anniversary iPhone 8 Is Expected in October
Any concerns the iPhone 8 would be delayed have apparently disappeared from the supply chain.
Environment
New Recycling Process Turns Waste Plastic Into Oil
Rather than dumping waste plastic into our oceans, Recycling Technologies created a machine that turns it into oil usable as fuel.
