A new song from Rihanna, the latest Star Trek alien, could be coming tomorrow. The track appeared on iTunes two days ago, and the singer teased on Instagram that she's "got something for y'all tomorrow." "Sledgehammer" could have been written as early as two years ago; fan source … | Continue reading
Verizon and South Korean carrier KT have announced a partnership to develop the core technologies required for establishing a global 5G standard. | Continue reading
Earlier this year, a $4 smartphone meant for the rural Indian market was announced, sending waves throughout the industry. Believe it or not, it’s real — and about to start shipping. The Freedom 251 is now set to start shipping on June 30 to those who pre-ordered the device. Buil … | Continue reading
GUEST: We’re at the cusp of a sharp rise in devices that have no screen but do have conversational voice controls, such as the Amazon Echo. Smart home and Internet-of-things (IoT) objects that respond to users’ voices will improve and become more intuitive with further iterations … | Continue reading
Companies survive — and thrive — as they compete with Steam, the largest online store for downloadable PC video games in the world. Green Man Gaming is one of them. This shows that while one company dominates the market — in this case, Valve with its massive operation and communi … | Continue reading
This week we checked out the Moto G4 Plus, talked about how bloatware might affect your smartphone's battery, and walked you through what gadgets you should bring on a road trip. Here’s the news of the week! | Continue reading
The irony of Independence Day: Resurgence ads, which keep saying those aliens "messed with the wrong planet," is that they appear to completely destroy the planet, which probably means they messed with the right planet after all. But these days, nobody is messing with our planet … | Continue reading
Pundits believe Apple is working hard on a new ‘Thunderbolt’ monitor, and much of the focus is on the possibility there will be a GPU buried in the hardware. I think there’s a much different (and more colorful) reason Apple is refreshing its monitor. The rumor Late last week, App … | Continue reading
The advent of Blockchain 2.0 and Blockchain 3.0 has given rise to new ways of automation using Bitcoin’s underlying technology. There are special cryptocurrency platforms like Ethereum, Rootstock, Counterparty, Lisk and more that allows people to create smart contracts on the blo … | Continue reading
The lower house of Russia's parliament has passed so-called anti-terrorism legislation that would allow steep prison sentences for dissent, and require ISPs and phone companies to store huge amounts of communications for long periods of time, The Guardian reports. The "Yarovaya l … | Continue reading
IBM's Martin Hagelstrom looks at how bitcoin can achieve growth in a market full of digital payments systems run by tech and finance giants. | Continue reading
Mars Opposition and Equinox | Continue reading
This past week, we published Andrew Hawkins' feature E-Waste Empire, which tracked the millions of pounds of dead electronics that New York discards each year. Both Andrew and our staff photographer Amelia Krales followed the path of e-waste recycling from Manhattan, through Stat … | Continue reading
Welcome back to Android Apps Weekly! This week we talk about a few excellent new games, a cool new camera app, Tencent buying Supercell, and more! | Continue reading
Moto G4 Plus review, best OnePlus 3 features, and talks about bloatware - here are the Android-related videos you don't want to miss this week. | Continue reading
The Brexit referendum decision to leave the European Union could create shock waves for the consumer electronics industry in both the UK and Europe. | Continue reading
The iPhone 7, expected to debut this Fall, is currently tumbling through the rumor mill. The latest involves what is being touted as the phone’s machined casing, which details a few previously heard rumors like the absence of an audio jack. Replacing the audio jack on the iPhone … | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Jazz seek depth | More straight talk, less Bull, please No. 1: Jazz seek depth — The reported addition of George Hill allows the Utah Jazz to turn their focus to role players, according to Jody Genessy of the Deseret News, after a 2015-16 season in which inju … | Continue reading
Kip is a chatbot that simplifies group purchases — it can poll your co-workers about who needs more office supplies, or whether to order dark-roast or light-roast coffee for the kitchen. But Kip has another simplification feature that caught my eye: The chatbot gamifies ecommerce … | Continue reading
More than 5 billion IoT devices were installed in 2015. Gartner estimates this will grow to 20 billion by 2020. Unfortunately, experts agree that security is not only an afterthought, but often is actively resisted and circumvented Read More | Continue reading
When I talk about peak Sony, I'm not, of course, referring to the Sony that took over the world with products like the Walkman and the PlayStation. No, the Sony that made the Rolly is that Sony’s twisted, lovable alter-ego. And the Rolly is that side of the company’s ultimate cre … | Continue reading
You would think when you do a "factory reset" and agree to erase everything on your Android device that all of your data would be wiped out for good. But you'd be wrong.As many researchers have discovered, data can be recovered with the right tools even after a factory reset has … | Continue reading
I held the first Warsaw TechCrunch Meetup in 2007 at a pub called Lolek. We were visiting my wife’s parents and I figured I would post on the site and get a few people together to see the first iPhone. Five wary people came and three left when figured out the meetup was a dud. Tw … | Continue reading
This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up until now, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now rectifying this oversight.Pixar Animation Studios' new theatrical release Finding Do … | Continue reading
TUI Cruises GmbH: Hamburg (ots) - Am heutigen Sonntag hat das neueste Kreuzfahrtschiff von TUI Cruises, die Mein Schiff 5, erstmals Hamburg angelaufen. "Für mich eine der schönsten Einfahrten der Welt", sagt der Kapitän der Mein Schiff 5, Kjell Holm. Nach rund 100 ... | Continue reading
Apple’s reveal of sponsored search ads on the App Store was overshadowed by its simultaneous opening up and improvement of its subscription offerings. But for the average developer or publisher, the ads will have a much more immediate effect on their business.Paid ads won’t begin … | Continue reading
Laut Android Police werden künftige Nexus Smartphones mit einer Support App kommen, die einen mit einem Mitarbeiter verbindet, den Screen teilt und einem so beim ersten Einrichten durch einen Profi helfen lässt. Zumindest sofern man selbst... | Continue reading
Richard Svinkin is co-founder and COO at bitcoin remittance service Freemit, and a former UX lead for Kodak and Merck. In this opinion piece, Svinkin argues that the bitcoin industry's attempts to revamp the technology's user experience have so far been misguided, and that they m … | Continue reading
The new iOS 10 is right around the corner, with enormously anticipated advancements in everything from Messages to Maps, Photos to the ways we interact with Siri and beyond. If you’re interested in getting in on the ground level of Apple’s latest evolution, you can get a running … | Continue reading
Auch dieses Mal ist es wieder Evan Blass, der uns einen ersten Einblick in das kommende Galaxy Note von Samsung bringt. Wie viele erwartet haben, wird es eine Nummer überspringen und sich dem 7-Thema der derzeitigen Galaxys anpassen. Hallo Galaxy... | Continue reading
Americans' panic over sharks dates to July 1916, when man-eaters killed four bathers at the Jersey Shore."The New Jersey shark attacks sent a message to Americans," says Matt McCall in National Geographic. "They said the ocean is still wild.The shark attacks took a bite out of ho … | Continue reading
Wimbledon is one of the most important tennis events of the entire year. It is also one of the favorite tournaments for both men and women. Despite increasing the overall prize pool for the winners, they will earn less money as a result of the Brexit. The Pound Sterling has deval … | Continue reading
Case-maker Incipio has announced plans to acquire headphone maker Skullcandy for $177 million along with its gamer brand of headphones, Astro Gaming. | Continue reading
Ein neuer Vorschlag der U.A. Customs and Border Protection sieht vor, dass Einreisende in die USA in Zukunft ihre Social Media Accounts angeben. Freiwillig so scheint es, aber selbst dann dürfte der Zoll eine willkommene neue Informationsfundgrube... | Continue reading
Last week, I saw industry legend, Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s cofounder Nolan Bushnell, talk at the 2016 NXNE Future Land Interactive Conference in Toronto. Bushnell was at the event thanks to AMD (whom he credited with saving Atari with a line-of-credit extension) to talk about … | Continue reading
Es scheint als würde Google gewisse User fragen, was sie von einem Chromebook Pro erwarten. Da so ein Gerät nicht existiert, sind die Gerüchte angeheizt worden, dass Google vielleicht einen Pixel Nachfolger mit diesem Namen plant, der... | Continue reading
Labelled the next billion dollar market for app developers, Taiwan shows less bias towards regionally based publishers, an unusual trait for an Asian market. | Continue reading
Take a moment to look at your emoji keyboard. Scroll through the angry face, ghost, stiletto, doughnut, flashlight and cigarette until you reach the hearts. There it is: love. Amid the mundane and humorous, those vibrant, colorful little shapes can easily become a rapid-fire disp … | Continue reading
The Brexit has a lot of side effects that will affect the financial situation of both the EU and the UK. Moody’s one of the leading credit rating institutions in the world, lowered the UK’s sovereign credit rating. This “negative” outlook is not something most Britons were lookin … | Continue reading
Laut The Information hat Huawei die Apple-Designerin Abigail Brody (u.a. mitverantwortlich für das erste iPhone und iOS), die schon eine Weile ein großes Design-Team bei Huawei anführt, nicht nur auf eine Verbesserung des Android-Skins... | Continue reading
"I'm not sure what it is, but I'm against it." It's a mistake to believe that people know all the facts before they decide. In fact, most of the time, we decide and then figure out if we need to... | Continue reading
Greetings, Eurogamers. We're fully recovered from the news onslaught that was E3 and taking time to digest it all. And by digesting it, we mean frantically googling what actually is a teraflop anyway. That's because Microsoft announced not one but two consoles within the space of … | Continue reading
Evan Blass follows up his logo leak with some specs for the Galaxy Note 7 including storage size and color choices! Groovy. | Continue reading
Qualcomm has filed a formal complaint against Meizu wth Chinese authorities for failing to properly license Qualcomm's radio patents. | Continue reading
This is what a $350 pair of noise cancelling headphones looks like! | Continue reading
Gerade mal eineinhalb Jahre war die Laufzeit von Microsofts ambitioniertem leichtfüßigem Surface 3, wenn es im Dezember komplett eingestellt wird. Unklar ist ob es überhaupt einen Nachfolger gibt, obwohl Microsoft betont, dass die Nachfrage... | Continue reading
In 2014, Uber’s office in Lyon, France, unveiled what’s now the ride-hailing company’s most infamous ad campaign: pairing “hot chick” women drivers with passengers for a 20 minute trip. The promo video, with close-ups of women’s breasts strapped under seat belts, was taken down a … | Continue reading
The value of Bitcoin has shown a significant increase from what it was a couple of days ago, following the Brexit Results. The digital currency, which was exhibiting healthy gains in the past few weeks registered a significant drop during the last weekend, only to get back on its … | Continue reading