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By using a technique known as error mitigation, IBM scientists believe they've worked around the uncertainty that plagues quantum processors.

Quantum Computing

IBM Says It’s Made a Big Breakthrough in Quantum Computing

By Frank Landymore

A pair of philosophers sounded the alarm on the dystopian applications they see being ushered in by brain-computer interface (BCI) technology.

Experts Warn: Brain-Computer Interfaces Will Usher In the Singularity

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists has grown "minibrains" in a lab with the eventual goal of linking them together to form super-efficient "biocomputers."

Scientists Working to Build Biocomputers Out of Lab-Grown “Minibrains”

By Victor Tangermann

Bug hunter David Schütz discovered that he could unlock any Google Pixel phone without a passcode — but Google were slow to respond.

Guy Discovers a Way to Unlock Any Pixel Phone Without the Passcode

By Frank Landymore

Incorporating ads into Windows may become the norm as Microsoft considers implementing them to offset the cost of providing low-cost PCs.

Microsoft Considering Cheap Computers Monetized With Relentless Ads

By Frank Landymore

In the era of remote work, employers have turned to invasive "bossware" to police their employees. And now, the US government wants to step in.

US Gov to Crack Down on “Bossware” That Spies On Employees’ Computers

By Frank Landymore

Hackers at open-source hardware company Adafruit have created the ultimate candy bar — that can literally run the videogame "Doom."

Mad Genius Hides Computer Playing Doom Inside Candy Bar

By Victor Tangermann

A study conducted by scientists from Trinity College Dublin could suggest that quantum processes are involved in the functions of our brains.

Scientists Suggest Our Brains Work Like Quantum Computers

By Frank Landymore

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device

This New VR Gadget Looks Like an Actual Torture Device

By Victor Tangermann

Oxford quantum physicist Nikita Gourianov is likening the emergence of qantum computers to a financial bubble in a commentary piece for the Financial Times.

Quantum Computing

Oxford Physicist Unloads on Quantum Computing Industry, Says It’s Basically a Hype Bubble

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created a dodecahedron-shaped device for collecting marine life that may be too fragile for traditional methods.

Origami-Inspired Device Catches Fragile Sea Creatures Without Harming Them

By Kristin Houser

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University of Maryland quantum researcher Sankar Das Sarma says that quantum computing is progressing slower than you think.

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computer Researcher Warns That the Industry Is Full of Ridiculous Hype

By Jon Christian

It looks like McDonald's ice cream machines are gonna stay broken for the foreseeable future.

Internet Of Things

McDonald’s Sued by Ice Cream Hackers for $900 Million

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists successfully took control over a Venus Flytrap, a cultivated carnivorous plant, by implanting a tiny microchip in it.

Scientists Control Venus Flytrap With Implanted Computer Brain

By Victor Tangermann

We now have yet another reason to despise Amazon after the company's Tuesday outage left tons of people with "smart homes" in the lurch.

Internet Of Things

Amazon Outage Shuts Down IoT Vacuums, Doorbells, Fridges, Even Home Locks

By Noor Al-Sibai

Swedish engineering firm Minesto has designed special gliders that can capture underwater currents by being tethered to the ocean floor.

Ingenious Devices Extract Power From the Ocean’s Tides

By Victor Tangermann

The US government has slapped sanctions onto several Chinese quantum computing organizations, barring any American companies from doing business with them unless expressly permitted.

Quantum Computing

US Sanctions Chinese Quantum Computing Firms for… Reasons

By Noor Al-Sibai

An Arkansas woman found herself in a nightmare scenario recently when she discovered that someone had put an Apple tracking device on her car.

Woman Freaks Out After Discovering an Apple Tracking Device on Her Car

By Noor Al-Sibai

IBM Says It’s Achieved a Huge Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Quantum Computing

IBM Says It’s Achieved a Huge Quantum Computing Breakthrough

By Victor Tangermann

China might have cemented its supercomputing supremacy with not one, but two exascale supercomputing systems.

China May Have Secretly Built Two Exascale Supercomputers

By Tony Ho Tran

A pseudonymous hacker named MG is selling a USB cable that contains a tiny computer to capture and transmit every single key you type.

New USB Cable Contains Tiny Computer That Spies on Everything You Type

By Dan Robitzski

A Chinese team of researchers have claimed a new record in quantum computing, arguing its 66 qubit quantum computer is the most powerful in the world.

Quantum Computing

Chinese Scientists Say They Now Have the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla just showed off its massive new supercomputer — and according to their numbers, it may just be the fifth most powerful one in the world, according to Electrek.

Tesla Built One of the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputers to Train Its Self-Driving System

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from Georgia Tech have created a 3D printed antenna that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals.

New Device Uses Ambient 5G to Wirelessly Power Your Devices

By Victor Tangermann

A controversial 2018 research paper about the discovery of an elusive subatomic particle has been retracted by the reputable journal Nature.

Quantum Computing

Microsoft Retracts Paper Claiming Quantum Computing Breakthrough

By Victor Tangermann

Should pedestrians wear radar-reflecting devices that make them ultra-visible to self-driving vehicles' sensors -- or is that too much to ask?

Scientists: Pedestrians Could Wear Devices to Protect Themselves From Self-Driving Cars

By Jon Christian

A startup based in Shenzhen, China, called SpinQ has unveiled a quantum computer that can fit on a desk — and costs less than $5,000.

This Quantum Desktop Computer Can Be Yours for Just $5,000

By Victor Tangermann

Months after flaws with an internet-connected chastity cage were first revealed, a hacker seized control and demanded a Bitcoin ransom.

Internet Of Things

Hacker Seizes Control of Internet-Enabled Chastity Cages

By Dan Robitzski

In a leaked company meeting, Facebook showed off recent progress on the brain-reading technology its been developing for years.

Leaked Meeting: Facebook Working on Device to Read Your Brain

By Dan Robitzski

To help his war veteran father with PTSD, Tyler Skluzacek invented a smartwatch that can disrupt nightmares by measuring heart rate and body movements.

The FDA Approved a Device to Stop Nightmares

By Victor Tangermann

Here’s Why Smartphones Are Struggling to Take Pics of Apocalyptic Skies

Here’s Why Smartphones Are Struggling to Take Pics of Apocalyptic Skies

By Victor Tangermann

Graduate designer Dorothee Clasen has come up with an unusual new way to interface with a computer: a tongue-operated controller.

This Device Allows You to Control a Computer With Your Tongue

By Victor Tangermann

In an experiment, a team of scientists have created a levitating fluid that allows a tiny boat to float both on top of it — and below it.

Scientists Debut Hovering “Antigravity” Device

By Victor Tangermann

A team of engineers developed a new kind of quantum computer architecture that uses artificial "giant atoms" instead of conventional qubits.

Engineers Built “Giant Atoms” That Enhance Quantum Computers

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at a Chinese security lab have found a loophole that allows them to turn fast chargers for smartphones into a phone-killing device.

New Hack Makes Phone Chargers Kill Devices Plugged Into Them

By Victor Tangermann

Amateur photographer and scientist Gaurav Agrawal had no idea his spectacular picture of a lake in a National Park could end up crashing Android phones.

This Guy Accidentally Took a Photo That Crashes Android Smartphones

By Victor Tangermann

Dario Gil, the director of IBM Research, predicts that quantum computing app stores and code repositories will begin to emerge this decade.

Quantum Computing

IBM Director: Get Ready For Quantum Computing App Stores

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers from Japan have created a "taste display" that's capable of producing any flavor for any tongue that's willing to lick its surface.

Scientists Say This Device Can Simulate Any Flavor

By Victor Tangermann

Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch argues that developing conscious artificial intelligence will require entirely new hardware.

Neuroscientist: Conventional Computers Will Never Be Conscious

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at MIT's Dream Lab are working on a wearable device that can track and interact with dreams in a number of ways for our benefit.

MIT Scientists Are Building Devices to Hack Your Dreams

By Victor Tangermann

Australian startup Cortical Labs is building tiny artificial intelligence-powered computer chips that use biological neurons extracted from mice.

This Startup’s Computer Chips Are Powered by Human Neurons

By Victor Tangermann

Airbnb is encouraging hosts to buy smart "party prevention" devices that can cost over $100 in an attempt to stop parties that could get out of hand.

Airbnb Wants Hosts to Buy “Party Prevention” Devices

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have come up with a clever device that can generate electricity from air moisture.

Clever Device Generates Electricity From Thin Air

By Victor Tangermann

Toys "R" Us has opened two new stores after closing hundreds in 2018, and these ones are equipped with sensors that track every move shoppers make.

Internet Of Things

Smart Toys Often Contain Child-Endangering Security Flaws

By Dan Robitzski

A Russian security researcher, claims to have accidentally identified some troubling vulnerabilities in the firmware of Xiaomi FurryTail smart pet feeders.

Internet Of Things

Flaw in Smart Pet Feeders Lets Hackers Overfeed Your Cat

By Victor Tangermann

Those "personal food computers" from the MIT Media Lab that were supposed to help refugees grow crops on the move never worked, its creator's bold claims.

MIT Researcher Lied About Feeding Refugees With “Food Computers”

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists from the universities of Alberta and Toronto have laid out the "blueprints" for a "quantum battery" that never loses its charge.

Quantum Computing

This “Quantum Battery” Never Loses Its Charge

By Victor Tangermann

In case the world collapses and modern gadgets fall into disrepair, a developer is making an operating system to run on salvaged computers.

Someone Built an OS for Computers Salvaged After the World Ends

By Dan Robitzski

Various companies now sell devices they say can prevent concussions — but the science simply doesn't back up their claims.

Experts: Football’s Anti-Concussion Devices Are a Dangerous Scam

By Kristin Houser

Hackers displayed porn on an electronic billboard in Michigan the day before others did the same thing using TV screens in New Zealand.

Internet Of Things

Hackers Keep Playing Porn on Electronic Billboards, Public TVs

By Kristin Houser

5 Insane Quotes From Boris Johnson’s Bizarre UN Speech About Tech

Internet Of Things

5 Insane Quotes From Boris Johnson’s Bizarre UN Speech About Tech

By Victor Tangermann

A working quantum radar device uses low-energy microwaves to spot objects that remain invisible to conventional radar technology.

Scientists Built a Working “Quantum Radar” Device

By Dan Robitzski

Smart oven maker June Ovens is in the news this week, thanks to reports of their smart ovens allegedly turning themselves on overnight.

Internet Of Things

WiFi-Enabled Smart Ovens Are Preheating Themselves at Night

By Victor Tangermann

Starting in 2023, the United State's nuclear stockpile will be managed by El Capitan, a supercomputer with a peak performance of 1.5 exaflops.

This $600 Million Supercomputer Will Manage the US’s Nukes

By Kristin Houser

With just tiny implant, a security researcher was able to rig an Apple charging cable to give himself access to any user's devices.

This Evil Charging Cable Will Infect Your Computer With a Virus

By Kristin Houser

The US Army is Building a Supercomputer Inside a Storage Container

The US Army is Building a Supercomputer Inside a Storage Container

By Victor Tangermann

Vacuum Tube-Era Tech is Ushering in a New Generation of Superfast Devices

Vacuum Tube-Era Tech is Ushering in a New Generation of Superfast Devices

Worrying reports of Samsung Galaxy Fold review units showing small bulges and broken displays are coming in.

Review Units of Samsung’s Folding Phone Are Breaking Almost Immediately

By Victor Tangermann

Smart electronics company Signifiy announced a new take on the internet of things: the Truelifi, a smart lightbulb that can beam data streams using light.

Internet Of Things

These New Smart Lightbulbs Can Beam Data Through Light

By Victor Tangermann

Samsung tweeted a warning reminding TV owners to "prevent malicious software attacks on your TV by scanning for viruses on your TV every few weeks."

Internet Of Things

Samsung: Scan Your Smart TV for Viruses Every Week or Else

By Victor Tangermann

A new quantum computer can hold a superposition of 16 separate possible futures, a feat that scientists think could lead to faster-learning AI

New Quantum Device Can “Generate All Possible Futures”

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's military says that its "super soldiers" are able to use "parapsychology" techniques to crash computers with telepathy they learned from dolphins.

Russia Says “Super Soldiers” Can Crash Computers With Telepathy

By Jon Christian

For the first time, scientists build a DNA computer that can be written and rewritten to run different software, just like a conventional computer.

The World’s First Reprogrammable DNA Computer is Here

By Dan Robitzski