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Facebook recently told its employees about new plans to create devices that can read minds by using neural sensors. The details of the social networking giant’s ambitious new plans came shortly after news broke last week that the company was the subject of an anti-trust lawsuit led by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Facebook’s […]

An investigation into the Chinese firm Huawei has reportedly found that the company has worked with dozens of security firms to build surveillance tools that can both identify and track people based on race. The report comes just days after the company had denied creating ethnicity-monitoring technology. The investigation, conducted by The Washington Post, learned […]

While 2020 isn’t likely to be a year that is full of highlights for anyone, it is undeniable that it won’t be one that is easily forgotten. With protests, a presidential election and the deaths of icons occurring in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic that brought the world to a halt, it felt like […]

While voting is underway for the 2020 presidential election, some hackers are taking advantage of voting enthusiasm by scamming individuals with fake registration websites that collect sensitive personal data. According to ZDNet, the phishing campaigns have been in effect since September and have since been spotted by tech security firms KnowBe4 and Proofpoint. According to […]

Home security and smart home technology pioneer Ring has announced a new security camera that will fly around an indoor space. Called the Always Home Cam, the autonomous drone will take flight around a house, moving room-to-room when the owner is not present. As reported by The Verge, the company wants the Always Home Cam […]

Huawei executive Guo Ping said the company is struggling to survive because of policies enacted by the U.S. that have left its business in trouble. Bans on U.S. companies working with Huawei have meant one of the company’s biggest markets is off limits. With international partners also cautious of adopting Huawei’s 5G technology, the Chinese […]

Downloads of the app WeChat reportedly surged on Friday, with users rushing to get their hands on the application before a deadline imposed by President Donald Trump will make it unavailable. As The Inquisitr reported, Trump signed an executive order saying that both WeChat and the popular social media app TikTok would be banned from […]

Twetch continues to expand its blockchain-based social media platform that focuses on providing users with a Twitter alternative that focuses on privacy, data monetization and control, and archiving. The latest addition to the project is Twetch Chat, which a press release from the company called a “fully encrypted messaging platform” for users of the growing […]

TikTok CEO Kevin A. Mayer has resigned from his position. As reported by CNET and other news outlets, the 58-year-old announced his decision to leave the organization in a letter sent to employees late on Wednesday. He cited a changing political environment in the wake of President Donald Trump’s threat to ban TikTok in the […]

TikTok issued a response to President Donald Trump’s recently-signed executive order effectively banning the popular social media app in the event that its parent company — the Beijing, China-based firm ByteDance — doesn’t sell off its United States operations in the next 45 days. In a new release shared on the official TikTok web site […]

Apple has just released its 2020 iMac, and here’s everything you need to know, according to a report from CNBC. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, it had been rumored for some time that the company would be releasing an updated iMac with a totally new design; however, Apple decided on a less flashy approach. […]

The social media app TikTok has been a topic of headlines recently, as the Trump administration has made moves aimed at banning the popular app, or at the very least, putting it under new ownership and management. However, the popular app is just a symptom of a much larger problem, a group of experts tell […]

Sony is holding a “State of Play” event on August 6, but PlayStation fans apparently need to temper their enthusiasm. In a post on the company’s official website, organizers did not detail what would be shown, but they did shed some light on what won’t be on display. The focus of this State of Play […]

A type of cybercrime known as “ransomware” could disrupt or even sabotage the 2020 presidential election, some tech experts fear. As The Associated Press reported, this type of crime occurs when a computer user unwittingly installs malicious code on their computer — such as by downloading a file or even clicking a link. That code […]

Microsoft could soon be the proud owner of the U.S.-based part of TikTok, one of the most popular social media apps in the world. Ashley Stewart of Business Insider wrote on Friday that Microsoft could purchase a stake in China’s ByteDance. ByteDance is expected to be ordered by President Donald Trump to divest itself of […]

Questions lawmakers made about Apple’s App Store on Wednesday could just as easily have applied to several other gaming and tech companies around the world. One firm, in particular, that should be sweating is Steam, according to Engadget‘s Jessica Conditt. The inquiries about Apple’s practices were posed during a congressional investigation into some of the […]

U.S. Attorney General William Barr offered harsh words for several American tech giants, as well as Hollywood studios and filmmakers, for their purported relationships with China in a fiery speech given at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Thursday. Barr’s prepared remarks, which were later made available by the Department […]

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off on June 22, and here’s everything you should know about the upcoming event, according to a report from MacRumors. “The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off with exciting reveals, inspiration, and new opportunities to continue creating the most innovative apps in the world. Join the worldwide developer […]

Apple recently announced that it would be fixing a serious, newly discovered flaw in its iOS software, which is used for both iPhones and iPads. Though the exploit had only been recently spotted by a security forensics company, experts have warned that the issue has been present much longer, meaning hackers could have gained information […]

Microsoft tested a new technology, known as ElectionGuard, at an election this past Tuesday in Fulton, Wisconsin, reported CNN. The voting software is intended to make it harder for hackers to break into the system and tamper with elections. Instead of using paper ballots, the technology requires voters to make their selection on a digital […]

Car maker Nissan is reportedly the latest player to join the subscription service game, offering a $700-per-month membership that will let users drive a new car every day, according to Business Insider. The Japanese auto giant is calling the service “Nissan Switch,” and is beginning with a test run in the Houston area. Though other […]

Toyota has announced that it is recalling as many as 2.9 million vehicles in the U.S to fix a potentially deadly safety issue. In a press release issued on its website on January 21, the company revealed that it had identified a potential defect with an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) that is used to receive […]

Six months after it launched the iPhone 11 series, Apple is likely to expand its product portfolio with the introduction of a new smartphone. According to Bloomberg, the Cupertino, California-based technology giant will start mass production of the new phone in China next month, following that up with an official launch in March. While the […]

Popular dating app Tinder has reportedly had more than 70,000 pictures from female accounts dumped to an online cyber-crime forum, according to Gizmodo. As the photographs were only of women, many experts believe that the hackers are hoping to use the photographs and data to set up catfishing accounts to scam male users. Another possibility […]

Comedian David Dobrik was already ruling YouTube with his iconic and hilarious four-minute and 20-second vlogs. Now he’s put out a new smartphone app and found even more incredible success. Dobrik released the app, which is called David’s Disposable, on December 23. Since then, it has secured more than 1 million downloads and has become […]

A government website operated by the United States was defaced, allegedly by hackers in Iran. The hackers stated the hack was initiated in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s drone strike in Iraq that claimed the life of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, as BNO News tweeted. The defaced page has since been taken offline. The […]

In a bid to make users’ experience safer and pleasant, AirBnB has recently claimed to have developed a software, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), to analyze guests’ suitability by scanning their online activities and social media profiles. Per an article by The Evening Standard, the global booking platform has come up with a “trait analyzer” […]

A number of unexplained drones are making communities in Nebraska and Colorado uneasy, reports The New York Times. The drones seem to come in swarms and only at night, leading one resident to label them as “creepy.” Deepening the mystery, no one in the communities seems to know who owns the drones or what they […]

An Amazon Echo device gave one woman in the United Kingdom quite a scare after AI virtual assistant Alexa told her to “stab herself” for the good of the planet. The frightening exchange might have some reconsidering the popular gadget as a Christmas gift. According to The Sun, student paramedic Danni Morritt was in the […]

A recent report from The Intercept reveals that President Donald Trump‘s campaign is deploying the services of Phunware, a Texas-based firm that specializes in collecting smartphone location data, which can be used to track and target voters for political purposes. The Phunware website claims that it can obtain GPS location data and the Wi-Fi network […]

These days, nearly everyone seems to have a cellphone in hand. At times, these devices can certainly be distracting. New data shows that more and more cellphone-related injuries are occurring, and some of them are quite serious. In fact, within the past two decades, these types of injuries have drastically increased to the point of […]

According to CNBC, Apple may be set to change their release schedule for devices such as the iPhone in 2021. If this is the case, it means that Apple could be gearing up to release new devices twice a year from that point. At the moment, new device announcements are only released once a year […]

With so many consumers purchasing smart TVs for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the FBI issued a warning about the security of these internet-connected televisions, Tech Crunch reported. For some households, these models are part of an overall smart home, but there are some prudent points to consider before choosing which television to buy. Smart […]

As both online and physical retailers across the United States prepare for the rush of Black Friday, tech store Newegg appears to have taken the idea of the holiday’s sales to the extreme, discounting some items by as much as 92 percent. With such a range of insanely good deals to choose from, it wasn’t […]

Black Friday is undoubtedly one of the best times of year to stock up on the latest technology at the lowest prices. What better place to find these gadgets than Best Buy, America’s favorite one-stop tech shop? As always, Best Buy has amazing doorbuster sales on televisions, laptops, phones, smart home devices, and even high-quality […]

Google, once lauded as a workplace that championed a transparent and inclusive office culture, has reportedly terminated staffers who questioned the tech giant’s involvement in sensitive international affairs. The tech company fired several employees on Monday for what the company deemed a violation of its data security policy. According to a report from CNN Business, […]

Tesla’s new Cybertruck, unveiled Thursday, looks like something out of a Ridley Scott sci-fi dystopia and is finally available for pre-order after years of secrecy and development. According to Forbes, Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Tesla, debuted the vehicle on Thursday to a packed house at the Tesla Design Center in Los Angeles. […]

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang released a new technology proposal that takes aim at the big technology companies and highlights the significant impact such businesses have on American “culture, lifestyles, families, and politics.” Although the 44-year-old serial entrepreneur does not believe that breaking up big tech companies like Google is the way to go — […]

Craig Federighi is currently Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, and it looks like he’s hoping to inspire the next wave of aspiring developers, according to a report from iMore. The Apple website states that Federighi and his teams are responsible for delivering the software that powers Apple’s innovative lineup of products. This includes […]

It’s been just over a month since Apple released its iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro models to consumers, but rumors are already circulating that Apple’s 2020 iPhone will feature big changes with its features and design. According to a report on Tuesday from MacRumors, the new rumors are “sketchy,” as they come from an […]

Apple’s 2019 iPhones may have just been released, but that hasn’t stopped excited concept creators from sharing their own renders of a possible iPhone 12, according to a report from iMore. The latest design concept comes from Yasser Farahi, who shared a video teaser of what he believes Apple’s upcoming iPhone could look like based […]

Ever since the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk came bursting into every tech startup channel, the callouts for Generation Y, most commonly known as the millenials, have never been more negative. As millennials started to enter the workforce at the beginning of 2000s the Baby Boomer generation has found it quite difficult to […]

The U.K. has been excited about a new Royal Navy ship called the HMS Queen Elizabeth II — but is there a reason it is still docked and no one wants to work there? This ship is worth £3 billion ($3.75 billion) and will put Her Majesty’s military on the map because the HMS Queen […]

Will sex robots be the end of us all? The idea of robots eventually taking over the planet and/or subjugating humanity has to start somewhere, and, apparently, the final takedown will occur where humans are most vulnerable — through sex. According to one expert, the availability, and proliferation of sex robots could eventually lead to […]

Updated on December 1 with photos: If you have been displeased with the idea of Donald Trump being the president-elect, get in line with thousands of other Trump resisters and download an app that helps ban him from your life in unexpected ways. There are currently a multitude of funny Donald Trump apps at the […]

There’s no denying that Americans love their coffee. Just count the number of Starbucks you drive by on your way to work, and you can see how that is true. But many of these fancy coffee drinks people buy are created with very basic machines. Sure, there are temperature controls and other standard features, but […]

The best solution to any problem is offered by one who has learned things the hard way. Jessica Ladd was a student at Pomona College when she was sexually assaulted by a friend. Needless to say, the experience was traumatic. Jessica, like any assault victim of her age, Jessica feared what might happen to her […]

New advances in robotics and artificial intelligence means robots could not only replace humans in manufacturing, but also in battle against a deadly enemy or in the depths of outer space. New internet-based software out of the University of Texas would allow a human to control multiple robots at one time, which is a good […]

Today in Florida, a rather tremendous, tri-carrying rocket, Delta IV, was targeted to blast off just before 2 p.m. However, due to this Delta launch being classified, it can occur anytime before 2 p.m. The Delta rocket is supposed to be carrying a classified U.S. spy satellite. According to the Florida Daily, the Delta IV, […]

Nokia, once the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, is all set to make a grand comeback. In a press release issued today, the Finnish company announced its plans to return to selling phones and tablets. However, there are slight changes. Instead of manufacturing the devices themselves like they earlier did, Nokia will outsource the manufacturing […]