Technology Timeline

Jeep Recall Flip-Flop: Chrysler Will Recall 2.7 Million Vehicles

jeep recall

The jeep recall will go forward. Up to a few hours ago, it was widely reported that Chrysler would resist a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) demand that the automaker recall 2.7 million Jeep sport utility vehicles (SUVs) because of a possible fire risk. Now the third-largest US automaker has agreed that it will… Read more »

Sony Xperia Z Shipping In US Within Weeks, Exclusive To T-Mobile

Sony Xperia Z

The Sony Xperia Z is making its way to the United States in the “coming weeks,” and it will be available for sale exclusively through T-Mobile online and T-Mobile retail stores. The Xperia Z is a water-resistant smartphone that features a 5-inch 1080p “Reality Display” that is powered by the mobile Bravia Engine 2. Also offered on… Read more »

Ford Test Vehicles To Employ Robots

Ford Robot

Ford Motors will soon replace test drivers with robots. While Google and other company’s are working on driver-free autonomous vehicles for the general public, Ford wants to use driver-free vehicles for safety testing purposes. Ford on Tuesday announced that it will use the robots for durability testing. The robots will use implemented steering technology to… Read more »

China Supercomputer Tianhe-2 Beats The US Titan Badly

China Supercomputer Tianhe-2 Beats The US Titan Badly

The China supercomputer called the Tianhe-2 is beating the best United States supercomputers by quite a lot. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the China supercomputer is like the final nail in the coffin for the United States’ lead with supercomputers. For example, the $121 million IBM Roadrunner supercomputer is headed for retirement despite still being… Read more »

Google X Labs Unveils ‘Project Loon’, A Balloon-Powered WiFi Network

Google Project Loon

The team at Google X Labs has unveiled “Project Loon,” a new platform that aims to use high-altitude balloons to create a 3G-speed internet connection for remote parts of the world. The Project Loon network relies on the high-altitude balloons to create a connected network in rural areas where the cost of building an internet… Read more »

Facebook RSS Reader: Graph API Code Points To Future Feature

Facebook RSS Reader

A new Facebook RSS reader may soon become a reality. Facebook on Friday began delivering press event notices to various publications, and the letter claims a “big idea” is on the way from the world’s largest social network. Facebook Reader talk began surfacing after developer Tom Waddington discovered new code inside the Facebook Graph API…. Read more »

Bill Gates Joins LinkedIn, Instantly Becomes Super Influencer

Bill Gates Joins LinkedIn

Bill Gates has joined LinkedIn, and his influence was felt almost the moment he signed into his business-centric social account. As expected, Gates’ involvement on LinkedIn has immediately tagged him as a super influencer. A super influencer at LinkedIn requires the user to be a successful business mogul who contributes blog posts for the platform…. Read more »

Man Drives His BMW Off A Cliff [Video]

Man Drives His BMW Off A Cliff [Video]

First hand footage has been taken of a man driving his BMW off a cliff. This incident only adds to the already shocking list of car accidents that have already taken place this year, most notably David Allan Coe’s brush with death. Pictures of the latest wreckage look more like something you’d expect to see… Read more »

Facebook Hashtag Feature Debuting Soon

Facebook announced that hashtags will be available in the coming weeks

The Facebook hashtag will be rolling out in the coming weeks, seeking to deepen the competition with rival social media site Twitter. The feature was first hinted at in March, with Facebook exploring how it could implement the popular function. Facebook acknowledged that, while Twitter has been the go to social media source for self… Read more »

HGTV Apologizes After American Flag Tablecloth Outrage

HGTV american flag tablecloth

HGTV’s American flag tablecloth suggestion ruffled a lot of feathers, and the home improvement network has apologized for offending a large number of Facebook and Twitter users with its website suggestion that the American flag be used as a “table runner” for July 4 barbecues before it is displayed on a flagpole. The HGTV American… Read more »

Bitcoin Baby Arrives, Conception Funded By New Currency

bitcoin baby

The world’s first Bitcoin baby is here, made possible by fertility treatments paid for in the emerging and controversial form of digital currency. The Bitcoin baby is actually one of a few resulting from a California Ob-Gyn’s fascination with Bitcoin and its marketplace potential. But now we have one tiny, smiling face to put to… Read more »

Twitter: Chewbacca Gets His Cane Back

Twitter gets Chewbacca his cane back

Chewbacca recently got his cane back thanks to Twitter. The actor known for his role as the Wookiee from Star Wars had his cane confiscated by airport security on his way back from a Sci-Fi convention. Seven-plus-foot-tall Peter Mayhew had his lightsaber cane seized when TSA thought it was an actual weapon, but thanks to… Read more »