Amazon unveiled its own plans to compete in the user-generated video market with the launch of a new service called Amazon Video Direct in a surprise announcement this morning. This service, explains the company, allows creators to upload their own videos to Amazon’s Prime Video and generate…

Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer created the artificial intelligence behind Siri, Apple's iconic digital assistant, and one of the first modern apps to capably handle natural language queries on a smartphone. Today the pair showed off their newest creation, Viv, a next generation AI assistant that they…

Facebook has groups. You might not have known that beyond the few cursory groups your friends have invited you to, but you can also find groups related to your various interests to partake in large, group conversations (and content sharing) themed to a particular topic. In an effort to encourage…

Podcasters are reportedly getting very frustrated with Apple—the company that made their growing industry possible. Apple founder Steve Jobs first tried to sell the idea of the podcast, which is a long-form digital audio show, in 2005, and the format was integrated into iTunes. Podcasts experienced…

Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1080 represents a major step forward for graphics cards, but the GTX 1070 may be even more impressive. Credit: Brad Chacos Nvidia’s long-awaited GeForce GTX 1080 is real and it’s spectacular—at least on paper. If you missed Friday night’s big reveal, here are the 10 things you…

Above: Daniel Berlin, lead designer of EA DICE's Battlefield 1. Image Credit: Dean Takahashi The Battlefield 1 revelation video raised a lot of questions about what the new World War I first-person shooter game will be about. But Electronic Arts is holding back on a lot of information about the game…

5 May 2016, 10:49 pm EDT By Vincent Lanaria Tech Times Netflix is giving users more control over video quality and their budget, rolling out a new mobile data-saving feature. That means everyone can binge-watch all they want on the Android and iOS in controlled conditions now. ( Gareth Cattermole |…

Credit: Apple Apple Music has two major problems: The streaming service’s interface is needlessly complicated and its relationship to iTunes—both the store and your library of purchased songs—has been a disaster. Those will reportedly be fixed in an overhaul expected to debut at Apple’s Worldwide…

By Bernie Woodall and Edward Taylor | DETROIT/FRANKFURT DETROIT/FRANKFURT Alphabet Inc's Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV have agreed to work together to build a fleet of 100 self-driving minivans, marking the first time that a Silicon Valley firm has teamed up with a traditional carmaker to…

Ellie Mae announced today the launch of its new Ellie Mae Millennial Tracker, which will track Millennial loan trends in the U.S. via an interactive online tool. This tool will refresh with new data during the first week of every month in order to provide up-to-date demographic data about the…

Should you be able to plead the Fifth when a judge forces you to use your fingerprints to unlock an iPhone? That’s the latest ongoing debate in a Los Angeles courtroom after a judge compelled a woman in custody to use Touch ID to unlock an iPhone. Legal experts are arguing that this goes against the…

Above: The Oculus Rift CV1. Image Credit: Oculus Oculus VR is preparing to launch its retail strategy even before it has fulfilled all of its preorders. Many people who preordered a Rift virtual reality headset earlier this year are still waiting for their devices while Oculus struggles with…

Young people checking their cellphones in São Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, after a judge ordered the messaging service WhatsApp shut down for 72 hours. Andre Penner/Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook , was shut down in Brazil on Monday after a court order…

This news goes out to all Microsoft's competitors: Firefox, Google, Opera, Yahoo, and virtually everyone all that competes with Microsoft's very own Bing search engine will be shut off within Cortana digital assistant in the tech giant's latest OS, Windows 10. Advertisement Recently announced in the…

Finding your Apple Watch useless? Here’s something to do: install Windows 95 on it. Tenigi Insights’ Nick Lee did just that, although getting it to work was another story. By the specs, Apple’s wearable should be able to run Microsoft’s now 21-year-old operating system. The Apple Watch sports a…

The Cortana search on Windows 10. Credit: Microsoft Microsoft on Thursday began blocking rival browsers and search providers from using Windows 10's Cortana search box, the operating system's prime search real estate. "To ensure we can deliver the integrated search experience designed for Windows…

We’re more than half a year into Alphabet ‘s formation and we’re still seeing the ripples and effects. Some products still haven’t found a proper home and some that already do are still being relocated. Take, for example, Alphabet’s hardware products, many of which are now coming under a new…

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, at the company’s developer conference in San Francisco this month. Stephen Lam/Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg nurtured Facebook from a dorm room idea into the world’s biggest social network. Now the company is taking steps to ensure its…

By Julia Love and Anya George Tharakan Apple Inc ( AAPL.O ) on Tuesday posted its first-ever decline in iPhone sales and its first revenue drop in 13 years as the company credited with inventing the smartphone struggles with an increasingly saturated market. The company's sales dropped by more than…

Feature Every once in a while, Apple rolls out new behind-the-scenes features that are exceptional technical achievements but receive little fanfare. With the launch of the miniature iPad Pro, that focus shifted toward the important-but-impenetrable world of color management. ColorSync at work in OS…

(Photo : Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) A market research firm has revealed that Apple Watch sales trump Samsung smartwatch sales. Apple has announced that developers will be required to build new apps that would be able to run natively on the Apple Watch. "Starting June 1, 2016, all new watchOS apps…

Breaking The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday withdrew an appeal seeking Apple's help in accessing data from a locked iPhone 5s tied to an ongoing New York drug case, saying an unnamed individual furnished the device passcode on Thursday. Armed with the code, investigators were able to unlock an…

Microsoft needs to protect its access to your wallet. Credit: Mark Hachman Poor little Windows phone could have a bigger effect on Microsoft's business than you'd think. As the company's mobile device strategy continues to disintegrate, Microsoft may feel compelled to push harder on Windows 10…

Above: One of the fastest-selling consoles ever is potentially getting replaced. Image Credit: Sony The repeatedly rumored upgraded PlayStation 4 and Xbox One systems are a new spin on an old trick. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One may both get major upgrades in the near future, according to recent…

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo strove for the past two decades to build one of the most visited sites in the country and a robust online display advertising business. It succeeded at both. But its status as the third-most-visited website has translated into little more than a dimming outlook for the company…

YouTube will today begin supporting 360-degree live streaming on its service, confirming reports from earlier this year stating that such a feature was in development. One of the first videos to take advantage of this more immersive format will be this year’s live stream from music event Coachella,…

16 April 2016, 9:49 am EDT By Aaron Mamiit Tech Times Apple revealed that it will be ending iTunes Allowances on May 25, while recommending parents to replace the feature with Family Sharing. Here is a quick guide on how to set up Family Sharing for up to six family members. ( Apple ) Advertisement…

This triplex penthouse in Manhattan’s Murray Hill neighborhood sits in the Windsor Tower, featuring dramatic neo-gotchic sculptures of gargoyles in its iconic terrace and double-height ceilings that make you feel suspended in the panoramic views of the city. Douglas Elliman Douglas Elliman Douglas…

Photo: Apple NEW YORK Apple is saying no to the government — again. In a legal filing late Friday, the tech giant argued it should not be compelled to aid federal law enforcement officials who seek to extract data from a confessed methamphetamine trafficker's iPhone because they have not exhausted…

A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a $119.6 million patent infringement award against Samsung in a long-running case brought by Apple. Credit: Pixabay Microsoft today asked a federal court to invalidate part of a 1986 law that it alleged has been abused by the government when authorities demand the…

(Photo : Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) The Amazon Kindle Oasis delivers a great reading experience with the addition of a better lit screen, and battery life that can last up to two months thanks to the new battery leather case. Amazon has officially unveiled the next iteration of its Kindle…

As predicted , developers can now build bots inside Facebook Messenger. The announcement was one of the highlights of Facebook’s jam-packed F8 schedule and it further proves what many have been predicting for a long time, bots are the future. Right now, the bots that are available are more limited –…

Tesla Motors said it's recalling 2,700 Model X sport utility vehicles because strength tests done by the automaker revealed issues with the third-row seats. "Recently, during an internal seat strength test that was conducted prior to the start of Model X deliveries in Europe, the recliner in a third…

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tesla Motors, facing a likely shortage of U.S. tax credits for the Model 3, its first mass-market electric vehicle, may consider a clever production strategy to squeeze more money out of the program for its buyers. But that would add to the logistical challenges for a company that…

Recently unsealed court documents show Apple in February was ordered to assist the FBI in accessing an iPhone tied to a Boston court case, but the government has seemingly abandoned its pursuit as the ruling fell short of forcing Apple to bypass its own security. In the Massachusetts case, the FBI…

Small arms and light weapons have been sold in Facebook “arms bazaars,” according to a New York Times report . This week, after the Times provided Facebook with seven examples of suspicious groups, the company shut down six of them, the report says. Earlier this year Facebook banned the private sale…

That only took 148 years. Unmarried couples living together in Florida can relax now that they no longer have to worry about paying a fine or even going to jail for shacking up together. Not that the law against it was adamantly enforced, according to an article in the Miami Herald by Kristen Clark.…

Steve Huffman, a co-founder and chief executive of Reddit. Jason Henry for The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Since 2005, Reddit has been a veritable wonderland for the most extreme forms of free speech on the Internet. On this general interest message board, all it takes to make — or break —…

Swedish retail giant IKEA has taken the leap into the world of virtual reality (VR), launching its Virtual Reality Kitchen, IKEA VR Experience in a bid to transform the way people shop. Released on Valve's game distribution platform Steam, in partnership with HTC, the pilot allows customers to try…

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