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The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a 3.9 million ruble ($111,290) bounty for anyone who finds a solution that would allow Russian police officers to identify users of Tor, an anonymizer network, as reported by Russia Today. The winner of the bounty will be announced on August 20, wit

Some drowning incidents can be easily prevented, and a wearable device wants to keep tabs on submersion time while your kids are at the pool. The iSwimband is a Bluetooth-enabled sensor that syncs up with an iOS device to alert you when that little one has been under water for too long. The gadget c

It’s official: we have reached the peak of phablet insanity. Samsung on Friday unveiled the latest addition to its phablet lineup. While the device officially falls under Samsung’s “Tab” product family of tablets, you’ll notice that the Galaxy Tab Q is not like normal tablets. Instead, it includes a

Lyft has officially reached a deal to operate in New York City, though the business model will differ from how the company operates in other markets. According to the New York Post, Lyft will only be able to provide black cars that have been approved by the city’s Taxi & Limousine Commission. Th

Starting October 1, Verizon customers on unlimited data plans that meet certain criteria will see their 4G LTE wireless connection throttled as part of what the carrier calls “Network Optimization,” a practice that previously only affected 3G connections. The good news is that the list o

Seattle biotechnology company Immune Design said early Thursday its initial public offering of stock was priced at $12 per share, for an offering total of $60 million before costs. The stock, which trades on Nasdaq under the symbol IMDZ, traded as high as $12.81 in morning trading in New York. But i

A big part of creating a successful media empire is keeping your viewers engaged. That applies whether you’re a TV network or just a Twitch streamer trying to make a living playing video games. A feature announced this week will help Twitch users do just that. Host mode, which is currently scheduled

The rise of MP3s and music streaming may have decimated the music industry and ushered in an age of highly-compressed audio files, but a new generation of devices are fighting back. Earlier this year 60s rocker Neil Young introduced his own PonoPlayer with a successful Kickstarter campaign, and now

Sprint on Thursday announced a surprise press event that it will hold on August 19 in New York City. The invitation for the event says press can “take the edge off,” but we have a feeling this is more than just a happy hour. That said, we’re also not really quite sure what to expect […]

So we know that the Destiny beta is live on both the Xbox and PlayStation platforms, so for gamers who have pre-ordered the game, you guys should be able to enjoy the beta as we speak. However if you have not purchased the game and want to get in on the beta action, well you’re […]

We’ve seen IBM’s Watson computer serve up unlikely food pairings, but Data Cuisine takes culinary experimentation to a whole new level. Developed by data-visualization specialist Mortiz Stefaner and curator Susanne Jaschko, it’s an initiative to create recipes that reflect a partic

About a month ago, a certain Lenovo K920 made its way online. The handset is said to be the next flagship device for the company and now according to reports and a post on Weibo, it seems that the official announcement could be taking place on the 5th of August. This is according to a […]

When the Moto 360 was announced this year, safe to say that the smartwatch was definitely in a class of its own in terms of design. Other OEMs have gone for square-ish displays while Motorola has decided that they will keep to more traditional watch designs, thus resulting in what we’re sure many ca

Now TV has launched on PlayStation 4 bringing Sky Movies, Sky Sports and TV on-demand to Sony’s next-gen console. To access the streaming service you’ll need to purchase the relevant subscription, with a Sky Movies month pass available for £8.99, an Entertainment Month Pass for £4.99, an

You may think that the 3GB of memory in your new smartphone is hot stuff, but that pales in comparison with what Rice University has in store. Its scientists have detailed a form of resistive RAM that can be made using regular equipment at room temperatures, making it practical for everyday gadgets.

eBay faces a class action suit in a U.S. federal court over a security breach earlier this year. The consumer privacy class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday by Collin Green, a citizen of the state of Louisiana, alleged that the security breach was the result of eBay’s inadequate security in regard to

LG has just reported a record quarter for mobile phone sales, showing that it’s taking advantage of a slump from arch-rival Samsung. LG sold 14.5 million handsets over the last quarter, its highest total ever and 20 percent more than last year — with more than a third of those LTE models

That was fast. After Microsoft announced the Xbox One is going to get Blu-ray 3D support in an update soon, Sony’s PlayStation Europe arm has responded by finally revealing the same feature is coming to the PS4. There’s no word yet on any other other home theater related features we&#821

Smashing though a $100,000 funding goal on Indiegogo in less than two days, the Defender is a pepper spray device with a built-in digital camera that captures an image of the person being sprayed. Immediately connecting to your iOS or Android smartphone over Bluetooth, the attacker’s image is forwar

It was not too long ago that a promotional video by HTC that you can view above was touted to deliver a peek into what could very well be a possible HTC smartwatch, an accessory that is starting to take the world of wearable tech by storm with many different manufacturers working on their own [&hell

Online security can be quite a challenge to maintain these days actually, and it does not help when users are less than knowledgeable. In fact, approximately 50,000 sites have been allegedly hit by backdoors no thank to malware that target a popular and vulnerable WordPress plugin, at least accordin

We’ve all seen apps and devices that tracks your sleep for you. The idea is to analyze your sleeping patterns and to determine if you have had a good night’s sleep or a rough one. Some apps and devices, like Sleep Cycle and the Jawbone UP, even have the ability to wake you up at […]

Oracle is combining its BlueKai consumer data aggregation platform with other parts of its catalog to create Oracle Data Cloud, a data-as-a-service offering aimed at companies that want to reach customers and prospects across multiple channels. As part of Data Cloud, Oracle is offering two services.

One of the downsides to downloading new messenger apps is that you have to make sure your friends are using it too, otherwise there won’t be anyone to send messages to! That being said, if you’re a LINE user you might be pleased to learn that the app has recently been updated and has gained [&hellip

Selfies. The unfortunate product of people taking pictures of themselves. But be that may, the art of self-photography has exponentially grown in popularity, so much so that the word is even included in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. So it really comes as no surprise that camera giant Sony announce

More than 130,000 comic book fans are expected to make the trek to San Diego later this week for Comic-Con, a massive convention celebrating all things related to comics books. But in this digital age, fans can now get their “superhero fix” in more ways than ever before. Flipping through

Owners of the original Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch can now switch the device’s operating system to the open source Tizen OS, a move that provides more evidence that Samsung is actively loosening its ties with Android. The company’s second round of smartwatches have always run on the T

China has embarked on a “clean-up” of mobile internet services, and now app developers are the government’s next target. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a statement saying that it will “strengthen” the management of telecom firms and app stores among other entities, which

Let’s face it, when companies are interviewed at tech conferences, they talk about all kinds of crazy stuff that will never be launched, like the idea of wearing a digital tattoo to unlock your phone. Except this time, more than a year after first discussing the idea at the D11 conference last May,

Wikia, the social universe of fandom and the ultimate source for powerful and relevant pop culture expertise, today announces the debut of Wikia Maps, a product designed to enhance Wikia’s collaborative chronicles for fans, by fans. Wikia’s fan insider group, Community Council, has been

Rapidly-growing Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi announced its first wearable today, the Mi Band. While it’s a fitness band rather than a smartwatch, it does have one smartwatch-style feature: it can be used instead of a passcode to unlock Mi phones. The waterproof Mi Band measures activity levels and sl

ARM Holdings’ chip licensing business continues to grow, the company said, reporting year-on-year increases in second-quarter profit and revenue. Revenue for the quarter totaled £187.1 million (US$309.6 million) for the quarter, up from £171.2 million a year earlier, according to International Finan

Even as cable giant Comcast tries to get bigger by absorbing Time Warner Cable, its own revenue grew in the last quarter to $16.8 billion, up 3.5 percent from last year, and net income hit $1.99 billion. The most important number for a subscription business though is how many customers it has, and t

South Korean capital Seoul could potentially ban Uber in the city, in favor of its own still-in-development app. The city government advised that it would try to ban the car-hailing app, as current South Korean law makes it illegal to provide any sort of fee-based transportation service via privatel

Icix, a startup that makes it easier to track and test consumer products, has raised $25 million in a third round of funding. The San Francisco company helps companies form business networks that share information with trading partners. Over the past four years, the company has been working on Direc

U.S. software-management company AppDynamics said Tuesday it raised $120 million in venture capital, launching the company into the growing group of startups valued at more than $1 billion. The company taps into the growing tendency of business to rely on software applications, meaning easy-to-deplo

Record numbers of new tablet users, and the first rise in fixed-line revenue in seven years, drove Verizon Communications’ second-quarter revenue up 5.7 percent year on year, it reported Tuesday. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30 totaled US$31.5 billion, up from $29.8 billion a year earlier. Wir

Yahoo has reached an agreement to acquire Flurry, a mobile analytics company, as part of a push to grow its advertising revenue within its mobile products. Flurry provides tools that help developers and publishers learn more about who’s using their apps in order to better target them with ads.

According to the rumors, HTC is said to be working on the Nexus 9 tablet which has been given the codename Flounder/Volantis. However according to a recent rumor from @evleaks, he has revealed that HTC is working on two more tablets apart from the Nexus 9, making this a pretty big tablet effort from

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S range of tablets is very good, the best the company has made in fact. Sure, we could argue that the Note line was already covering the company’s slate output just fine, but this is Samsung and having multiple products for each market is what the Korean juggernaut d