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Considering how a significant chunk of Netflix’s users access the service through their web browser, you’d think that the company would put more effort into making their web interface not suck. To be fair, the company has been working on a revamped web interface for a while now, but it&#

God… I’m not even sure what to say. I had long given up hope for a sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront II prior to Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, and by extension, LucasArts. Now that the company has joined forces with Electronic Arts to bring fans the Star Wars FPS that we’

Sony gave PlayStation 4 owners a bunch of reasons to be excited at its E3 press conference yesterday, not just with some information on the company’s upcoming virtual reality headset, but with some surprising game announcements as well. Uncharted 4 wasn’t exactly surprising, but it was d

For people who have numerous accounts across the Internet, password managers such as LastPass are an invaluable tool. The problem is, if someone manages to get a hold of your master password, they then have access to every password you have stored on the service. That’s why it was such a big d

All of the virtual reality headsets that we’ve been hearing about these past couple of years seem to be releasing at around the same time, but that’s not the only thing they have in common. While we don’t have the exact pricing of any of the big name headsets coming out, we do know

Passcodes and patterns have been the standard unlocking method for smartphones since they were first released. A few of the more flagship devices also come equipped with fingerprint scanners which you can use to unlock your device, but that hasn’t stopped companies from coming up with new ways

Texting while walking may not be nearly as dangerous as texting while driving, but it can be pretty bothersome to people around you. Especially in crowded urban areas, people focusing on their smartphones and not paying attention to where they’re walking is a common and rather annoying occurre

With Netflix planning to expand into China in the near future, the country’s own technology giants have been preparing their own Netflix competitors in advance. Xiaomi has expressed its own commitment to digital entertainment already, but now it looks like Alibaba is joining in as well, as Reu

ASUS has traditionally been associated with personal computers, but with the PC market constantly shrinking, the company has been trying to expand into the mobile market in order to ensure it remains successful even after the PC market is more or less dead. While things have been going surprisingly

After releasing a short announcement trailer for Fallout 4 a couple of weeks ago, Bethesda has given a far more in-depth look at the long-awaited addition to the Fallout series at the company’s first-ever E3 press conference last night. The more than 20 minutes of in-game footage had Fallout f

We heard some rumors earlier this year that the primary version of the OnePlus 2 would cost somewhere around $400 when it launches, while a more budget-friendly version would be priced a bit lower. Now we have a more recent rumor which claims that the smartphone will be launching next month for $322

Twitter needs help. The time of the social media giant is quickly running out if they can’t rebuild their relevance and increase revenue as a result. This is the biggest reason that Dick Costolo is out and a permanent replacement is being sought. First and foremost, they must figure out how to

In 2015, the land that is the home of Facebook, Twitter, and most other successful social media sites should be the leader when it comes to using social media for world politics, but that title is apparently going to the Islamic State. They are using social media to spread their message, recruit new

God… has there ever been a better time to be a Star Wars fan? Not only are we getting a bunch of new films and games, but a trio of companies, including Lucasfilm, have joined forces to create ILM Experience Lab, which aims to bring the most beloved sci-fi series of all time to virtual reality

It’s always been a bit difficult to follow Samsung’s product names. We currently have the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, but there’s supposed to be a Galaxy S6 Plus released in the coming weeks, which is separate from the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy Note Edge 2 that’re suppos

As the Chinese equivalent of Google, it’s only natural that Baidu be working on the same technologies that its American competitor is, such as self-driving vehicles. Apparently the company has been working on autonomous vehicle technology for a couple of years now, and has recently secured a p

Artificial intelligence and robots are becoming incredibly advanced, which is opening doors to things that, just a few decades ago, were thought of as purely science fiction… like sex robots. That’s right, while plenty of researchers are working on robots that can improve our lives in so

Despite the Xbox One’s impressive sales back in April, the PlayStation 4 has retaken its position at the top of the market. Sony reported yesterday that the PlayStation 4 was the best-selling console last month, as well as the best-selling console overall for this generation, with more than 20

Despite the numerous regulator issues that Uber has been facing, the company has still managed to be ridiculously successful. In fact, if a recently leaked internal letter from the company’s CEO is anything to go by, Uber is close to providing one million rides every day… in China alone.

Mobile gaming has been replacing handheld gaming for a few years now, something that even Nintendo has been forced to acknowledge. While revenue from handheld games has remained more or less the same over the past year, revenue from both Android and iOS games has increased tremendously, and that&#82

When Mozilla first introduced its Bug Bounty Program a few years ago, you could earn as much as $3,000 for finding any bugs in the company’s software that was rated high or critical. That was already a pretty sweet reward, but now the company is taking things even further by making $3,000 the

Both Dick Costolo and Twitter’s board members have been laughing off the calls for Costolo’s resignation as CEO for a while, but it looks like investors will end up getting their way after all. After five years as the company’s CEO, Costolo will be stepping down next month and will

OnePlus isn’t very good at keeping promises, but we can at least hope that the company will be able to release the OnePlus 2 sometime this year, as promised. OnePlus has matured quite a lot in the last year, so I’m confident that the company will be able to fulfill its promise, a confide

It’s strange to think that, in decades past, there was a competition between the world’s two superpowers to see which one could master spaceflight first, with some of the brightest minds in existence being brought together and billions of dollars being spend on research… and now we

Just a day after it was reported that Facebook and Google were abandoning their respective Internet-beaming satellite projects, SpaceX has requested permission from the FCC to begin testing its own such project. Elon Musk announced his plan to use small satellites to bring affordable Internet to the

Although smartphones with 2K screens are nothing new, the resolution is only just now starting to become the de facto standard for flagship devices. In order to distinguish itself in a crowded market, however, ZTE will reportedly be the first company to equip a smartphone with a 4K display. Accordin

The problem with leaving it up to people to decide whether they’re too drunk to drive is that, if you’re too drunk to drive, there’s a good chance that you’re too drunk to make the decision not to drive. That’s why the NHTSA has been working on a new type of alcohol det

Gaming isn’t the only area where virtual reality could prove revolutionairy, but the video game market is definitely the biggest target for companies that’re developing virtual reality headsets. As one of the top dogs in the video game industry, it wasn’t that surprising to see Val

If you’ve held off on getting a next-generation console but are looking forward to playing Fallout 4, then I’m sorry to say that you’re out of luck. Despite rumors earlier this week that Bethesda would be bringing the game to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Bethesda’s global c

I’m sure you’ve all heard of Popcorn Time by now, the service that lets you stream pirated movies and television shows in much the same way that Netflix does with legally obtained content. It’s a revolutionairy service that makes streaming stolen content ridiculously easy, and now

There was a time not too long ago when pretty much everything that had to do with technology, particular computer and mobile technology, had some form of roots in Silicon Valley. That’s where the smart people go. It’s where the fresh companies go. It’s where startups turn into bill

It has been known for a long time that the various governments of the world keep a close eye on what happens on the internet when it comes to politics. They watch news sources, blogs, and social media profiles to see what people are saying. Most claim to do this to get a feel for […]

When the internet started really taking hold as a common method for getting information, many started to profess that it would be the ultimate truth market. Even before crowdsourcing became a thing, people were converging on the internet to discern information, share stories, and promote an ideologi

Last year’s HTC One (M8) was one of the sexiest smartphones ever released, and many had hoped that the device’s successor would be similarly impressive. Unfortunately, HTC took those hopes quite literally, and the One M9 bore too many similarities to its predecessor for most people&#8217

Dota 2 broke eSports records last year when its annual International Championships raised a whopping $10.9 million prize pool. Considering how the game has only grown in popularity in the months since then, it’s not surprising that Dota 2 has broken that same record yet again with this year&#8

The response to Jay Z’s controversial new music streaming service has been… not so good. Words like “arrogant” and “elitist” have been thrown around when describing both the service and the dozen or so music artists that helped found it. Whatever image Tidal tried

With all the attention that Pandora and Spotify get as the leaders of the music streaming market, it’s easy to forget about smaller services like iHeartRadio. The word “smaller” is barely even applicable too, especially now that iHeartRadio has more than 70 million registered users

More often than not, signing up for an app or online service involves sharing varying amounts of information about yourself, such as your email address or phone number. It has been said that, despite the fact that most people hate sharing their information with companies, people choose to do so beca

The Office of Personnel Management, as well as almost every other federal government agency, has been hit with what’s being called the largest data breach of the government’s computer networks in American history. Somewhere around four million current and former government employees may

Despite its best efforts, SoundCloud hasn’t been as successful at securing licensing deals with major record labels as it would like. That’s why the company has decided to put more focus on the demographic that has essentially been its lifeblood for the past eight years: independent arti