Samsung is going to announce the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge shortly, but the company has already accidentally confirmed the existence of the latter. Galaxy Club (Netherlands) captured a screenshot from developer.samsung.com that shows Samsung mentioned the phone.


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YouTube Wants To Stream 360 Degree Video

YouTube is working on a way for 360-degree videos to be live streamed, according to BuzzFeed. The platform already lets people upload 360-degree content, but it doesn't support streaming that kind of video. A source told BuzzFeed about YouTube's actions in this area.


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Tesla Model 3 Reveal Taking Place In March

The Model 3, a less expensive electric vehicle from Tesla, is going to be at least partially unveiled in March. Tesla will only show off some parts of the car in the spring and it will then wait until we are closer to the release of the vehicle to share everything about it.


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Instagram Comes Out With Original Video Series

Shield 5, an original video series from Instagram, has debuted. It's the first series of its kind from the company and Shield 5 is directed by Hello Carter's Anthony Wilcox. The first episode was released on February 2 and the series will play out over a month.


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Google Engineer Creates Smart Mirror, Has Google Now Features

Smart mirrors are found in a lot of futuristic movies/TV, but they really don't exist yet. Max Braun, a Google engineer, has addressed that by creating his own smart mirror which basically comes with Google Now. Android is running on the device and it features RSS and weather.


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Simulations Give Google's Self-Driving Tech 3 Million Miles Of Driving Daily

Google is limited in the amount of driving it can have its self-driving vehicles go through and that's prompted the company to emphasize simulations. Google says it runs its self-driving technology through "thousands of variations" of driving using the simulations.


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Amazon Intends To Open Up To 400 Physical Bookstores

Amazon's single bookstore in Seattle might not be the eCommerce company's only location. The New York Times reports Amazon is planning to open up many additional stores and Sandeep Mathrani, CEO of a real estate investment trust, claims Amazon will open up to 400 outlets.


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Twitter Begins Showing Non-Users Tweets On Mobile, Desktop

Mobile and desktop users, even if they do not have a Twitter account, will now see some tweets on the network. Both non-users and logged out users will see content on the site, whereas Twitter had only been showing those visitors a basic login screen.


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Microsoft Recalls Surface Pro AC Power Adapters Due To Fire Hazard

Microsoft has put out a recall for its Surface Pro power adapters due to concerns about fires and shocks. The company is recalling around 2.25 million AC adapters in the US alone. All Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2, and Surface Pro 3 units sold before March 15, 2015 are affected.


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Secure Comodo Browser Isn't Actually Secure, Google Finds

Comodo's set of software, which is meant to keep people secure, features a browser that is lowering people's security. Tavis Ormandy, a security engineer at Google, has found the Comodo Internet Security suite includes a secure browser called Chromodo that isn't actually safe.


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Fitness Trackers Tend To Leak User Data

Security isn't great with many popular fitness trackers and the devices could be leaking user data, researchers have found. Open Effect, a Canadian group, looked at products from eight manufacturers and found all of them, with the exception of the Apple Watch, were troublesome.


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Yahoo Confirms Layoffs For 15% Of Workforce

Yahoo's cost-cutting plan has been confirmed and the company will be laying off 15% of its workforce as part of a strategy that will save hundreds of millions of dollars per year. It will also close offices in Dubai, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Milan.


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Farm Run Nearly Entirely By Robots Opening In 2017

An almost autonomous farm capable of producing 30,000 heads of lettuce each day is going to open in mid-2017 in Japan. SPREAD, the company behind the farm, says robots will handle nearly every bit of growing and producing that takes place in the facility.


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Android Marshmallow Reaches 1% Adoption After 4 Months

After four months of being available, Android Marshmallow has finally reached 1% adoption, highlighting the fragmentation problems that exist with Android. Google's latest update to the Platform Versions page shows Marshmallow is installed on 1.2% of available devices.


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ASUS ZenFone Zoom Launches In The US

ASUS has finally launched the camera-centric smartphone from the ZenFone lineup in the United States. The ASUS ZenFone Zoom was available for pre-order in the country since January 20 and now it is finally available for purchase for $399 from the B&H Photo retailer.


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Toshiba, Vaio And Fujitsu To Merge Its Laptop Operations

With so many laptop companies, it is hard to make a profit each quarter and each year. Some companies including Toshiba, Vaio and Fujitsu have failed to do that and to overcome bad days, they have decided to merge together and therefore be stronger than before.


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HTC Desire 530 Launching Later This Month, To Be Priced At Around $200

HTC Desire 530 smartphone has appeared in Europe, on a Dutch retailer's website and is also the first time we ever hear about the handset. The specifications of the smartphone are still unknown and weren't mention in the listing, but there are some other details.


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WordPress Releases New Version, Fixes SSRF and Open Redirect Security Issues

WordPress team has just announced that it has released WordPress version 4.4.2, which addresses 17 bugs and 2 very important security issues. The update for the world's most used CMS fixes an SSRF bug and open redirect issue, which has recently been discovered.


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VAIO Working On A Windows 10 Smartphone, Coming Tomorrow

VAIO has been rather quiet about its upcoming Windows 10 smartphone. Newly leaked details suggest that the Windows 10 powered smartphone will be unveiled on February 4, at an event hosted by Vaio president Ota Yoshimi and Microsoft's Japanese president.


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Apple iPhone 7 Won't Have Camera Bump

Unlike Galaxy S7, the upcoming iPhone 7 won't have the annoying camera bump found on the back of the phone. The company has also made changes to antenna bands. They will no longer be across the rear, but rather at the sides and around the top and bottom edges.


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