Samsung’s new flip phone looks a lot like the Galaxy S6
This may be almost incomprehensible to some of us in the West, but flip phones are actually pretty popular in other parts of the world, particularly in East Asia. That's...
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Pandora has acquired Rdio for $75 million
Even though it was one of the first music streaming services in the world, and dominated the market for a while, Pandora has been losing a lot of ground to...
What happens to Uber drivers once self-driving cars take over?
Being a driver for a ride-sharing service like Uber is a fairly new kind of job, but it's one that's already on the verge of being replaced by robots. Uber...
Xiaomi has started sending out invites for a Grand Finale event
Xiaomi has launched a bunch of smartphones this year, but time is running out for the company to release the flagship that people have waited more than a year for....
OnePlus will bring back NFC support once it becomes mainstream
Not including the return of the universally loathed invite system, the lack of NFC support is the biggest problem that people have with the OnePlus 2, and it looks like OnePlus isn't all...
Huawei thinks “superphones” will replace smartphones by 2020
Smartphones as we know them will be replaced by "superphones" within the next five years. At least, that's what Huawei believes, and it's basing this prediction on the fact that it...
Dubai is equipping its firefighters with $35,000 jetpacks
Dubai loves showing off the ridiculous amounts of money it has, whether it's by equipping its police force with expensive sports cars, or equipping its firefighters with actual jetpacks. That's...
Netflix will spend around $5 billion on content in 2016
It's safe to say that Netflix's push into original content has been an immense success, and the company has been putting tons of resources into pushing out as much premium...
TV networks are cutting back on commercials to compete with Netflix
You don't even need to use Netflix to feel the effect it's having on traditional television anymore. In order to combat the ever-growing number of people cutting their cords and...
Huawei’s new tech can charge your battery to 50% in five minutes
If you thought Qualcomm's Quick Charge technology was impressive, wait until you see what Huawei has. Further proving that the Chinese company may be an even bigger threat to Qualcomm's...
The release of Fallout 4 caused PornHub’s traffic to drop significantly
Millions of love lives and social lives were put on hold this week as people across the globe began their Fallout 4 binging. Reports of neglected girlfriends and a massive...
Ford has started testing its self-driving cars in a 32-acre fake city
Whereas Google had to jump through a bunch of regulatory hoops in order to test out its self-driving cars on public roads, the Michigan Department of Transportation, the University of Michigan,...
Digg now has $4 million in funding and a new CEO
We've been hearing that "Digg isn't dead yet" for years, but this may be the first time that I actually believed that claim. Yesterday, the website announced that COO Gary...
Reading comics on your smartphone just got a hell of a lot better
Google Play Books has supported comics and graphic novels for years, but the user experience has never been the best, especially when compared to apps like ComicRack that are dedicated...
Airbnb wants to help its hosts become more like actual hotels
Hot on the heels of Airbnb's promise to play nice with local governments in the future, the company announced that it wants its hosts to become more business-like. At the Airbnb...
Fallout 4 shipped more than twelve million copies on the first day
Remember when everyone was freaking out about Skyrim shipping seven million copies in the first week? Well that's nothing compared to Fallout 4, which apparently saw more than twelve million...
Snapchat now sells additional photo lenses for $0.99
Snapchat's never-ending quest to find a way to monetize its massive userbase has led it to do some pretty interesting stuff, but it's most-recent idea is probably the most standard, unoriginal...
Spotify now recommends nearby concerts based on your music tastes
Spotify already uses its advanced music recommendation algorithms to show you artists and songs that match your music tastes, but now the company wants to apply its recommendation powers outside of...
Cyanogen has some big plans for 2016, including its own flagship
Cyanogen has been working hard to deliver on its promise to take control of Android away from Google, and the results of those efforts will be seen in full next...
Acer’s niche gaming tablet is now available to pre-order
Gaming tablets are extremely niche, but Acer is willing to try anything at this point. First unveiled a few months ago, the new Predator 8 tablet is now available to pre-order,...