One in four claims they would date a robot
Researchers found that one in four young people would happily date a robot if it looked like a real-life human being. Recent films depicting human-machine romance could be soon…
Apple announces earnings decline for the first time in 13 years
In the most recent quarter, Apple is staying on a staggering $232 billion in cash and investments, a much common knowledge that Apple is interested in the automotive and…
Samsung invents a pair of wireless earbuds that can store music
The Gear IconX Bluetooth, Samsung’s wireless earbuds, photos were leaked at Venture Beat on April 26, 2016, creating a significant buzz because most “wireless” earbuds that have already been…
Woman caused a car crash trying to use Snapchat’s speed filter
There are many recorded accidents for texting while driving but this time, an accident caused by a woman who was trying on the speed filter of one social media…
Spotify user details appear online
News of possible data breach has just been uncovered and this time, the leak came from a music software application, Spotify. The leak consists of several hundred users’ credentials,…
YouTube launches six-second unskippable bumper ads for mobile devices
Bumper ads, as they are being called, are so short that you won’t be able to skip them, unlike some pre-roll advertisements that can be skipped. They are scheduled…
World Intellectual Property Day 2016
Photo Caption from left-right: Mr. Bren Breuhaus – Economic Officer of United States Embassy Manila, Ms. Josephine Santiago – Director General of IPOPHL, Mr. Mon Ibrahim – Deputy Executive Director…
Hi-tech gloves translate sign language into text and speech
Thomas Pryor and Navid Azodi, students of the University of Washington, invented these gloves, which translates American Sign Language (ASL) into speech in real time. This means that people…
Visa chip-enabled cards reduce counterfeit fraud
VISA, the world’s largest payments processor, confirmed that chip-enabled cards submerging the US market are efficient at restricting fraud. The processor company has issued roughly 265 million chips-enabled cards…
Facebook working on a camera app similar to Snapchat
Facebook Inc. is developing an unrelated camera application, similar to Snapchat, to increase user engagement. The application is now being developed by Facebook’s “friend-sharing” team in London, England and…
