A software vulnerability on hundreds of millions of Samsung Galaxy phones allows hackers (civilian or government) to "look through the phones' camera, listen to the microphone, read incoming and outgoing texts and install apps," according to re
Stanford's Manu Prakash created a computer clock made of water droplets trapped in a magnetic field that could have biological and chemical applications, as well as change the way scientists think about computation.
Raspberry Pi has new competition in the ultra-budget computer universe. CHIP purports to be the world's first $9 computer and its run on Kickstarter is coming to a close after raising over $2 million
Among the more disappointing recurring metaphors used in the teaching of computer science--based on my own informal recollection as a computer science student--has to be the stack of plates.
Portable electronics -- typically made of non-renewable, non-biodegradable and potentially toxic materials -- are discarded at an alarming rate in consumers' pursuit of the next best electronic gadget.
Formula Drift driver Matt Powers has successfully driven his Roush Stage 3 Mustang at high speed in the real world while immersed in a 3D virtual world (via an Oculus Rift headset).
Radio systems, such as mobile phones and wireless internet connections, have become an integral part of modern life. However, today's devices use twice as much of the radio spectrum as is necessary.
It was always clear that the Oculus Rift would require a high-end PC -- Oculus product VP Nate Mitchell said as much last week. But today, Oculus has published the actual recommended specs for a Rift-compatible computer.
The best projects have a great story behind them, and the Apollo from Carbon Origins is no exception. A few years ago, the people at Carbon Origins were in school, working on a high power rocketry project.
When Claudico, a poker-playing algorithm running on a supercomputer, set out to beat four of the world's best no-limit Texas Hold'em players in a competition spanning 80,000 hands two weeks ago, its odds of winning looked slim.
IBM scientists have unveiled two crucial advances toward the creation of a practical quantum computer: an effective way to detect and correct quantum errors, and the design of a silicon chip that can scale up to house a large number of entangled quan
During an appearance at a library in one of Washington, DC's poorest neighborhoods yesterday, President Obama unveiled a new plan to provide ebooks to some of the country's low-income children
A team of researchers from the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) has created a new device that allows for the steering of light around sharper corners than ever before.
Over the past five decades, the surge in computing power predicted by Moore's Law has paralleled the trajectory of innovation in Silicon Valley. Computers were once the size of a room. Now smartphones with more processing power than NASA imagined i
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment arm has made an undisclosed investment in Airware, Silicon Valley's most heavily venture backed drone startup.
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