Security Warning: Update Your iPhone’s iOS Now. Like, Right Now.
A new security flaw lets hackers execute some code by just getting you to view a JPEG, so yeah, please update your phone immediately.

October 24, 2016 at 04:49PM
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Can Machines Learn To Scare Us? Researchers At MIT Seem Set On Finding Out
A series of algorithms dubbed the Nightmare Machine is an effort to find the root of horror by generating ghoulish faces, and then relying on user feedback to see which approach makes the freakiest images.

October 24, 2016 at 03:45PM
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Inside the Cyberattack That Shocked the US Government
OPM data can include everything from lie detector results to notes about whether an applicant engages in risky sexual behavior. Last year, a mysterious hacking group gained access to it.

October 24, 2016 at 03:45PM
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Are bone conduction headphones good enough yet?
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been trying out a pair of bone conduction headphones, a futuristic-sounding technology that’s about a century old.

October 24, 2016 at 03:45PM
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Following Massive DDoS Attack, Chinese Company Recalls Hijacked Items
Last Friday, a DDoS attack on DYN left several notable sites and web services in the lurch. XiongMai Technologies has announced a recall of its products that were conscripted into the malicious botnet.

October 24, 2016 at 03:45PM
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The Little-Known Company That Enables Worldwide Mass Surveillance
Inside Enhance, a small New Zealand security company that’s responsible for huge breaches of privacy.

October 24, 2016 at 12:38PM
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AI ‘judge’ predicts outcome of court cases with 79% accuracy
The development marks a milestone in AI development. Critics had previously said computers could not interpret the complexities of legal cases.

October 24, 2016 at 10:44AM
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The iPod turns 15: a visual history of Apple’s mobile music icon
While the classic iPod design was finally retired two years ago, and the remaining members of the iPod line are less important to Apple’s strategy today than they were years ago, it’s still an integral part of history, both for the company and the larger tech industry.

October 24, 2016 at 08:32AM
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Full(er) House: Exposing high-end poker cheating devices
In 2015, I stumbled upon a post in an underground forum, discussing how someone was ripped off at a poker table by a very advanced poker cheating device. Intrigued, I decided to follow the trail of this fabled device to see if people were indeed cheating at poker using devices that would fit naturally into a James Bond movie.

October 23, 2016 at 09:48PM
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How to build a nanoscale computer
The latest chips from Intel have silicon transistors with features as small as 14 nanometers. Theoretically you can have a feature as small as a single atom, but before you reach that point — at about 7 nanometers, things get weird. But what if we ditch silicon, and build computers using transistors made of carbon nanotubes?

October 23, 2016 at 10:21AM
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