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Virtual reality isn’t science fiction anymore, it’s a rapidly growing and developing field that has a near infinite number of applications. While current offerings tend to be limited to virtual reality headsets that only work for a single person, Immersis wants to project virtual reality
Dutch scientists from the University of Twente have apparently discovered a way to see through opaque objects using light. By recording wavelengths from visible light that is able to pass through opaque objects, the scientists claim that they can create a usable image. This could have some major use
Foursquare has updated its service so that users will be able to find recommendations for local places without having to login or create an account for the service. Apparently the company has been looking to do this for a while now but the app’s framework was difficult to change, hence the del
When the FAA announced that it was about to release its proposed rule regarding the use of small drones, many people were preparing for the worst kind of regulatory nightmare possible. However, if some recently leaked documents are to be believed, the regulations aren’t nearly as bad as many h
Robbing banks used to be about busting into physical locations with Thompsons and and forcing employees to pack cash into burlap sacks. Nowadays, it’s about hacking into a banks computers and picking off hunks of cash over the course of several months. That’s exactly what happened to mor
The web would not be what it is today without the Adobe Flash Player but the Internet’s reliance on Flash makes it difficult to operate when your web browser doesn’t have the necessary plugins. That’s something that Mozilla wants to fix with a new project called Shumway that will e
Qualcomm has clearly dealt with the overheating issues that were supposedly plaguing its Snapdragon 810 mobile chip as new tests have shown that the 64-bit processor actually runs cooler than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 801. Better cooling means that smartphones that’re powered by the Snap
Alibaba and Tencent are probably the last company’s you’d expect to join forces but that’s exactly what the two Chinese web giants are doing with their respective cab-hailing apps, Kuaidi Dache and Didi Dache. The two have been united by a common enemy, one that has become the enem
Amazon Echo is more than just a competitor to Siri or Google Now, it’s supposed to be a voice-controlled hub for your smart home that allows you to control all of your gadgets without needing to use a remote. Unfortunately, the device is still an invite-only purchase but Mashable has been kind
Snapchat has been rolling out new features like crazy these past few months and the latest such update will come in the form of an update to its Our Stories feature. This feature only updates you with snaps from a certain location that can only be seen by people nearby and has traditionally only bee
Cloudera has been very successful in distributing the open-source big data software known as Hadoop, so successful that the company is apparently preparing to go public later this year. The company was valued at $4.1 billion last year after Intel abandoned its own Hadoop distribution and decided to
President Obama spoke at an important cybersecurity summit yesterday that was intended to address the massive increase in cyberattacks and data leaks in the past few years and how to combat them. There was hope that the summit would help bridge the gap between the public and private sectors in this
