China wants to require companies to install backdoors too
If it's alright for America to do it than its alright for us to do it. For decades, that's been how the world works, with America's actions essentially determining what...
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Huawei promotes its upcoming smartwatch in two new videos
Huawei has released two new promotional videos on its official YouTube channel for its upcoming Android Wear-powered smartwatch. Known as the Huawei Watch, the first video is a showy clip of...
Western developers want a piece of China’s mobile gaming market
When you're dealing with a $4.4 billion market, people will overcome just about any obstacle to get a piece of it, which is exactly what Western developers are doing with the...
Tim Cook says we shouldn’t sacrifice privacy for so-called security
While we can all agree that terrorists need to be eliminated, the kind of role we should play in their elimination is debatable. If you ask Apple CEO Tim Cook,...
Apparently smart whisky bottles are a thing now
Have you ever thought someone might be taking sips of your whisky but you couldn't be sure? Well that's what you get for using a regular old dumb whisky bottle....
Lenovo promises not to shovel as much crap onto your computer
Lenovo has been trying to clean up the massive mess that was left behind when the Superfish adware scandal hit, and it's not doing very well. In order to rebuild...
Have you ever been harassed on Twitter?
We've talked about Twitter's harassment issue many times, and so has the company's CEO. Dick Costolo has promised to deal with the issue personally and there have been a few measures...
Blogger reverses its anti-porn policy following major backlash
Remember a few days ago when Google announced that Blogger accounts which host sexually explicit images will be made private next month? Yeah, people weren't very happy about that and now...
PayPal is no longer processing payments for Mega
Mega has always conformed with relevant laws and responded in a timely manner whenever content owners need to have something removed from the site. This hasn't stopped the website from...
Could the Swiss solution to smartwatches really work?
More so than banks, cheese, and multi-purpose knives, the Swiss are known for their watches and few things have threatened their dominance in the market more than the rise of...
Why is Twitter tracking people’s phone numbers?
Twitter has become polluted with bullies and trolls, this is something that even CEO Dick Costolo has admitted. Costolo promised that he's going to personally address this issue and, true to his...
DataStreamX wants to take the pain out of trading big data
We live in world that revolves around big data, and its only going to become more dependent on data as time goes by. Even so, the process of buying and...
EPIC wants the FTC to investigate Samsung’s all-hearing smart TVs
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) hasn't bought into Samsung's claims that its smart TVs aren't listening in to people's conversations and has decided to take the matter to the FTC....
The massive Gemalto hack may have been too sophisticated to stop
A few days ago it was revealed that the GCHQ and NSA had conducted one of their most daring spying operations to date which involved hacking the world's largest manufacturer of SIM...
VAIO could be working on its own smartphone
VAIO's return to relative independence after being dropped by Sony isn't just going be heralded by a couple of laptop/tablet hybrids, the company is apparently looking to get into the...
Harrison Ford will be returning for Blade Runner 2
Great news for cyberpunk fans everywhere, Harrison Ford is currently in negotiations to return to his role as Rick Deckard in the highly-anticipated Blade Runner sequel. The film will take place...
Send the government your fingerprints or lose your cell phone service
As with most developing nations, mobile use in Pakistan has been growing at a dizzying pace these past few years with an estimated 100+ million citizens using cell phones. The Pakistani...
California could be getting its first hyperloop test track soon
Elon Musk may have come up with hyperloop but it's unaffiliated organizations like Hyperloop Transportation Technologies that're bringing the revolutionary rapid transit technology to reality. The organization has revealed a plan...
Rhapsody keeps losing money despite gaining revenue
The digital music business is brutal and competitive, just ask Rhapsody International. The parent company of Rhapsody and Napster has posted a $21.3 million loss despite the fact that its revenue saw a 23%...
Less than 40% of the world connects to the Internet at least once
Here in the West, many of us complain about how crappy our Internet connection is and how annoyed we are that we have to pay so much for it. In...