IBM launches new series of software defined storage technologies
Storage is now marching down the same path as computing, approaching a future when all of an organization's storage systems can be mixed and managed as virtual pools. On Monday,...
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Samsung opens its new chip plant in Xi’an, China
Samsung has cut the ribbon to its new chip plant in Xi'an, China, which spans 230,000 square meters and cost US$7 billion to build. Operating since Friday, the facility produces 10-nanometer...
Alibaba’s cloud computing unit officially opens its Hong Kong data center
Alibaba Group's cloud computing unit has officially opened its Hong Kong data center, making it the fourth of such facility and a week after it launched its third in Beijing. Aliyun on...
FCC Chairman reportedly revises controversial net neutrality proposal
The Wall Street Journal reports that the head of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, is revising the commission's proposal to regulate broadband internet in response to enormous public outcry. The WSJ says the...
Textile designer Judit Eszter Karpati creates color changing fabric
Sure, the invisibility cloak that has been seen in numerous science fiction as well as fantasy movies have remained elusive, although there has been strides made in that department to date. How...
Telstra plans to provide 4G mobile broadband to Australian flights
Telstra may have Australia's most extensive 4G network, but now the telco is looking to conquer the heavens with 4Gtrials for in-flight use in aircrafts. While in-flight internet access is currently available using 3G or...
EA is pulling the plug on online functionality for dozens of games
Electronic Arts’ Online Services Updates page has added a long list of games that will lose online functionality come June 30. Some of the notable games on the list include Battlefield 2,...
64-bit Snapdragon 810 to make its debut in the Vega Secret Note handset
Back in 2013, Pantech announced the Vega Secret Note handset, which by all accounts appeared to be a competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. The handset is powerful in its own...
Xiaomi reportedly preparing to release its first tablet
A new tablet referred to as the "MiPad" is soon to be released from Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi. The launch of a tablet follows on Xiaomi's release of the Redmi Note, a...
Iran claims to have successfully recreated an American spy drone
Iran says it has “succeeded” in copying an American drone it captured in 2011 and will soon take the replicated aircraft on a test flight. State television in Iran broadcasted...
Intel finally introduces its new 9 Series chipsets
Today marks the official introduction of Intel's 9 Series chipset. Motherboards based on the chip have been selling for weeks, and we've even reviewed one of 'em, but the press embargo for...
Amazon patents taking pictures in front of white backgrounds
Today a photography blog unearthed another strange development in America’s ongoing patent train wreck: Amazon was recently awarded the intellectual rights to taking pictures of people in front of seamless white backgrounds. Critics of the...
Mozilla defends the use of sponsored tab pages for Firefox
Back in February, Mozilla announced that it was working on a replacement page for the ‘new tab’ view in its Firefox browser that would suggest content to users as well as offering sponsored...
Deutsche Telekom wants breakup fee exceeding $1 billion for Sprint deal
Similarly to the toll paid by AT&T following its unsuccessful bit to purchase T-Mobile, majority shareholder Deutsche Telekom is seeking a breakup fee of $1 billion if the proposed merger with Sprint...
Electric airplanes are one step closer to becoming a reality
While electric vehicles are gaining popularity in the automotive world, the aviation industry is also looking into ways to clean up its act. French firm Airbus is best known for...
Russia gives The Sims 4 an 18+ rating for allowing same-sex relationships
Russia has given The Sims 4 an 18+ rating because it allows for same-sex relationships. The Sims’ Russian Twitter account first announced the rating earlier this week. When a fan asked why The Sims...
Audi R8 to be the first car to light public roads with laser-enhanced lights
It might look like just another Audi R8, but Ingolstadt tells us this one is different: it is the limited edition Audi R8 LMX with laser-enhanced LED high-beam headlights. Audi introduced the laserlight...
High-tech biometric shirt monitors your body’s vitals
Most fitness wearables wrap around your wrist or clip to your belt, but the folks at OMsignal have distilled the category down to its most basic form: the shirt. "We've been wearing clothing all our lives,"...
Ten Senators express opposition to the FCC’s net neutrality proposal
The Federal Communications Commission isn’t expected to officially release an updated net neutrality proposal until May 15th, but that isn’t stopping activists from protesting an expected provision that would allow for...
China wants to build an underwater train across the Bering Strait to Alaska
Underwater travel is the next frontier of international transportation — if you are the kind of futurist who would believe a report made by a state-run Chinese news outlet. The Washington...