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Hydrogen vehicles will soon be more viable in the Northeastern US

Toyota has announced that it's upcoming fuel cell vehicle will be called the Mirai and that it's building a network of hydrogen stations in the US Northeast to support it....

The US military wants to restore its technological edge

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has warned that the Pentagon's technological edge is eroding, and the development of new technologies is necessary to maintain military dominance in the 21st century....

Autonomous robotic security guards are almost a reality

You might not see quite so many security guards on the beat in the future. After roughly a year of work, Knightscope is almost ready to deploy the K5, a...

Tennessee may soon house the world’s fastest supercomputer

The arms race in terms of computer power is not one that is set to cease and desist anytime soon. If anything, it does look as though the competition is...

Ford uses technology to cross practicality and performance

Most of the best technology used today in the automotive industry has to do with connectivity, safety, and integration. Ford has been focused on using technology to make performance easier...

Uber’s revenue has been leaked and it’s pretty impressive

Mobile ride hailing startup Uber is expected to hit an annual revenue run rate of $10 billion by the end of 2015, sources told Business Insider’s Henry Blodget. Uber keeps...

Rosetta’s Philae lander has run out of battery power

Rosetta’s lander Philae, which made a historic touchdown on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko earlier this week, has run out of battery power, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Saturday. In a...

BlackBerry has no plans to enter the Chinese market

John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, said he has no plans of expanding into China despite admitting it’s “too big a market to ignore.” In an interview with Reuters, Chen said...

Man injects NFC chips into his hands to become a Bitcoin wallet

Any serious Bitcoin user will preach the benefits of cold storage: keeping the bulk of your bitcoins offline somewhere, like on an encrypted USB stick, or even printed on a...

Uber and Spotify are joining forces

It looks like Uber is taking another step to separate its service from any other car ride. The company will announce a partnership with Spotify on Monday to let passengers...

The FCC questions the reasoning behind AT&T’s fiber rollout pause

The fallout from President Barack Obama's push to reclassify internet access as a public utility was immediate, and no one reacted faster the nation's telecom giants. Most issued remarks that...

US Navy deploys its first ever functional laser weapon

It's official: the US Navy has entered the future. Vice Admiral John Miller tells Bloomberg that the USS Ponce, an amphibious transport, has been using the Navy's Laser Weapon System...

AT&T says that it no longer forces “perma-cookies” on its users

In late October, researchers discovered that AT&T and Verizon attach tracking numbers to the web traffic coming from their customers' phones, in order to keep an eye on their online...

Bitcoin startup Coinbase wants to raise another $60 million in funding

Bitcoin startup Coinbase is seeking to raise another round of funding, which could add $60 million in new capital before it’s finished. According to sources, however, the company has faced...

Ford, UPS, Visa, and Bank of America are also fighting for net neutrality

As we’ve mentioned before, the debate over net neutrality isn’t just one of government-versus-business but one of business-versus-business. While we already knew that big-name Internet companies such as Netflix are...

Ted Cruz compares Obama’s net neutrality proposal to Obamacare

Senator Ted Cruz had perhaps the most memorable reaction to Obama's Monday announcement about net neutrality: reclassifying broadband under common carrier laws was "Obamacare for the internet." Beyond the fact...

DirecTV begins rolling out 4K programming

Early last year, DirecTV registered a slew of 4K-branded trademarks to slap on its eventual UHD content roll out. None of those trademarks bubbled to the public eye, but the...

Amazon finally brings e-book sharing to the Kindle

Amazon has announced a Kindle update that will let you share books with someone else. The new Family Library feature gives you access to another Amazon user’s Kindle library. Amazon...

Reddit CEO resigns to escape the stress of leadership

After more than two years working as the CEO of one of the most popular websites in the world, Yishan Wong was exhausted. "I'm basically completely worn out, and it...

Ads have officially landed on Firefox’s new tab page

The Firefox browser, lagging its well-heeled rivals, will soon be serving up an array of ads to one and all. Mozilla, the nonprofit group that develops and updates the popular...