Scrap the mystery: High-tech vision for Google barge crumbles in a heap


Scrap the mystery: High-tech vision for Google barge crumbles in a heap
The so-called Google barge, once envisioned as a floating showroom for Google Glass and other high-tech gadgets, is heading for a less glamorous future now that the structure on top of it is destined for the scrap yard.

August 1, 2014 at 10:03AM
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Hackers Can Control Your Phone Using a Tool That’s Already Built Into It


Hackers Can Control Your Phone Using a Tool That’s Already Built Into It
A lot of concern about the NSA’s seemingly omnipresent surveillance over the last year has focused on the agency’s efforts to install back doors in software and hardware. Those efforts are greatly aided, however, if the agency can piggyback on embedded software already on a system that can be exploited.

August 1, 2014 at 8:45AM
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