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Ambulance drones could save heart attack victims

One of the most important considerations in emergency medical treatment is response time. Now, an engineering graduate at Delft University of Technology has created a rapid response drone to do...

AT&T gets sued by the FTC for throttling unlimited data customers

AT&T is facing blowback from a decision it made back in 2011 to throttle some of its unlimited data customers today in the form of a new lawsuit from the...

MovieTickets.com makes it easier to use movie tickets on your phone

Sure, digital tickets allow you to skip the printer before heading to see Gone Girl or Fury, but you still have to get the scan of approval before nabbing the...

Twitter disappoints investors with recent growth numbers

Twitter said Monday its monthly active user base expanded to 284 million users during the July-to-September quarter, an increase of 13 million over the previous three-month period. While that might...

UK lawmakers want to send computer hackers to prison for life

Lawmakers in the United Kingdom are currently considering changes to the country’s criminal code that could result in hackers being locked up for longer than murderers or bank robbers. Various...

Wi-Fi network causes flight in LA to be delayed

A Los Angeles International Airport flight bound for London was cancelled Sunday when a passenger's phone picked up the Wi-Fi signal "al-Quida Free Terror Nettwork" that was emanating from a...

LG’s G Watch R is making its way to AT&T

If you happen to be on the lookout for a new smartwatch that you would like to wear around your wrist and flaunt it, why not choose from a model...

The Vatican is digitizing thousands of rare and important manuscripts

Don’t you think that it is long overdue for the Vatican to perform a digital scan of all of its manuscripts? After all, the Vatican happens to be an organization,...

Vivo is reportedly working on an insanely thin 3.8mm smartphone

With thin being the new must have in any new tablet or smartphone launched these days, it’s no surprise that manufacturers have been pushing their devices to the limit these...

FCC issues $10 million fine for user privacy breaches

The FCC usually frets over issues like fair network access and next-generation technology, but it's now concerned about your privacy, too. The agency has just issued its first fines over...

Thousands of Hungarians are protesting the country’s “Internet Tax”

Trouble is brewing in Hungary, as thousands of concerned citizens took to the streets in Budapest to protest a new proposed tax on internet use. Over 10,000 protesters marched through...

IBM wants to use its technology to help fight Ebola

The battle of humanity against the scourge known as Ebola rages on, and it is extremely encouraging to see different facets rise up and make a stand. IBM will make...

A drone almost took down a passenger plane in the UK

In a report from the UK’s Airprox Board, it was mentioned that the co-pilot of an AT72 that flew close to London did experience a close call, where it went...

Elon Musk compares developing AI to summoning a demon

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, said Friday that artificial intelligence is probably the biggest threat to humans. Musk, who addressed MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics...

Lenovo has unveiled its own fitness tracker

Nobody is surprised anymore now when a company launches a wearable device. It is the hot trend in the market these days and most people actually expect their favorite technology...

Solar trees are taking root in Israel

All trees convert sunlight into chemical energy, but now there are trees that convert sunlight into power to charge devices, cool water, offer free Wi-Fi and more for the benefit...

Twitter comes to Twitpic’s rescue at the last second

If you’ve missed the recent Twitpic hullabaloo, the third-party Twitter image host, one of the biggest in operation, has been threatened with closure since April, when Twitter challenged it with...

This haptic exoskeleton brings virtual reality to the next level

Chinese company Dexta Robotics set out to develop a hand motion-capturing device last year, but instead of creating a glove like everybody else, they designed an impressively affordable exoskeleton. This...

Italy wants to revive its economy with free Wi-Fi

What would you do to stimulate a sluggish economy? Push tourism? Cut taxes? Well, Italy is trying something a little different: free public WiFi. Over 100 legislators have proposed spending...

Researchers are using drones to track malaria

America's got pretty good at using drones to hunt and kill big tangible things, but Hellfire missiles and Reapers aren't all that good at tracking little insects. But that hasn't...