A problem in the computer systems used by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities has left thousands stuck in airports and unable to enter the country. Officials from the CBP confirmed to CBS News that the outage was nationwide, after many passengers took to … | Continue reading
GUEST: Mobile games had a big year in 2016. Analysts projected mobile game revenues to surpass PC and console earnings for the first time. VR games grew with the release of several consumer headsets. And Pokémon Go crossed from casual pastime to technological breakthrough, becomi … | Continue reading
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Lenovo just showed us its first VR headset, a prototype device that works with Microsoft’s Windows Holographic platform. Next to other tethered PC headsets like the Oculus Rift or the HTC Vive, it’s noticeably smaller and lighter — Lenovo says it’s targeting around 350g for the f … | Continue reading
More info has reportedly leaked about the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processor before the company's press event at CES 2017. | Continue reading
I hate doing laundry more than any other chore in my life. Between dragging a laundry bag around the corner to the laundromat, lugging detergent, counting out the right amount of corners, and waiting for loads to finish, every load represents tons of my life wasted.Suffice to say … | Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) -- Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis is missing his second straight game because of a sore left Achilles' tendon. | Continue reading
GUEST: Machine intelligence (MI) is fast outgrowing its cradle in the technology department. This calls for a new, high-level executive function and a strategic roadmap. In this article I’ll outline some areas for your new CMIO to crack during 2017 and beyond. At a time when mach … | Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) -- Bulls guard Dwyane Wade has been ruled out for their game against Charlotte because of swelling in his left knee. | Continue reading
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is missing Monday night's game against the Pelicans, his second straight, because of tightness in his right hamstring. | Continue reading
GUEST: Silicon Valley is at important inflection point. It can continue to pursue its version of change or it can respond to the popularist call for disruption that has swept elections in the US and across EU member countries. At this moment, there are two possible 2017s. One is … | Continue reading
Remember Gundam? Korean company Hankook Mirae recently debuted its real-life mech that looks as if it were created from the pixels of the classic game series. Its designer, Hollywood SFX man Vitaly Bulgarov, recently unveiled its impressive new ability: walking. Standing 13-feet- … | Continue reading
This project was completed in June 2015. Wow, is it 2017 already? In this post, I’d like to say that I wrote a useful little bit of software and built up a crappy hack to demonstrate it but, secretly, the crappy hack came first and I’ve retroactively found something vaguely usefu … | Continue reading
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A new app called Screens allows Android users to create shortcuts so they can launch two apps together in split-screen mode. | Continue reading
Startup accelerators have become an integral part of helping early-stage companies build, fund and bring to market new products and ideas. Recently, we’ve seen museums look to the models of accelerators, incubators and coworking spaces to bring together entrepreneurs, hackers and … | Continue reading
The danger posed by automation to our workforce is apparent, but perhaps slightly misunderstood. A 2013 study at Oxford Unviersity predicted as many as 47 percent of all jobs in the US are at risk of automation. Less optimistic studies have set the bar at 80 percent. American’s s … | Continue reading
With a portfolio including blockbuster names like the ride-hailing service Uber and cardiac health technology developer iRhythm, Norwest Venture Partners’ team has ranged far and wide through the tech landscape. Here are their predictions for what’s ahead in 2017 and can give som … | Continue reading
2016 was a big year for gaming. If you want proof, you just need to read our game of the year lists. We spent the last several days of the year putting together our picks for our favorite games of 2016. Each of our GamesBeat staff members wrote up their own lists, and we also hav … | Continue reading
Project Tango is Google’s biggest and most exciting effort in the computer vision space. Put simply, it has the potential to be a rocket in the backside of augmented reality, making AR applications feel vastly more sophisticated and immersive. It’s super cool stuff. So far, there … | Continue reading
Sarah Jessica Parker — America’s sweetheart, New York City’s mascot, relatable queen of cold-hearted romantic comedies, human vessel of Sex and the City’s omniscient tulle-loving narrator, mother of three, and guiding light to all — is an excellent Instagram artist. She hates fil … | Continue reading
Amazon has begun allowing some users in India to sell their old products to others, in what may be a direct challenge to its rival eBay. | Continue reading
All 13,000 taxis in New York City could be replaced by a fleet of 3,000 ride-sharing cars used for carpooling, according to research published today from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Replacing all those taxis could significantly reduce tr … | Continue reading
Bitcoin’s underlying blockchain technology has seen a lot of applications in the recent times. Banking and financial institutions are some of the major parties interested in the development and implementation of distributed ledger technology to their operations. Fintech is one of … | Continue reading
GUEST: Bots that run automated tasks, with or without a visible user interface, have been around for a long time, but chatbots, or programs with a conversational user experience (UX), became the face of the bot movement as it took hold in 2016. These bots found a successful niche … | Continue reading
Jean Rehkamp Larson Architects have designed Northern Light Cabin, a vacation home located in Minnesota, US. | Continue reading
This project is a modern living space designed by Sue Murphy Interior Design based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. | Continue reading
NEW YORK -- The Washington Wizards' John Wall and the Houston Rockets' James Harden today were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 26 through Sunday, Jan. 1. | Continue reading
Weston retreat was designed by Marcus Gleysteen Architects in Weston, Massachusetts. S+H Construction performed extensive renovations and ... | Continue reading
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The Hornets say center Cody Zeller has been placed in the NBA's concussion protocol. | Continue reading
Sony has rolled out an Android 7.1.1 Nougat OTA update to owners of the Xperia X that are on the Concept Experimental track. | Continue reading
There are a number of ways to deal with complaints and negative reviews. Some companies, when presented with an irate customer, will try to placate them with freebies and discounts. Others will try use legal threats and anti-disparagement clauses to get them to hush up – a practi … | Continue reading
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack in Istanbul that claimed the lives of at least 39 people, characterizing the attacker as a “soldier of the caliphate.” Photo: Reuters | Continue reading
It’s a new year and with that comes the attendant resolutions. Knowing that none of us will ever lose those pounds/kilos and we probably won’t read Moby Dick so here are some promises we can keep for the New Year that will make us healthier, happier, and safer online and off. Rea … | Continue reading
New year, new eyewear as they say. Right?2017 has arrived, and with it came a slew of tech savvy social media-lovers wearing sunglasses at night — a slightly bizarre fashion statement that could soon become the norm.Why? Well, because what better way to document the start of the … | Continue reading
But consumer VR’s splashy debut in 2016 did not result in something that was immediately affordable, available, or indeed appealing to many, so it’s no surprise if you’ve been standing back and waiting for a time to jump in.Now might just be the time; a confluence of factors, inc … | Continue reading
2016 was a controversial year in the smartphone world, and we don't expect that to slow down anytime soon. Here's what we want to see from the big smartphone manufacturers in the new year. | Continue reading
The 'Plastic Bottle Cutter' will revolutionize the way consumers recycle by turning their trash into fine plastic strips. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Eco Friendly, Tools, Bottle, and Plastic Waste | Continue reading
If you’d have said a couple of weeks ago that we’d be looking at closing in on the 1,100 mark at the start of 2017 in the bitcoin price, we probably wouldn’t have believed you. We’re all for price increases, of course, but given that price essentially stagnated throughout a major … | Continue reading
Love is a spectator sport where the players are also spectating. We gather friends around the Apple TV while we swipe through potential lovers on Tinder. We consider everyone we swap spit with fair game for public dissection, so long as they do something strange and compelling en … | Continue reading
Every company tries to be the first with the biggest CES announcement, but Asus has been preempted today by hardware partner Qualcomm, which has revealed the upcoming ZenFone AR smartphone with Google Tango support. At the same, prolific leaker @evleaks has provided an image of b … | Continue reading
A leaked blog post from Qualcomm has revealed some details on the ASUS ZenFone AR, the upcoming phone with a camera that uses Google's Tango technology. | Continue reading
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What sets Remitano Bitcoin P2P exchange apart from its counterparts is that its service in multiple countries operates without the need of a banking partner, completely shielding the service from their whims and fancies. Remitano provides escrowed P2P Bitcoin marketplace where pe … | Continue reading
Two years here. Three years there. Another five somewhere else. Frequent job-hopping used to be a red flag, suggesting a candidate was unfocused and disloyal. That stigma seems to be gone. Changing jobs might be the best way to score a salary bump and move up the career ladder. A … | Continue reading
Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for December 2016, revealing that the majority of its user base is now on Windows 10. The latest and greatest from Microsoft is growing faster than its predecessors, but has recently slowed and is still below 25 percent market sh … | Continue reading
New Year, new news. We’re kicking off 2017 with a nod to CES, where I’ll be for the remainder of this week checking out more gadgets than you can shake a stick at. I don’t know why you’d want to do that but here we are. Check out The Daily Crunch for January 1, 2017. 1. CES is th … | Continue reading