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To most of you reading this, online piracy is probably a way to get your hands on the latest games, movies, music, or software without having to pay for it or go through oftentimes annoying platforms. For people in less developed parts of the world, however, online piracy is a way for people to get

Racing continues to grow in popularity around the world. It’s not just fans. It’s not only the carmakers. The technology that goes into getting more horsepower with lighter vehicles that can go faster without blowing up is a very appealing field for some of the smartest people in the wor

I never know whether to laugh or cry when I hear all the crazy crap corporations come up with to justify trying to ensure that the people who buy their products don’t actually own those products. One such instance is John Deere claiming that allowing car owners to modify their car’s comp

Nintendo seems like the perfect company to enter the mobile gaming market but for one reason or another, perhaps not wanting to compete with its own mobile gaming devices, Nintendo has yet to touch the mobile market. That’s all about to change, however, as the company has partnered with DeNA i

OnLive was one of the pioneers of video game streaming but now it looks like the service is finally calling it quits. As part of a deal with Sony, which has been pushing its own game-streaming service, OnLive will sell all of its assets to Sony and will be essentially killing off all of its [&hellip

Twitch is known for being the king of video game love streaming and is the go-to service for streaming esports, but diversification is the key to continued success. Clearly the people at Twitch understand this as the company has struck a deal with HBO to stream the premier episode of Silicon Valley,

In our technology-driven world, battery life is perhaps one of the biggest issues we face, and the military is no exception. With soldiers relying more and more on technology, batteries need to be durable and long lasting in a way that current batteries simple aren’t. The solution? Propane. Ye

In a move that has surprised no one, Netflix has decided to renew House of Cards for another season. The last season of Netflix’s most popular original series was met with lukewarm responses, with many claiming the season lacked pretty much everything that made the first two so addictive. Even

It doesn’t matter how private or secure Snapchat is, so long as there are third-party apps that access the service, all of Snapchat’s users are at risk. This was best demonstrated not too long ago when one of these third-party apps was hacked, which resulted in thousands of Snapchat user

Television as we know it is changing at a ridiculous pace as more and more people transition to Internet-based alternatives to the cable and satellite providers that have dominated the scene for decades. Although not much has been seen of it on the media, the FCC is preparing to vote on a new ruling

South Korean technology companies like LG and Samsung have always prided themselves on their quality displays, and the upcoming LG G4 will stay true to this. The company showed off the 5.5-inch QHD display on its next-generation flagship smartphone yesterday, one which comes with an eye-searing 1440

You could fill a book with all of the potential uses that commercial drones have for both companies and individuals, and you could fill a second book with all of the risks involved. Obviously banning drones altogether won’t sit well with people, so the government has to work out how to regulat

We all remember the massive creations that were the first portable phones. Most people have owned a “bag phone” at some point in their lives. There was a period of time when those with the smallest cell phone were on the cutting edge. In the decades since the original production, cell phones have become an indispensable item. They’re the new Master Card; don’t leave home without them.

Meerkat was one of the hottest things at this year’s SXSW and that popularity carried over to the outside world as well. the live streaming app exploded in popularity, became one of the most talked about apps out there, and raised more than $14 million in funding from some big names in bot Sil

Sports and videos. Each of them alone is already a money factory, but the two of them together? Well, a company by the name of Hudl has decided to combine them into a service that allows athletes to film game and practice videos, edit them, and then share them using their smartphones. A pretty cool

Uber has been facing legal attacks in pretty much every country that it has launched in, but Europe has been especially hard on the American startup. The overwhelming number of bans, armed raids, and even attacks may have dissuaded a lesser company, but Uber is not on;y continuing with its European

Another week, another failed promise from OnePlus. The company promised that its homemade OxygenOS and the new CyanogenMod update would come to the OnePlus One by March 31st and here we sit a day later with neither being available. To be fair, the CyanogenMod update is entirely reliant on Cyanogen,

Computers have been the most popular way to access the Internet for years but, with the rise of smartphones, that’s starting to change. While people in developing nations have relied on smartphones for Internet access almost exclusively, computers are still dominant in the developed world. Acc

Today’s wars are already being fought on two fronts, physical and digital, and future wars will only see more focus on the cyber side of things. That’s why Singapore has established a new ministry specifically for combating cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Considering how the city-state is t

Amazon’s newest physical product has actually been mistaken as an April Fool’s joke by many, but the device is actually very real and is currently being tested by the company. Known as the Dash Button, this physical button can be placed next to something that you don’t want to run

Remember that #OneGameChanger product that OnePlus has been teasing these past few days? Well it turns out that the rumors were true, the Chinese startup has announced a new consumer drone known as the DR-1. OnePlus showed off the drone with some teaser images not too long ago but many people were w

It looks like 2014 was an exceptionally good year for Huawei which not only saw a 33% increase in net profit over the previous year, but also saw a rise in demand across all areas, from smartphones to telecommunications equipment. This is especially impressive when you consider how difficult the com

Gunosy and SmartNews are two of Japan’s top news apps that have been fighting for dominance in the country, and now it looks like that fight is about to go global. Just one week after Gunosy’s $263 million IPO filing, SmartNews has raised $10 million of its own with a a pre-money valuati

It looks like Amazon is fed up with having to fight a constant battle with American regulators about testing delivery drones in the United States. Instead, the company has decided to conduct those tests in Canada and, rather amusingly, has decided to conduct these tests less than half a mile from th

Xiaomi’s fifth birthday celebration is right around the corner and the Chinese company has been giving us daily teasers ever since it first announced that it would be celebrating its birthday with the launch of several new products. The teasers have given us just enough to speculate on without

Anyone who has built a gaming computer can attest to how stressful and tedious the process can be, especially when something goes wrong and you have to spend anywhere from a few minutes to several hours trying to figure it out. However, those same people will tell you about how rewarding of an exper

If you watched last night’s finale to season five of The Walking Dead then you may have seen the new teaser that Universal released for Jurassic World. The long-awaited film takes place an equally long time after the events of the first movie, 22 years to be exact, on an island where someone t

It was to be expected that the FCC be hit with a plethora of lawsuits following its vote to reclassify broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but the number of lawsuits and strength behind them is intimidating nonetheless. Even so, Chairman Tom Wheeler feels confident that the FCC w

Control is something that entertainment companies strive for, its what they want more than anything in the world. Specifically, they want to control who sees their content and when they see it, all in the name of combating file sharing. As TorrentFreak points out, however, the tons of effort that th

With how surprisingly successful the OnePlus One was last year, many are wondering if OnePlus will be able to do the same thing this year. Apparently, not only does the Chinese startup believe the OnePlus Two is going to be successful, it believes that it will be among the likes of the HTC One M9, [

Cyanogen has been on a roll these past few months, throwing punches at industry giants like Google and Samsung with claims that it’s going to wrestle Android way from Google and that Samsung is going to be killed off by smartphone startups. While all of this has drawn plenty of attention to th

Considering how Star Trek has been one of the most beloved television shows in the world for several decades, everyone was willing to believe that the series would be making its way back to television, especially considering how popular the film reboots have been. Unfortunately, the recent rumors th

Man, they’ve been releasing a Transformers movie every 2-3 years since the first one came out but wouldn’t it just be amazing if they started releasing more?! No? TOO BAD! Apparently the people down at Paramount Pictures want even more Transformers movies, a lot more. Not only are they w

In celebration of the Chinese startup’s fifth birthday, Xiaomi will be launching a handful of new products on March 31 which, although exciting, is kind of annoying considering the company has given us no real information on what will be released. Instead, the company has chosen to release a b

Indiana has caused quite a stir with its Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The new law, which makes it legal for businesses to turn away homosexuals for religious reasons, has been called “anti-gay” by numerous groups and individuals and has prompted companies such as Angie&#8217

Obviously LG is working on some big Android smartphones for 2015, but we still don’t know much about them. Everything we have to go on now comes from leaks and the latest such leak has given us some images of what is claimed to be the company’s LG G4 Note phablet. The device is supposedl

Something has to fill the smartglasses void now that Google Glass has been sent back to the drawing board and Sony thinks its SmartEyeglass is the perfect replacement. All you need to do is drop $840 on this pair of high-tech face gadgetry that some how manages to make you look even goofier than Goo

In a few weeks the FCC is going to vote on a new spectrum-sharing plan for a band that everyone from mobile service providers, to individuals, to the United States military could make use of. Known as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), the service would open up frequencies from 3550-3700MH

The immediate benefits of bringing gigabit Internet to a city are obvious: people in the city now have fast Internet. However, there’s much more to it than that. Just look at Kansas City, the first city in the United States to get Google Fiber. Not only have Internet speeds increased for peopl

Having a non-compete clause in an employee’s contract ensures that, at least for some time after leaving the company, the employee won’t be able to use their skills to help competing companies. It’s something that makes sense for high-skill, upper-level jobs but is it really necess