It's been a while since an app captured the world's imagination quite like Pokemon Go . The augmented reality game from developer Niantic (in collaboration with Nintendo) is so popular that it's on track to have more active users than Twitter after barely a week of activity. And it's already having…

It's hard to imagine phones becoming any more affordable than they already are without making severe compromises to performance and build quality. Budget devices we've reviewed, like the Blu Life One X or the metal-clad Huawei Honor 5X , already seem to be packing in the most they can. Not so fast.…

Engadget caught wind of the video from YouTube user David Robustelli. It's only a minute long, but it has a number of different features from Niantic Labs' Pokemon Go , including the ability to throw Poke Balls using gestures, such as pointing at the Pokemon. We see the wearer manage to capture a…

Do you like Infiniti cars generally? You’ll love the QX30. Looking for a sporty luxury crossover you can actually afford? QX30 checks all the boxes. Ashamed to admit you love sport wagons? The QX30 is the perfect cover story. At some point in 2015, Compact SUVs became the biggest-selling class of…

This is just a visual representation of someone playing Pokemon GO. (Photo: Getty Images) There have been reports of malicious Pokémon Go apps out in the wild since the game was released over a week ago, but more of them are popping out of the brush than Caterpies just out of Pallet Town. According…

Pokémon Go is a worldwide phenomenon. It's fun, it's addictive, and it's absolutely everywhere. You can't walk down a street without bumping into a few wandering trainers flipping Pokéballs at New York City's bursting population of Doduos, or a group of strangers huddled over their smartphones on a…

When Boon Sheridan decided to convert an old church into his new home, he didn’t think he would end up fending off dozens of would-be pokémon trainers. But that’s exactly what happened when Niantic, the augmented reality gaming company behind Pokémon Go , marked Sheridan’s home as a "gym" — one of…

There’s no question that Pokémon Go has taken over the world in just a few short days. The app now has more users than Tinder, and single-handedly increased Nintendo’s market cap by $7.5 Billion over the weekend. But users have started turning on its creator, Niantic, after a blog post by a former…

If you haven’t seen it already, you will soon when you are walking down the street. Every person you pass who is fervently looking at their phone is likely playing the No. 1 game in the country right now: Pokémon Go. You might think it’s popular because of the brand. Nintendo, which refused to make…

Two and a half hours after a Minnesota woman live-streamed the bloodied body of her boyfriend after he was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop on Wednesday, Facebook Inc. took down the footage. Last month, however, a live French video of an alleged terrorist holding a child hostage remained…

You’ve heard of the accidental tourist. Now we have the reluctant news media. I’m talking about Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, among others. With the advent of live-streaming options — Facebook Live and Periscope, primarily — their already huge influence in the news universe has taken another…

Image Credit: Esther Vargas/Flickr After previously hijacking the social media accounts of multiple tech executives including Google’s Sundar Pichai, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, AOL’s Steve Case, and Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, hacker group OurMine set its sights on Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey .…

The Facebook livestream that went online shortly after the recent shooting of Philando Castile was important for a number of reasons. It's undoubtedly going to be a major issue in the investigation of said shooting, and it has become a rallying cry for those taking whatever stances they're taking on…

Facebook Messenger wants to be your primary messaging app. As people become more and more concerned about security, being the best messaging app means being the most secure. That’s why Facebook is finally adding an option for users to encrypt their chats in Messenger. Messenger will begin to offer…

Less than a month after its unveiling at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June , macOS Sierra arrived today for beta testers who have signed up to try Apple's new desktop operating system. This is the third year in a row Apple has offered a public beta of an upcoming desktop OS. This year…

Editors’s Note: Earlier this week, Fortune published two articles questioning whether Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk broke securities laws in not disclosing a fatal accident in which the company’s much-hyped autopilot feature was in use. One, by former Fortune Editor-at-Large Carol Loomis said that the…

Ad Loading... x Embed x Share Verizon Wireless revamped its pricing plans Wednesday, offering customers more generous data allotments while also increasing monthly rates by $5-$10. USA TODAY In file photo taken Aug. 21, 2010, a Verizon sign is shown at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford,…

A Tesla Model S, with its self-driving mode enabled. In a statement, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had sent an investigative team to examine the vehicle and the crash site in Williston, Fla. Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg DETROIT — The race by automakers and technology firms to…

Another day, another chapter in Facebook's love/hate relationship with the media. Facebook announced on Wednesday that it has once again changed the secret recipe that decides what to show its users in their Newsfeeds. What might mean a few more baby pictures for the average users could mean a…

4 July 2016, 9:05 am EDT By Quinten Plummer Tech Times Internet In A Minute Now Playing NuAns is hoping to have a breakthrough Windows 10 Mobile device on its hands. After launching the Neo in Japan earlier this year, the company is turning to Kickstarter to fuel the next stage of the phone's early…

Just yesterday we told you how a memo distributed in the Senate to Administrative Managers, Chief Clerks, and System Administrators revealed that BlackBerry handsets were being phased out in this legislative body . According to the memo, the decision was made because "BlackBerry informed Verizon and…

It’s no secret that Google’s Chromebooks have seen the most success in the classroom, and have quickly become the de facto education computer in the US thanks to their low cost and easy management. Today, Google is announcing new tools and expanded capabilities of its existing tools for educators…

Apple today seeded the second beta of macOS Sierra, the newest operating system designed for the Mac, to developers. macOS Sierra beta 2 comes three weeks after the software was first unveiled at Apple's 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference . The update can be downloaded through the software update…

Goodbye to more tactile keys, and hello to planes of cool and smooth glass. Today, BlackBerry confirmed that it will stop making the Classic, one of the company’s last smartphone models based around a physical keyboard for inputting text, as the company prepares for a new series of phone designs…

Big news is coming from Comcast today as we’re learning that the cable mega-giant is going to incorporate the Netflix app into its X1 platform. The two companies have a lot of work to do before the app will launch on X1 cable boxes, but the deployment is supposed to happen later on this year. This…

Apple's next software update for the the iPhone will make it easier for users to register as organ donors . The company is adding the new feature to its Health app, and will let users sign up to become organ, eye, and tissue donors "with just a few taps." Registrations submitted on the iPhone will…

version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? The Tesla Model S. syndication.ap.org WASHINGTON — The first American death involving a car in self-driving mode presents a dilemma: How aggressively to embrace the potentially life-saving technology after a fatal crash. The driver's history of speeding complicates…

Lab Zero's hyper-stylized fighting game Skullgirls has been available on almost every modern platform at some point in its history, but you couldn't play it on your smartphone... until now. Hidden Variable (best known for producing versions of Threes ) has revealed that it's developing a Skullgirls…

Google Tech by Micah Singleton @MicahSingleton Jul 4, 2016, 5:47p Google is rolling out an update to Chrome 51 (the current version) that will allow users to Cast without having to install the Google Cast extension. The update will add native Cast functionality to the browser and put a button in the…

Add yet another problem to the list at Tesla Motors: lackluster growth. Tesla announced on Sunday that it delivered 14,370 vehicles in the second quarter. That is well below its own forecast of about 17,000, which it gave in May. Although sales of its Model X grew significantly from the first…

A visitor examined a self-driving car by Google on display at a technology fair in Paris last month. Benoit Tessier/Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — In Silicon Valley, where companies big and small are at work on self-driving cars, there have been a variety of approaches, and even some false starts. The most…

Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors, has been criticized for offering new technologies like Autopilot to consumers without enough testing. Justin Chin/Bloomberg DETROIT — As the co-founder and chief executive of Tesla Motors, the technology billionaire Elon Musk has consistently portrayed his…

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are coming to Pinterest, which this week announced new features aimed at encouraging its users to use the site for shopping . When you're looking at a pinned photo on the Pinterest app, you can tap a new visual search icon in the upper right corner of the…

Israel has accused Facebook of not doing enough to curb online content that incites violence against the state, with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan describing the social network as a "monster" during a television interview on Saturday. Facebook defended its moderation policy in a statement to…

If you follow tech executives or famous actors on Twitter, you’ve probably seen references to something called OurMine several times over the last few weeks. That’s because a group of three hackers called OurMine have been finding their way into accounts belonging to Google CEO Sundar Pichai,…

When it was reported that U.S. Senate staffers will not be offered BlackBerry devices once existing supplies have been exhausted, it was also reported that BlackBerry had informed Verizon and AT&T that production of all BlackBerry OS 10 devices will be discontinued. However, in an email sent to…

One of the men behind the ‘ Celebgate ‘ phishing attack has pleaded guilty to accessing more than 300 iCloud and Gmail accounts, including ‘at least 30’ belonging to celebrities. The plea was announced by the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Central District of California. Edward Majerczyk, 28, who…

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her BlackBerry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque, AP) Corrections & clarifications: An…

by Staff Writer Key Takeaways Real estate is local, and different markets in the U.S. will respond to Brexit depending on what's already been taking place. There is likely to be some "flight to safety" from international investors, who will want to park their money where it will be safest. There…

Ad Loading... x Embed x Share A preliminary investigation has begun for a fatal car crash involving a Tesla Model S.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the electric model sedan had Autopilot mode engaged when a driver was killed. USA TODAY A worker cleans a Tesla Model S…