Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be "bad for America," and set a legal precedent that would offend many Americans. | Continue reading
The US government now believes a corrupt Secret Service agent may have stolen additional bitcoins during the Silk Road investigation. | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Keyboards are hot lately. Microsoft bought one earlier this month for a quarter of a billion dollars, and then released another just yesterday. Why? One reason: Keyboards are the one thing that tie all apps together. Tying things together is not a big part of one of th … | Continue reading
Google may be about to take a new approach to smart TVs. According to Variety, Google is working with Vizio to build Chromecast-like streaming into its new TVs. There would be no on-screen apps or interface — instead, you'd just be able to send streaming video and music, among ot … | Continue reading
Croatian carmaker Rimac Automobili apparently couldn't contain itself; it just pulled the digital veil off a car that the company claims is the fastest production electric vehicle in the world.It's called the Concept_One (yes, the underscore is part of the official name). Despite … | Continue reading
At least one defendant was arrested thanks to data from CMU's Tor attack, and that might just be the tip of the iceberg. | Continue reading
At Roger Lee’s last startup, he wanted to set up a 401(k) plan for his employees after they started asking for one — only to realize how frustrating and outdated the process was, which required stacks of paperwork and even faxing documents. That’s what prompted him to start Capta … | Continue reading
As specs become less of a key differentiator, design and 'extras' seem to be the way forward. The LG G5, Samsung Galaxy S7, and all the major OEMs have their own priorities for extras and design, but what's your preference? | Continue reading
Following a unanimous vote by the Chicago Public School Board of Education, computer science will become a graduation requirement for all high school students in what is the nation’s third largest school district. Starting with next school year’s class of freshmen (class of 2020) … | Continue reading
Mortal Kombat, a series so wrapped up in hidden treats and in-jokes that one became a canonical character, is still being excavated for secrets decades after release. Late last year, secret menus were discovered in the first four Mortal Kombat arcade games. This week, footage of … | Continue reading
These GDC announcements almost feel like a formality at this point, but, once again, we will be at GDC in San Francisco. This year it falls on the week of March 14th, and if you're a reader, strap in for what's typically an avalanche of game previews as all sorts of developers pi … | Continue reading
Andreessen Horowitz is announcing today that it has hired Martìn Casado — cofounder and chief executive of hot software defined networking (SDN) startup Nicira, which was acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion in 2012 — as a general partner of the prominent venture capital firm. An … | Continue reading
Andreessen Horowitz’s team continues to grow and change. Today, the Sand Hill Road firm is announcing the appointment of its newest and ninth general partner: Martin Casado, the cofounder and CTO of Nicira and a pioneer of so-called software defined networking. In the simplest te … | Continue reading
To get us thinking about the company's next flagship smartphone, HTC has started teasing the One M10 on Twitter. | Continue reading
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — For the second straight year, Chris Bosh‘s season could be over two months early. Bosh is once again dealing with a blood clot issue, the same thing that ended his season after the All-Star break last year. He has missed the Miami Heat’s first three post-br … | Continue reading
The physical web is coming, & we're likely to see major shifts in how users engage with content & services on the internet. Here's what you'll need to know. | Continue reading
NASA has ordered five more missions from SpaceX to resupply the International Space Station, in a new deal that was signed in late December, Space News reports. That means the company will make a total of 20 cargo trips to the ISS for NASA under its original resupply contract — e … | Continue reading
In a world that’s soon to be dominated by smart cars capable of making complex decisions, or even driving themselves, security vulnerabilities that allow hackers access to these systems are sort of a worst-case scenario. Today, security researcher Troy Hunt released his findings … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Xamarin, a company that allows developers to build fully native apps across several platforms from a single shared code base.Microsoft and Xamarin have worked closely together since a global partnership was announced in 2013 to make … | Continue reading
MWC 2016: all the news, announcements and new device hands-ons from the world's largest mobile tech show, including the LG G5, Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. | Continue reading
Google is attempting to free up your hands completely by adding vocal editing and formatting controls to Docs. | Continue reading
I’m a big fan of yard sales. Mostly because I’m a big fan of stuff; especially cheap stuff that barely works. Here's what holding my own yard sale taught me about marketing. | Continue reading
Using a scooter or motorcycle to get around is one of the most popular modes of transport in Asian cities, and now the Bangkok branch of Uber has decided to add the two-wheeled vehicle to its list of optionsSEE ALSO: You can now order an Uber with Amazon EchoCalled UberMOTO, the … | Continue reading
It took a few decades, but Fire Emblem is no longer one of Nintendo’s third-stringers. Fire Emblem: Fates, the latest entry in Nintendo’s tactical fantasy role-playing game (read our review) has surpassed 300,000 copies sold in the United States in its first week, according to th … | Continue reading
In an interview with CNET, OnePlus co-founder and CEO Carl Pei announced that the OnePlus 3 is slated to arrive at the end of the second quarter. | Continue reading
There are ways to close your healthcare leads faster; we've revealed a few of the most effective. | Continue reading
If the goal of Facebook Reactions was complexity, then Facebook has succeeded in spades. Certainly they deserve a “Like.” Or is it a “Love?”Reactions, which finally rolled out globally on Wednesday, are Facebook's response to a growing desire for more choices than just “Likes” (a … | Continue reading
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) group today unveiled a new industry-specific program called DeepMind Health. A new website for the division reveals that Google has been working with multiple health care organizations, including National Health Service and the Royal … | Continue reading
As the music world continues to look for innovative new ways to drive profits, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are the latest artists looking to bridge the gap — or kill it completely — between traditional and digital media distribution. The hip-hop duo will debut their newest album, ‘ … | Continue reading
Riot's PC and Mac free to play MOBA League of Legends is one of the most, if not the most popular games in the world. Riot doesn't release statistics often, but when they do it's consistently mind-blowing just how many millions of people, from every corner of the world, are playi … | Continue reading
Astro Digital, a satellite imaging and imagery analysis company, released the newest version of their image processing software today. Anyone can access their software, for free, and retrieve satellite imagery of any area on Earth. The company also offers an API that developers c … | Continue reading
500 Startups is adding a couple new micro-funds as it looks to further grow its investments in India and FinTech Markets. The $25 million funds, named 500 FinTech and 500 Kulfi (after a popular Indian frozen dairy treat), will continue to focus on early stage investments in those … | Continue reading
Only Yesterday couldn't be more appropriately named. The intimate, spare drama from Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli first premiered in Japan in 1991, and in the 25 years since has somehow never seen an American release until now. But its familiar tale of finding your place in a fa … | Continue reading
The sky has fascinated humans for generations — we’re pretty sure it was a major pastime of people long ago to stare up at the stars and think about life. Naturally, present-day humans honor the sky with time-lapse videos. Filmmaker Chris Pritchard recorded 4K footage in thousand … | Continue reading
In the continuing struggle between advocates for Bitcoin core and the hard fork of Bitcoin Classic, some Bitcoin ATM’s have drawn a line in the sand on where they hope the future of the cryptocurrency to go in favor of Bitcoin Classic. In a recent Reddit thread posted on behalf o … | Continue reading
Google Docs just stepped up its voice features in a big wayNearly six months after introducing voice typing for Google Docs, the company is adding voice commands, which allow you to edit and format documents with only your voice.See also: Google Docs now lets you type without typ … | Continue reading
Microsoft is buying Xamarin, a company that enables cross-platform development for mobile apps. Microsoft has partnered Xamarin for some time now, but the company is saying “the combination of Xamarin, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Team Services, and Azure provides a complete mobi … | Continue reading
It would be an understatement to say that we really like Rayark's Implosion - Never Lose Hope [$9.99]; we gave it 5 stars in our review and haven't stopped looking for more content to play through. A couple of months ago, we wrote that the game was getting a new character somewhe … | Continue reading
Trine developer Frozenbyte has released a PC demo for its upcoming stealth adventure Shadwen. The more people play the demo, the cheaper its launch price will be when it comes to PC and consoles this spring.You can snag the demo this week from Steam, GOG, or the Humble Store. "Ea … | Continue reading
An online advertising strategy that features retargeting enables companies to repeat their marketing messages at low cost to highly qualified prospects. Retargeting also makes smaller businesses seem like major corporations. With retargeting, also called remarketing, you pay to a … | Continue reading
The worldwide wearable tech market, which includes fitness trackers and smartwatches, grew a staggering 172 percent last year, shipping 78.1 million units, according to a report today from research firm IDC. The growth was driven by the popularity of lower-cost trackers from comp … | Continue reading
It's pretty terrible when a hard drive crashes and loses your data, but Google says that manufacturers should stop worrying about it so much in the future. That's because most spinning hard drives will soon be used for cloud storage — not personal storage in laptops or mobile dev … | Continue reading
Personal rapid transit — a mass transportation network that could carry passengers straight to their destinations in small private cars — has a long, fascinating, and often troubled history. But the first (and so far, only) PRT project in America has been running almost continuou … | Continue reading
With a bit of ingenuity, and a $60 USB dongle available on Amazon, hackers can now access your computer with just 15 lines of code, from more than a hundred feet away. The researcher who found the ‘MouseJack’ vulnerability, Marc Newlin, recently published a report detailing his f … | Continue reading
Ocean acidification is making it more difficult for coral reefs to grow, a study shows for the first time. Though scientists have speculated for the last decade that more-acidic seas have been harming coral, it took a dose of antacids for them to figure it out for sure.Over the c … | Continue reading
Okay, be honest. How many of you dreamed of becoming an astronaut when you were a kid? I certainly did — and in my heart of hearts, I still kind of regret that it didn’t happen. Well, that might not be as unrealistic as you might think, at least according to a new ad from LinkedI … | Continue reading
Following years of rumors, Microsoft has acquired Xamarin, a company that aids cross-platform development of mobile applications. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “With today’s acquisition announcement we will be taking this work much further to make our world class developer … | Continue reading