Golf technology could be the U.S. track team's key to Olympic success.The technology, called Track Man, was originally developed for golfers, but has gained popularity with the U.S. track team — especially among the shot putters. Athletes are able to track a shot's distance, the … | Continue reading
As countries and companies plan for a future filled with drones, safety and efficiency have become top concerns. A London-based startup hopes to make the skies safer and clearer for everyone. It's called Flock, and it uses AI to analyze data, sourced from urban environments, that … | Continue reading
As one of the Gen-Y employees at Lush Digital Media, from time to time I get asked about my views on new social media platforms. Often I can be pretty unhelpful when it comes to the latest trends — things like Periscope never grabbed me, and to my knowledge none of my peers ever … | Continue reading
Mediatek has acknowledge the existence of Helio X30, a SoC that just might reshape your opinion of the chipmaker. | Continue reading
Last month Pokémon Go received some criticism for tethering some of its digital creatures and virtual landmarks to solemn memorials like Washington DC's Hol… | Continue reading
Lyft announced Monday that it will finally implement a very useful feature for carpoolers. You will soon be able to add multiple destinations to a ride, either at the beginning or in the middle of a trip. Just add your first location as you normally do and then click the "Add des … | Continue reading
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Samsung Pay that could be used to wirelessly steal credit card information. | Continue reading
When a mobile port of Vlambeer's hit arena platformer Super Crate Box [$1.99] was first announced nearly five years ago, it felt like huge things were on the horizon for the small indie developer in the mobile realm. Despite being a twitchy game built for physical controls, Super … | Continue reading
Who needs to be told at this point that the internet is basically Tom Riddle's diary (seductive, addictive, you don't know where it keeps its brain, and trying to kill you)? Most movies about the internet imply that falling for its charms means that you're cripplingly insecure, a … | Continue reading
Niantic continues its efforts to improve Pokemon GO [Free], and update 1.3.0, which has just gone live, attempts to fix one of the game's main issues, the Nearby Pokemon feature. The previous update removed the footstep tracking from the Nearby Pokemon screen, which made figuring … | Continue reading
Facebook researchers examined the behavior of over 160,000 users to help put an end to the cat vs dog debate once and for all. Its findings were actually in line with long-held stereotypes that dog people tend to be friendly, outgoing and generally likable while cat people are mo … | Continue reading
The Rio Olympics are already underway, but if you didn't get a chance to travel to Brazil to support your teams, you can still show your Olympic spirit with your Apple Watch, thanks to a new set of special edition bands. SEE ALSO: Next Apple Watch: GPS, new processor, better batt … | Continue reading
It’s an open secret that the Internet of Things (if we must call it so) is pretty terrible, whether in standards, ineroperability, or security. Good security, though, you don’t really expect in a smart light bulb or coffee maker. A smart front door lock, however, really shouldn’t … | Continue reading
The business of making a chatbot is fascinating to me. We’re in that early period when a new bot could emerge that captures the imagination of the public and becomes the A.I. version of WhatsApp. The platforms and A.I. engines are all in place, so it’s really a matter of making a … | Continue reading
Developers should listen to their passionate fans. That was the main takeaway from the Catering to Gaming’s Superfans panel at the GamesBeat 2016 conference earlier this week. It featured three hardcore players who talked about what games they love (or used to love) and how devel … | Continue reading
Obsidian's Pathfinder Adventures [Free (HD)] is a highly entertaining card game with great flavor and fun mechanics, and the upcoming 1.0.3.7 update seems on track to make the game even better. Every person that updates will get 6 sets of the Red Righteous dice, one for each char … | Continue reading
Facebook's latest efforts to provide people with internet so they can become Facebook users is taking shape as Express Wifi, a new program that lets phone owners in India purchase data from local internet service providers. Effectively, Facebook is providing software that helps l … | Continue reading
The Isle of Man has announced an Internet of Things proof-of-concept in partnership with blockchain startup Credits. | Continue reading
I had my doubts when China's Dlodlo (pronounced "dwaw dwaw") announced the V One, the world's thinnest and lightest VR headset back in April.It sounded too good to be true. At a press event in New York on Monday, I got a chance to try the V One headset on and I have to say it's i … | Continue reading
Following the frantic deactivation of account syncing after some users accidentally gained access to other users' data, SwiftKey has fixed the issue. | Continue reading
The Internet Archive just posted what appears to be over 10,000 Amiga games online. That’s a whole lot of retro. You’ve got titles like ‘Double Dragon,’ ‘Batman: The Movie’ and ‘Lemmings’ among others in the seemingly endless list. Still, if that number seems a little high, that’ … | Continue reading
Sorry purists: New players of classic NES games on the upcoming micro NES Classic Edition system from Nintendo won’t have to rely on barbaric codes that recall progress, or single session playthroughs to beat games. Speaking with French language radio show La Terrasse ÉNERGIE (vi … | Continue reading
Developer Niantic really doesn’t want you to play its game while driving. Pokémon Go got an update today that introduces a number of fixes, new features, and warnings in the GPS-powered game that puts virtual creatures in your real world using Google Maps and your smartphone’s ca … | Continue reading
Skully, the next-generation motorcycle helmet company, recently went bust. A new lawsuit may shed some light on why; the founders spent Kickstarter money on sports cars and strip clubs. Filed in San Francisco by a former employee of Skully, Isabelle Faithhauer, the lawsuit claims … | Continue reading
Over the weekend, the story broke that a Missouri lawyer, Joshua Neally, claimed that the Autopilot system in his Tesla Model X saved his life when he suffered a pulmonary embolism while behind the wheel. Neally contends his Model X drove him to the hospital, saving his life.Some … | Continue reading
Hulu is killing their free service model. Soon you'll have to choose between their $8 monthly subscription with ads or the ad-free $12 subscription. | Continue reading
Editor’s note: This guest feature was originally published on the Demand Gen Report blog on July 15, 2016. Successful B2B marketers are able to maximize the shelf life of their content — oftentimes turning a single piece of content into multiple assets to fuel marketing campaigns … | Continue reading
Wearable maker Jawbone recently tried to sell itself to a hardware manufacturer, according to a report today from The Information. People with knowledge of the company's plans told The Information that Jawbone's top executives have continually engaged in conversations with potent … | Continue reading
To say there are a lot of molecules out there is kind of an understatement. So searching for one or two in particular is like looking for a needle in a galaxy-spanning haystack. Fortunately, the science of machine learning and the irrepressible need for humans to swipe left and r … | Continue reading
James Clear writes at JamesClear.com, where he shares self-improvement tips based on proven scientific research. You can read his best articles or join his free newsletter to learn how to build habits that stick. Human behaviors are often tied to one another. For example, conside … | Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO — Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was the MVP of the Olympic qualifying tournament in Serbia last month, leading the home country with 17.8 points and 7.5 rebounds. Jokic earned First Team All-Rookie honors last season, but the qualifying tourney was his first a … | Continue reading
The new Blockchain-as-a-service platform, Stratis, will launch tomorrow 14 days after of the Initial Coin Offering period. The project gathered 915 Bitcoin (around $60k worth at the end of the ICO period) in exchange for 84 million STRAT tokens (85.7% of the 98 million total supp … | Continue reading
NASA has created a camera that can film slow motion footage of booming rocket engines with higher dynamic range than ever before. It’s called the High Dynamic Range Stereo X camera, or HiDyRS-X, and late last week the agency released some of its footage to the public for the firs … | Continue reading
Rumors have been flying for over a week that Rackspace was for sale, but today instead of the whole kit and kaboodle, the company announced it was selling its Cloud Sites web hosting unit to Liquid Web. The fact that Liquid Web is itself a cloud web hosting company would seem to … | Continue reading
Digital currency exchange Bitfinex has issued its own digital token in an unusual attempt off-set about $66m worth of bitcoin stolen. | Continue reading
Earlier this year NBC announced that it would be bringing the 2016 Olympics to Snapchat, and now the network is ramping up its mobile video plans with some of its most notable shows. Variety reports that NBCUniversal will be producing original episodic Snapchat programming from s … | Continue reading
A year ago, startup valuations hit a 12-year peak as the numbers of companies joining the billion-dollar-plus club soared.Today, those numbers are looking far more run of the mill. So suggests a new survey published by law firm Fenwick & West, which analyzed the venture financing … | Continue reading
Rumors have been flying for over a week that Rackspace was for sale, but today instead of the whole kit and kaboodle, the company announced it was selling its Cloud Sites web hosting unit to Liquid Web. The fact that Liquid Web is itself a cloud web hosting company would seem to … | Continue reading
Ever since the acquisition of the first “Ag Unicorn,” a flood of new digital agriculture startups has been trying to turn investor interest into market traction. Bayer’s recent $62 billion bid to buy Monsanto to create a global agrochemical giant and China National Chemical’s pro … | Continue reading
Although both the OnePlus 3 and Samsung Galaxy S7 claim to be speedy chargers, it looks like Rapid Dash beats the pants off Adaptive Charging. | Continue reading
The White House (led by United States Chief Information Officer Tony Scott) has been pretty vocal about using technology to improve how government operates. They want to make sure code helps, not hurts, government agencies, and that the U.S government can use technology just as e … | Continue reading
Researchers have discovered a new form of Android malware, and it's pretty scary how many phones are vulnerable. If you have Google's Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 or Nexus 6P, HTC's One M9 or HTC 10, BlackBerry's DTEK50, or Samsung's Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge — some of the most popular Android m … | Continue reading
Sony's new console is reportedly set to launch next month with significantly upgraded performance and new features to match. | Continue reading
Twilio ($TWLO) made its first earnings report public today, revealing that for the second quarter it generated $64.5 million in revenue and and a non-GAAP earnings per share loss of $0.08. Wall Street analysts had been expecting the cloud communications company to bring in $58.22 … | Continue reading
Oracle’s MICROS system — which you’ve almost definitely used to pay for something via debit or credit — is suffering from a data breach. It’s not yet known how large the data breach is, but a source tells Krebs On Security it may affect up to 700 systems. A hacker collective know … | Continue reading
The Bitfinex security breach, which closely followed the hacking incidents faced by Shapeshift and Gatecoin has shaken the finance community. With so many financial institutions currently invested in blockchain technology, they fear that they may be next to face such security thr … | Continue reading
Non-Profit groups and NGOs are now invited to apply for exhibit space in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco on Monday, September 12 or Tuesday, September 13.TechCrunch’s diversity program Include serves as a platform to provide startup and tech access for underrepr … | Continue reading
Rumor has it that Microsoft copied CP/M to create the first version of MS-DOS for the IBM PC. These rumors have been put to rest on numerous occasions, but consultant Bob Zeidman — who himself found no evidence DOS was copied — isn’t ready to let it die. In 2012, Zeidman used for … | Continue reading