Amazon is going to be taking on UPS and FedEx
Amazon’s proposed drone delivery service may have a few hurdles to clear before it gets off the ground, but the e-commerce giant appears to be wasting little time with plans for another...
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FCC is taking heavy fire for its net neutrality plans
The FCC has had a rough couple days. Controversy exploded when a Wall Street Journal report warned that the commission is considering new rules that would tear down the core principles of net...
NTT DoCoMo to leave India due to challenging market
NTT DoCoMo wants to unload its investment in India’s seventh-largest cellular carrier, Tata Teleservices, in a retreat from India’s challenging market. Japan’s largest mobile telecommunications firm by subscribers said it wants...
Sony to launch massive PS4 Update 1.70 next week
Sony has announced the upcoming massive PS4 Update 1.70 will be arriving in Europe on April 30. A tweet from the company announced that the update, which includes both the SHAREfactory and option to...
Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 could be coming to China Mobile
Back in 2010 Samsung launched the original Samsung Galaxy Beam i8520. The phone ran Android 2.1 which was a bit outdated at the time as Android 2.2 launched just a...
3D-printed microscope can be created for as little as $2
A high powered lens that can be made at home and cost less than a cent is all set to transform your smart phone into a high-resolution microscope. It is...
Nanotechnology could help weed out fake olive oil
A new method of labeling olive oil could prevent fraud in the supermarket. By “labeling” oils with unique tags of DNA, regulators can make certain that supplies of olive oil...
Voicemails on two U.K. mobile providers are wide open to being hacked
With the phone-hacking scandal still playing out in the courts, it should be safe to assume that UK mobile operators have put measures in place protect customers' own voicemail inboxes....
Comcast accuses Netflix of purposely sabotaging its own streams
If your Netflix streams have stuttered in the past, you've likely blamed your ISP—but now, Comcast claims that Netflix has slowed down its own video streams. In a blog post, a...
NASA tests Orion, the safest spacecraft ever built for humans
The team designing the parachute system for NASA’s Orion spacecraft has demonstrated almost every parachute failure they could imagine. But on April 23, they tested how the system would perform if...
Huawei Ascend P7 leaks show off beefed-up specs
Huawei Ascend P7 is probably one of the worst kept secrets in the industry. It has leaked numerous times before in lots of live pictures, renders, certification authorities, benchmarks. Yesterday the famous @evleaks tipster also confirmed its...
Left 4 Dead creator releases interactive trailer for its new game
With each successive round of gaming consoles, developers get a little more inventive with the available technology. The same goes for how they tease their audience ahead of a game's launch. Turtle Rock...
Researcherscreate batteries that last longer than should be possible
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new and unconventional battery chemistry aimed at producing batteries that last longer than previously thought possible. In a...
Special “Power Suit” lets you purchase things by swiping your sleeve
The ‘Power Suit’, tailored by M.J. Bale and powered by Heritage Bank‘s cutting-edge payment technology, enables the wearer to purchase items at any Visa payWave terminal simply by swiping their sleeve. Made...
NASA satellite data shows how much the Congo rainforest has declined
It will be a profound irony if NASA’s lasting value will be to document from space the planet’s decline. Case in point: the agency released today a scientific visualization video showing the transition...
FCC thinks AT&T’s threat to boycott spectrum auction is a bluff
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said he doesn’t believe AT&T will sit out of the agency's highly anticipated airwaves auction next year. He pointed to AT&T's past insistence that it needs more...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi to enter 10 new markets
Xiaomi is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer that has experienced significant growth on its home turf in the four years it has been around. It is often referred to as the...
HBO is coming to Amazon Prime
Non-HBO subscribers will soon be able to watch some of the network's old TV shows, like "The Sopranos" and "The Wire," on Amazon Prime's streaming video service. Amazon described the deal as...
How the FCC is killing net neutrality
The Federal Communication Commission's proposal for new net neutrality rules will allow internet service providers to charge companies for preferential treatment, effectively undermining the concept of net neutrality. The rules...
Japan Display announces 10.1-inch 4K LCD tablet screen
There are several tablet options available in the market that offer high resolution displays. The iPad Air has a 2,048×1,536 pixel resolution display and Google’s Nexus 10 ups that with a 2,560×1,600 panel. What...