The Internet is a huge place. Some parts of it are awesome, but others are…less so. And falling squarely in that latter category is the ancient .su domain, once the cyberhome of the Soviet Union . It’s not exactly well maintained, or well policed, which is why more and more online criminals are using it as a hideout. Read more…
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Tons of Hackers Are Hanging Out in Old Soviet Cyberspace
The race to build the world’s tallest building has taken on an urgent tone these past few years. Like the mountaineers of the 1930s, or the astronauts of the 1960s, the developers struggling to out-build each other are also struggling to articulate something deeper—something that smacks of national (or maybe economic) pride. But a Chinese plan to build the world’s tallest building in mere months takes the latest salvo in this architectural arms race to new heights. Read more…
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Can China Really Build the World’s Tallest Building in 90 Days?
When you use HTTPS or SSL, your web browsing traffic is encrypted . When you use a VPN, all of your traffic is encrypted (usually). Sometimes even with HTTPS and VPNs in play, DNS requests—or the way your computer translates “lifehacker.com” into numbers that your computer understands, like “199.27.72.192,” are completely unencrypted, leaving you open to spoofing and man-in-the-middle attacks. DNSCrypt can lock that down. Here’s how. Read more…
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How to Boost Your Internet Security with DNSCrypt
Google just announced a new interface for you Gmail based around customizable tabs. The goal? To you help manage your goliath of an inbox. It looks pretty incredible. Read more…
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Gmail’s Getting a Neat Freak Overhaul for Web and Mobile
When Verizon updates its LTE network to use the AWS frequency in the coming months, the Galaxy S4 will be the first—and, for a while, only—phone to take advantage of the doubled internet speeds it offers. Read more…
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When Verizon updates its LTE network to use the AWS frequency in the coming months, the Galaxy S4 wi
Frozen mosses that were buried under glaciers 400 years ago have now been regrown. Surprisingly, the hardy “bryophytes” required no special techniques to regenerate. That means they might be candidates for colonizing extreme environments — even in space. Read more…
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Scientists Revive 400 Year-Old Frozen Plants
Late last year we told you about Scanadu and its real-life tricorder, called the SCOUT . Within 10 seconds of direct contact to your left temple, the SCOUT analyzes, records and spits back your vitals, including temperature, respiratory rate, ECG, blood pressure (systolic, diastolic), stress and oximetry levels. Today, Scanadu is announcing three upgrades to Spock’s once futuristic tool, in addition to an update to Project ScanaFlo, a disposable urine analysis device. Read more…
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The Real-Life, $150 Star Trek Tricorder Is One Step Closer To Reality
The web becomes more and more capable each day, finding ways to replace what you do on your desktop. In the very near future you’ll talk to your web apps, enjoy complex animation without the drain of Flash, and maybe even plug in your guitar. These features and more already exist, and they’re coming to the broad internet this year. Read more…
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The Awesome New Technology That You’ll See on the Web This Year
We’ve already seen what the Leap Motion can do in apps that support it, but it stands to make your everyday OS-level boredom into a futuristic gesture-controlled wonderland too. This new video shows exactly what kind of applications you can look forward to on your Windows 8 machine, at it seems at least as cool as touch. Read more…
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Watch Leap Motion Turn a Windows 8 Rig Into a Futuristic Dream Machine
A lot of nice gaming keyboards come with backlit keys, but you don’t get any say over the color of the light. Some don’t even let you make fine-grained adjustments to brightness. Luckily, it is possible to make some alterations on your own. Read more…
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Add Custom Backlighting to Your Keyboard