Scarlett Madison — Two Takes contributions

Remember a few weeks ago when China figured that if the United States could pressure technology companies to install backdoors in their products for the government to access user data then so could they? Apparently that’s changed and now China has backed away from that legal push, perhaps as a

Cable television is dying and there aren’t very many people who are going to mourn its passing. In fact, most of us are probably laughing as it writhes on the ground while Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, and Netflix continue to beat the living crap out of it. That metaphor isn’t too far from th

It’s always comforting to see how unqualified the people who control your country are for their positions. The latest instance of this is with Senator Lindsey Graham who, in his own words, has literally never sent an email in his life. Keep in mind that this man is a member of the Senate Subco

Sony’s most recent virtual reality headset prototype is hardly a prototype at all. While the company is still making a few improvements before the final release, it could easily release the product in its current form. The biggest problem, as with all virtual reality gaming headsets at the mom

The main reason why the GPU market is so much smaller than the CPU market is that most CPUs, especially those made by Intel, already have video cards built in that are strong enough to handle pretty much anything aside from heavy gaming. Intel wants to further smash the GPU market by making its inte

Mobile growth has remained steady in the developed world due to the fact that pretty much everyone already has a mobile device, but things are different in developing nations. These nations are still playing catch-up and with many of them experiencing economic and technological booms, mobile growth

A few days ago it was revealed that the GCHQ and NSA had conducted one of their most daring spying operations to date which involved hacking the world’s largest manufacturer of SIM cards and acquiring thousands of the secure encryption keys that protect these cards. While the company, Gemalto,

The biggest name in PC gaming is delving into the world of virtual reality. Valve has announced that it will be bringing some homemade hardware to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next week, including the new Steam Controller that has been delayed numerous times, some new living room

For those of you who aren’t aware, Buzzfeed is a ridiculously popular Internet media company that reports on a variety of topics and is known for its use of viral content. Now the website wants to begin a serious expansion into the world of tech news by building a team of Silicon Valley report

Once on of the kings of the Internet, Yahoo has fallen far over the years. CEO Marissa Mayer has promised to turn things around for the company and many analysts are confident that she’ll be able to do so. One of the ways Mayer hopes to do this is by putting an intense amount of focus [&hellip

HTTP has remained more or less the same since it was released back in 1999 but that’s all about to change. After several years in development, HTTP/2 has finally been approved and is one step closer to being published as a standard, although this could take several months to actually happen. N

PCPartPicker is an essential tool for anyone looking to build their own PC or just wanting to virtually create the dream PC they can’t afford. The website not only gives you a massive list of parts to choose from, it ensures that you get the best deals on all of your parts and that none [&hell

Opera was once a community-driven cutting edge browser that, while still losing out in terms of popularity, was one of the most impressive web browsers out there. In recent years, however, Opera has fallen hard which is why its original founder decided to leave a few years ago. Now he’s back w

Pinterest has been looking at its demographics and has come to the conclusion that it has a serious gender problem: there simply aren’t enough men using the website. A lack of diverse users can prove to be a serious problem when you’re product or service isn’t aimed at a specific d

Everything can be “smart” if you slap a computer on it that will gather and utilize some form of data and that’s exactly what Stir has done with its new $2,990 smart desk. This desk is so smart that it can learn your sitting and standing habits, cool right?! Hell, with features lik

One of the biggest problems we have with data breaches and cyberattacks on corporations nowadays is the fact that, more often than not, the companies in question choose to withhold the fact that they were hacked for months, even years at times. This is an issue that President Obama hopes to address

The OnePlus One was one of the most coveted smartphones of 2014 due to its universally good reviews and near constant lack of supply, and with 2015 right around the corner, rumors of a successor to the popular device are starting to pop up. Even though the company hasn’t even announced such a

The Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger is that rare proposal that’s such a bad idea that it actually brings people of all different political beliefs together. If you look at the website for Stop Mega Comcast, for instance, you’ll see both liberal groups such as Common Cause and conservative outfits s