Connor Livingston — Two Takes contributions

Though nothing has been officially announced, numerous leaks and rumors over the past month or so have indicated that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy S7 much earlier than expected, and some recently leaked AnTuTu benchmarks indicate that the device will be released very soon. The benchmarks are

Last night, Airbnb announced that it has raised another $100 million in funding, which brings the startup’s total funding to $2.34 billion, and brings its value to $25.5 billion. As impressive as that number is, it’s the same value that the company had last summer, but it’s expecte

When releasing a high-end smartphone that’s supposed to compete with the newest Galaxy S and iPhone, it’s imperative that the device not only be powerful, but premium. This is something that’s taken LG a long time to learn, as it’s one of the only companies out there that sti

Smartphones are basically the Swiss army knives of the digital age, with new tools being added on a regular basis, and you may be able to add night vision to that ever-growing list of features here soon. Night vision cameras aren’t difficult to make, it’s making them affordable that&#821

It’s safe to say that Netflix’s push into original content has been an immense success, and the company has been putting tons of resources into pushing out as much premium content as it can. In fact, the company wants to surpass HBO in that regard by pouring somewhere around $5 billion i

Whereas Google had to jump through a bunch of regulatory hoops in order to test out its self-driving cars on public roads, the Michigan Department of Transportation, the University of Michigan, and a consortium of fifteen automakers decided to just build a fake city. Known as MCity, this 32-acre par

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Single’s Day, it’s a massive shopping festival that’s the Chinese equivalent of Black Friday, and just like with Black Friday, it causes people to spend billions and billions of dollars on all the sales. According to Alibaba, which is

Have you ever complained on a company’s social media account about an issue your having with their product or service? If you have, then you’re certainly not alone, because millions of people in the United Kingdom and United States do the same thing, but maybe they shouldn’t. Accor

With how much focus technology companies are putting on fitness trackers and smartwatches, you’d think that the market for wearable gadgets was booming, but that’s far from the case. Not only do most Americans not give a crap about wearables, a new survey from Kantar Worldpanel has found

Tor has been described by the NSA as the undisputed king of online anonymity, and it’s an essential tool for Internet users who want to protect themselves from prying eyes. The Tor Project, which is responsible for maintaining Tor, has integrated Tor into other applications, such as with the T

Sony’s handset division may burning through money, but the PlayStation 4 is still dominating, which is one of the only reasons that the company was able to (barely) make a profit last quarter. According to the most recent sales numbers, the PS4 is leading the current generation of consoles wit

Smog is a big problem in many of the world’s largest cities, especially in the massive urban agglomerations that pepper Asia. That’s why a group of researchers from Australia and China have developed a new method of detecting nitrogen dioxide in the air, which is a major contributor to s

Everyone had high hopes for Marissa Mayer when she was became the CEO of Yahoo a few years back, but not only is the company still losing market share to the likes of Facebook and Google, it’s losing executives as well. The latest executive to abandon Yahoo is Jacqueline Reses, the company&#82

USB Type-C hasn’t quite become the standard for new smartphones, but people still expect to see it on newer flagships, something you can thank the OnePlus 2 for. The speed of the transition to USB Type-C will depend on how quickly the companies that make mobile accessories start adopting it, w

Earlier this week, OnePlus confirmed the rumors that it’s going to start manufacturing its smartphones in India. The Chinese startup announced that it’s partnering with Foxconn to begin manufacturing its smartphones at the latter’s Rising Stars facility in the southern state of And

After seeing how successful the OnePlus One was, companies like Motorola and ZTE decided to release their own high-end smartphones with mid-range prices, and it’s definitely paying off. The ZTE Axon may not be as popular as the Moto X Style or the OnePlus 2, but it’s definitely just as g

OnePlus has proven time and time again that it makes promises it can’t keep, such as claiming the OnePlus 2 wouldn’t be as difficult to purchase as its predecessor. Obviously that was a lie, as getting your hands on a OnePlus 2 invite is still much harder than it should be, but the good

There hasn’t been a single DLC for Destiny that wasn’t met with tons of controversy and criticism, which is why Bungie has decided to revamp the game’s entire DLC system in a way that it hopes will appease the hordes of (justifiably) angry gamers. Rather than selling overpriced exp