"It's not magic, but close to it." That's the tagline for Vessyl, a smart cup that can analyze and identify drinks poured into it. The device made headlines last month when it went up for pre-order but now, the Yves…

A single Swedish man and his article-writing bot are responsible for creating 2.7 million articles on Wikipedia, or 8.5% of the entire collection of entries available on the online encyclopedia.

Google has recently reversed its policy of requiring users of their Google+ social network to use their real names. A post on Google+ says that while the policy "helped create a community made up of real people", it also kept…

Are you planning to get your Comcast service disconnected? Turns out this simple request is quite difficult to do, just ask AOL product manager Ryan Block, a former editor with Engadget, who had a blood boiling experience after he decided…

What's cooler than watching a fireworks show? Watching them from a drone, of course! But what's even cooler than having a bird's eye view? Watching fireworks in reverse as I recently discovered.

With a mix between the concepts Netflix and Kickstarter made popular, BitTorrent will be entering into the original content space in a unique way. Coming this fall, the company will be introducing the pilot episode of its very first original…

LinkedIn on Monday announced they have agreed to purchase Newsle, a startup that specializes in providing alerts anytime someone in your network is mentioned on the web. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed.

US intelligence officials had prior knowledge of British intelligence’s efforts to destroy hard drives containing leaked information from the National Security Agency, according to redacted emails and other documents obtained by the Associated Press from the NSA under the Freedom…

Looking to enhance its video streaming capabilities, Yahoo on Friday announced that it has acquired RayV, a video broadcasting firm that enables improved high quality streaming for online and mobile content partners. Financial details of the deal weren't disclosed. …

DARPA - the United States's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - is known for its crazy, innovative and futuristic millitary-related inventions, and this latest demonstration could be the coolest yet.

Digg on Friday announced a massive overhaul of News.me, a social news reading app created by Betaworks (Digg's current owner). The revised service is now being called Digg Deeper and as the name suggests, it'll give users a more personalized experience…

Earlier this year we shared a College Humor original short that showed what life might be like if Google was simply a regular guy performing physical searches on your behalf. The segment must have been a hit as the comedy…

After becoming the first company to get nominated and win an Emmy with an online show last year, Netflix is primed to have a very strong showing at this year's ceremony. Lead by hit shows Orange is the New Black…

About two weeks ago, controversial TV streaming company Aereo suffered a seemingly devastating defeat when the Supreme Court ruled that its service is in violation of copyright law. As of last week the service was put on hold after CEO…

YouTube is by far the most popular user-generated video site on the web but according to a new report, the Google-owned property isn't making near as much money as some analysts had hoped for.

While the original developers of the torrent streaming platform Popcorn Time have now ceased involvement with the project, its source code is still alive and well. A new fork of the software called Time4Popcorn has been in development for some…

The latest episode in the Kids React series asks children and young teens to voice their opinion on Nintendo's original Game Boy. And as we've seen in other clips from the Fine Bros, kids are certainly good for some witty one-liners…

While many of us were consumed by 4th of July festivities, the Seinfeld show that debuted back in the 80's celebrated its 25th anniversary. After airing its first pilot episode back in 1989, on July 5th the show turned 25…

YouTube has started notifying users that their ISPs could be the reason behind problems like blurring video or excessive buffering. The video streaming service now sometimes displays an 'Experiencing interruptions?' bar underneath choppy videos with a link to obtain more…

A vast majority of the people identified in a large cache of online conversations intercepted by the National Security Agency were ordinary internet users, and not legally targeted foreigners, according to a Washington Post report.

Digital music consumption is rapidly shifting from downloads to the streaming model popularized by the likes of Spotify and Pandora. According to Nielsen’s U.S. music report on the first half of 2014, digital album sales are down 11.6%, while purchases…

Are you a Linux Journal reader or use software such as Tor and Tails Linux? If so, you've probably been flagged as an "extremist" by the NSA. Leaked documents related to the XKeyscore snooping program reveal that the agency is targeting anyone who…

Russian parliament has just passed a bill that could change the way its citizens access the internet in a major way. The bill demands that all the data of Russian citizens being stored by various apps and websites must be done…

Amazon says it's ready to fight a legal battle against the Federal Trade Commission to defend itself against allegations that it hasn't done enough to prevent kids from making unauthorized in-app purchases, and hence should make certain policy changes and pay…

Pornography website operators that have been using Google's ad network to lure new traffic have been shown the door. The search giant recently enforced a new policy that bans the promotion of hardcore pornography from its ad network.