More than six months after the final date for application filings, only one license has been issued under New York’s BitLicense regulatory framework. | Continue reading
A number of startup studios are in the midst of a years-long experiment, providing back-end assistance, office space, and mentoring to talented, ambitious people in order to create a startup with them, often based around their expertise. Betaworks was the first to try it, opening … | Continue reading
Attention Back to the Future fans: Start freaking out. NOW.At Nike's Innovation 2016 event on Wednesday, the sportswear company announced it's going to sell self-lacing sneakers this holiday season.For Marty McFly fans, it's a dream come true.See also: Nike confirms self-lacing s … | Continue reading
Retail giant Overstock has announced that it plans to issue company stock on its TØ.com blockchain platform. The announcement was made today at the 41st Annual International Futures Industry Conference. According to a release announcing the endeavor, Overstock revealed that it wo … | Continue reading
The Apple Watch is (probably) the best selling smartwatch around, but it suffers the same problem other wearables do: there aren’t many compelling reasons to use it. A new app named parkOmator may be the best expression of what an Apple Watch app should be, though. It’s effective … | Continue reading
Microsoft is planning to allow developers to bring Windows 10 apps to the Xbox One this summer. While Microsoft plans to reveal more about its Xbox One app store at Build later this month, Microsoft's Jason Ronald revealed at GDC today that Windows 10 apps will be able to run on … | Continue reading
Having just switched to the Galaxy S7 Edge from the Nexus 6P, I've compiled a list of the pros and cons of making the switch from stock Android to the phone no one can stop talking about. | Continue reading
The Rowhammer exploit doesn't target software, but DRAM itself -- and new research confirms that this problem is still present on both high-end servers with mitigating technologies and at least some Micron DDR4. | Continue reading
9to5toys has discovered that the Fitbit Charge HR is currently going for a full third off on eBay right now. | Continue reading
Doom developer id Software has revealed details about its nine multiplayer maps and released the following trailer teasing each of them.Some maps will include bounce pads, explosive barrels and teleporters. It's worth noting that gunfire won't travel through these.There will also … | Continue reading
Last week I sat down with apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak to hear about his newest creation, Silicon Valley Comic Con. The event, which will be held this weekend at the San Jose Convention Center, will play host to celebrities like Michael J. Fox, William Shatner, and Stan Lee. Wo … | Continue reading
For years, ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft have claimed that one of their primary goals was to reduce the number of cars on the road. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has gone a step further, saying he wants to "make car ownership a thing of the past." This week, new research f … | Continue reading
Candy Crush and its mind-blowing success has spawned an endless see of candy-based games looking to grab even a tiny piece of that money-printing pie, and as such it's hard not to kind of dismiss any new puzzle games built around the theme of candy. In Puzzlepops!, an upcoming lo … | Continue reading
"You mind if I smoke?"I’m sitting outside a trailer in Austin, TX, a few days into the South by Southwest film festival, talking with director Ilya Naishuller. There’s a relentless energy about the young Russian filmmaker in the Ray-Ban aviators; he leans forward intensely one mo … | Continue reading
I bought an Apple Watch six months ago. This was no casual purchase. As an Apple fan, a watch collector and with more than 20 years of experience in the design innovation space, I had extremely high expectations of the purchase. While I have enjoyed the stylish Apple Watch’s feat … | Continue reading
New York City residents who found themselves tweeting at a bar in 2014 may have actually been contributing to the betterment of machine-learning algorithms. And let’s be honest, drinking for science is an idea I think each of us can get behind. A study published this week by a gr … | Continue reading
It’s finally here. After teaming up with Michael J. Fox to tease us with self-lacing Nike Mags on Back To The Future day in October, Nike has finally announced a mass production shoe that will feature real-life power laces. Meet the HyperAdapt 1.0. Announced today at the Nike Inn … | Continue reading
Google’s Local Business Cards are a new publishing “podium” for local businesses’ content. Here’s how they might change local optimization and SEO. | Continue reading
It’s time to take wearable devices to the next level. Plume Labs and DigitasLBi have teamed up for an interesting experiment. What if pigeons could fly around London with tiny backpacks to measure air pollution during peak hours? I’m not sure if they were drunk when they thought … | Continue reading
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are teaming up once again, this time to launch a new reality show called The Runner exclusively on Verizon's Go90 video app. The show has an outlandish premise: one individual must traverse the country in less than 30 days unnoticed while countless part … | Continue reading
Nike just announced a self-lacing shoe called the HyperAdapt 1.0, bringing to life the dream that sneaker fans have shared since Back to the Future II premiered almost 30 years ago.When you step into the HyperAdapt 1.0 your heel hits a sensor that automatically tightens the laces … | Continue reading
The venerable bento box, Japan's lunchtime staple of schoolchildren and office workers alike, is one of the few things that have defied the country's famously fast-moving innovation cycles. But one new commercial from Japan offers a new idea for the busy salaryman on the go: the … | Continue reading
Valve has released a list of 38 titles coming to Vive as part of its GDC showcase this year.The following titles aren't 100 per cent confirmed to be ready at launch, but most, if not all, should be available shortly after Vive ships in early April.It's worth noting that not all o … | Continue reading
Ransomware has become the malware of the season. Other malware, viruses and trojans are things of the past. Cyber criminals seem to find bitcoin ransomware more profitable than other malicious software. The number of bitcoin ransomware attacks stands evidence to it. Bitcoin ranso … | Continue reading
Early last month we talked about Exiles of Embermark, an upcoming RPG battling game that aims to give mobile players satisfying combat in one minute sessions. The game is being developed by Gunslinger Studio, an offshoot of Industrial Toys, and they showed off an in-progress buil … | Continue reading
First Lady Michelle Obama’s keynote at SXSW brought an all-star panel together for a broad discussion of music, activism, and diversity, one that also gave her a chance to encourage men in positions of power to bring other voices into the discussion. Obama was joined onstage by M … | Continue reading
In just three months, Mozilla will ask developers to try out Servo, its new browser engine. The news was first revealed in a Google Groups posting, and we reached out to Mozilla for more information. “This June, Mozilla Research plans to release the first tech demo of Servo, a ne … | Continue reading
Last year's Midnight Star [Free] was a fun take on first-person shooters rethought with mobile and touchscreens in mind. It had an element of "on rails" restriction, but this served to make the gunplay itself the focus which proved to be a great move, in my opinion. Now developer … | Continue reading
High-performance Camaros have always been enlivening, raucous and fast. That's just the nature of the best. However, they've never really been techie machines. More often than not, they've supplanted modernity and creature comforts with a Big Gulp-size of American muscle performa … | Continue reading
The integration of offline to online as well as online to offline is a fascinating new frontier for marketers. | Continue reading
Sony announced yesterday that its PlayStation VR headset costs $399 when it launches in October. And that move has gone over well with industry analysts, who expect this to be a $30 billion market by 2020. “I like the price point, but it doesn’t include all the necessary componen … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is the most original and innovative game players are able to find in the entire digital currency Industry. In this game, the developer has found a way of mixing two of the most wanted gaming styles in the whole gaming industry. Dragon’s Tale brings a Casino-based g … | Continue reading
In the wake of its GDC 2016 announcements of price-point, release date and headline software, Sony has begun to reveal more of the inner workings of PlaySta… | Continue reading
BMW and Nissan are reportedly in talks to join Formula E, the global all-electric racing series that was started in 2014. "Multiple sources" have confirmed to Autosport that the manufacturers are already speaking with teams about becoming a part of the series as early as the thir … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that it is partnering with Dominion Virginia Power and the Commonwealth of Virginia to build a 20 megawatts solar energy plant in Virginia. Microsoft — like its competitors AWS, Google and others — has long been investing in renewable energy projects. Mo … | Continue reading
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a General Exclusion Order banning a number of personal transporter products that infringe on Segway's patents. The infringing products are banned from importation into the United States until the relevant patents expire.The o … | Continue reading
Samsung has a problem. It can't stop putting stones on its devices. It keeps happening. The company needs help. And now the problem has escalated. Mere Swarovski crystals weren't enough for Samsung. No, now it's graduated to the harder stuff. The hardest stuff. Samsung has partne … | Continue reading
The Samsung Gear S2 by de GRISOGONO is a statement of status, style, and perhaps even opulence. | Continue reading
Interdealer broker ICAP has completed an internal blockchain technology trial focused on securities post-trade processes. | Continue reading
A new Waze update for iOS aims to take the stress out of planning the perfect departure time to make sure that you’re never late — or obscenely early — again. ‘Planned Drives’ works best when you grant Waze access to your calendar and/or Facebook so that all of your appointments … | Continue reading
The Game Developers Choice Awards is the closest event the games industry has to the Oscars or the BAFTAs. Held annually at the Game Developers Conference, the ceremony celebrates the previous year's best video games and the artists, musicians, programmers, designers, and produce … | Continue reading
A medtech startup called AliveCor today unveiled what may be the first medical-grade EKG band for the Apple Watch, the Kardia Band, pending its FDA clearance. The product is intended to help wearers detect cardiac arrhythmia conditions that can cause stroke, as well as indicate w … | Continue reading
The FAA has been voicing its concerns over the threat posed by drones to airplanes for a while now. Nobody likes the idea of something damaging an aircraft they’re travelling through the sky in so of course people welcomed efforts by the organization to curb any accidents. Howeve … | Continue reading
Ninja Theory is making a highly realistic viking psychological thriller called Hellblade. At the center of it is a woman warrior, Senua, who is battling madness. The game studio showed off an amazing demo today at Epic Games’ briefing at the Game Developers Conference in San Fran … | Continue reading
For an extremely limited time, Samsung is offering you a free wireless charger when you buy one. Offer ends Friday. | Continue reading
Buzz the bee mascot for Honey Nut Cheerios has gone missing. The cereal character is out to save the real bees. In a superb example of cause marketing with an inspired product tie-in, General Mills temporarily removed the picture of the bee mascot from boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced that its browsers will stop supporting the RC4 cipher over HTTPS connections next month. The change to Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 will come as part a cumulative security update on the next Patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday of every month): A … | Continue reading
An executive for the United Launch Alliance compared two of the company's business partners to "two fiancées" that ULA has to plan on marrying, Space News reported. Brett Tobey, ULA's vice president for engineering, was discussing how ULA has commissioned new rocket engines from … | Continue reading