Google’s self-driving car is an ambitious project that hopes to end human error behind the wheel with a very Googley solution: software. The tech titan’s robo-cars have logged more than 700,000 hours since it began working on the vehicles in 2009. Google expects to have them ready for public use between 2017 and 2020. At the heart of the technology, … Read More

Beyond its line of bass-boosting ear pieces, Beats has also broken into the competitive market for subscription streaming-services, with a mobile offering that, unlike Apple’s iTunes and iTunes Radio, offers ad-free, on-demand music listening for about $10 per month. Beats Music is just a few months old and only available in the U.S. Music has long been one of the … Read More

Nod is the most advanced gesture control ring. Nod allows you to engage objects with your movements as if by magic. Nod is a universal controller, allowing effortless communication with all of the smart devices in your connected life, including phones, tablets, Google Glass, watches, home appliances, TVs, computers and more. The device itself is a waterproof (up to 5 … Read More

April Fool’s Day could not pass without a few technology stories that test the bounds of credibility, although it isn’t always easy to separate the jokes from reality. Apple’s products have earned a reputation as hard-to-fix so it came as something of a surprise to learn that it had bought iFixit, the company dedicated to DIY repairs. On iFixit’s website, … Read More

Whether or not you use AOL, a recently exposed mass hack of the company’s network promises trouble for everybody. Hackers stole “a significant number” of email addresses, passwords, contact lists, postal addresses and answers to security questions, the company said in a blog post Monday. Anyone of the company’s 120 million account holders might be affected. Judging by AOL’s description … Read More

The company said in a letter to shareholders Monday that it’s going to raise prices for new members by the end of June. The price increase will be “one or two” dollars per month “depending on the country.” It won’t initially apply to Netflix’s existing members, who will pay the current price “for a generous time period.” The company is … Read More

Declaring jet lag “fundamentally a math problem,” researchers at the University of Michigan say they have devised a mobile app to overcome it. The resulting iPhone app is called Entrain—named after the scientific word for recovery from jet lag—and operates on the premise that natural light is the body’s strongest signal controlling circadian rhythms. Entrain is designed for travelers, night-shift … Read More