I‘m not crazy (but I did buy a $450 HOTAS Warthog joystick)
The Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog has just about everything you want in a joystick. But should you really spend that much on a gaming peripheral?
September 26, 2014 at 02:50PM
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The NSA is renting its surveillance technology to U.S. companies
The National Security Agency, which develops surveillance tools that are both dazzling and terrifying, has been making money on the side by licensing its technology to private businesses for more than two decades.
September 26, 2014 at 12:40PM
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The Long Fall
Bearish talk in the tech industry of an overinflated bubble is the new cause célèbre. Skeptics point to towering valuations of startups without revenue and the ability for some companies to command similar prices for their equity despite posting massive losses in the name of growth.
September 26, 2014 at 10:40AM
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Driving while texting with Google Glass as distracting as phone -study
The first scientific study of driving while texting with Google Glass found that the hands-free eyewear is no safer to use on the road than a smartphone.
September 26, 2014 at 09:48AM
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Engineer Sees Big Possibilities in Micro-robots, Including Programmable Bees
Engineer Robert Wood says that medicine and agriculture could be transformed by micro and “soft” robots.
September 26, 2014 at 09:48AM
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Inside the building where Apple tortures the iPhone 6
This is where iPhones never want to go.
September 26, 2014 at 07:49AM
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From Emma Watson’s nude threat to abusive YouTube comments: why women aren’t safe on the internet
Let me get this straight: I’m supposed to believe a threat doesn’t matter because it isn’t carried out?
September 26, 2014 at 06:29AM
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Exposing Hidden Bias At Google
Google is unhappy with their gender diversity. And they’re trying to change that. There’s just one problem: The company has no solid evidence that the workshops, or many of its other efforts to improve diversity, are actually working.
September 26, 2014 at 06:29AM
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iOS 8.0.2 Update – Business Insider
Apple released a new update to iOS 8 called iOS 8.0.2 Thursday night. It fixes the bug in Wednesday’s update that disabled the cellular connection and fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
September 25, 2014 at 07:44PM
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FBI Director Raises Concerns About Smartphone-Security Plans
FBI Director James Comey on Thursday said he is concerned about moves by Apple and Google to market phones that can’t be searched by law enforcement, saying agency officials have engaged in discussions with both companies.
September 25, 2014 at 04:31PM
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