Now that the Oculus Rift has some competition, the virtual reality content race has begun. Molly Wood MACHINE LEARNING READY or not, here comes virtual reality. Gaming was the focus…
One of the most popular messaging apps sure isn’t what it used to be, oh, 48 hours ago. Snapchat on Tuesday announced a massive update called “Discover,” which will feature…
The Super Bowl is traditionally a time for multi-million dollar commercials and wardrobe malfunctions. Oh, and some football. One thing that’s not welcome? Drones. – H/T The Week
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s advertising machine shows no signs of slowing down. The company reported on Wednesday that revenue increased 49 percent in the fourth quarter, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations….
If Facebook were a country, it would be the most populous nation on earth. – Facebook reported revenue of $3.85 billion for the three months ending in December, up 49…
Anthropologists exploring a cave in Israel have uncovered a rare 55,000-year-old fossil skull that they say has a story to tell of a reverberating transition in human evolution, in the…
What’s it like to discover a prehistoric forest–one that’s been hidden under water for thousands of years? – The ruined forest is an otherworldly realm–one that Watson’s diving partner, Rob…
HONG KONG — The Chinese government has adopted new regulations requiring companies that sell computer equipment to Chinese banks to turn over secret source code, submit to invasive audits and…
There are a number of factors that may play a role in the development of depression, including genetic, environmental, emotional, psychological and biological influences. According to one integrative neuroscientist, depression…
Dr. Charles Townes, who shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the laser, died in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday. He was 99. Townes’ death was announced…
Well, that’s a surprise. – The images were made by scientists using NASA’s 230-foot-wide Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif.
China’s main corporate regulator, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, released a report summarizing its findings of the deficiencies on Alibaba’s sites, including Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com. In a…
Call it Saturn on steroids! Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with an enormous ring system that far surpasses Saturn’s. “This planet is much larger than Jupiter or Saturn, and its…
Bill Nye is weighing in on Deflategate again, but this time he has a few props and a message to share about something far more important. New England Patriots coach…
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, unveiled a plan to spin off Yahoo’s 15 percent stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant into a separate company in order to avoid a large…
Warm up your wrists. It’s coming. The Apple Watch will start shipping in April, Apple CEO Tim Cook said during a call with investors and analysts on Tuesday. Until now,…
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is famous for setting trends. In China, though, Apple has found success by following one. – In 2013, Apple also released the iPhone 5C, a lower-cost…
Get ready to be jealous. – In comparison, Comcast charges $29.99 a month for 25 Mbps, $59.99 for 105 Mbps and $89.99 a month for 150 Mbps.
Apple got millions of you to buy a more expensive iPhone. The average price of an iPhone during the three months that ended in December was $687.30, up from $602.92…
The iPhone 6 is Apple’s biggest phone ever in terms of screen size — and likely in terms of sales, too. Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones during the last three…
Amazon Prime was always designed to lure members into spending more. New research suggests just how much more members are spending. Those who sign up for the retailer’s free-shipping loyalty…
From rats to skulls to a disappearing doughnut, so-called “ufologists” claim to have seen all sorts of strange things in photos taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Now they’re saying…
There are apps to track your sleep, your steps, and your pets, but this may be the first that tracks your friends. Pplkpr, pronounced “People Keeper,” connects to a Bluetooth…
As East Coasters prepared to hunker down for a supposedly historic blizzard, locals in search of a cuddle partner flocked to mobile dating app Hinge. The service, which connects people…
Who’s the biggest daddy of them all? Ismail Ibn Sharif, who took the throne as the king of Morocco in 1672, is said to have fathered more than 1,000 children,…
It’s pretty easy to boil an egg, but is there a way to “unboil” it? – A paper describing the research was published online Jan. 23, 2015 in the journal…
On Tuesday, the company delivered on two of those promises, adding the ability to send a private message to a group as well as adding a video recorder that allows…
Facebook users began reporting problems in gaining access to the social media site on Tuesday morning, Hong Kong time. On Twitter, users posted images of an error message from Facebook…
Facebook and Instagram went down early Tuesday morning as a major snowstorm hit the Northeast. Reports on social media indicate that Tindr and Hipchat were also down. – This is…
Complain. And complain loudly. Shortly after 12:10 a.m. ET, Facebook and Instagram went down. – CNNMoney’s Charles Riley contributed to this report.