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Elon Musk appears to be worried about the future of artificial intelligence technology, thinking that it could turn dangerous in just five years time, ten at the most. The Tesla CEO voiced his opinion in a comment on Edge.org but later, which was later removed but not before a Reddit poster …

Intel is set to merge its mobile and tablet division with the part of the company that creates desktop processors. This will combine the heavy loss generating mobile group with the profitable PC chip making group starting from early next year. In an email to Intel employees, spokesperson Chuck Mulloy …

The European court has been forcing Google to evaluate and remove search links based on ‘right to be forgotten' applications for some time now. The company has struggled to keep up with demand and it looks like things might get worse as the ruling may now extend out of Europe. …

Leading Swedish internet service provider, Bahnhof, is making an effort to protect its customer's privacy by supplying a free to use, no-logging VPN service. The new privacy protection measure comes shortly after the Swedish Telecoms Regulator, PTS, ordered Bahnhof to start monitoring and storing communications data under local data retention …

Samsung showed off its upcoming Gear VR headset last month and now we know when consumers will finally be able to get their hands on one. The headset, which was designed by Oculus, will be available to purchase from December onwards. The Gear VR Innovator Edition will pair up with …

Google is making some advancements on Project Loon as it has begun preparing a series of test flights in Australia. Twenty internet carrying balloons will be launched across western Queensland in December, this will mark the first time Google has teamed up with a wireless carrier to help beam the …

The Asus Zenwatch, powered by Google's smartwatch optimized Android Wear operating system,  is now available on the Google Play Store in the US. The wearable features a 1.63 Inch AMOLED display with a 320×320 resolution, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM. It has an IP55 water resistance …

Microsoft is expanding Skype by making it accessible via web browsers. The communication service is currently beta testing ‘Skype for web', which comes in the form of a plugin. However, the plugin version won't be required forever as Microsoft is hoping to launch a Web Real-Time Communication version as soon as …

With just a few short hours of battery life left on the Philae lander craft that recently touched down on comet 67P, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it's begun drilling into the surface of the interplanetary body. The plan is to try and retrieve some material from …

The last few days have been an exciting time for those that follow the efforts of organisations like NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), as the 10 year, four billion mile journey of the Rosetta probe came to an end as it reached Comet 67P and dropped off its …

Kim Dotcom has been legally embattled since January of 2012, following his arrest after the raid on his home. This legal action takes place all over the world, with court cases and lawyer wrangling in the US, Hong Kong and New Zealand, as some try to extradite him, while others …

Earlier this week President Obama announced his support for Net Neutrality, calling for the FCC to reclassify the Internet as a utility. Unfortunately, the FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, has other ideas and has indicated that he will be rejecting the proposal put forward by the president. According to The Washington …

Samsung Electronics this week responded to Nvidia Corp.’s allegations with its own lawsuit, where it accuses Nvidia and its partner Velocity Micro of infringing its patents. While the main reason why Samsung sued Velocity Micro, a well-known privately-held PC maker, is tactical, it should be noted that the charges which …

Intel looks set to launch its own wireless charging technology early next year according to new reports. The Intel-made solution should also begin shipping in upcoming smartphones, although it is not yet clear which devices will make use of the new technology. According to FocusTaiwan, Intel's General manager of Wireless …

Remember that video from late last year that seemed to show Amazon's plans to use unmanned drones to deliver packages to customers that live near distribution centres? It was initially thought to be a bit of an attention grabber leading up to Christmas, but apparently there was some truth to …

YouTube has been rumoured to have been working on a music streaming subscription service for some time now, with hints earlier this year that it would be called ‘Music Key.' It turns out that all of that is true, as owner Google has now unveiled the platform, announcing it as …

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Wednesday said that it has begun producing chips using its 16nm FinFET+ (16FF+) manufacturing technology. The new process technology will be used by a number of TSMC’s partners to make their leading edge chips due next year. Among the first companies to adopt the improved 16nm …

A few months ago Netflix announced its new price plans, which involved charging new customers a little extra to stream Ultra HD 4K content. Now Amazon, arguably Netflix's biggest competitor, has announced that it won't be following the same path, keeping 4K content free to Amazon Prime customers. In a …

At one point in time, BT claimed that it would deliver fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband to a quarter of the UK, this obviously hasn't happened yet, causing the company to drop its original FTTP target. Since then, BT has been focusing on bringing speed bumps to the slower …

It's rare to hear an artist say something that's not disparaging when it comes to piracy. Most of them are clearly told by their labels or producers that they lost X number of sales because of the downloaders out there, so you can understand why they're annoyed, or at least …

The internet looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago and far different again than a few years before that. The further back you go, the more archaic it seems and the more lacking in modern design choices and style features it is than the years …

Update: The confirmation has come through. Philae has successfully separated from the Rosetta Probe “flawlessly” and now begins its multiple hour descent. This is quite an emotional moment for the Probe's crew back here on Earth, as Philae and Rosetta have travelled through space inseparably for over 10 years and …

Samsung Electronics this week filed a lawsuit against Nvidia and accused the company of infringing its intellectual property. It is believed that the company responded to Nvidia’s accusations of patent infringements that the company published in early September. Samsung accused Nvidia of infringing its semiconductor-related patents. According to a report …

Eight years after the Pirate Bay servers were first raided be police, two and a half years since he went on the run and six months since he was arrested, Peter Sunde, the torrent site's official spokesperson until 2009, has been released from jail. He's now a free man, making …

When a Director from MSI's notebook team tells you that his new product will be the fastest ever, you have to pay attention. You should also fire up the 8mm GuruCam and get some footage. At the back of the main hall at the ATT For Fun centre, next to …

One of the most potentially dangerous pieces of hidden legislation ever pushed by politicians, is the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). If it were ever written into EU and US law, it would allow corporations to sue the government for the loss of future profits due to legislative or other changes. While technically …

Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This… is an Evil Dead TV show that's going to reunite both original movie actor Bruce Campbell, with the film's Director, Sam Raimi, later known for  the early 00's Spider Man movies and Drag me to Hell. Slated for release on the US …

GlobalFoundries, a contract maker of semiconductors, has signed a deal with Invecas, a newly formed design services provider. Under the terms of the agreement, Invecas will help customers of GlobalFoundries to design chips to be made using leading-edge semiconductor process technologies. It is not an easy task to design chips …

President Barack Obama has decided that he is in favor of net neutrality and has launched a new website containing a video announcement, explaining his plans to protect the freedom and openness of the internet. According to the video and a letter, the president believes no cable company or access …

According to analyst firm, Deloitte, a third of human jobs in the UK could soon be taken up by robots over the coming years with lower paid jobs being among the first to go. According to the firm, 35 per cent of UK jobs in total are at “high risk …