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Facebook has plans in place for an all-out war with Google

It seems like the number of areas in which Facebook and Google are directly competing is increasing every week, and if the two companies were to start an all-out war with...

General Motors has invested $500 million into Lyft

When you're competing against a $51 billion (soon to be $62.5 billion) behemoth like Uber, it's important to have some big friends backing you, otherwise you won't stand a chance. Lyft...

LG developed an 18-inch display that can be rolled up like a newspaper

LG and Samsung like to get creative with the displays they manufacture, and both South Korean companies have been putting a lot of focus on flexible displays recently. Their focus...

Ford has finally decided to embrace Android Auto and CarPlay

Ford has already made it clear that Android Auto and CarPlay have an important role to play in its infotainment strategy, but didn't know what role they'd play, or when to expect...

Only a fraction of the world's computers can handle the Oculus Rift

We've known the Oculus Rift is going to be far from accessible to most people for a while now, but we didn't know exactly how inaccessible it's going to be...

The BoomStick makes your cheap earphones suck a bit less

Earphones aren't something that most people spend a lot of money on, mostly because it's so easy to damage or lose them, not to mention a lot of smartphones come...

Faraday Future's mysterious car might be both a product and a service

We still know next to nothing about Faraday Future, but that might change tomorrow. The electric vehicle company, which could be both a Tesla-killer and an Uber-killer, will be unveiling the concept...

Activision killed MLG and is now consuming its corpse

Back before eSports was really a thing, Major League Gaming (MLG) was trying to make it a thing. Unfortunately, a series of poor marketing decision, making enemies with game communities and publishers,...

The iPhone 7 Plus might have a 256GB storage option

The lack of microSD support has always been one of biggest problems people have with the iPhone, but Apple made it a little harder to complain when it doubled the...

Most Americans support warrantless surveillance on the Internet

It looks like all of the terrorist attacks that have been occurring over the past several months have stifled some of the outrage over the NSA's surveillance programs. According to a recent poll conducted...

These drones know when they're entering restricted flying zones

With the FAA having finally started implementing comfortable drone regulations, the most-popular drone manufacturer in the world has decided to appease the agency a bit with something called Geospatial Environment Online...

Urban.us has raised $10 million to invest in city-centric startups

Both the developed and developing worlds have been undergoing massive amounts of urbanization over the last century, and that trend is expected to continue for the next several decades. It's...

Windows 10 now powers around 10% of the world's computers

It's not all that surprising to see how quickly Windows 10 is taking over the desktop market, but it's still impressive to hear that the operating system now powers 9.96% of...

Foursquare is worth less than half of what it was two years ago

Believe it or not, there was a time when people thought Foursquare was going to become the next Facebook, but the company has faded into relative obscurity over the last couple...

Researchers have made a polymer that can purify water in seconds

At team of researchers from Cornell University have developed a new type of polymer that's able to remove pollutants from water in a matter of seconds. Led by associate professor...

Elon Musk says his reusable rocket is ready for another launch

After assessing the damage to the reusable rocket it recently launched, Elon Musk claims SpaceX found nothing of note, and that the rocket is ready to launch again. The ability...

Microsoft might be working on a miniature version of the Xbox One

Last year, there were some rumors that Microsoft was working on an Xbox One Slim, and even before they were proven to be false, most people didn't believe them. The Xbox...

Samsung might be working on a smartphone with a built-in projector

Samsung has proven time and time again that it's not afraid to try new things, and t's willingness to experiment is one of its biggest strengths. Dual-edge displays and phablets are two examples of experiments that...

Microsoft has won the Stupid Patent of the Month award

Yes, the Stupid Patent of the Month award is an actual thing, albeit an obviously satirical one. The Electronic Frontier Foundation names the winner of the award every month for, as I'm...

Oculus has delayed its Touch virtual reality controller

What separates the Oculus Rift from budget virtual reality headsets like the Gear VR or Google Cardboard is that it will allow users to have a virtual reality experience that's...