Sal McCloskey — Two Takes contributions

Ever since Razer first unveiled the OSVR at CES in January, we haven’t heard much about the virtual reality headset, aside from the fact that Razer plans to separate it from the likes of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift by focusing on being hackable. The headset is completely open source, and can

Commercial drones are far more dangerous than most people realize, as not only can they crash into things on the ground if not handled properly, they pose a massive threat to aircraft. There have already been numerous close calls between aircraft and drones this year, especially near airports, which

Is there anybody who knows what you want better than you do? Valve doesn’t think so, which is why it wants the people using the Steam Controller to help improve the design to create their perfect game controller. The company has been fiddling around with the controller for a couple of years al

Xiaomi isn’t the only Chinese smartphone maker that’s reportedly preparing to enter the laptop market, as a recent trademark filing from Huawei suggests the the company is working on something called the MateBook, which sounds like the kind of name you’d give a laptop. The device c

Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious. Even though running SpaceX and Tesla takes up most of his time, he still has ideas for how he could revolutionize other industries, the most well-known of which is Hyperloop. When asked in an interview what he’d be doing if Tesla didn’t exist and he

Xiaomi is taking its sweet time with announcing the highly-anticipated Mi5 smartphone, but if the rumors about the device’s price and specs are to be believed, it’ll be worth the wait. Not only is the Xiaomi Mi5 expected to come with 4GB of RAM, numerous reports have claimed that it&#821

The Blackphone wasn’t able to cash in on the post-Snowden privacy craze as much as its developer may have wanted, but that didn’t stop Switzerland-based Silent Circle from coming back with a successor. The Blackphone 2 went on sale this week for $800 unlocked, and all the reviews indicat

We’ve known that beta testing for Star Wars Battlefront would be open to everyone on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One sometime before the game launched, and now we know when. Electronic Arts announced yesterday that the open beta will be taking place between October 8th and October 12th, and wi

Remember a few years ago when Groupon turned down a $6 billion acquisition deal from Google? Yeah, I can pretty much guarantee the company is regretting that decision. To be fair, the company was growing at a ridiculous pace back then and staying independent actually seemed like a good move, but Gro

Apple’s big hardware announcement event was last week, Microsoft’s is next month, and Google’s is coming shortly after that, but what about Amazon? Not wanting to be left out of all these awesome announcement events, Amazon had one of its own earlier today, and don’t worry, t

If you’ve had your eye on the startup scene in Asia anytime in the past couple of years, the first thing you’ll notice is that there’s a LOT of money being invested, especially when it comes to Chinese startups. However, a new report from Tencent Tech suggests that a significant ch

With hundreds of millions of people, low levels of car ownership, really crowded cities, and underdeveloped public transit, China may be Uber’s most important market. CEO Travis Kalanick seems to agree, because he recently announced that the company will be doubling its expansion plans in the

As far as displays are concerned, 4K and OLED are the two hottest trends at the moment, and as one of the market leaders for displays, it’s only natural for LG to have combined to two to create something that’s as impressive as it is ridiculous. At IFA 2015 in Berlin earlier this week, L

I’m one of the many people who likes to fall asleep while watching TV, which is fine by itself, but the fact that the TV remains on while I’m asleep is not just bad for my health, it wastes a lot of power. That’s where Samsung thinks the SleepSense can be of assistance. One of [&he

With more than 1.35 billion people and a rapidly growing number of smartphone users, it’s only a matter of time before China surpasses the United States and becomes the world’s most valuable mobile gaming market, and it looks like that time is upon us. According to the 2015 Chinese Mobil

Xiaomi may be called the “Apple of China” because of how much it copies the company, but that doesn’t mean its not afraid to copy Samsung as well. Some new rumors out of China claim that Xiaomi is planning to release a smartphone with a curved display alongside its high-end flagshi

After co-founding StumbleUpon more than a decade ago, Garrett Camp served as the company’s CEO from 2001 to 2012, even while the company was under the control of eBay before being bought back by Camp’s group back in 2009. He still serves as StumbleUpon’s “Chairman” whil

If you’ve been looking at Asia to find the next OnePlus, then you’ve been looking in the wrong place, because Wileyfox is a new British smartphone brand that’s looking to offer powerful yet affordable smartphones in much the same way that OnePlus does. The company’s first two