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FAA Signs off on AIG Using Drones for Insurance Inspections

The Federal Aviation Administration gave the go ahead to AIG this week to use UAVs for tasks that may be too risky for people to actually do. The FAA also gave permission to State Farm and USAA insurance companies to use the UAVs ...

9 years ago

Thecus Releases New Firmware Update for ThecusOS 5.0

Thecus just released a firmware update for the ThecusOS 5.0 software that runs on its NAS servers. The new version 2.05.08 addresses several vulnerabilities and exposures and updates some features. The new version 2.05.08 is ...

9 years ago

How NOT To Use a Selfie Stick

Selfie sticks have been a popular choice for people who like to take a lot of selfies outdoors, having to get the best shot further away from the hand's reach. However, some people don't quite get it that they are also a bit ...

9 years ago

EVGA Announces Pro SLI Bridges V2

EVGA announced today that it was launching a line of SLI bridges that will help to bring a bit of style and class to your SLI setup. The new bridges are for two, three, and four way SLI with a back-lit white EVGA logo on black and ...

9 years ago

Shape-Shifting ‘Beebone’ Malware Taken Down by Europol and the FBI

It looks like a shape-shifting malware that was able to change its identity up to 19 times a day to avoid detection has been put to rest by Europe's Cybercrime Centre and the FBI. The malware dubbed 'Beebone' is said to have ...

9 years ago

Every UFO Sighting Since 1933 Can be Viewed on an Interactive Map

Sightings of possible UFO activity has been increasing common the past century. However, even with their increase in number, they still remain an intriguing mystery. The last sighting of a UFO that went viral on the Internet was in ...

9 years ago

Guy Caught Watching Lord of the Rings While Driving at 60mph

A van driver is said to have been caught watching a DVD version of Lord of the Rings while speeding at 60 mph on the M25 near Cobham in Surrey, UK. The police stated they were shocked after stopping him and noticing that he was ...

9 years ago

Teaser for “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3” Drops

Another year, another Call of Duty to add to the franchise and this year it is the third installment of Black Ops. The game is being made by Treyarch, the studio who worked on the original Black Ops installment. The teaser ...

9 years ago

QNAP Turbo Station TS-431 4-Bay SOHO NAS Review

Introduction I loved what the QNAPs TS-x31 series sports right from the first time that I heard of it. It just sounded like the perfect SOHO device for people who want a lot of features, easy setup, simple maintenance and ...

9 years ago

Adobe Revealed Some of its Features Coming in the Next Premiere Pro Update

Adobe has announced a few of its upcoming product updates ahead of NAB video conference, which include an animation tool, a new mobile app and some updates to Premiere Pro. There seems to be a new colour correction panel in ...

9 years ago

Gremlins Reboot Adds Disturbia and Goosebumps Scribe

10 The writer of upcoming the meta comedy horror Goosebumps movie has been hired by Warner Bros as writer of the in-production Gremlins reboot. Carl Ellsworth, whose credits also include Disturbia and the remake of Last House on the ...

9 years ago

Brad Bird Starts Writing The Incredibles 2

Writer/director Brad Bird has revealed that he has recently started work on the script for Disney-Pixar’s sequel to 2004’s animated action comedy The Incredibles. Bird told NPR’s Ask Me Another, “It’s percolating. I mean, ...

9 years ago

Publishers Want to Make Old Game Archiving Illegal

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) wants archiving of abandoned video games, such as Internet Archive’s ever-growing library, illegal, calling the practice “hacking”, which is “associated with piracy”. The ...

9 years ago

Feds Tracking International Calls Since 1992, Didn’t Stop 9/11

Since the inception of the Patriot Act, and amplified since the Snowden leak, the oft-repeated justification for intelligence services running mass surveillance programs is that it helps fight terrorism or, more hyperbolically, ...

9 years ago

Grand Theft Auto V for PC Comes on 7 Discs, Needs 65GB Storage

Though many gamers will no doubt purchase Rockstar’s much-anticipated Grand Theft Auto V PC version via digital download over Steam, a fair amount will still prefer the old-fashioned physical release. We now know that the retail ...

9 years ago

Activision Finally Patches Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare ‘XS1 Goliath Scorestreak’ Exploit

Activision has finally released a new update for all Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare platforms that also fixes an exploit where players could have had unlimited health using the XS1 Goliath scorestreak. Alongside the exploit, the ...

9 years ago

Pro-ISIS Hackers Take Down French TV Station

TV5Monde, a French TV station that broadcasts around the world, was attacked by ISIS and taken down for around three hours before it could get its stations broadcasting again. The reports indicate that the stations Facebook page ...

9 years ago

Facebook Messenger is Now Available on Web Browsers

It looks like Facebook has brought its Messenger counterpart to web browsers. Though users can chat with their Facebook friends inside Facebook.com as they did up until now, the Messenger.com looks to work and look like a mobile ...

9 years ago

Xiaomi Enters Guinness World Record for Selling 2.11 Million Phones in a Day

Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics company and world's 3rd largest smartphone distributor, appears to have recently set a new Guinness World Record in terms of smartphone selling. The company managed to sell 2.11 million phones during ...

9 years ago

Acer Announced New Revo One RL85 Mini Entertainment PC

Acer America announced that the Acer Revo One RL85 now is available in the United States. The Windows 8.1 PC offers a lot of power in a small and stylish form factor for enjoying movies, TV programs, slide shows and music as well ...

9 years ago

Updates for Grand Theft Auto 5 Coming to PC and Consoles at the Same Time

Grand Theft Auto 5 will finally hit the PC platform soon (after an eternity of waiting), having it be delayed several times due to the amount of work required to port the title. Since the release date is getting closer, Rockstar ...

9 years ago

Frostbite Technical Director Wants DirectX 12 as a Requirement for 2016 Holiday Games

DirectX 12 is almost here and big name gaming companies already want to have it as a requirement for their next games. Frostbite's technical director, Johan Andersson, is one of the people who expressed interest to have DirectX 12, ...

9 years ago

ASUSTOR Upgrades LooksGood with Media Converter Support

ASUSTOR has released a new version of the LooksGood App with an added Media Converter function for its 5 and 7 series NAS devices. The new functions include multimedia conversion, ability to configure a Smart Coversion Folder, and ...

9 years ago

High-Tech Alarm Clock Uses Focused Beams of Sound and Light

Getting up on a morning can be a tricky task, one that can spell death for your alarm clock when you thump your fist down onto that glaring "snooze" button. However, one team think they've got a solution to waking you up on a ...

9 years ago

Will Daniel Radcliffe Star in Grand Theft Auto Developer Special?

There are reports surfacing that Daniel Radcliffe is in negotiations to play the lead role for the upcoming drama about Grand Theft Auto developer, Rockstar. The new 90-min drama is about the creation of the legendary and ...

9 years ago

Zotac Announce Two New Broadwell Mini-PC

ZOTAC has announced two new nano sized mini-PCs based on the new Intel Broadwell processors in their M-series. The two new systems are the ZBOX MI522 nano and ZBOX MI542 nano, and they pack a lot of features and power in a very ...

9 years ago

HDMI Forum Releases HDMI 2.0a Specifications

HDMI Forum Inc, the non-profit corporation behind the HDMI standard, announced the latest specifications that now have reached version 2.0a. The new upgraded specification enables transmission of HDR formats which provide enhanced ...

9 years ago

XFX Radeon R9 390 Double Dissipation in Pictured!

Chinese forums have leaked what could be the first real photos of AMD's upcoming Radeon R9 390 graphics card and it isn't even a reference design. The XFX Radeon R9 390 is featured in two photos, one from the top and one from the ...

9 years ago

ASUS X99-A (LGA 2011-3) Motherboard Review

Introduction, Specifications and Packaging Intel's current flagship consumer chipset, X99 has been around since August 2014. The X99 chipset was the first motherboard range to fully utilise DDR4 memory modules and put the ...

9 years ago

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Gets Trailer; Will Support DX12

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has been officially unveiled by publisher Square Enix and developer Eidos Montreal, as well as being treated to some impressive screenshots and a trailer, we now know that the PC version of the game will ...

9 years ago

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