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'It's a bird, it's a plane' 鈥� no, it's a manned droneA British man has created a giant drone able to keep a human聽airborne聽for about 10 minutes.聽
FAA names two officials to oversee drones, but questions lingerWith demand for commercial drones continuing to grow, the FAA is attempting to clarify how the vehicles are used in U.S. airspace.
With downloadable videos, Amazon hopes to boosts Prime's profileIn an attempt to break away from competitors like Netflix and Hulu, Amazon has begun offering its members free video downloads for mobile devices and tablets.
With coming move to Alphabet, Google revamps its logoAs part of its move to a holding company called Alphabet, Google unveiled a redesigned logo on Tuesday featuring a new typeface.
The slow demise of Adobe Flash continues as Chrome blocks Flash adsGoogle's Chrome browser began blocking Adobe Flash advertisements by default on Tuesday, pausing animations unless users click on the ads to play them. Google says the move will speed up web browsing, improve battery life on mobile devices, and keep users more secure.
'Freebooting' gets the boot: Will Facebook eliminate pirated videos?Facebook is reworking its system to remove the countless 'freebooting' (copyright-infringing) videos that users upload every day. Will it be enough?
In its quest to displace YouTube, Facebook cracks down on video piracyFacebook announced last week that it will introduce new technology and reporting tools to crack down on videos uploaded to its site without creators' permission. Top content creators have been critical of what they see as Facebook's lax attitude toward video piracy.
How to finish the competitiveness debate that Trump startedOpinion: Donald Trump has unrealistic solutions for solving global competitiveness, but at least he鈥檚 talking about the issue. None of the other candidates are.
First LookDid you log into Facebook on Monday? So did 999,999,999 other usersFor the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Apple teams up with the Pentagon to make military wearablesThe Pentagon announced the FlexTech Alliance, a group of 162 companies and universities including Apple, Boeing, and Harvard University.
Iowa begins testing driver's license app for smartphonesIowa's new digital driver's license raises privacy concerns as critics question the need to collect residents' personal information all in one place.
How Usain Bolt was caught at intersection of tech and human errorThe Jamaican Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter had an encounter this week with recent technology. The outcome was probably not what he was expecting.
Google denies Europe's antitrust accusationsGoogle has rejected the European Commission's charges that the company harmed consumers and producers by聽distorting Internet search results to favor its own shopping service.聽
First LookDon't be a square: Instagram ditches rigid boundariesThe photo-sharing app Instagram will, for the first time, allow users to post photographs in a portrait and landscape format.
Meet M, Facebook鈥檚 new personal assistantSelect users are testing M, Facebook Messenger's digital assistant service that uses both human and artificial intelligence.
North Dakota becomes first state to legalize weaponized police dronesA North Dakota law allows police to outfit drones with 'less-than-lethal' weapons including stun guns and tear gas. The bill's original sponsor says he didn't want weapons of any kind on drones, but that the state law enforcement lobby altered the bill's language.
How a new device could make your bike smarterBacked by a Kickstarter campaign, SmartHalo pairs a device and a smartphone app to allow bikers hands-free navigation and notification alerts.聽
How YouTube plans to get gamers to ditch TwitchGoogle's online video giant launched a new gaming site Wednesday, a year after failing to acquire the streaming video service Twitch.
Driver blows past Tesla's mileage rating, cruising 452 miles on one chargeBj酶rn Nyland nearly doubled the expected mileage for a Tesla Model S. Mr. Nyland used "hypermiling" techniques, such as driving at slow speeds and coasting to a stop when necessary, to make his Model S as efficient as possible.
Mobile manners: How Americans are navigating cell phone etiquetteA new report around mobile phone etiquette highlights technology鈥檚 impact on social interactions and how Americans are negotiating norms around the use of their devices in public places.