Uber reportedly pours $500 million into mapping the planet
It won't surprise you to hear that Uber is improving its maps to offer better pickups and drop-offs, but the ridesharing giant is ap...
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Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Jack White's label played a vinyl record at 94,000 feet
Jack White's Third Man Records label is no stranger to using technological feats to draw publicity , but its latest feat is something...
Tumblr is bringing ads to user blogs
Tumblr is planning to quietly introduce a new advertising program that means users will start seeing ads across their blogs. The company...
Trump wants Russia to hack the US government
Late last week, thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee were released by WikiLeaks , the contents of which have caused ...
Yahoo must explain how it got a drug trafficker's deleted email
Were you wondering how Yahoo managed to recover deleted email that was supposedly impossible to retrieve? You're not the only one. A ...
Six vehicles powered by coffee, saltwater, sewage and other crazy fuels
When it comes to advances in automotive technology, the search for alternative fuels is pretty exciting. Of course, you've heard abou...
Apple and Facebook helped bust the world's biggest torrent site
When you're the owner of the world's biggest torrent-sharing site, the last thing you'd expect to land you in trouble would b...
Olympic-themed Apple Watch bands are only available in Rio
To celebrate the Olympic games, the Apple Watch is getting a series of commemorative straps that match the flags of 14 participating cou...
Boat thieves thwarted by teens with a Phantom drone
A group of teenagers vacationing on Camano Island in Washington State became technology-assisted crimestoppers this week, ABC News reports...
You can soon call on Amazon to bring you lunch in a hurry
Amazon isn't satisfied with bringing you same-day delivery and student loans . It also wants to enter the food delivery business. Hav...
Police get dead man's finger 3D-printed to unlock his phone
Michigan State University professor Anil Jain's work focuses on how to make biometric signifiers like facial recognition as difficult ...
Vine is a sinking ship but one worth saving
If you haven't checked in on Vine recently, you might find that the six-second video network looks a little less vibrant than i...
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