Why Facebook Is Beating The FBI At Facial Recognition
This summer the FBI will deploy its shiny new facial recognition system: Next Generation Identification. But don’t worry, Facebook is still much better at picking out your mug.
July 7, 2014 at 8:58PM
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Scammers, hackers and spies hit campaign trail
Political campaigns are hotbeds of criminal activity and mischief — just not in the way you think.
July 7, 2014 at 7:43PM
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Peeling Off The Painted Layers of NYC Walls: Experiments With The Google Street View Archive
The emphemeral nature of street art is what makes it simultaneously appealing and frustrating as a viewer. But with Google Maps now allowing you to go back in time with Street View, nothing is gone forever.
July 7, 2014 at 5:02PM
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Put Your Phone Down
As a people we have lost the plot. Because we can document everything, we will, and we can’t stop. Every event is now a sea of people with their arms held up in a triangle, forming an illuminati symbol with our phones at the apex. We’ve gone too far. It has to stop.
July 7, 2014 at 5:02PM
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Why British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs
British plugs come with a surprising number of safety features.
July 7, 2014 at 2:49PM
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Kids React To Game Boy
Predictably, kids aren’t quite sure what a Game Boy is.
July 7, 2014 at 1:28PM
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The Rise of Thin, Mini and Insert Skimmers
Like most electronic gadgets these days, ATM skimmers are getting smaller and thinner, with extended battery life. Here’s a look at several miniaturized fraud devices that were pulled from compromised cash machines at various ATMs in Europe so far this year.
July 7, 2014 at 12:38PM
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How Twitch’s Founders Turned an Aimless Reality Show Into a Video Juggernaut
Broadcasting yourself playing videogames online may not sound like a billion dollar business. But that’s just a matter of who you ask.
July 7, 2014 at 7:50AM
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IBM betting carbon nanotubes can restore Moore’s Law by 2020
The ongoing collapse of Moore’s Law is one of the least reported stories in technology today. That old canard says that the number of transistors that’s possible to fit onto a chip will double every two years.
July 7, 2014 at 6:54AM
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Supercomputer blends technology with taste to come up with recipes
IBM has set a culinary challenge for its multimillion-dollar supercomputer Watson, which has been programmed to tantalize taste buds.
A joint initiative between the tech company and food magazine Bon Appetit is trying to come up with new recipes by blending data on ingredients.
July 7, 2014 at 6:54AM
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