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FDNY officials are using a 60-facet algorithm to determine which department-inspected buildings pose the greatest fire threat, fast-tracking fire inspectors to the riskiest buildings. Structures that are old, vacant, or...

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has already expressed his view that government censorship can be ended within a decade with the help of encryption, and now he’s singled out China where Google...

Google has started taking action to remove Chrome extensions that violate the company’s terms of service, in particular serving users unwanted ads. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has removed two Chrome...

Bitcoin went mainstream in a big way in 2013, with banks and countries alike trying to figure out where the online cryptocurrency fits into the financial landscape. Canada is the latest country to make...

In 2012, YouTube comedy group The Bilderbergers released a popular animated sketch called “Amazon Yesterday Shipping,” an extended joke about Amazon.com delivering the things you want before you even order...

China Mobile reportedly has more than 1 million iPhones 5S handsets to offer its customers as its preps for the official launch on Friday. Citing information from a "person familiar with...

Your ultra-high-definition television will soon offer even more eye-popping entertainment of the adults-only variety. According to the Wall Street Journal, pornographic film company Naughty America plans to spend hundreds of thousands...

Samsung investors have shown concerns about Samsung’s future outlook as they drove the company shares down by about 10% in 2013 despite Samsung’s record-breaking earnings results. In his annual speech at...

 Starting Wednesday, Amazon.com shoppers in Indiana, Nevada and Tennessee will have to pay sales tax on their purchases. This brings the number of states in which Amazon automatically adds tax to purchases to...

Following the release of Battlefield 4's recent China Rising expansion pack, the Chinese government has banned EA's most successful title due to "national security" concerns. The Battlefield 4 single-player campaign takes place during 2020,...

Samsung’s moved successfully from TVs to phones, and somewhat less successfully to watches, so why not a car? The Korean consumer electronics giant filed patents for parts that include a new...

Drone deliveries could be the next big thing when it comes to courier services. Just ask Amazon with their Amazon Prime Air program, as well as UPS and DHL who...