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LeBron James is proving that virtual reality isn't all about gaming

Being able to work with some of the most-popular celebrities in the world is one of the perks that comes with being owned by Facebook, and it looks like Oculus...

Twitter is trying to purge malicious users from its services

If there's one thing that Twitter has in abundance, other than spam bots, it's trolls. The sheer amount of malicious users on Twitter has caused many people to stop using the...

It looks like everyone received a Fitbit for Christmas

Most consumer electronics companies see their revenue spike during the holiday season, but Fitbit sold so many of its fitness trackers this Christmas that the accompanying Fitbit app was the most-popular...

A Saudi prince has invested $105 million into Lyft

In contrast to Uber's aggressive international expansion, Lyft has chosen to focus all of its attention on its home market, but despite the fact that it only operates in the United...

Alibaba just invested $1.25 billion into this food delivery startup

Anyone who's looked at investment trends in China over the last couple of years has probably noticed that investors there really, REALLY like delivery startups. Billions of dollars are being...

Apple wants Samsung to pay $180 million for copying the iPhone

It looks like $548 million wasn't enough for Apple, because less than two weeks after Samsung was ordered to pay that amount to the company for infringing on the designs and patents of...

Fujitsu is spinning off its computer and mobile businesses

Japanese companies used to be the kings of consumer electronics, but the the rise of the mobile market and increased competition from foreign companies has caused many of them to struggle. Fujitsu is...

Samsung's crappy software is what's killing its mobile business

Samsung's position at the top of the smartphone market is becoming more and more precarious, as the company has been losing startling amounts of market share and profit in recent...

Nintendo intends to monetize its first mobile game with cosmetics

All we know about Nintendo's first mobile game is that it's going to be free-to-play, and it's not really a game, but rather a Mii-based communication tool. That's not what...

Firefox OS might make its way into everything other than smartphones

Mozilla may have abandoned its efforts to bring Firefox OS to smartphones, but the Web-centric operating system might still make its way to pretty much every other kind of consumer...

Microsoft has created an artificially intelligent weather reporter

Providing us with further proof that nobody's job is safe from the robot takeover, Microsoft has unveiled a new artificial intelligence that'll be serving as a weather reporter for China's Morning...

Spotify is working on a system to compensate artists more fairly

Spotify's relationship with music artists is... not so good. Thanks to issues with how it distributes royalties, many artists have complained that they're not properly compensated for their songs that are...

Viber released a standalone Snapchat clone called Viber Wink

What separates Viber from the likes of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp is that, similar to Skype, it can be used for both business and leisure, which is why it's currently...

Ubuntu is on its way to becoming the Linux equivalent of Windows 10

One of Windows 10's biggest selling points is that it's (or will eventually become) a unified platform that works across different devices, ranging from computers, to smartphones, to smart televisions....

New renders and specs for the Xiaomi Mi5 have been leaked

It's kind of funny how one of the year's most-anticipated smartphones isn't actually being released this year. Most people assume that Xiaomi decided not to release the Mi5 this year...

Facebook is dead, long live Facebook Messenger

Okay, so Facebook isn't actually dead, not even close, but if there's one thing we learned from the recent end-of-the-year app statistics, it's that messaging services are growing much faster than social...

This ultra-secretive startup just raised $880 million in new funding

Due to the nature of Palantir's work with government agencies and law enforcement, the data analytics startup is one of the most-secretive companies in Silicon Valley, but we do know that it's...

One-in-seven Americans have made the decision to cut the cord

It seems like every study and survey conducted in the United States is coming to the conclusion that traditional television is dying, and the latest data from the Pew Research Center...

Researchers have developed the first light-based microprocessor

A group of researchers from Berkeley, Boulder, and MIT have successfully demonstrated a microprocessor that transmits data through optical connections instead of electrical wires, which the researchers claim allows it transmit data at...

More than 45,000 drone owners have already registered with the FAA

It looks like the threat of a massive fine and potential prison time was enough to convince more than 45,000 American drone owners to register with the FAA after just two days...