Last month, it was alleged that the Internal Revenue Service had been using Stingray devices to track people by scraping their phone metadata. Now, it’s admitted as much—and gone so far as to say that it wants another of the units, too. Read more…
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IRS Admits to Using the Same Spy Tech as the FBI to Track 37 Phones
Did your Netflix stream grind to a halt as your loved one set up the Christmas decorations? According to British telecoms watchdog Ofcom, it could be the fairy lights that slow down your Wi-Fi network at this time of year. Read more…
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Christmas Lights Might Slow Down Your Wi-Fi
Researchers have discovered a new form of carbon structure, called Q-carbon, that’s harder than diamond and allows artificial versions of the precious stone to be made at room temperature and pressure. Read more…
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There’s a New Form of Carbon That’s Harder Than Diamond
Apps misbehaving? Phone acting sluggish? If you’re experiencing any kind of problem with your iPhone, then emptying out the device’s RAM can often do wonders. It effectively ditches everything the phone was trying to juggle in its memory at once. Restarting your iPhone is one way of doing this, but there is a quicker option. Read more…
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How to Quickly Flush the RAM on Your iPhone
The latest details about a recent security breach at a kids’ toy company are in, and they are disturbing. A couple weeks ago, hackers successfully broke into the servers of connected toy maker Vtech and stole the personal information of nearly 5 million parents and over 200, 000 kids. What we didn’t know until now: The hackers stole pictures of kids, too. Read more…
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The Horrifying Vtech Hack Let Someone Download Thousands of Photos of Children
Right now, astronauts have to subsist on supplies they take with them to space. But a new project is set to test whether sugar-growing bacteria could create sustenance for space travellers in low-gravity situations. Read more…
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Sugar-Producing Bacteria To Be Tested in Space as Food Source for Astronauts
The Raspberry Pi has long been one of the best credit card sized computers, but today a new version is available that comes in at about the size of a stick of gum. Plus, it’s only $5. Read more…
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The Raspberry Pi Zero Is a $5 Computer the Size of a Stick of Gum
This may look like a regular RAM chip, but oh my it packs a punch. This is the latest chunk of RAM to roll off Samsung’s production line—and it squeezes a giddying 128GB into its svelte little frame. Read more…
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This Is Samsung’s Crazy New 128GB RAM Chip
A new ultrasound technique that uses tiny micro-bubbles to help improve the contrast of its images is capable of producing highly detailed pictures of blood vessels inside living animals. Read more…
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Tiny Bubbles Can Help Ultrasound See Blood Vessels in Amazing Detail
I bought my beloved television half a decade ago, a (then) impressively thin 32-inch Samsung for around $500 . Today, you can buy a 50-inch 4K TV for $500 . The real question is: Should you buy a 4K TV at all? Read more…
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A Skeptic’s Guide to Buying (or Not Buying) a 4K TV