“While the rest of the market is going one way, with selfie sticks and curved screens, we’re going down another, to the heart of problems, sticking with privacy and security, ” said Silent Circle’s Mike Janke at the launch of the company’s new secure smartphone, the Blackphone 2. And he’s not kidding — though no frills in design, it’s kitted out with some serious security features. Read more…
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Blackphone 2 Is Probably the World’s Most Secure Smartphone
Remember those rumors about a 12-inch MacBook that ditched a MagSafe connector and traditional USB ports for a single USB Type-C port? If true, SanDisk’s new Dual USB Drive will be the first flash drive that’s able to connect to that redesigned hardware without an ugly adapter. Read more…
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SanDisk Has the First Flash Drive With a Reversible USB Type-C Connector
You would need a microscope to be able to see all of the miniature components etched onto the single tiny microchip powering the clock in a digital watch. But you can see them all with the naked eye on artist Gislain Benoit’s The Clock , which is made from 1, 916 hand-soldered components that end up weighing a hefty 14 pounds. Read more…
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Some Very Patient Genius Soldered a Digital Clock From 1,916 Components
If you think your 4K laptop drips with graphical power, remember that all things are relative—and a new video standard will allow laptops to make use of 8K screens. Read more…
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New Video Standard Will Allow 8K Laptop Screens
Flying drones inside burning buildings while looking for disaster survivors is incredibly hard, but it’s also one of the most promising applications of the machines. That’s why the Gimball search and rescue drone, billed as the world’s first collision-proof drone, was just awarded $1 million in the United Arab Emirates’ Drones for Good competition. Read more…
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This Spherical Rescue Drone Is Straight Out of Star Wars
Scientists have a promising if slightly grisly treatment for wounds: skin from human cadavers stripped of everything but its cells. Sound weird? Let me explain. Read more…
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Skin From Human Cadavers Helps Wounds Heal Better
Oh hell yes : BattleBots is coming back to TV. This summer, homemade robots will battle to the death on television, just as Asimov intended. They’ll be faster and stronger than ever before. Which makes sense, because the last time BattleBots was on television was over a decade ago . Imagine what they could do now. Read more…
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BattleBots Is Back After Ten Years, And It’s Bound To Be Incredible
These are the contents of a mysterious white bag found hidden in Neil Armstrong’s closet: Weird looking lamps, wrenches, utility brackets, sights, and a film camera that later was identified as the one that captured the famous Apollo 11’s descent on the Moon’s surface. Nobody knew about it, including his widow. Read more…
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Secret stash of Moon artifacts found hidden in Neil Armstrong’s closet
The results of a massive new DNA sequencing project on the New York City subway have just been published . And y up, there’s a lot of bacteria on the subway—though we know most of it is harmless. What’s really important, though, is what we don’t know about it. Read more…
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Half the DNA on the NYC Subway Matches No Known Organism
The Microsoft cloud storage platform formerly known as SkyDrive now reaches across desktops, laptops and mobile devices, and will become even more important when Windows 10 arrives later this year. We’ve gathered together 10 helpful tips to make sure you’re getting the most from your OneDrive account and to demonstrate some of its capabilities. Read more…
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10 Tricks to Make Yourself a OneDrive Master