George Clooney is selling his tequila company to Diageo for as much as $1 billion, the company announced on Wednesday. But Clooney and business partner Rande Gerber didn't set out to make money by launching Casamigos Tequila.While building their side-by-side vacation homes in Cabo San Lucas, the long-time friends were spending a lot of time in Mexico — and consequently, drinking a lot of tequi...

Here are some future jobs predicted by four futurists – Graeme Codrington, Joe Tankersly, Thomas Frey, and Jim Carroll.Many people are scared of the future. With every science fiction movie that portrays technology as evil, and let’s be honest, that’s the theme of almost every science fiction movie that’s ever existed, it’s easy to develop some paranoia about the dangers ahead.However, muc...

For decades, corporate America has spurned big-lab research-and-development spending, the type that delivered the dizzying and broad tech and economic progress of the last century. But a belief that artificial intelligence is going to drive the next big economic wave has led today's largest companies — like Google, IBM and Microsoft — to revert to the old, ambitious R&D model. And their C...

Honestly, if there were any company meddling with innovative consignment delivery, it would probably be Amazon.Known to be a company that isn’t shy to push boundaries, they’ve got their fingers in every domain possible. The final frontier? Transportation! The Iris was developed as a concept to help Amazon get their deliveries done a whole lot faster.These massive electric trains would carry A...

Caltech researchers have used an ultra-thin optical phased array chip (pictured on a penny for scale) to create a lensless camera.While cameras continue to get smaller, using a lens to focus light physically limits this process, even with ultra-thin flat lenses on the way, and explains why so many smartphones have protruding camera bumps. However, researchers at Caltech have now developed a len...

Etihad Airways has announced plans to sell "neighbor-free seats" in economy class, giving passengers the option to buy up to three seats situated next to their assigned space.The airline, based in the United Arab Emirates, said in a statement that customers would be able to "bid" for the seats at the time of booking, with successful offers being confirmed 30 hours prior to departure. The servic...

The Zus Smart Tire Safety Monitor consists of sensors fastened to the tire valve and a wireless receiver that collects data to share with a smartphone app.Deflating tires are at best an inconvenience and at worst a real danger, but often a leak doesn't reveal itself until much of the pressure is gone. That's why we have recently seen a few tire pressure monitors that ping your smartphone when a...

See your apps in all their glory with the Doogee Mix Bezel-Less Smartphone. This device shakes off the frame, so that your videos and photos stretch from edge to edge. Furthermore, the 5.5-inch Samsung Super AMOLED display offers amazing detail and rich colors. Because there is no bezel, this phone is much smaller than most devices with the same screen size. Despite its compact form, the Mix is...

Amazon has applied to patent a multi-level beehive-like tower that would deploy and receive delivery drones.The patent was filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office and published on Thursday.In the patent, Amazon describes the tower as a "multi-level fulfillment center for unmanned aerial vehicles".It's likely that the tower would be particularly useful to Amazon in densely populated areas,...