Security Issues Found in Smart Home Devices
Ever wonder what hackers think about the Internet of Things? Consider for a moment what someone with criminal intent might do with secret access to your Internet-connected garage door opener and it doesn’t take long to imagine something bad.
April 8, 2015 at 11:49AM
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How Many Projectionists Does It Take To Change An IMAX Lightbulb?
This video goes behind the scenes at the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater inside San Jose’s Tech Museum. And in case you were curious about the actual number of projectionists, it looks like it’s pretty much all hands on deck.
April 8, 2015 at 11:43AM
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Why ‘C’ is the Default Hard Drive Letter in So Many Computers
For nearly as long as hard disk drives have been placed in personal computers running certain popular operating systems (notably MS-DOS/Windows), the primary hard disk has been designated with the letter “C.” But why?
April 8, 2015 at 10:34AM
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Do New Age ideas speak to our high-tech world?
From Stonehenge to Silicon Valley: how technology nurtured New Age ideas in a world supposedly stripped of its magic.
April 8, 2015 at 09:18AM
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Seth Meyer’s Robot Correspondent Loses His Shit At A Robot Competition
It’s all downhill after he starts chanting “FIGHT ME!” at a room full of confused high school students.
April 8, 2015 at 08:43AM
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A Complete List Of Every Apple Watch Review
You can’t buy one yet, but you sure can read a lot of thoughts about it!
April 8, 2015 at 08:34AM
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The new Snapchat emoji are creating a teen caste system
Yesterday, Snapchat brought best friends back, but it reimagined the entire construct of tiered friendships with its relationship emoji. Now, instead of a tiny little icon indicating your closest Snapchat contact, there’s an entire catalog of images that dictate what the people you Snap with mean to you.
April 8, 2015 at 08:34AM
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The New York Times Reviews The Apple Watch
According to the Gray Lady’s technology columnist, Farhad Manjoo: “Apple Watch Bliss, but Only After a Steep Learning Curve.”
April 8, 2015 at 07:29AM
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The New York Times
Automated decision-making is designed to take the human out of the equation, but it is an all-too-human impulse to want someone looking over the result spewed out of the computer.
April 8, 2015 at 04:27AM
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Liquid body armor could save you from a bullet
A Polish firm is the latest to concoct unassuming-looking fluids that harden on impact, making for lighter, more flexible protection on the battlefield and beyond.
April 8, 2015 at 01:54AM
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