Sal McCloskey — Two Takes contributions

Technology isn’t just changing the way we drive vehicles, it’s also changing the way we buy them. A New York City-based startup by the name of Vroom is one of the companies bringing about this change by selling used cars online. With more than $300 million in revenue this year, Vroo

Few things are as potentially dangerous to children in developed nations as social media, and though many governments and organizations have made efforts to raise awareness of its dangers, it hasn’t been nearly enough. That being said, the European Union’s proposal to make it illega

Steam users have been suffering from account theft since the service first launched, but ever since Valve introduced Steam Trading to the mix, the number of accounts being stolen increased exponentially. Once an account is stolen, it’s actually fairly easy to get it back or lock it down, which

Often more frightening than terrorist attacks themselves are the asinine laws that politicians will propose in their wake. When the horrors of a terrorist attack are still fresh on everyone’s mind, and the fear of future attacks is as strong as it will ever be, that’s when politicians wi

The tablet market has been shrinking for a while now, but a recent shift in the industry may breathe new life into the tablet market. Apple, Google, and Microsoft have released high-end tablets in recent months that feature abnormally large screens and PC-like capabilities, which has actually drawn

While the Japanese are busy building robots that assist the elderly, and the Swedes are busy building robots that help tourists at airports, the Chinese have developed a trio of death-dealing attack robots to combat “global terror” with rifles and grenade launchers. The three robots are

On Monday, the United Nations climate change summit will open in Paris, and Bill Gates will be launching a multi-billion dollar clean energy research and development initiative alongside some of the world’s most-powerful politicians. The members of the initiative, which includes both developed

Wi-Fi is going to be replaced eventually, and many people expected 5G to be the technology that finally does so, but it looks like Li-Fi might have a shot at replacing Wi-Fi as well. As the name implies, Li-Fi uses light to transmit data, rather than the radio waves that Wi-Fi uses, and initial test

Whenever you throw out an old smartphone, you’re indirectly contributing to a massive environmental issue relating to the improper disposal of consumer electronics, but it doesn’t have to be that way. What if you could not only stop adding to the endless stream of electronic waste, but h

Not including the return of the universally loathed invite system, the lack of NFC support is the biggest problem that people have with the OnePlus 2, and it looks like OnePlus isn’t all that interested in fixing that problem. According to OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, not only will the company

It’s nice to see that more cable companies are accepting the fact that nobody wants cable anymore, and are starting to embrace the cord-cutting trend. Earlier today, Comcast launched its new online streaming service, known as Stream, which offers users all of their local networks, an HBO subsc

Israel has one of the most vibrant technology sectors in the world, and new research has revealed that London is the most popular European destination for Israeli technology companies looking to expand overseas. With that in mind, the Mayor of London has taken a trip to Israel in an effort to convin

After years of dominating the mobile chipset market, it looks like Qualcomm may finally have a serious competitor, and it’s not Samsung. Instead, it looks like Huawei will be the one to challenge Qualcomm, as the Chinese company unveiled its new Kirin 950 chipset in Beijing this morning, and i

Apple is rarely ever the first company to do something, but it tends to be the first to do something so well that it quickly becomes an industry standard. That was the case with smartphones, that was the case with fingerprint sensors, and now it looks like that’ll be the case with force-sensit

Huawei isn’t known to many people here in the West, but those of us who are familiar with it know it as one of China’s top smartphone makers, one that also dabbles in the SOC market. Qualcomm is currently the undisputed leader of the mobile application processor market, with MediaTek tra

Ransomware, for those of you who aren’t familiar, is a popular way for hackers to extort money from Internet users by encrypting important information on their computer and demanding that they pay a ransom in order to have those files decrypted. There’s no point in contacting the authori

Slowly but surely, cable companies are starting to understand that online streaming is the future of home entertainment, and rather than trying to fight the cord-cutting craze, more and more of them are cashing in on it. Charter has become the latest such company to do so with a new service called S

Reaching 100 million daily active users is only half the battle, the other half is finding out how to make money from them. That’s something that Snapchat knows all too well, as the company still has yet to find a way to properly monetize itself, but it’s been experimenting like crazy in