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We still know next to nothing about Faraday Future, but that might change tomorrow. The electric vehicle company, which could be both a Tesla-killer and an Uber-killer, will be unveiling the concept vehicle it’s spent the last few weeks teasing, one that it claims will require us to

With the FAA having finally started implementing comfortable drone regulations, the most-popular drone manufacturer in the world has decided to appease the agency a bit with something called Geospatial Environment Online (GEO). Made by DJI, this new features allows the Chinese company’s d

Both the developed and developing worlds have been undergoing massive amounts of urbanization over the last century, and that trend is expected to continue for the next several decades. It’s believed that 86% of the developed world and 64% of the developing world will be urbaniz

Believe it or not, there was a time when people thought Foursquare was going to become the next Facebook, but the company has faded into relative obscurity over the last couple of years, and now it’s worth less than half of what it was just two years ago. Though it doesn’t look like

At team of researchers from Cornell University have developed a new type of polymer that’s able to remove pollutants from water in a matter of seconds. Led by associate professor of chemistry Will Dichtel, the team was able to develop a porous form of cyclodextrin, which is the same mater

After assessing the damage to the reusable rocket it recently launched, Elon Musk claims SpaceX found nothing of note, and that the rocket is ready to launch again. The ability to reuse rockets will be a massive step forward for space missions, as they’ll significantly reduce the time and reso

Samsung has proven time and time again that it’s not afraid to try new things, and t’s willingness to experiment is one of its biggest strengths. Dual-edge displays and phablets are two examples of experiments that have paid off, and Samsung is hop

As China’s mobile market continues to mature and saturate, all eyes are turning to India as the country’s mobile market continues to boom. Earlier this week, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India announced that the country has become the second in the world to reach one billion

The Pirate Bay has spent most of the year hopping from domain to domain in order to avoid being taken down by law enforcement, but a series of domain seizures over the last few months have whittled away the website’s arsenal, and now it’s being forced to use its .ORG and .SE do

For those of you who aren’t familiar, Politwoops is a website that allows people to see all the stupid crap that politicians have said on Twitter, even if those tweets were deleted. It’s a brilliant service, and one that more people should be taking advantage of, but the problem is,

For the average Internet users, Tor is easily the most-effective tool for maintaining anonymity and bypassing government censorship, and this is due in large part to the fact that the Tor Project works to hard to maintain the service and ensure that bugs and vulnerabilities are always bein

Commercial and consumer drones are exploding in popularity right now, and Qualcomm wants a piece of the action. Naturally, the company doesn’t want to sell its own drones, it wants to sell the hardware that powers the drones, which it intends to do with a modified version of its Snapdragon chi

Uber proved long ago that it’s more than just a ride-sharing company. It’s now more of a crowd-sourced transportation platform that transports both goods and people in a variety of ways, but it still limits itself to local transportation. Even that limitation might be

Most people are reluctant just to purchase a smartwatch, let alone other kinds of wearable gadgets, but that isn’t stopping Samsung from popping out even more niche wearables with questionable usefulness. To be fair, all of the devices that come from its Creative Lab a

The LG G4 was a solid device, but when you’re competing in the extremely crowded market for high-end smartphones, just being solid isn’t enough. Things might be different with next year’s LG flagship, however, as a new leak suggests the device might be one of the mos

Whether it was to cash in the Steam card they got for Christmas or take advantage of the ongoing Winter Sale, thousands of Steam users encountered a frightening glitch in the system when they tried to interact with the Steam store or view their account information. The glitch was causing person

With more money comes more responsibility, and following the news that Congress will be increasing NASA’s budget by $1.3 billion in 2016, it appears that $55 million of that budget has to be used to develop a deep space habitat for astronauts to use during future exploration mis

Earlier this week, we heard rumors that Samsung was planning to release the 5.2-inch Galaxy S7 and the 5.5-inch Galaxy S7 Edge within the next few months, which is hardly surprising news. What is a bit surprising is the newer rumors, which claim that the company actually intends to release four vers

This year, Instacart managed to more than triple its staff to around 300 employees, but it won’t be nearly as aggressive with its hiring next year. This isn’t necessarily an indication that the grocery delivery startup is doing poorly, but rather that it’s matured to the point

What separates Massdrop from other e-commerce companies is that it runs on something the founders of the company call “community-driven commerce.” The products that are sold on Massdrop are decided by the users, who discuss what they’re interested in and wh

The ride-sharing market isn’t exactly crowded, but it’s extremely competitive. Uber is the only ride-sharing service that operates on a global scale, and is the undisputed market leader, but it still has to work for its money. A number of local ride-sharing services h

It might seem like electric vehicles are quickly taking over the automotive industry, but as the Vienna-based Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) claims, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. In its annual World Oil Outlook report, the organization claims that

Being able to regularly monitor your pulse is cool and all, but Samsung wants to take fitness trackers to the nest level with the Bio-Processor, a new chip that’s supposed to bring much more functionality to next year’s fitness trackers. The chip enables fitness trackers to mon

Earlier this month, China launched its Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) into space, and it’s already starting to send back data. Developed by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, alongside researchers from the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Italy and

The last few years haven’t been kind to Taiwanese technology companies, and though there are a few exceptions, HTC isn’t one of them. The company has been struggling for a while now, to the point where many industry analysts believe its days may be numbered, but CEO and chairwo

The Russian government has been practically synonymous with corruption for decades, and in few areas has this been more noticeable and detrimental than the country’s space agency. That’s why President Putin has decided to dissolve the agency and turn it into a state-run corporation,

Game of Thrones has won or been nominated for numerous awards over the years, but there’s one award that I’m sure the people at HBO would much rather live without, and Game of Thrones just won it for the fourth year in a row. Though it’s not actually an award, Game of Thrones once

Faraday Future has made it clear that it wants to reinvent cars as we know them, but how the company intends to do that has been a mystery, until now. Lead designer Richard Kim recently gave Tech Insider an unprecedented amount of detail regarding the company’s plans, claiming that i

The Xiaomi Mi5 may very well be the most-leaked smartphone of the year, and one of the most-anticipated, which is funny considering that it’s not even going to be released this year. If rumors are to be believe, it was originally scheduled to be released late this year, but overheating issues

Most of the rumors we’ve been hearing about the Galaxy S7 claim the smartphone will be released shortly after next year’s Mobile World Congress ends on February 25th, but Reuters is reporting that the company might actually launch the Galaxy S7 at an Unpacked event a couple of

Thanks to Amazon’s notorious secrecy regarding certain aspects of its business, we’re still not sure how many people are subscribed to Amazon Prime, but the company decided to give us an idea of how popular it is on Sunday. According to the company, more than three million

There was a time when Theranos was one of the most-promising startups in the world, but now it’s having to fight off wave after wave of accusations that, should they prove to be true, will undoubtedly be fatal to the company. Business is already starting to suffer from these accusations, which

Despite the numerous protests of Western technology companies, and even a warning from President Obama himself, China’s legislature voted unanimously to pass the country’s controversial new anti-terrorism law. As with most laws that claim to be designed to combat

ASUS has been fairly successful in its attempts to become less reliant on its PC business with its recent smartphones, but it doesn’t want its diversification efforts to be limited to just the mobile market. We already know that the company is working with Microsoft to create its own

Companies are only just now experimenting with the idea of bringing holograms to consumer electronics, but a group of researchers from the University of Tokyo is already bringing the technology to the next level. It’s one thing to be able to interact with holograms, or even manipulate them thr

Being able to work with some of the most-popular celebrities in the world is one of the perks that comes with being owned by Facebook, and it looks like Oculus intends to take full advantage of that perk. Beats proved that getting LeBron James to promote your product can be a massive boost to your [

If there’s one thing that Twitter has in abundance, other than spam bots, it’s trolls. The sheer amount of malicious users on Twitter has caused many people to stop using the service entirely, which is obviously the last thing the company wants. That’s why it’s been maki

Most consumer electronics companies see their revenue spike during the holiday season, but Fitbit sold so many of its fitness trackers this Christmas that the accompanying Fitbit app was the most-popular app on the app store this week. Beating out the likes of Instagram and YouTube, the Fitbit app t

In contrast to Uber’s aggressive international expansion, Lyft has chosen to focus all of its attention on its home market, but despite the fact that it only operates in the United States, the ride-sharing service is actually attracting a lot of foreign investment. The most-notable o

Anyone who’s looked at investment trends in China over the last couple of years has probably noticed that investors there really, REALLY like delivery startups. Billions of dollars are being poured into everything from laundry delivery startups to food delivery startups, and Alibaba just spent