Microsoft disavows 1B-or-bust goal for Windows 10
Microsoft today acknowledged that it would not make its self-imposed goal of putting Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by…
NASA ready to build Mars 2020 rover
NASA is ready to wrap up the final design and begin building the next Mars rover, which is set to…
Samsung may place a $450m bet on electric cars and batteries
Samsung Electronics is on the verge of making a substantial investment in BYD, a Chinese manufacturer of electric cars and…
Use Tor? Riffle promises to protect your privacy even better
Privacy-minded people have long relied on Tor for anonymity online, but a new system from MIT promises better protection and…
IDG Contributor Network: Why the Tesla Model S 'Autopilot' name needs to change…right now
There’s nothing like a name that can lead to rampant confusion. Although they insist it works like the pilot-assisted feature…
Fake Pokemon Go game locks phone, secretly drives porn ad clicks
A newly discovered fake Pokemon Go game will actually lock your phone and then secretly run in the background, clicking…
IDG Contributor Network: 5 lessons any business can learn from the Pokemon Go craze
It’s a kids game. Let’s all chill out a little, right? Yet, even for large companies, executives, those who follow…
AT&T deploys drones for cell tower inspections, network expansion
AT&T is now using drones to conduct aerial inspections of its cellular towers and foresees them as a way to…
After conquering the iPhone, chip designer ARM chases supercomputers
Having dominated the mobile world for some time, ARM — the company whose CPU design is in Apple’s iPhone —…
U.S. pumps $400 million into next-generation wireless research
The U.S. National Science Foundation will spend more than $400 million over the next seven years to fund next-generation wireless…