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Apple patenting a way to collect iPhone thieves' fingerprints

Apple's done a lot to curb iPhone theft via the "Find my iPhone" feature and encryption that locks out users if an incorrect code or fingerprint is used too often. [Read more...]

Uber has already lost more than $1.2 billion this year

Uber is a fairly well-established business at this point, so you'd be forgiven for thinking that it makes a profit at this point. [Read more...]

Google offers 360-degree tours of US National Parks

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the US National Parks Service, Google has put together a collection of virtual tours combining 360-degree video, panoramic photos and expert narration. [Read more...]

Germany's aerospace agency built a safer rail car

An aerospace agency might seem like an unlikely place to find a breakthrough in railroad safety equipment, but that is exactly what the engineers at the German Aerospace Center (better known as DLR) have recently come up with. [Read more...]

PlayStation Network finally adds two-factor authentication

Considering how much the PlayStation Network breach cost Sony, it's kind of crazy that the service didn't offer two-factor login authentication before now. [Read more...]

HP built a privacy screen into its EliteBook laptops

Now you can watch all the adult content you want on the go. HP has designed a new integrated privacy screen in partnership with 3M to combat what the company calls "visual hacking." In other words: creepers looking over your shoulder. [Read more...]

Canon's EOS 5D Mark IV has a 30.4-megapixel sensor and 4K video

The moment Canon fans have anxiously waited for is here. Today, the company finally took the wraps off of its EOS 5D Mark IV, a DSLR geared toward photographers and videographers alike. [Read more...]