German’s can’t find enough evidence against NSA
Countries spy on each other, especially their leaders and military personnel. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, was allegedly being spied on by the NSA. Her phones were allegedly tapped, causing...
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Snowden release caused Britain to pull spies from Russia, China
In the treasure trove of documents that Edward Snowden has been releasing for the last couple of years were files that exposed the identities of British spies in Russia and...
Leadership change at Twitter signifies strategy shift
Twitter needs help. The time of the social media giant is quickly running out if they can't rebuild their relevance and increase revenue as a result. This is the biggest...
Amazon Prime to allow direct shipments of goods
The closed circuit that Amazon has used to distribute goods is changing, at least for Amazon Prime members. They are going to allow certain goods to be shipped directly from...
NY Times declares ISIS is winning… on social media
In 2015, the land that is the home of Facebook, Twitter, and most other successful social media sites should be the leader when it comes to using social media for...
Star Wars is making its way to virtual reality
God... has there ever been a better time to be a Star Wars fan? Not only are we getting a bunch of new films and games, but a trio of...
Samsung continues to confuse us with its product names
It's always been a bit difficult to follow Samsung's product names. We currently have the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, but there's supposed to be a Galaxy S6 Plus...
Baidu and BMW will release a self-driving car before the end of the year
As the Chinese equivalent of Google, it's only natural that Baidu be working on the same technologies that its American competitor is, such as self-driving vehicles. Apparently the company has been working on...
The Snapdragon 810 is causing yet another smartphone to overheat
Despite Qualcomm's insistence that there are no overheating issues with its Snapdragon 810 processor, we keep getting reports that the chip is causing overheating issues with the smartphones that it's used...
Sex dolls are SO last-generation, it’s all about sex robots now
Artificial intelligence and robots are becoming incredibly advanced, which is opening doors to things that, just a few decades ago, were thought of as purely science fiction... like sex robots....
The PlayStation 4 has retaken its spot at the top of the console market
Despite the Xbox One's impressive sales back in April, the PlayStation 4 has retaken its position at the top of the market. Sony reported yesterday that the PlayStation 4 was the...
Leak: Uber provides nearly a million rides per day in China alone
Despite the numerous regulator issues that Uber has been facing, the company has still managed to be ridiculously successful. In fact, if a recently leaked internal letter from the company's...
Mobile gaming is slowly but surely killing off handheld consoles
Mobile gaming has been replacing handheld gaming for a few years now, something that even Nintendo has been forced to acknowledge. While revenue from handheld games has remained more or...
Twitter is removing the 140-character limit for Direct Messages
With the same 140-character limit that tweets have, Twitter's Direct Messages feature has always felt more like an afterthought than an actual messaging service. That's going to change here soon, however,...
Brace yourselves, the Steam Summer Sale has arrived
It's June, and you know what that means, right? That's right, it's time once again for Steam to brutally assault our wallets with its annual Summer Sale, which has been...
Mozilla is offering $10,000 to people who can find bugs in its software
When Mozilla first introduced its Bug Bounty Program a few years ago, you could earn as much as $3,000 for finding any bugs in the company's software that was rated high...
Dick Costolo is stepping down as the CEO of Twitter
Both Dick Costolo and Twitter's board members have been laughing off the calls for Costolo's resignation as CEO for a while, but it looks like investors will end up getting...
OnePlus is offering a OnePlus 2 as a reward for winning these contests
OnePlus isn't very good at keeping promises, but we can at least hope that the company will be able to release the OnePlus 2 sometime this year, as promised. OnePlus...
Would you help crowdfund the first-ever porno shot in space?
It's strange to think that, in decades past, there was a competition between the world's two superpowers to see which one could master spaceflight first, with some of the brightest minds in...
Reddit is purging itself of its less than savory subreddits
Reddit's reputation may not be as bad as 4chan's, but the website definitely has its darker areas. While freedom of speech and a hands-off approach to moderation have been the...