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Coming on the heels of the recent breach at restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s, AT&T states that a third-party vendor managed to expose personal data for an untold number of customers earlier this year. According to a letter AT&T sent to its customers, the breach was caused by a service tha

MIT’s rather fabulous Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, after using humble WiFi waves to sense movement behind a wall, has now improved its technology to the point that it can remotely detect heart rate and respiration through walls. MIT has successfully used this technology t

Congratulations, citizens of Canada, it’s your God-given right to travail the internet as UrTheWurst420 hurling sexually graphic insults at children singing pop songs on YouTube. And, unless the police get a warrant, they won’t be able to tie that account to your actual identity. In a la

If you think retweeting’s so 2013, then you may want to update your Twitter app now. As The Next Web notes, the latest version gives you the option to embed tweets in your tweets, so long as you’re using either an iOS or an Android device. Take note, though, that embedding’s a bit

Hot on the heels of a new logo and look for its website, Netflix making some big behind-the-scenes changes too. Today the company sent out notice to third-party developers who are still using its long-available public API, saying it was shutting the option down come November 14th — just five months

Amazon’s Mayday feature, which provides on-device tech support all day, every day on the Kindle Fire HDX, has become a popular option among owners. Three-quarters of Kindle Fire HDX tablet owners are using the Mayday button for IT support and other forms of customer service, Amazon announced o

The Federal Communications Commission has begun studying who’s at fault in Netflix’s video streaming battle against Internet service providers, an indication that the issue may be subject to broader regulatory oversight as the agency recasts new Net Neutrality rules. Netflix recently str

Did the departure of the Tesla Roadster leave an electric sports car-shaped hole in your heart? You might want to consider a trip to Europe. The Spirra, a sports car from South Korea’s Oullim Motors, is about to launch on the Continent, and there are plans for it to go electric. According to Autovis

Bioprinting has emerged as one of the more exciting medical technologies of the last year or two. Although, these 3D printers which print out human cells, in order to form actual living tissue, are not directly saving lives yet, in the very near future they will be. Already, we are seeing bioprinted

In the great gadget filing cabinet of this world, there are only two places you could file the Vessyl. Either in the “When I didn’t know this existed I didn’t care, but now I do I really really want it” section, or the one headed “Why would anyone think I want this?&#82

After two years of construction, the eagerly anticipated Factory held its grand opening yesterday. The startup campus will welcome 22 companies, including SoundCloud, Twitter, and 6Wunderkinder, to its 16.000 m2 space. The full-day event was kicked-off by Mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit along with th

Stop us if this sounds familiar: after successfully launching and new a video game service, a growing cloud computing firm looks to the business sector to expand its customer base. Oh, you’ve heard this one? That’s because OnLive is retracing its steps, following up its CloudLift gaming

Amazon Prime is adding music to the mix. On Thursday, after much speculation, the online retailer launched a streaming service called Prime Music, at no additional cost for Prime members who pay $99 a year. Those members will automatically gain access to more than 1 million songs, including what Ama

We’re sure if given the choice of picking between freshly made noodles or store-bought ones, most people would choose the freshly made ones. Not only is it because it is fresh, chances are it could prove to be healthier since you know what ingredients goes into making them. However making noodles yo

Some gamers enjoy watching other gamers play games live. They can do this by hopping onto streaming services like Twitch. Why is this so enjoyable? Well some gamers are skilled in what they do, so they make the game seem really fun. Some have good commentary skills which also makes it entertaining.

Netflix started tagging some of its trailers with a new logo around the start of May, and now it’s part of changes on the streaming movie service’s main website. The redesigned logo has replaced its predecessor at the top left, and the background is brighter than the last big redesign we

An article from Gigaom suggests that Comcast is looking to test its streaming platform by the end of the year. The idea of a Comcast streaming service was rumored to be under development by the company in March, but few details have been released since then. Comcast is looking to bring more focused

The US government has lifted a long-standing restriction that meant companies like Google and Microsoft didn’t have access to the most accurate pictures taken by imaging satellites. Until this week, satellite operators like DigitalGlobe were prevented by law from selling images to foreign or c

Beats on Thursday announced the latest member of its headphone family, Powerbeats 2 Wireless earphones. This announcement comes two weeks after Apple confirmed that it is buying the company for $3 billion and follows the Solo 2 headphones as the latest member of the Beats headphone family. Like the

Early rumored specs on the Galaxy Note 4 already have us hot and bothered, but now details have come out suggesting there might actually two versions Samsung’s next phablet. An executive at one of Samsung’s supplier partners confirmed with The Korea Times that the Galaxy Note 4 would com

According to a study by Ovum for the Internet Advertising Bureau , fewer than 50% of 300 surveyed leading US marketers use media buying agencies for their mobile advertising due to a lack of mobile expertise. In order to enable ad agencies to provide their clients with mobile media buying expertise

A little over fifty years ago, the world was amazed as human beings began trekking into outer space. Here we are in 2014 and the fascination of space has not fizzled out. In fact, we as humans continue to break barrier after barrier outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. The latest barrier is one which

Starbucks has announced that it plans to install Powermat wireless charging in stores across the U.S. after a small-scale trial proved successful. The Powermat Spots will first be installed in stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, before being rolled out in the company’s coffee shops nationwid

We know that BlackBerry has never devices that they have planned for the year, as well as devices that they have planned for the future. So far this year alone, BlackBerry has more or less confirmed two devices in an official capacity: the BlackBerry Classic and the BlackBerry Z3. However it seems t

A top EU court rejected Thursday an appeal by US computer chip giant Intel against the bloc’s biggest ever single company fine of €1.06 billion for abusing its dominant market position. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, fined Intel in 2009 after it said the company had off

You may recall that in mid-May South Korean maker LG announced three new slates, part of its G Pad Android lineup. At the time details were scarce, as only the display size was revealed alongside the availability of branded software add-ons like Knock Code and QPair. Today, LG announces the roll-out

A lot of North Carolina residents started jumping for joy when Google announced that Charlotte and the Raleigh-Durham area were among the 34 cities it selected for an expansion of its 1 gigabit Google Fiber internet service. Customers can opt for a TV/internet bundle for $120, an internet-only bundl

Hoping to tap into the large population that hasn’t yet made the move from feature to smartphone, Mozilla is aiming to bring a $25 phone to India and Indonesia. The company doesn’t actually make hardware but instead has been working on its Firefox OS software to power low-cost phones. Speaking to th

Back in January at CES, the gaming-hardware company Razer jumped into the wearable technology race with theirannouncement of the Nabu. When CES ended, the Nabu was something we were eagerly awaiting, but since then news of the wristband has died down. Part of that silence is due to the fact that Raz

Pebble’s latest smartwatch will make its retail debut on Father’s Day. The company announced a deal with electronics chain Best Buy to start selling the Pebble Steel smartwatch on June 15. The watch will be available for $229 in two finishes: brushed stainless and black matte. Both watch

Uber, the smartphone-based ride-hailing and ride-sharing service that has London taxi drivers in uproar, has attempted to reach a peaceful compromise by allowing users to book a black cab through its app. The new UberTAXI option, which sits alongside the company’s uberX, EXEC and LUX services,

Intel announced an agreement today with WiTricity that could one day lead to the end of chargers and power adapters. WiTricity is a company that develops near-field resonant technology that allows simultaneous charging of multiple devices with differing power requirements. In other words they develo

In the realm of TVs, bigger is always better. Always. Maybe you’ve seen some 84, 110, or even 150-inch TVs, but I promise you that none of those can compare to the Titan Zeus, a massive 370-inch 4K TV with a $1.6 million price tag. How’s that for overcompensating? The Titan Zeus TV is a

Twitter plugged a security vulnerability in its popular TweetDeck application Wednesday, after disabling the system for over an hour earlier in the day to fix it. People logged into the service during the breach got odd pop-up messages. Their systems also randomly re-tweeted messages containing pote

It does seem to be a trend for flagship devices to arrive with a smaller version of an existing handset, and the Samsung Galaxy S5 is no different. While we have seen leaked images of the Samsung Galaxy S5 mini in the past alongside being seen on Samsung Finland’s website, here is yet another set [&

The OnePlus One smartphone, a handset that actually requires you to be in possession of an invitation before you can actually make a purchase, has apparently seen its launch delayed due to an OpenSSL bug that is touted to be a whole lot more serious than originally expected. The folks over at Cyanog

China’s Alibaba Group is buying UCWeb, one of the nation’s top mobile browser companies, in a deal that will give the e-commerce giant a bigger reach with smartphone users. It’s unclear how much Alibaba is paying for the company, but it already owns a 66 percent stake in UCWeb. As part of the deal,

When it comes to hardware leaks, @evleaks is no stranger. In fact, virtually all pre-release press renders show up online through his account. So it’s no surprise to see a T-Mo Samsung device being leaked earlier today. The device in question is the Galaxy Avant, a smartphone we know very little abo

Mobile messaging company Tango is announcing a new way for companies like Spotify and 500px to push updates and content to consumers through a service called Tango Channels. At first blush, this might sound like a new ad program, but that’s not exactly it. Turns out that Tango already runs in-stream

Alcatel did unveil the sequel to their One Touch Idol X smartphone earlier this year after some alleged images of the handset leaked out alongside the possibility of the sequel beingaccompanied by smart devices, calling it the Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ in order to keep things nice and simple. While