Sal McCloskey — Two Takes contributions

The shinkansen, or bullet train as it is commonly known, is one of the unique characteristics of Japan when it comes to traveling across the country in comfort and speed. There has been tests to deliver faster and faster trains, and the Central Japan Railway Co (JR Tokai) successfully conducted the

Twitter really wants you to buy stuff from your timeline and has spent the last few years figuring out how to make a play for your wallet. But if you’re not an impulse shopper, clicking a buy button or hashtagging a tweet to snag something right then and there is too much pressure. Amazon’s latest [

Samsung’s 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 4 isn’t its only new product headed for the sales aisles soon, the Korean company just revealed that its Gear S smartwatch is headed to the US this fall, though it isn’t being specific with the dates. In a brief note, Samsung said the device, which is notable for being

In February earlier this year, we brought you word that there might be a more affordable way to transport people to space and back which does not require a spacecraft, and neither will it burn as much fuel along the way. That was the idea of a space elevator, and here we are with another […]

Bangalore-based Bookpad has become the first Indian tech startup to be bought by Yahoo, going from creation to acquisition in just one year. The deal comes some eight months after Facebook snapped up Bangalore’s Little Eye Labs. The US internet giant, which is in line to reap about $9.5 billio

The possibility of T-Mobile’s acquisition over the past few months has been heavily reported and while initially it was believed that Sprint will go ahead and pick it up, now it looks like T-Mobile US may come under French ownership. Recently French telco Iliad submitted a surprise bid for the carri

MIT’s Cheetah robot has finally been let off the leash — and boy can it run. Watch as it bounds across a grass field, and even jumps over a hurdle. It isn’t quite up to the evolutionary magnificence of its biological counterpart, which can hit 60 mph in a couple of seconds, but it’s still […]

The Internet is a cool place to hang out in, but there are times when you might want to think twice about the security of your accounts. After all, we have heard our fair share of stories concerning leaks and the ilk, so much so it is always better to be safe than sorry, don’t […]

Bad news if you own Berg’s super-cute, internet-savvy Little Printer: it might not be not long for this world. The company is going into “hibernation” after it couldn’t sustain a business based on connected devices, and its current plan has Little Printer services shutting do

In Los Angeles, a startup called Daqri has designed a different kind of hard hat: an Android-powered one that’s capable of augmented reality. As such, it really looks more like a bike helmet than a hard hat, equipped with sensors, cameras and a transparent visor that functions as a head-up dis

Don’t call the Motorola Hint a Bluetooth headset. It makes everyone at Motorola wince. They’d rather you call it a wireless earbud, or, in a brilliant slip of the tongue from Motorola design chief Jim Wicks, an “earable.” The Hint is a tiny, Bluetooth-enabled earbud that is d

Rocket Internet has made a major move ahead of its upcoming IPO in Germany after announcing that it will merge five of its global e-commerce services into one single business. Dafiti (Latin America), Jabong (India), Lamoda (Russia and CIS), Namshi (Middle East), and Zalora (Southeast Asia and Austra

Isis, the US mobile wallet platform that is backed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, decided that they have had enough of the Islamic State and its brutal regime over in the Middle East, so much so that a rebranding exercise is in store in order to avoid any kind of misconception and to distance th

There has been quite a number of speculation going around that Google could actually introduce a 5.9” Nexus X, simply for the fact that the company intend to have various options at various sizes . There is some common sense behind this idea, as when the next generation Nexus goes on sale, it would

Android devices in general have a history of suffering from a lack of interesting accessories, but the Nexus line in particular has historically not seen much more than some cases and an updated Qi charger. Several leaks have pointed to this year being a little different, as we see keyboard cases an

By definition, the Internet of Things should connect with anything, even writhing, kinda gross, but often delicious eels. SK Telecom’s latest project is aimed at showcasing its IoT skills with a pilot connected eel farm that uses a network of sensors to monitor thousands of eels, mostly autono

Hundreds of nude, semi-nude, and revealing pictures of female celebrities were leaked overnight after being stolen from their private collections. Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, and pop star Ariana Grande were among the celebrities apparently shown in the pictures, which were

The Moto G is easily one of the best choices on the market for a low-cost smartphone. One of the more appealing aspects of the handset is that it’s essentially unlocked and free of carrier ties, allowing users to more easily do all the things that carriers attempt to block on their branded han