Elon Musk designed an all-electric jet in his free time
Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious. Even though running SpaceX and Tesla takes up most of his time, he still has ideas for how he could revolutionize other industries, the...
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Rumor: LG is preparing to launch its own mobile payments service
Now that Apple, Google, and Samsung made mobile payments popular by releasing their own mobile payments services, it's time for some of the smaller mobile companies to get in on the action, and...
Snapchat is already giving up on creating original content
That was fast. It looks like it didn't take Snapchat that long to figure out that making original programming that people actually want to watch isn't exactly easy, because the...
There’s now a Popcorn Time-like service for illegal music streaming
Popcorn Time brought online piracy to the Streaming Era of entertainment by offering users a Netflix-like service that allows them to stream pirated movies and television shows to their devices...
Rumor: Samsung plans to use Force Touch in the Galaxy S7
We still have a few months to go before Samsung releases the Galaxy S7, but there's been a surprising amount of rumors surrounding the smartphone already. The latest rumor comes...
OnePlus may finally meet consumer demand thanks to Foxconn
Earlier this week, OnePlus confirmed the rumors that it's going to start manufacturing its smartphones in India. The Chinese startup announced that it's partnering with Foxconn to begin manufacturing its smartphones...
Ancestry.com wants to use DNA to estimate people’s risk of disease
Ancestry.com has spent the last two decades reading people DNA in order to help them learn about their family history, but now it wants to find a more constructive way to use...
Pepsi has confirmed that it’s working on its own smartphone
I wouldn't blame you for dismissing the rumor that Pepsi is working on its own smartphone, or even the recent report that gave us the alleged device's price and specs, but...
Singapore wants to start testing self-driving buses on its roads
Whether it's implementing nation-wide Internet of Things systems, or testing out drone-based deliveries for its postal service, Singapore has proven time and time again that it's not afraid to embrace emerging technologies. Not even its...
Xiaomi has started teasing a big announcement event next week
It looks like our waiting may finally be coming to an end. Teasers for a big Xiaomi product announcement event have started popping up on Chinese social media, and even...
Instacart has formed a game-changing food startup partnership
There are a bunch of services out there that send you everything you need to make a home-cooked meal, from easy to understand recipes to perfectly measured ingredients, and they're great. The...
Japan is bringing GPS satellite accuracy to the next level
The fact that modern GPS satellites are accurate to within about 11-12 feet is already really impressive, but that margin of error is still wide enough to occasionally cause problems in dense urban areas,...
Qualcomm has decided to abandon the augmented reality market
Vuforia isn't a name that many people are familiar with, but it's the most popular augmented reality platform on the market at the moment, and it has a new owner. Qualcomm was the original owner,...
ZTE has announced the ZTE Axon Mini
After seeing how successful the OnePlus One was, companies like Motorola and ZTE decided to release their own high-end smartphones with mid-range prices, and it's definitely paying off. The ZTE...
Dell is acquiring EMC in a record-breaking $67 billion deal
It looks like those rumors from last week were true, as Dell has announced that it'll be acquiring EMC in what's going to be the biggest business deal in the...
NASA is allowing startups to use its patents for free
You'd be surprised how many products that we see and use everyday actually utilize technology that was developed by NASA, such as memory foam mattresses and non-stick pans, through patent licensing deals....
Who needs to work out when you can just take an exercise pill?
Exercising is one of those things that we all know we should be doing more often, but only a handful of us actually do so. I'd like to say that...
Hulu is already dabbling in virtual reality content
With things like Google Cardboard allowing people to build their own makeshift virtual reality headsets and companies like HTC and Oculus preparing to release their own high-end headsets, the virtual reality...
The BlackBerry PRIV will cost somewhere around $630
The PRIV is far more than the BlackBerry's first Android smartphone, it may very well be one of the last handsets the company ever makes, depending on how well the...
Pepsi’s first smartphone will be mid-range device called the Pepsi P1
I'm sure most of you were quick to dismiss that rumor from a couple of days ago, the one out of China that claimed Pepsi is working on its own smartphone,...