Upcoming Avatar sequels will be shot back-to-back in 4K
James Cameron has made a career out of pushing the boundaries of technology in his movies, and once again the director is planning on using the most cutting edge tech to...
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World’s first Bitcoin vending machine gets installed at a cigar shop in Albuquerque
Many years from now, a cigar shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico will have gone done in history for having the first Bitcoin vending machine available to the public in the...
Seattle energy company plans $200 million wind farm off the coast of Oregon
The mighty winds that blow through Texas, Oklahoma and elsewhere in the United States aren’t as mighty or as consistent as the gusts out in the oceans. But 13 years after...
ISS to launch largest single constellation of Earth-imaging satellites into space
It is often said that if everyone had the opportunity to see Earth from the perspective of astronauts in space, respect and admiration for our planet would grow and the...
12-year-old creates an affordable braille printer with LEGOs
For those of you who thought baking soda volcanoes made for a pretty sweet science fair project, 12-year-old Shubham Bannerjee’s entry will absolutely blow you away. It’s an actual working...
AT&T’s first transparency report shows 300,000 requests for customer data
If one silver lining exists from all of the news surrounding the U.S. government’s increasingly invasive data requests from communications companies, it’s the new trend of transparency reports. Following Verizon’s report last month, AT&T...
Cloud app security software startup Elastica raises $6.3 million in funding
Cloud app security software startup Elastica emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $6.3 million in Series A funding. The San Jose company led by CEO Rehan Jalil said that the funding came from...
Attackers are scanning ther internet for systems vulnerable to a flaw in SEMP
Symantec Endpoint Protection, developed by the US-based Symantec Corporation, was shipped without removing several critical security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities were discovered in a routine '99er' security crash test by experts...
U.S. to begin deploying lasers and electromagnetic rail guns within two years
Some of the Navy's futuristic weapons sound like something out of "Star Wars," with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds. That...
Chinese mobile payment industry rose to a whopping $1.59 trillion in 2013
There’s been a lot of talk about how mobile payments are on the rise in China and now statistics from the People’s Bank of China have shed some light on how huge...
Oracle and Rimini Street both claim victory in long-running legal dispute
A federal judge has ruled that Rimini Street infringed copyrights on Oracle’s PeopleSoft ERP software in the course of providing third-party support to customers, but decided in favor of Rimini...
Gabe Newell assures Steam users that Valve doesn’t track your browser history
Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has responded to claims that Steam's Valve Anti-Cheat system reads domains users visit and sends this information back to Valve's servers. Posting recently on Reddit,...
Fin is a bluetooth ring that lets you control things with your hands
Fin, a bluetooth smart ring, that will let you use gestures on your palm to control your smartphone, TV, car stereo or any other connected device, being developed by Kochi-based RHL...
Hula app makes discussing STDs and STD tests much less awkward
Hula is making it easier for students to share STD reports. CEO Ramin Bastani created the app to make discussing STD testing results with partners less intimidating and more “flirtatious and fun.” Hula, Bastani’s website and mobile...
Men’s fashion startup raises $18 million in funding to grow in European markets
Outfittery has bagged $18 million in new financing so it can grow in other European markets. The startup current has operations in Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Proceeds from the latest funding...
Vodafone Australia now boasts the world’s largest 4G roaming network
Vodafone Australia customers on the company's new Red plans will soon gain access to 4G in Vodafone's networks in the UK, New Zealand, and parts of Europe for just AU$5...
Comcast-Time Warner deal threatens Netflix’s plan for cable boxes
Netflix's attempt to bring its video streaming service to Time Warner Cable set-top boxes "is on hold now that the cable operator is being sold," Bloomberg reported today, citing anonymous sources. Comcast...
Sony finally begins advertising PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Plus was introduced four years ago as a premium subscription service that would net subscribers free games and game discounts every month. It was totally unlike Xbox Live in...
France and Germany want to create a European Internet free of U.S. spying
Europe could create its own communications network to prevent data passing through the United States and falling into the hands of surveillance organisations such as the NSA, according to German...
Mt. Gox apologizes for hack and promises to resume Bitcoin withdrawals
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox says its customers should soon be able to withdraw Bitcoins from their accounts again, although the company is still not sure just how long the process...