Justin.tv will be removing its built-in video archiving system
Live video broadcasting site Justin.tv is freeing up space. Lots of it. The site announced today that it will be deleting all archived broadcasts that are stored on its servers...
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Huawei has achieved 10.5Gbps with its new wi-fi standard
Don't look now, but the speedy WiFi router you just bought may already be old hat. Huawei has tested Wi-Fi based on a future standard that can hit 10.5Gbps - about 10 times faster...
Upcoming.org founder promises that he won’t sell out again
Upcoming.org was a collaborative events calendar website that launched in 2003. It was acquired by Yahoo! and was eventually shutdown. But the website’s founder Andy Baio wanted to revive the...
Oregon’s Governor wants to sue Oracle over failed Obamacare website
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said Thursday he is seeking to file a lawsuit against the contractor who built the state’s failed ObamaCare exchange, but the company says it isn’t to...
Uber is now offering on-demand air conditioner deliveries in NYC
As the weather in New York City starts to heat up and melt away everyone’s memories of winter, many are starting to feel the burn — of not owning an...
This man is responsible for ensuring that Snowden’s leaks don’t get hacked
High-stakes reporting like the Pulitzer Prize-winning NSA exclusives by Glenn Greenwald and others requires a great deal of security. Sources have to be protected at all costs, and valuable, classified...
Scientists can now create artificial blood vessels with 3D printing
Sure, we can now 3D print stem cells and even whole organs like kidneys, heart, liver and lungs. But 3D printing blood vessels? Now that was a challenge. A team from Brigham and...
The NSA has collected millions of facial images from across the web
The NSA isn't just interested in pure communications intelligence like call records; it wants to look for faces, too. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA has been using facial recognition software to...
Samsung has confirmed that it’s working on Tizen-based smart TVs
Global tech giant Samsung Electronics. Co. said Sunday it will unveil its SDK for the Tizen OS-based TVs, which can allow software developers to easily make new applications critical for...
The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has been arrested in Sweden
The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde — also known as Brokep — has reportedly been arrested in Sweden by police forces after a raid on a farm in the country's southern...
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 Mini could have the sensors as the regular S5
While many have been expecting Samsung to launch a mini version of the Galaxy S5 given the company's past habits, there have been questions about just what the smartphone would include. Would...
The head of Intel’s former TV division has abandoned ship
When Intel formally abandoned its IPTV project in a sale to Verizon, the team behind it transitioned as part of the deal. Now, only four months later, the man who's been...
How much extra money to consumers pay for phones thanks to royalty fees?
With all the patent litigation flying around, it’s reasonable to assume it will affect the price of a smartphone. If a case is lost or settled out of court, one...
The CleverPet is like a video game console for your dog
Leaving your dog at home as you head out in the morning can be a stressful affair, especially if the canine makes those heartbreaking whines or has a history of bad behavior...
AT&T and Verizon have almost the same exact number of US customers
AT&T and Verizon have long dominated the American cellular landscape, but there's always been a top dog (more recently, Verizon). In the first quarter of the year, however, something strange...
Snapchat’s CEO is under fire for crude, offensive emails sent in college
There are two ways to look at the sleazy emails Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel wrote when he was the social coordinator of his fraternity at Stanford. The emails describe him...
EA has reached a $40 million settlement with NCAA players
College football and basketball players have finalized a $40 million settlement with a video game manufacturer and the NCAA's licensing arm for improperly using the likenesses of athletes, leaving the...
MIT researchers have developed 3D-printed, self-assembling robots
If you thought that the 3D printed robot named Jimmy, which Intel has been showing off this past week was cool, then you will really be impressed by a project...
Dutch researchers are now one step closer to Star Trek-style teleportation
Set your phasers to stunned — researchers in the Netherlands have made a landmark breakthrough in the field of quantum teleportation that could one day see human beings getting beamed...
The US has sent two unarmed spy drones to Japan
A pair of unarmed Global Hawk surveillance drones have been deployed to Japan by the US Air Force, possibly to keep an eye on North Korea and naval operations in...