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Spotify Connect turns your smartphone into a music remote

Sometimes getting off the couch to change the song that’s playing takes too much effort. Luckily, Spotify feels your pain. The music streaming service now lets you use your phone...

ISS performs evasive maneuvers to avoid space junk

The International Space Station (ISS) has been forced to fire the thrusters of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in order to maneuver the station and its crew out of the...

Amazon announces a new voice-command device called Echo

The announcement of Amazon Echo came as a surprise earlier this week and left some scratching their heads, wondering what in the world Amazon is thinking. While Amazon has been...

Lasers may soon be used to obliterate space junk

The earth is right now creaking under the weight of close to 7 billion people, and it goes without saying that the more one consumes, the more there is a...

Home Depot hackers also stole millions of email addresses

The hackers that got into Home Depot's computers didn't only steal 56 million credit card details, the company has recently discovered that they also got away with 53 million email...

Cyborg cockroaches could help save human lives

Controlling cockroaches with electrical 'backpacks' is one of those science experiments that's simultaneously quite cool and ethically grey. What might make you feel better, though, is the knowledge that those...

Lytro intends to share its next-generation camera technology

Lytro and their light field photo technology is an interesting combination to say the least. Well, what good is there if you were to keep all the good stuff just...

SparkLabs to launch a startup accelerator in South Korea’s “smart city”

SparkLabs, one of the leading incubators in Seoul’s rapidly growing startup ecosystems, announced today that it will launch its Internet of Things Accelerator in Songdo International Business District in early...

HealthCare.gov is getting a cybersecurity upgrade

The launch of Healthcare.gov, the US government's health insurance website, was beset with technical problems so severe that only six people were able to enroll on its first day in...

Lenovo reports impressive quarterly results

Lenovo outed its financial report for the quarter ending in September 2014 and the news is great for the Chinese manufacturer. Out of $10.5 billion in revenue, the company made...

DICE has ported battlefield 4 over to iOS

DICE has been able to successfully port parts of Battlefield 4 over to iOS, the developer has revealed. While DICE stresses that the project is only a tech demo, the...

Dell expands its lineup of Venue-branded tablets

Dell has announced a trio of new Venue-branded tablets for both Android and Windows users at its Dell World 2014 event in Austin, Texas. The new lineup starts with the Venue...

This wearable device collects health data from your ear

There are more options than ever if you're in the market for a wearable fitness tracker that will encourage you to get off the couch and get active. But what...

Sony now offers unlocked Xperia Z3s in the US

Sony's new Xperia Z3 flagship has been spreading itself in the United States, while Verizon also come out with their own variation. The device has so far been locked down...

Ford is tracking police cruisers to cut down on speeding cops

You've probably seen a police cruiser or two barrel down the road without an apparent suspect in sight and wondered, who, exactly, you could call to complain. To improve public...

Scribd takes aim at Audible by adding audibooks to its subscription service

Scribd is about to give Audible a serious run for its money. Today it's adding an audiobooks section to its ebooks subscription service, giving its customers access to more than...

Madrona Venture Group leads $8 million investment into Shippable

Shippable, a startup with tools to help developers deploy correctly functioning code fast, has landed an $8 million funding round. The new cash, announced today, will help Shippable develop its...

EFF asks Congress for permission to revive “abandoned” online games

It's great that many games have strong online components, but there's a dark side to that connectedness: if the developers (or their partners) shut down necessary servers, those titles are...

Qualcomm is facing investigations on three fronts: US, EU, and China

Chipmaker Qualcomm is facing regulatory investigations in the U.S. and Europe in addition to an ongoing anti-monopoly probe in China. The company is struggling to collect royalties from its patent...

Amazon is playing around with the idea of taxi deliveries

When it comes to the world of delivery, there is definitely one name that would pop up from time to time in people’s minds – and that name would be...