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Two teams creating devices that stimulate the brain to restore memory function have been granted $37.5 million by DARPA to develop the technology. Both will initially work with people with epilepsy who have been given implants to locate where their seizures originate. The researchers will reuse the

Companion devices are gaining popularity as more options become available for consumers. What’s a companion device? It could be a ring,watch, or bracelet that provides notifications or interaction with a connected mobile device. With the way smartphones are gradually getting larger, it can be conven

Earlier in the week it was rumored that OnePlus, a nascent smartphone company, is working on a successor for its first smartphone. The OnePlus One hasn’t been fully released in the market right now so rumors about a successor presumably destined for release later this year didn’t really make sense.

Sony unveiled the Xperia Z2 tablet earlier this year and both Wi-Fi as well as LTE variants of the device are now available for purchase in the U.S. Those who picked one up and now want to flash a custom ROM on it are in luck. The folks at Cyanogen have rolled out the first […]

Navigation apps can tell you how to get across town using only public transportation, but they don’t make it a seamless experience. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could pay for bikes, buses and trains from a single app? If Helsinki has its way, you might. The Finnish city plans to test a tra

IBM has announced a $100 million Big Data and Analytics skills creation program for China. As per the IBM U-100 program, IBM will donate IBM BD&A software worth $100 million and provide expertise to support 100 universities in China. The long term program aims to create the next generation of da

CDs can’t beat the nostalgia of vinyl or the convenience of digital, but they still play a significant role in the music industry. And at least one man is singing its praises. Steven Hyden makes the argument for Grantland that CDs do have their place, much like vinyl. Hyden connects seminal al

The US Department of Justice announced late Friday that a Chinese businessman has been charged with hacking into the computer systems of Boeing, Lockheed Martin and other aerospace companies. The alleged hacker, Su Bin, is accused of helping unidentified co-conspirators to identify what to steal fro

While the likes of Amazon and Netflix continue to court major exclusives for their respective services, Hulu earned a big win of its own this weekend. At the Television Critics Association Press Tour yesterday, Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced that all 17 seasons of South Park will be available

A Portland man is on pace to break a Kickstarter record for the most lucrative crowdfunding campaign ever. Ryan Grepper has reeled in $3.4 million in just five days for his geeked-out cooler that features a built-in bluetooth speaker, USB charger, blender, cutting board, bottle opener, and of course

The age-old rivalry between Sega and Nintendo may be all but over, but that doesn’t mean the two companies are sharing everything with each other. Case in point: the distinct lack of Sega games on the Wii U Virtual Console. Case in sad point: that situation may not change anytime soon, if ever

One World Trade Center is just settling into New York’s skyline, but a number of competing supertall structures, including the tallest residential building in the world, will soon pop up in midtown. One of those skyscrapers, Nordstrom Tower, will top out at 1,775 feet, according to plans leake

In a single move, North American panoramic imaging innovator, ImmerVision, has made distorted fish-eye views and camera accessories obsolete and enabled every mobile and wearable device in the world to deliver an unprecedented 360° user experience. ImmerVision’s new 3.8 mm panomorph lens is the worl

Samsung is be planning to introduce retinal scanning tech for its future mobile gadgets, judging by a tweet send out by the company on Saturday. The improved security was hinted within a post from the Samsung Exynos Twitter account and promised features “unique to us,” accompanied by a p

Models, you’ll never have to fear being photographed in bad lighting again. Researchers at MIT and Cornell University are looking to give modern photographers a helping hand by designing a series of autonomous drones that can help light photo shoots. The helicopter robots are equipped with a continu

If it was good enough for Captain Picard, it ought to be good enough for Captain Sullenberger. Airbus, one of the largest manufacturers of large passenger jets, has patented a new cockpit design that could both increase a pilot’s situational awareness and highlight the diminishing necessity of physi

How do you hit a target if you have bad aim? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is known for developing some of the country’s most futuristic technologies, has developed a high-tech sniper-bullet system to solve that problem. DARPA recently conducted its first successful live

Tech startup SoundSight will unveil a limited run of its video-recording headphones this month, well in advance of the pre-order run set for a pre-Christmas release, Twice reports. The Bluetooth-enabled headphones are able to simultaneously record audio and video with the help of a rotating, 5-megap

Planning to make it big in the music industry by releasing a hit album? Dream On. A long forgotten PC Mag article resurfaced this week to remind us that the music industry had changed drastically over the last decade. According to Activision chief Bobby Kotick circa 2008, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith &#82

Bell Labs has announced it set a record for broadband by transmitting data over traditional copper telephone lines at a speed of 10 gigabits-per-second. The research subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent describes this as a “major breakthrough for copper broadband” as it could mean high-speed Int

The jump from Sony’s Xperia Z1 to the Xperia Z2 was relatively minor, so don’t be surprised if this familiar-looking leak turns out to be legit. According to a Baidu Tieba user from China, we’re looking at a prototype of Sony’s upcoming Xperia Z3 which is, surprise surprise,

The people behind Beats are about to rake in several billion dollars in a deal with Apple, but before that the headphone-maker could pull in even more money in a lawsuit going after Chinese counterfeiters. According to AppleInsider the company has filed a suit claiming trademark infringement, and is

A new proposal introduced in the US Senate called the “E-Label Act” would allow electronics manufacturers the option of using “digital” stamps of regulatory approval on devices rather than the physical emblems now required to show that the device has passed required safety an

Amazon is countering a law in France banning free shipping, by charging customers a single euro cent for orders. The law, put in place by the French government in an attempt to protect smaller bookstores from being squeezed out of the marketplace by the online retailer, is being circumvented by the

The Federal Communications Commission has so far received about 647,000 comments regarding net neutrality as the first round of public comments comes to a close, tweeted FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Friday. “Gratified by all the feedback on #netneutrality,” Wheeler posted on Thursday when the number was

It’s always nice to see companies do something for their customers that would not necessarily be required of them. That’s exactly what the folks at VSCO has done as they have launched their Artist Initiative program which is basically a $1 million scholarship aimed at photographers and visual artist

SoundCloud, the Berlin-based audio streaming site, is getting worried about copyright violations on its site. SoundCloud is like YouTube for audio; it allows anybody to upload any kind of audio. This naturally opens the door to people uploading copyrighted audio. Just as YouTube has had to do, Sound

The heat of high summer is a great time to stay inside and marathon a million hours of TV. But for some Netflix customers who use Verizon as their ISP, the summer streaming season is a slow and choppy dud. Even though the two companies came to a paid peering arrangement earlier this year, service [&

There’s now a real-time record of Wikipedia edits made by US lawmakers. Congress-edits (@congressedits), a Twitter account started earlier this week, is positioning itself as a sort of digital watchdog. Ed Summers, a DC-area computer programmer, set up the project. It works by monitoring edits comin

The iWatch might be on its way, but at least one analyst believes it will arrive later than expected. Apple’s proprietary foray into the wearables sector may not come as quickly as we originally thought, but is still expected to arrive by the end of the year. Why the delay? Apple may be trying to [&

The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to spend $2 billion over the next two years on improving Wi-Fi networks at schools and libraries, despite questions from Republican commissioners about the source of those funds. The FCC, in a 3-2 party-line vote Friday, approved a plan to revamp th

Digg today announced Digg Deeper, a new feature that shows you what links your friends are sharing on social networks in real-time. You can get this list in three different places: on the Digg homepage, as real-time email alerts, and as mobile notifications from its iOS app. For now, Digg Deeper wil

Right now, companies are required to provide captions for full online videos that first aired on TV. But if those videos are cut up, caption readers are often out of luck, clips and montages don’t require captions, even if the full shows aired with them. The FCC just changed that. The agency a

Amazon has just launched Zocalo, their brand new document sharing and collaboration tool which will specifically target the services offered by Box and Dropbox, going to show how Amazon is not content at being where they are at the moment, as they attempt to carve additional inroads into the world o

We’re sure you’ve all heard about the OnePlus One handset, a device from a relatively new company that runs on CyanogenMod, making it a great phone for those looking to get the most out of their Android device without the unnecessary bloatware and laggy UIs that are usually associated with more main

Motorola struggled to find success with its flagship Moto X, but the company may have found a hit with its cheaper Moto E and Moto G smartphones. According to a new report from The Times of India, the phone-maker has already sold 1 million handsets since re-launching in India five months ago. Even m

TVs are getting bigger and thinner every year, but today LG announced its plans for a paper-thin television panel that’s flexible enough to roll up and store in a tube. The South Korean company hopes to release the first 60-inch HD rollable TV by 2017, BBC reports. The biggest advantage to rolling u

Amazon has filed a petition with the FAA asking the agency to allow expanded testing of the company’s Prime Air drones. According to the petition, which was first reported on by CNET, Amazon has been working on improving its drones by flying them indoors in Seattle, and taking them out to other coun

D-Wave Systems, the controversial poster child of commercial quantum computing, has raised $30 million in venture capital from Fidelity Canada Fund, Goldman Sachs, Business Development Bank of Canada and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company, which is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, has

The OnePlus One is a great handset from what we can tell based on reviews and its hardware specs. However if there’s one thing that marred this otherwise great phone is the fact that it is so hard to get your hands on one. This is due to the weird invitation-only system that OnePlus has […]