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What happens to Uber drivers once self-driving cars take over?

Being a driver for a ride-sharing service like Uber is a fairly new kind of job, but it's one that's already on the verge of being replaced by robots. Uber...

Facebook has promised to activate Safety Check during more disasters

Social media has proven to be an invaluable tool for people seeking assistance or information following the recent Paris attacks, especially the Safety Check tool that Facebook decided to implement. Basically,...

Xiaomi has started sending out invites for a Grand Finale event

Xiaomi has launched a bunch of smartphones this year, but time is running out for the company to release the flagship that people have waited more than a year for....

Microsoft might not bring Android apps to Windows 10 after all

The two biggest selling points for Windows 10 were the fact that it was a unified platform that worked across all devices, and the promise that Microsoft would be offering...

Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on its Zune services

Zune hasn't been a thing for years, but then again, it was never really a thing to begin with. Microsoft's music service has been rebranded twice, first to Xbox Music...

OnePlus will bring back NFC support once it becomes mainstream

Not including the return of the universally loathed invite system, the lack of NFC support is the biggest problem that people have with the OnePlus 2, and it looks like OnePlus isn't all...

Huawei thinks "superphones" will replace smartphones by 2020

Smartphones as we know them will be replaced by "superphones" within the next five years. At least, that's what Huawei believes, and it's basing this prediction on the fact that it...

Dubai is equipping its firefighters with $35,000 jetpacks

Dubai loves showing off the ridiculous amounts of money it has, whether it's by equipping its police force with expensive sports cars, or equipping its firefighters with actual jetpacks. That's...

Netflix will spend around $5 billion on content in 2016

It's safe to say that Netflix's push into original content has been an immense success, and the company has been putting tons of resources into pushing out as much premium...

Gmail will soon warn users when they receive unencrypted emails

Google has made its love of encryption abundantly clear, and with more hackers and government surveillance than ever before, the company is doing everything it can to assist and educate...

Music labels make more from vinyl sales than YouTube streaming

Don't let those stories of YouTubers making millions of dollars from the advertisements on their videos fool you into thinking YouTube streaming is a lucrative business, because it's not. Even...

HTC may be working on a larger variant of its iPhone clone

HTC's new iPhone clone may be a bit too small for some people, which is why the company is reportedly working on a slightly larger 5.5-inch variant of the smartphone....

TV networks are cutting back on commercials to compete with Netflix

You don't even need to use Netflix to feel the effect it's having on traditional television anymore. In order to combat the ever-growing number of people cutting their cords and...

Huawei's new tech can charge your battery to 50% in five minutes

If you thought Qualcomm's Quick Charge technology was impressive, wait until you see what Huawei has. Further proving that the Chinese company may be an even bigger threat to Qualcomm's...

The release of Fallout 4 caused PornHub's traffic to drop significantly

Millions of love lives and social lives were put on hold this week as people across the globe began their Fallout 4 binging. Reports of neglected girlfriends and a massive...

SteamOS has terrible gaming performance compared to Windows 10

For an operating systems that's been in development for year's as a gaming-centric platform, SteamOS doesn't actually have that much to offer. Not only does Valve's Linux-based operating system only...

Apple may have started development of the next Apple Watch

We don't need an official confirmation to know that Apple intends to release a second smartwatch. The Apple Watch may not be doing all that well by Apple's standards, but...

Ford has started testing its self-driving cars in a 32-acre fake city

Whereas Google had to jump through a bunch of regulatory hoops in order to test out its self-driving cars on public roads, the Michigan Department of Transportation, the University of Michigan,...

Digg now has $4 million in funding and a new CEO

We've been hearing that "Digg isn't dead yet" for years, but this may be the first time that I actually believed that claim. Yesterday, the website announced that COO Gary...

Microsoft wants to use the cloud to make PowerPoint less boring

PowerPoint presentations are a great way to do demonstrations and get a lot of information across quickly, but they're boring as hell, with very few exceptions. The good news is,...