Google I/O 2014 Interrupted by Eviction Protester
Judging from the protester’s sign, she was attempting to call attention to an eviction complaint related to Google’s head of E-discovery, Jack Halprin. In April, activists gathered outside Halprin’s house to accuse him of using “illegal methods” to evict tenants from a property in San Francisco.

June 25, 2014 at 12:42PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/Vo0xye

Google I/O 2014 keynote liveblog
This is what Google’s working on, and what they have planned for the future.

June 25, 2014 at 12:37PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1yG9odx

SCOTUS rules cops can’t search your cell phone without a warrant
The Supreme Court just ruled unanimously in two decisions that police officers can’t search the cell phone of someone they’ve stopped or arrested unless they have a warrant. That’s true even if the cops suspect that the phone has data that’s relevant to the crime.

June 25, 2014 at 10:30AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1jOjZZV

FireChat bridges the platform gap: Android and iOS users can now chat without an internet connection
FireChat, an anonymous messaging app that functions without an internet connection, works on both Android and iOS but not between them. A new version of the app, however, breaks down that barrier.

June 25, 2014 at 9:30AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1yJkC0R

U.S. Supreme Court Pulls the Plug on Aereo’s Streaming TV Service
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a potentially fatal blow to Aereo, an Internet service that allows customers to watch broadcast TV programs on mobile devices.

June 25, 2014 at 9:30AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1lTakH9

Hey, remember that time Google accidentally made Skynet?
Meet your new robot overlords.

June 25, 2014 at 8:30AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/Vgj1QX

How Bad Sitting Posture at Work Leads to Bad Standing Posture All the Time
Good posture means aligning ears over the shoulders, shoulders over hips, and hips over the knees and ankles.

June 25, 2014 at 8:30AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1lNIz11

Security Researchers Uncover The Tools Governments Use To Spy On Our Phones
Edward Snowden has made it consistently clear that he didn’t trust cellphones. He never described the methods governments and other miscreants used to crack into our handsets, but now we know… at least partially.

June 25, 2014 at 7:28AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1megQSZ

Google I/O 2014 Preview: The truth about Google and Evil
Why the company doing more good for society than any of its rivals can’t help but be evil.

June 25, 2014 at 4:03AM
via Digg http://ift.tt/VbkNTr

Computer spots rare diseases in family photos
Doctors faced with the tricky task of spotting rare genetic diseases in children may soon be asking parents to email their family photos. A computer program can now learn to identify rare conditions by analysing a face from an ordinary digital photograph.

June 24, 2014 at 9:58PM
via Digg http://ift.tt/1nBAGu6