South by Southwest Interactive has finally arrived.But while you can plan for the sessions, keynotes and parties, there's one element to the conference attendees may still wondering how to prepare for: their smartphones. Each year, it seems, SXSW serves as the launchpad for one a … | Continue reading
Taking another big step toward full vehicle autonomy, General Motors announced Friday morning that is acquiring Cruise Automation, an autonomous technology startup.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?By bringing Cruise Automation under t … | Continue reading
Video: Nadja Oertelt, Armand Valdes, Loris RaveraThe recent Apple court case against the U.S. government has been dominating headlines and stoking our collective paranoid fears. Should the government be able to force private companies to help decrypt our devices or does this set … | Continue reading
If you thought keeping your smartphone locked behind a fingerprint scanner would keep it secure, it may not be as stranger-proof as you thought. Researchers have found that with an inkjet printer and some special ink and paper, anyone can hack into your phone in 15 minutes or les … | Continue reading
Capital One is helping Amazon Alexa enter the personal finance realm."We are the first financial institution to provide account access [on Alexa] versus more general financial information," Ken Dodelin, Capital One’s vice president of digital product management, told MashableSee … | Continue reading
When I first saw the LG G5 and the many accessories and gizmos that LG launched alongside the phone, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona late last month, I was told they were all prototypes. It's good news, then, that LG has announced the G5, alongside some of its "friends, … | Continue reading
This is a pretty neat way to get stuff moving around a bustling city.RMIT Industrial Design student Oscar Fehlberg designed this EsCargo motorcycle concept, coming second at the Australian university's Green Innovators contest. It's powered by a 15 kilowatt electric motor, with a … | Continue reading
Australian telecommunications company Optus is pushing into the payment space with a rubber band that you can slap on your wrist to buy anything under A$100.Using Visa Paywave technology, which is already commonplace in Australia, you can put the rubber band up to any terminal to … | Continue reading
Tensions between Apple and the FBI flared up Thursday after the U.S. Department of Justice filed its latest response in the San Bernardino iPhone case.The FBI is asking Apple to help it unlock an iPhone used by Syed Farook, the gunman in the San Bernardino attackSee also: Everyth … | Continue reading
Yes, you read that correctly: An electrified Corvette is now the fastest road-legal electric vehicle in the world.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?The car in question is called the GXE and it was made by the Genovation green car compa … | Continue reading
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with the government of the Slovak Republic to "explore" building a hyperloop system that connects Bratislava with Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fas … | Continue reading
If you judged each country based on how many websites used their two-letter Internet domain code, like Canada’s .ca or India’s .in, the U.S. would pale in comparison to the might of the United Kingdom, Germany and China.Nominet, the official registry for UK domain names, created … | Continue reading
If you're still painstakingly killing all your apps in the hopes of squeezing out some extra battery life from your iPhone, you can officially stop.Apple's iOS chief Craig Federighi has dispelled the myth that force closing your iPhone apps will help save your battery. The execut … | Continue reading
Few are better positioned to ride the second wave of vinyl popularity than Crosley Radio. The company has been around in some form or another since 1920, branching out into TVs, kitchen appliances and even cars — but audio has always been the company’s core.Recent years have seen … | Continue reading
In the spirit of Charles Lindbergh, a French research company hopes to complete the first carbon-free trans-Atlantic flight later this year.The Eraole, an electric biofuel plane developed by Laboratoire Océan Vital, will take flight from New York to Paris in June: The company say … | Continue reading
Nest just added two long-sought-after featuresYou already know that the Nest Learning Thermostat is not your average home thermostat. It's smart. It's watching.See also: You'll soon be able to control a Nest thermostat from Amazon EchoThe home smart device (from a company owned b … | Continue reading
Each year, Jeep creates and unveils some crazy concepts for the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah. However, this year's concepts might take the cake. That's because, along with six other truly inspired 4x4s, Jeep has debuted a Wrangler with a 707-horsepower V8 engine.See also: Sor … | Continue reading
Amazon.com went down for some users on Thursday afternoon.Users trying to access the Amazon website as well as the mobile app were greeted with error messages.This story is developing... Read more...More about Amazon, Marketing, Tech, and Apps Software | Continue reading
Oh, hoverboard, how do we describe thee? These exploding toys are a far cry from what Back to the Future promised us — but "a hoverboard-esque board that doesn't really hover" doesn't have quite the same ring.Hence, the very real struggle to accurately describe these ..things. Th … | Continue reading
Apple's March event has finally made the awkward transition from gangly rumor to highly-anticipated real thing.On Thursday Apple sent invitations to select media for a March 21 event at its Cupertino, California, campus where most people expect them to finally reveal the entry-le … | Continue reading
Mirrorless cameras are all the rage, but that doesn't mean Canon is done with DSLRs.Canon's EOS Rebel T6 is the newest addition to the company's range of entry-level DSLR cameras. Aimed at beginners, the Rebel T6, available in April, is super affordable at $549.99 and comes with … | Continue reading
When a new phone is announced, many of of us await the pricing with dread: Will you be able to afford it, or will you have to suffer through another year with your old phone that only holds a charge for 30 minutes?Some customers, however, are ready to pay a much higher price for … | Continue reading
A native Facebook Messenger app for Windows 10 is likely on its way.On Thursday, a beta version of the app appeared on Microsoft's Windows app store. The universal Windows app works on PCs and tablets running Microsoft's newest operating system. It doesn't work for Windows 10 mob … | Continue reading
This is the Sony Mavica MVC-FD73, one of the first digital cameras. And the only way to record anything on this camera was on a floppy disk. Do you remember when 3.5" floppy disks roamed the earth? Few do. This was pre-memory-card. This was pre-Y2K. This might as well have been p … | Continue reading
When actress Olivia Wilde offered to direct the latest music video for Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros —fronted by her good friend Alex Ebert — she had something unique in mind.“I’ve been following the band for almost 10 years now, and I've told Alex over that time I'd love to … | Continue reading
The recent Apple court case against the U.S. government has been dominating headlines and stoking our collective paranoid fears. Should the government be able to force private companies to help decrypt our devices or does this set a dangerous precedent? Read more...More about Iph … | Continue reading
LONDON — It's not every day you look up into the sky and see some random bloke with a jetpack casually whizzing past the birds and building tops.See also: Two guys wearing jetpacks fly alongside an Airbus A380That was the strange sight that met residents in Dublin, Ireland, on We … | Continue reading
Yesterday, Google's AI AlphaGo became the first computer player to beat a world champion at Go, the Chinese strategy game once thought to be too complex for AIs. Today, AlphaGo won the second match (out of possible five) vs. 9 dan professional player and world champion Lee Sedol, … | Continue reading
Attention New Yorkers: We are about to get some much-needed, state-of-the-art, public bus upgrades.The city announced Tuesday that over 2,000 high-tech buses will start replacing MTA buses in April. That accounts for about 40% of the total bus fleet in New York City, and will be … | Continue reading
In case there were any lingering doubts about Facebook's plans to make virtual reality more social, Oculus just unleashed a suite of new social features for the Gear VRThe Facebook-owned company is adding new Facebook sharing features, new social games and other features that wil … | Continue reading
You think you want robots to make your breakfast, take care of your kids and clean your home, but you're forgetting something about technology — unexpected glitchesThat's the central focus of an award winning new short science fiction film titled The iMom, in which a mother leave … | Continue reading
Battery life is central to enjoying the luxury and innovation in a Tesla automobile and, if one Tesla owner is right, that particular aspect of the car is about to get a boostLast week, North Carolina-based Jason Hughes posted the results of his fiddling around with the Tesla sys … | Continue reading
It turns out that those concerns from some about how the U.S. uses military drones against enemies abroad one day becoming an important issue domestically weren't overblownA new report reveals the Pentagon has flown spy drones over U.S. territories for non-military missions for r … | Continue reading
iOS Engineer Ron Lisle shows us the ropes of developing an app for Amazon's voice assistant, Alexa.Alexa is a quick learner, and creating "Skills" will have your Amazon Echo dimming the lights in no time. Once paired with a cloud-to-hardware service like Particle, the possibiliti … | Continue reading
It seems as though the simple days of coloring books and blocks could officially be behind us.With the constant technological advances in today's society, children are developing a strong attachment to their screens and becoming less interested in the world around them.Mom comes … | Continue reading
Google on Wednesday released the first preview build for the next version of Android, dubbed, for now, Android NThe new preview build — which includes an updated software development kit (SDK) — is available for the official Android Emulator developer tool, and it can also be ins … | Continue reading
In today's age of automation, there's simply no reason you should spend precious seconds every morning brewing coffee when you could be catching an extra five minutes of ZZZs.It seems as if 'automation,' 'productivity' and 'efficiency' are developers' favorite terms these days an … | Continue reading
Scientists think they pwned your browser experience.We live online and literally spend hours a day in web browsers, and a good chunk of that precious time is spent waiting for pages to finish loading. Since the dawn of the consumer Internet in the mid 1990s every new browser has … | Continue reading
What good is a wearable if no one wants to want to wear it? While connected devices have become increasingly prevalent in our world, the growing appetite for wearable technology has opened the door for a new wave of devices that aim to eliminate the line between substance and sty … | Continue reading
Apple has a long history of removing established technology standards that it thinks will be obsolete.The iMac dumped the floppy disk drive, the MacBook Air dropped the CD/DVD drive, the iPhone 5 killed the 30-pin connector, and the new MacBook eschews every port for a single USB … | Continue reading
Chalk in another prominent name joining the FBI vs. Apple debate: Edward Snowden.Commenting on the ongoing kerfuffle between the Cupertino giant and the U.S. government, in which Apple refuses to help the FBI unlock an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters, Snowd … | Continue reading
SINGAPORE — There are a mindboggling amount of different headphone types to suit user habits, but this could be by far the most unusual design we've seen yet.The Shair from Japanese startup Vie does away with the cushion padding seen on regular headphones and replaces it with a 3 … | Continue reading
Connie is friendly, affable even, but a little stiff. She stands at the Hilton Hotel’s front desk in McLean Virginia and, for the most part, gazes out blankly into the distance. Until, that is, someone approaches her and says, “Hi Connie,” then she looks in your direction and her … | Continue reading
Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge have everything you could possibly want in a phone.The phones have gorgeous screens, all-day battery life and the latest and greatest processors. Expandable storage and water-resistance are back, too. You won't be disappointed with either device.Bu … | Continue reading
An Indian white hat hacker from Bengaluru was awarded Rs 1 million (approximately $15,000) after he found a bug in Facebook's login system. Anand Prakash found a security issue that enabled hackers to access a user's photos, message and debit and credit card details.See also: Fac … | Continue reading
Video: Rill Causey, Phil Nolan, Sam Sheffer, Tyler TronsonYou probably didn't know there's secret keyboard hiding in your iPhone with access to more than 100 emoticonsAfter a few taps in your Settings — no downloading required — you'll be able to unlock a keyboard which houses do … | Continue reading
You've seen plenty of photos of Samsung's new Galaxy S7 smartphone from the outside. Now it's time to see how it looks from the inside, courtesy of iFixit's latest teardown. The S7's guts, when compared to those of the S6, are especially interesting for several reasons: The phone … | Continue reading
The ancient Chinese game Go is officially no longer too tough for artificial intelligence. Until recently, AIs from Google, Facebook and others were able to win against some human opponents, but not the top professionals. Then, in January, Google's AlphaGo AI beat the European Ch … | Continue reading