On Friday, a group of members of Congress who are central to the surveillance debate demanded some kind of answer, even...
Congress demands to know how many citizens are being spied on
Homebrew patch makes many Oculus VR games perfectly playable on HTC Vive
In the race to the top of virtual reality, Oculus and HTC have kicked off a hardware showdown the likes of which we...
Ransomware: It’s hospitals vs. hackers now, and there will be many losers
Everyone in the tech/security world knew this was coming, we just hoped we were wrong. Hackers are now holding hospitals hostage around the country.
President Obama says Google has a deal to deliver broadband to Cuba. Many Americans can only look on with envy
Apparently, citizens of a long-time pariah state and communist dictatorship — a country where only five percent of the homes are connected to the Web — will have a better chance of signing up for Google’s...
Nate Silver says Trump’s rise violates academic theories and precedent ‘in so many ways’
No longer virtual: First impressions—and many hours—with HTC’s Vive Pre
For about a year now, we've been absolutely wowed by short, controlled demos of the virtual reality tech in the SteamVR-powered HTC Vive. But enjoying a slick demo in a curated show...
So many unicorns: New study suggests some billion-dollar companies may not be so magical
Unicorns — privately-held tech startups valued at more than $ 1 billion — are on the rise. However, a new study by Fenwick and West suggests that these companies might be overvalued, gaining the necessary funding to qualify for unicorn...
Toyota has 1,400 self-driving car patents—twice as many as any other company
According to a report put together by Thompson Reuters’ Intellectual Property and Science Division, Toyota spent the last couple of years filing hundreds of patents related to autonomous driving. The report said that Toyota’s 1,400 patents outstripped any other automaker or tech company by a factor of two.
The report also noted that automakers in general have more patents related to autonomous vehicles than Silicon...