Cheering robots replace real fans at Korean baseball
A struggling Korean baseball team have invented a novel way to improve atmosphere at their matches — by bringing in a crowd of robot fans.

July 26, 2014 at 7:42PM
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A Made-For-TV Compression Algorithm
Meet the man behind the “Silicon Valley” technology. Well, theoretical technology.

July 26, 2014 at 5:26PM
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How spy agencies keep their ‘toys’ from law enforcement
The prospect that the classified capabilities of the FBI, CIA and NSA could be revealed in a criminal case has meant that the most sophisticated surveillance technologies are not always available to law enforcement.

July 26, 2014 at 4:23PM
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How Hackers Hid a Money-Mining Botnet in the Clouds of Amazon and Others
Hackers have long used malware to enslave armies of unwitting PCs, but security researchers Rob Ragan and Oscar Salazar had a different thought: Why steal computing resources from innocent victims when there’s so much free processing power out there for the taking?

July 26, 2014 at 3:16PM
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The Emoji Have Won The Battle of Words
Even long stories can be reduced to a small string of symbols. Comprehension may still be a problem, however.

July 26, 2014 at 3:15PM
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Meet the First Viral Snapchat Stars
The secret to how some Snapchatters earn $100,000 for a week’s work and stand out in a medium that is all about disappearing.

July 26, 2014 at 8:24AM
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