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General Motors has absorbed one of Uber's fallen competitors

Remember a few weeks back when Sidecar announced that it'll no longer be competing with the likes of Lyft and Uber, and will be exiting the ride-sharing market? Well, most...

South Korea wants Seoul to be the Silicon Valley of Asia

Although some would say that Singapore is the Silicon Valley of Asia, there are many who would argue that Beijing or Seoul are more deserving of the title. Seoul in particular is...

Facebook's new in-app browser might give Chrome a run for its money

The people in charge of Facebook's mobile services seem to have this mindset where, if the user has closed out the app and moved on to something else, the they've...

The next iPhone might have ultra-fast Li-Fi technology

Li-Fi has attracted the attention of numerous companies and researchers because of its ability to transmit data so quickly that it makes even the fastest Wi-Fi look like dial-up, all...

Trump wants to force Apple to manufacture its products in America

For someone who touts himself as a paragon of capitalism, Donald Trump seems all too willing to trample on the free market whenever it suits his needs. During a speech at Liberty University...

Huawei's first laptop might be a dual-booting hybrid device

Having already become the world's third-largest smartphone maker, several reports have indicated that Huawei will be joining fellow Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi in releasing its first laptop this year. However,...

WhatsApp has dropped its annual subscription and is now 100% free

WhatsApp's annual subscription fee of $0.99 was a minuscule price to pay for such a useful service, but now that close to a billion people from across the globe are reliant on it,...

Panasonic is investing $1.6 billion in Tesla's massive gigafactory

Panasonic is already a major player in the automotive electronics market, but it wants to make sure that the transition to electric vehicles won't threaten its position. That's why the Japanese...

Automakers are joining forces to prevent connected car hacking

There haven't been any major cyber attacks on connected cars yet, but numerous security researchers have proven that hacking cars is dangerously easy, and have called upon automakers and governments...

Microsoft's augmented reality headset will be completely wireless

It's been said on numerous occasions that the necessity of cables on virtual reality headsets will be one of the biggest problems that hinder the technology's adoption in the years...

Microsoft is paying Apple Watch users to switch to the Band 2

The lengths that its competitors have to go to in order to convince people to switch away from its products just shows how successful Apple is, and this is especially...

This app could completely replace checkouts at supermarkets

Whether it's to avoid long checkout lines, or just avoid interacting with another human being, many people prefer to use the self-checkout counter when they go shopping, but the machines there...

ISIS has developed its own encrypted messaging app

In an effort to combat terrorism online, many governments have been pushing to make encryption backdoors mandatory for private companies, and if they succeed, terrorist organizations will find it significantly...

Will this be the year that Nintendo finally catches up?

Nintendo is already an entertainment powerhouse, but it has the potential to be so much bigger, and it's frustrating to see the company fail to meet that potential because of...

A Chinese probe will land on the dark side of the Moon in 2018

The "dark side of the Moon" is often used as a phrase to describe the unknown, because it can't be viewed from Earth. While modern technology has allowed us to glimpse...

One of Bitcoin's top developers believes it's a failed experiment

Mike Hearn has been a prominent part of the Bitcoin community for years, even going so far as to walk away from a job at Google in order to work on the...

A YouTube superstar is getting her own show on Netflix

Hot on the heels of PewDiePie's announcement that he's launching his own premium content network, fellow YouTube superstar Miranda Sings, who's actually a character portrayed by comedian Colleen Ballinger-Evans, has announced that she's working...

Wikipedia is celebrating its 15th birthday with a new source of cash

Wikipedia is celebrating its fifteenth birthday today, which is practically ancient as far as Internet years go. In those fifteen years, the website has not only managed to supplant Britannica as the dominant...

ESPN has decided to get serious about eSports

Whether or not you enjoy eSports, or consider them to be sports at all, you can't deny that they're exploding in popularity at the moment, and companies like Activision are...

Will more funding and a new CEO be enough to save Foursquare?

The story of the Internet company that's based around a great idea but still struggles to make money is one that's almost as old as the Internet itself, and few companies...