Japanese man arrested for having a 3D-printed gun
A twenty-seven year old Japanese man was arrested on suspicion of printing and possessing guns. This is the first instance of such an arrest being made in Japan. According to ANN...
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U.S. House votes unanimously to end the NSA’s bulk metadata collection
Lawmakers in the US House have unanimously voted to end the National Security Agency's bulk phone metadata collection program. Members of Congress were voting on the USA Freedom Act, a bill introduced...
Hipstamatic takes on Vine with new Cinamatic app
A couple of years ago, the Hipstamatic app was a pretty popular app for taking photos. One of its unique features was the ability to purchase “film”, which was essentially...
Sony’s plans for E3 2014 have reportedly been leaked
E3 is probably the biggest video game expo of the year and we’re about a month away from it taking place. Now we expect that major companies, developers, and publishers...
Bethesda delays The Elder Scrolls Online for consoles by six months
The Elder Scrolls Online won't venture onto consoles in June if Bethesda's own FAQ page is to be believed. The page has subsequently been altered with no mention of a delay visible. "The...
Netflix to begin streaming Breaking Bad in 4K resolution
"Breaking Bad," the popular AMC series that ended its run several months ago, will look just a little better to those who 4K-resolution televisions, Netflix has confirmed. The company says that...
Paid-for micro-blogging platform App.net is going open source
Would-be Twitter rival App.net today shed some light on its first major round of subscription renewals, and the outlook isn't so good. The "state of the union" starts off on a positive...
Samsung’s rumored Galaxy S5 mini could be called the Galaxy S5 Dx
So we have been hearing a lot of rumors that Samsung is planning a smaller Galaxy S5 handset which is tentatively known as the Galaxy S5 mini. This naming scheme hardly comes as...
Coca-Cola uses drones to deliver drinks to workers in Singapore
A few weeks back, drones buzzed up to high-rises under construction in Singapore and dropped off cans of Coke to the migrant workers building the towers. Tucked into the care...
Most companies in the U.K. aren’t ready to handle a DDoS attack
New research released by Neustar suggests that the majority of UK businesses are unprepared to cope with the threat of DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks are a common method for cyberattacks to disrupt...
Nitendo reports $229 million in losses after abysmal Wii U sales
Nintendo sank to a loss for the fiscal year ended March as sales of its Wii U game machine continued to lag, but the Japanese manufacturer of Pokemon and Super...
Over three billion people expected to be on the web by the end of the year
Figures released by ITU indicate that, by end 2014, there will be almost 3 billion Internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world, and that the number of...
Samsung’s new security software Knox 2.0 launches on the Galaxy S5
Samsung's Knox 2.0 Workspace platform is now available on the Galaxy S5 smartphone worldwide, as the company attempts to boost security and lure enterprise users to the brand in the...
Marketing analytics company Convertro gets acquired by AOL
A day before its quarterly results, AOL has announced another acquisition to beef up its ad tech operations. It is buying Convertro, a marketing optimization platform, for $101 million – $89 million in cash, $2...
HP wants to invest $1 billion in open-source cloud computing
Hewlett-Packard will invest over $1 billion in open-source cloud computing products and services over the next two years. The tech giant announced on Wednesday that its OpenStack-based public cloud service, set under a...
Audio streaming service TuneIn relaunches its mobile app
What do you do to improve a service with over 50 million active users? Why, totally revamp it of course. It sounds crazy, but that's exactly what TuneIn, an audio...
Trademark checking tool TrademarkNow raises $3.5 million in funding
London-based Balderton Capital has invested $3.5 million in trademark checking tool, TrademarkNow, continuing its European start-up spending spree. TrademarkNow, launched just over a year ago and headquartered in Helsinki, is...
Tech leaders urge California to increase computer education in schools
Leaders of key technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Twitter and Salesforce.com have written to the Governor of California Jerry Brown offering to partner with the state to increase computer education...
U.K. retailer Tesco is launching its own smartphone
British supermarket giant Tesco says it is planning to launch its own smartphone before the end of this year, as it looks to build on the success it has seen with the...
This smartwatch prototype doubles as a joystick
A smartwatch is more often than not seen as a kind of productivity tool that will enhance your smartphone or tablet device, allowing you to be notified of an incoming email or...