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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Nissan's gold Olympics-edition EV, and more in the week that was
Tesla's Gigafactory is set to double the world's battery production, and this week it opened its doors for the first time . Tesla...
Wireless charging tech harvests your phone's wasted radio waves
When you think of wireless charging, you probably think of special charging pads for your phone. But what if your phone could partly cha...
Lithium-ion pioneer Sony is selling its battery arm
Sony is planning to sell its battery division to Murata, a Japanese firm that makes a diverse variety of products like wireless components...
Anyone can now print out all TSA master keys
Shortly after The Washington Post inadvertently published a photo of seven TSA master keys, a group of security experts were able to co...
This phone-powered vision test can replace your eye doctor
There are dozens of inexpensive ways to buy glasses online today, but getting a new eyeglass prescription is as old-school as ever: Book...
Samsung HDR update improves the color in its high-end TVs
Samsung is rolling out a firmware update for its 2016 lineup of quantum dot SUHD TVs that adds an "HDR+" setting, giving them...
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 battery woes attributed to software
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 has had a fairly significant issue that the company had yet to officially comment on, until now. The compa...
Google brings Family Library sharing to the Play Store
The Google Play Store's rumored Family Library feature officially goes live today with expanded sharing options for all of your apps...
Check out Lockheed Martin's robotic blimp inspector
Lockheed Martin's hybrid airships are as big as a football field, and it's a huge challenge making sure their surfaces are don...
Olympic athletes are training with brain-altering headphones
Many of the athletes heading to the Rio Olympics are using some form of technology to help them out , but some of them are relying on par...
Google updates Nexus phones with spam call protection
The FCC gets more complaints over spam calls than anything else, and recently told telecom companies to block them for free . Until that...
Google's Omnitone adds 3D audio to web-based VR
Realistic sounds can turn good VR experiences into great, truly immersive ones, and Google's new open source project can make that ...
OurMine 'hackers' temporarily took over a news site
OurMine has been making quite a name for itself this summer, pulling off account takeovers of several high-profile targets. Celebrities...
Amazon teams up with the UK to make drone delivery a reality
Amazon has found a staunch ally in the British government in its quest to use drones for delivery . This new partnership with the UK ...
NVIDIA's latest pro video cards help you livestream VR video
Did you think NVIDIA's newest Titan X was a monster of a video card? You haven't seen anything yet. The GPU maker has unveiled ...
AT&T's chief is heading up a robocall 'strike force'
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson will lead a "strike force" that aims to combat robocalls. Apparently, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler ...
First-person-view drone flying is the closest thing to being a bird
Just moments ago, I was flying like a hawk. It wasn't a dream, or even virtual reality. It was a real, immersive experience fully und...
Scientists create glasses-free 3D for the movie theater
Watching glasses-free 3D on a TV is no longer an outlandish concept, but that hasn't been true for movie theaters. How are you suppos...
Microsoft's free Windows 10 upgrade ends on July 29th
If Microsoft's pushy upgrade notifications weren't enough to compel you to install Windows 10, then maybe a looming deadline is. ...
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