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New and improved Skype offers real-time voice translation
3 years ago ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Skype's Translator Preview, which can translate Spanish into English (and vice versa) in near real time, was made available to Windows 8.1 users on Monday.
Facebook drops Microsoft's Bing search engine in favor of their own
3 years ago ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Facebook is now relying on its own internal search engine, choosing to drop Microsoft-owned Bing from its social media platform.
Instagram overtakes Twitter in number of users
3 years ago ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Instagram, the photo-sharing social network has reached more than 300 million monthly users, surpassing the number of Twitter users for the first time.
Facebook adds new ways to manage News Feed
3 years ago ago
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Facebook has released a new update that changes how users can control what appears in their News Feed.
Apple Watch gets later-than-anticipated release date
3 years ago ago
CUPERTINO, Calif., Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A video to Apple retail employees indicates the Apple Watch won't be released until the spring.
Richard Branson promises to find answer for why Virgin spaceship crashed
3 years ago ago
MOJAVE, Calif., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Richard Branson promised Saturday to figure out why the Virgin Galactic spacecraft crashed in the Mojave Desert on Friday.
Sweet! App candy map a Halloween score
3 years ago ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Just in time for sugar face-stuffing night comes a sweet update to Nextdoor: a mapping feature that helps goblins plot out trick-or-treating routes.
Crash-test dummies gain weight to save lives
3 years ago ago
PLYMOUTH, Mich., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Car safety is a weighty problem, so crash-test dummies are packing on pounds to help protect heavier Americans in automobile crashes.
Death and social media: what happens next when a user is gone
3 years ago ago
What happens to someone's social media after they die? The laws are changing and the number of dead people on social media is growing exponentially.
iPhone 6 sales fuel positive gains for Apple, as Wall Street awaits reports from Microsoft and Amazon
3 years ago ago
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Apple announced a 12 percent increase in revenue in their latest earnings report, with Apple CEO Tim Cook declaring "We are selling everything we can make."
Dude! Company floats fly hoverboard
3 years ago ago
LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- It's back to the future for a California company that has designed a credible version of a hoverboard made famous by Marty McFly in his sci-fi movie series.
Weather satellite outage threatens to foul forecasts
3 years ago ago
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A key segment of data from a network of weather satellites has mysteriously gone dark, which could put accurate forecasts at even more risk than usual.
DC drone hobbyists in limbo over flying locations
3 years ago ago
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- D.C. has been a restricted flight zone for a decade. But drone users are still flying in the surrounding area, and looking for places to sustain their hobby.
Japanese man who 3D printed guns sentenced to two years in prison
3 years ago ago
KAWASAKI, Japan, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- A Japanese man has been sentenced to two years in prison for 3D printing guns in his home.
Internet trolls in Britain could face serious jail time
3 years ago ago
LONDON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- New British policies could make it so Internet trolls will face up to two years in jail.
Survey suggests young adults addicted to the Internet
3 years ago ago
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- In a recent survey of 1,300 young adults, ages 18 to 25, some 16 percent of respondents admitted to spending more than 15 hours per day online.
Edward Snowden says British surveillance is out of control at Observer Ideas festival
3 years ago ago
LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Whistleblower Edward Snowden claims that British surveillance is out of control and not sufficiently covered in the media.
WATCH: GoPro released a video of an airplane shooting fireworks
3 years ago ago
OSHKOSH, Wis., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Watch the new GoPro video of a plane shooting off fireworks.
U.S. Navy releases video showing autonomous boats
3 years ago ago
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy just released a video showing their autonomous 'swarm boats.'
Google reminds users to register to vote
3 years ago ago
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Google Now is currently notifying users of upcoming voter registration deadlines.
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