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Smartphone passcodes are protected by the Fifth Amendment

For the handful of you who've never seen a courtroom scene in a movie or television show where the Fifth Amendment is used, it's essentially the part of the Constitution...

YouTube's ad-free subscription service might finally launch next month

YouTube has been rumored to be working on a subscription-based video service for years, but it wasn't until this year that we actually started seeing evidence of such a service. YouTube Music...

LG has started teasing its new dual-display V10 smartphone

With less than a week to go before LG's upcoming event in New York City, the company ha started building up hype for one of the announcements with a 15-second...

America and China have reached a cyber-espionage undertsanding

It looks like President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping  have reached a "common understanding" regarding cyber-espionage between the two countries. Both countries have vowed to never conduct or knowingly support the theft of intellectual property...

Bethesda continues to build hype with short Fallout 4 teasers

We're less then two months away from the Fallout 4 launch, and Bethesda is stoking the hype flames with bits and pieces of information every few days that come in...

Google voice search is now much faster and more accurate

Voice commands can be frustratingly and hilariously inaccurate at times, as anyone who done a voice search on their smartphone can tell you, but it doesn't have to be that...

You can now watch Netflix using virtual reality headsets

2016 is shaping up to be the Year of Virtual Reality, because pretty much every virtual reality headset worth noting is expected to launch sometime during the year, including the...

ZTE is working on a new tablet under its Axon line

Even with next to no traditional marketing, the ZTE Axon still managed to pop up on everyone's radar thanks to its high-end specs and premium feel, both of which come...

CNN will live-steam the Democratic debate in virtual reality

OnePlus got a good bit of press for hosting the world's first virtual reality product announcement, but CNN is about to blow that achievement out of the water. Following the success...

BlackBerry has confirmed that it's releasing an Android phone this year

BlackBerry has finally confirmed what everyone already knew: it's working on an Android smartphone known as the BlackBerry Priv and it's launching later this year. This was confirmed by CEO...

Lithium-ion batteries may soon be a thing of the past

It's easy to forget just how essential lithium-ion batteries are to our daily lives. These rechargeable batteries are what supply power to pretty much every mobile device you own, from...

Xiaomi's first laptop is expected to launch sometime next year

We can add this report from the Taipei Times to the ever-growing list of rumors that Xiaomi is working on its own laptop. The report quotes Richard Lee, the chairman...

WASP is planning to 3D print ultra-affordable houses for people

I still remember how amazed I was when I first saw someone create a 3D-printed wrench, but after seeing what the people at World’s Advanced Saving Project (WASP) are doing...

This psychologist thinks that giving your kid an iPad is child abuse

For decades, parents have been plopping their kids in front of screens in order to distract and entertain them for a few hours instead of having to actively watch them....

The Star Wars Battlefront open beta test starts in two weeks

We've known that beta testing for Star Wars Battlefront would be open to everyone on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One sometime before the game launched, and now we know when. Electronic Arts...

Facebook has renamed Internet.org to Free Basics

Facebook has done some controversial things in its time, but Internet.org may be one of the most widely-debated. The app and mobile website are supposed to bring free Internet access...

EA might be working on a Netflix-like service for video games

Subscription-based entertainment is really common nowadays, with companies like Netflix and Spotify making billions by offering people unlimited access to a bunch of content for a small monthly fee, but one area where...

BlackBerry's first Android smartphone will be known as the Priv

As cool of a name as Venice is, it's just a codename for BlackBerry's first Android smartphone, and nobody expected it to actually launch with that name. Instead, the device...

DraftKings is bringing online gambling to the world of eSports

You could fill a library with all the arguments on Internet forums about whether eSports are actually sports or not, but they're definitely a competition, and that's good enough for...

The next Roku will have something big that the new Apple TV lacks

Although its doubtful that Roku's position at the top of the market for digital media players will be threatened anytime soon, that doesn't mean the company can just ignore the...