Security Firm Claims It's Already Thwarted The iPhone X's Face ID With A Mask
A security company claims it can thwart Face ID on the iPhone X using a specially-made mask — though whether or not it's a real threat is another matter.
View ArticleMicrosoft Confirms It's Buying Github For $7.5 Billion
These acquisition rumors started over the weekend. Now they're a reality.
View ArticleA 3D-Printed House You Can Actually Live In Should Be Ready By 2019
If you want to live in a concrete 3D printed house, you should move to The Netherlands.
View ArticleTesla Lays Off Nine Percent Of Its Workforce
The job cuts are part of a restructuring CEO Elon Musk said was coming earlier this year.
View ArticleBoeing Gave $20,000 To These Ten Wacky Personal Flyer Designs
The ten designs were the winners of the first phase of Boeing's GoFly Prize.
View ArticleA Stephen Hawking Musical Tribute Was Beamed Directly At A Black Hole
A tribute piece of music featuring a message of hope and peace from late astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is on its way to a black hole.
View Article'Babylon 5' Is Great, So Why Does It Look So Bad?
Or: Why Warner Bros. isn't the best home for a classic sci-fi show.
View ArticleMicrosoft's ICE involvement Illustrates Tech's Denial Problem
IBM's history as a Nazi accessory should serve as a warning to the paths our tech companies are taking in the wake of brutal executive branch policy.
View ArticleWe Have Questions About Dual-Screen Laptops
Usability and engineering issues still need to be resolved.
View ArticlePolar Fitness Data Exposes Homes Of Soldiers And Intelligence Agents
Polar's publicly available fitness data is making it easy to find the homes of military and spy agency personnel.
View ArticleSnake Hidden In Hard Drive Fails To Board Miami Plane
Transport Security Administration officials have intercepted a traveler at Miami International Airport who planned to illegally smuggle a snake en route to Barbados.
View ArticleMobile-Gaming Titans Keep Ripping Off Indies
Voodoo and Ketchapp have built a business out of other people's game ideas.
View ArticleBlue Origin's Suborbital Flights Might Cost $200,000 Per Ticket
The Jeff Bezos-owned company could start selling trips to suborbital space next year.
View ArticleJapan's Rhythm Game Infatuation: Empty Wallets, Full Hearts
I am not showing you my receipts. We're not here to talk about me. We're here to talk about the hundreds of thousands of people dumping their money into the mobile rhythm-game industry. I just happen...
View ArticleFrustration Over 'Splatoon 2' Cheating Leads To Leaderboard Hack
It's a major concern when Nintendo will soon charge for online play.
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know Before Building A HiFi System
Putting together a stereo can be intimidating, but it doesn't have to be.
View ArticleSony Unveils World's First 48-Megapixel Smartphone Sensor
Is it best to have a high-resolution smartphone camera or a lower-resolution one with better light sensitivity? Sony says you can have both with its latest stacked CMOS image sensor.
View ArticleWhen Your Uber Driver Is A Spy
Another attack vector brought to you by the gig economy.
View Article'Dota 2' Veterans Steamrolled By AI Team In Exhibition Match
OpenAI Five won the best-of-three exhibition match convincingly, and the only reason the human team took a game was thanks to a little help from the audience.
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