Official music charts in the UK will soon take streaming into account
Back in the day, we’d buy music by going to the record store, browsing the CDs, trying them out before making our decision. The process is much simpler these days...
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The Opera web-browser is now available on Linux
Opera has finally released a version of its popular browser for Linux. The Developer version of Opera 24 brings familiar Windows and Mac features to the open source platform and...
Silicon Valley giants have awarded $15 million in prizes to mathematicians
The Breakthrough Prize Foundation, which is funded by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, and investor Yuri Milner, just doled out five $3 million awards to cutting edge math...
A museum in New York now allows visitors to digitally modify the exhibits
Yes, the British Museum's interactive mummies exhibit sounds intriguing, but what if preserved corpses aren't your thing? If you're in New York, you can instead visit the Cooper Hewitt Design...
A team of students has created a house entirely out of garbage
One man’s meat is another man’s poison, or in another variant, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. The latter certainly rings true where the Waste House is concerned. The...
Lamp posts in Chicago could soon be used to track people and pollution
Apparently, Chicago is becoming even more like its Watch Dogs doppelganger than wefirst thought. Researchers are deploying networked, sensor-equipped lamp posts from this July onward to learn how they could...
A Chinese retailer is facing a $34.9 million fine for selling signal jammers
It has been said many times that a company is able to say what it likes within the confines of law, but where there is no law to regulate a...
Voxtok wants to revolutionize the Hi-Fi music experience
Sound is something that is subjective. Some listeners prefer more emphasis on the bass, while others prefer to stress on the clarity of the sound. Some don’t seem to bother...
Social Sweepster scrubs embarrassing photos from your social profiles
We’ve all taken photos that we shouldn’t have, but do you know what they are? Some might seem quite innocent to you, like a photo of you and your friends...
Andreessen has invested $90 million into cybersecurity firm, Tanium
Andreessen Horowitz is betting big on Tanium, a company that lets IT professionals manage hundreds of thousands of devices in real-time. The venture capital firm is investing $90 million in...
SBS is now the first Australian broadcaster to broadcast an HbbTV signal
Rather than waiting for Freeview's launch, SBS has gone live with its new Catch Up TV app. Freeview is in the final phase of testing its new FreeviewPlus Smart TV...
Verizon customers will soon be able to get their hand on the LG G Vista
Verizon customers will soon get to have LG G3's little sister, LG G Vista, after serial tipster @evleaks has recently leaked data about the Korean smartphone-maker's flagship phone. On Twitter,...
Samsung’s Galaxy F smartphone has made yet another appearance
Earlier this week Samsung formally announced the Galaxy S5 LTE-A. It has the same build and design as the Galaxy S5 which was released back in April, but the smartphone...
Over 300,000 servers are still vulnerable to Heartbleed
Over 300,000 servers out of the 600,000 that were vulnerable to Heartbleed are still unpatched two months after the nasty vulnerability in OpenSSL was discovered by a Google engineer. The...
Our Story is Snapchat’s genius expansion to its Stories feature
If you’re developing a hugely successful independent messaging app, you need to stay on your toes while the big names try and cash in on your idea. For Snapchat, that...
NASA want’s to study the dark matter in the universe with its new probe
NASA says it will send a new probe meant to understand the nature of mysterious dark energy, which makes up of about three-quarters of the universe and drives its endless...
Intel wants to bring a “kill switch” to laptops
Dirty rotten laptop thieves may want to consider another way to make a quick buck, as there are forces in play that will hopefully render this business model obsolete. Intel...
A new 9-inch Nexus tablet is being developed by HTC
It’s looking more and more likely Google is gearing up to ditch its Nexus line for a new Android Silver program. However, a fresh Android Police report suggests that’s not...
EA’s CEO discusses his plans for the company and its future
Electronic Arts Chief Executive Officer Andrew Wilson doesn't think that the glut of free-to-play content on mobile devices and other platforms make it harder to justify $60 console games. “It...
Sony’s CEO has promised to fix the company’s “money-losing structure”
Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai has vowed to help turn Sony around financially after years of losses at the company’s AGM. In spite of a very negative atmosphere at the shareholder...