Singaporean scientists create an invisibility beam
Scientists from the University of Singapore could very well have come up with a more refined invisibility solution, calling it a “beam of darkness” which will be able to envelop...
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San Francisco gives its main street free Wi-Fi, eyes citywide service
The city and county of San Francisco teamed up with Earthlink and Google nearly a decade ago to build what was planned as a citywide Wi-Fi network, only to see Earthlink retreat from its...
Super-lightweight drone autonomously avoids obstacles
The age of commercial and private drones is upon us, exemplified by increasingly common stories of drone mishaps and even the likes Amazon announcing plans to launch a drone delivery service in the coming...
Federal court ruling against NSA phone surveillance isn’t quite what it seems
A federal district court judge in Washington DC issued a preliminary injunction today in a case regarding the NSA's practice of collecting phone call metadata. In doing so, Judge Richard Leon...
Google said to be testing smart thermostats to save home energy use
Google may be taking another crack at tracking home energy use. The tech giant is currently testing web-connected thermostats that let users view home energy activity, and make adjustments. If...
Your wireless router could be murdering your houseplants
Are you slowly killing your houseplants? Probably! But there might be a reason (other than neglect) why they’re all yellow and wilty: your Wi-Fi router. An experiment by a handful of high...
Apple patents restaurant ordering and reservation system
The US Patent & Trademark Office has published a patent application from Apple that reveals a new ordering and reservation system that could work with various Apple iDevices. Although the...
Obama to meet with tech execs to talk about the NSA and Obamacare
President Obama is set to meet with several tech executives on Tuesday to discuss the administration's efforts to address problems with the federal online health care exchange as well as...
Social TV startup Wetpaint acquired by Viggle for $30 million
Wetpaint, an 8-year-old Seattle startup led by entrepreneur Ben Elowitz, has been soldto New York-based Viggle for a purchase price of $30 million. Viggle, the company that rewards people for watching TV...
Pensioners sue IBM over reported NSA involvement
A pension investment group has sued IBM, claiming that the company failed to warn investors that sales in China would slow dramatically following revelations that IBM was helping the U.S....
Twitter reportedly working on letting users edit their tweets
Ever published a tweet that you wish you had taken time to edit before putting it out there on the internet? Unfortunately as it stands, there is no way to...
Partial ASE shutdown in Taiwan might benefit competitors
Facing a possible shutdown of an offending plant involving water pollution at home, Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering might be seeing the shift of some orders to its rivals. There is...
Challenger SRT’s dashboard apps divulge your deepest driving data
Performance Pages, the 2013 Challenger SRT's new in-car app, can gather and display all kinds of data about your car and how well it performs. The Performance Pages apps are available through...
Samsung Galaxy Core Advance is official, coming in 2014
It was recently reported that Samsung could be preparing a phone called the Samsung Galaxy Core Advance, which is not only the successor to the Galaxy Core from earlier this...
Microsoft’s Xbox Rumored will launch in China in September 2014
In China, despite the country having an abundance of developers creating Chinese-based PC games, there is a ban on video game consoles, including handheld ones, that had gone into effect...
Physical buttons make a comeback in Samsung’s low-end Galaxy Core Advance
The rugged Galaxy S 4 Active had them, and so did the lesser-known Xcover2. But all-physical navigation buttons are becoming rarer on Samsung phones nowadays, and that's why our eyes were drawn to...
Cameron Winklevoss claims Bitcoin might hit $40,000 per coin
The Winklevoss twins — Cameron and Tyler — are perhaps best known as Olympic rowers for the U.S. and their long and painful lawsuit against Facebook, in which they claimed Mark Zuckerberg stole their...
Motorola DROIDs undergo soak test
Motorola has started to test upcoming software updates by carrying out a soak test. The installation process of the software is limited to just a tiny number of units, and...
Facebook Messenger is now a chat app contender
The messaging race is far from over and, though Facebook entered it comparatively late and branched out from social networking, many of the cards are still stacked in its favor. Following...
Phlight, a lampshade for your camera tripod
Do you have a stack of tripods at home, or maybe you just have one of them, stuck at the back of the coat closet and generally never getting used....