Xiaomi has announced the RedMi Pro, its first smartphone with a dual-camera setup. The RedMi Pro features a 13MP Sony IMX258 sensor along with a 5MP Samsung sensor on the rear of the device, which Xiaomi says will produce DSLR-quality photos. Continue reading… | Continue reading

Mercedez-Benz has been putting QR codes on the the B-pillars and inside the fuel door of new cars since November 2013, and those have provided a way for first responders and emergency personnel to quickly get detailed model info about any Mercedes-Benz vehicle involved in an acci … | Continue reading

A group of researchers have identified a gene implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease that attacks neurons in the brain and spinal cord. They identified the gene using funds from the... | Continue reading

After an email leak that saw nearly 20,000 emails from Democratic National Convention officials go public last week, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange warns that this is just the beginning. Talking with CNN, Assange claims to have “a lot more material” concerning the US presidenti … | Continue reading

GUEST: Chatbots are hot right now in the startup community. It seems like a new bot releases every day. I’m not always sure that chat interfaces are ideal solutions — I find scanning the news on Flipboard much quicker than chatting for the news — but the blending of A.I. with a c … | Continue reading

There's been a lot of talk about Russian hackers infiltrating the Democratic National Committee's servers and then leaking sensitive emails via WikiLeaks. The breach, which happened in June but was revealed this week, may sound like a high-level hacking plot by international spie … | Continue reading

If you're at all interested in smartphones, you've probably heard of Cyanogen OS. What is it, and how does it differ from Google's Android? Let's find out. | Continue reading

Since the WTF Is That bot went live in May, more than 42,000 images have been submitted by people curious about a rash they have, a bug they see, or others things people see in the world but are unable to identify. Every time a photo is uploaded, users are given the option to lik … | Continue reading

The Game of Thrones fantasy world is now dictating science. Two new ant species discovered in New Guinea have been named after two of Daenerys Targaryan’s dragons. Traditionally, scientists use weird (often boring) Latin words for new species. This time, researchers dubbed two ne … | Continue reading

WikiLeaks, last week, published a cache of nearly 20,000 emails from top Democratic National Convention (DNC) officials, a move that led to the resignation of DNC charwoman Debbie Waserman Schultz. The hack that led to the dump was believed to have been carried out by government- … | Continue reading

Glow, a fertility-tracking app founded by a well-known Silicon Valley technologist, warned users today of a privacy loophole that may expose personal data. The company said its "connect a partner" feature, which lets the app user give access to a partner, might have made some of … | Continue reading

SpaceX’s upcoming Red Dragon mission — the company’s plan to send one of its Dragon capsules on Mars in 2018 — is estimated to cost around $320 million, Space News reports. That’s according to NASA representative Jim Reuter, who spoke at a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council in … | Continue reading

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants to steal some of the Democratic Party’s spotlight during the Democratic Convention with yet another puzzling declaration. At a press conference in Florida today, Trump invited Russia (yes, the entire country of Russia) to hack in … | Continue reading

Yahoo — which was just acquired by Verizon for $4.83 billion — today announced that its revamped Messenger messaging app is now available on Mac and Windows. The releases come more than six months after the redesigned Yahoo Messenger arrived on the web, iOS, and Android. And the … | Continue reading

3-D pens! The Veronica Mars movie! This weird speaker thing! Kickstarter has brought so much joy into our lives since it founded in 2009. Now, however, products from the site will be even easier to hoard: Amazon has officially partnered with Kickstarter to bring 300 projects to t … | Continue reading

Spotify late last year turned its recommendation engine to concerts, suggesting nearby shows based on the listening habits of its users. Today, Pandora announced a similar move, aided by Ticketfly, which Pandora acquired last year. Now, the two are working together to bring perso … | Continue reading

A San Francisco startup that many people assumed was toast, Good Eggs, has raised $15 million in a new round of venture funding led by Index Ventures to expand its online, organic grocery business across the U.S. In recent years, Good Eggs tried to ramp up its eco- and farm-frien … | Continue reading

According to the American Trucking Association, nearly 70 percent of all freight tonnage moved around the U.S. is transported by trucks. There’s more than $603 billion in revenue coming from trucking — making it a pretty valuable market — and some are looking for modernized tools … | Continue reading

Chinese manufacturer Gionee has introduced a pair of Android-powered smartphones with several unique security enhancements, including dedicated hardware encryption chips. The all-aluminum handsets — the 5.5-inch M6 and 6.0-inch M6 Plus — store vital information like passwords, cr … | Continue reading