From PC Mag: Soon, the United States government might track drones just as it does airplanes and helicopters. CNBC reports the Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a new rule in which the federal government would be able to track almost all drones.

The draft notes a remote ID system...

From CNET: Facebook's grip on Messenger got tighter this week. The social networking giant said it's requiring new people who sign up for its Messenger communications app to tie it to their Facebook account, effectively forcing them to reveal their identities and tie their communications to their...

From CNET: January is around the corner, which means that the Galaxy S11 rumors and leaks are going to begin mounting at a dizzying pace. We've already seen plenty of supposed leaks and theories, from the Galaxy S11's official lineup and price to the camera setup and battery (hint: it could be...

From Forbes: As part of Elon Musk’s quest to keep people entertained while they’re waiting for their Tesla to charge (or even just hanging out in their cars), he said there’s another option on the way for folks to keep themselves occupied. Sometime “soon,” Musk said in a tweet spotted by Teslerati...

From Tom's Hardware: IBM announced last week that it has discovered a breakthrough new battery technology without heavy metals and with superior characteristics as lithium-ion batteries. Instead, the new battery is based on three new materials that can be extracted from sea water, leading to...

From EETimes: Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a quantum chip 1,000 times smaller than current quantum configurations. Led by Professor Liu Ai Qun of NTU’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and associate professor Kwek Leong...

From CNET: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media companies collect a trove of data about their users. That's no surprise. We provide our birthdays, phone numbers and email addresses along with where we work and went to school. These tech giants know way more about you than you might...

From CNET: Travis Kalanick, the co-founder and former CEO of Uber, will resign from the company's board of directors by the end of the year. This comes after he sold more than $2.5 billion of company stock since early November. His departure will be effective Dec. 31.

"Uber has been a part of my...

From Forbes: Bridgestone Corp., the world’s largest tire and rubber manufacturer and a company with roots more than a century old, is participating in CES 2020, its first-ever Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas in January.

That’s a sign electrification, Internet connectivity, and autonomy are...

From PC Mag: China is getting an early lead in the race to 5G, according to new data from research firm M Science: Chinese carriers are selling almost 17 times the number of 5G phones that US carriers did from the week ending Nov. 2 to the week ending Dec. 7.

M Science creates actionable...