Source: Extremetech
23 Stories
MIT researchers have found a way to de-anonymize Tor
Tor has been described as the most important tool for anonymous communication in the world by numerous privacy advocates and even the NSA has admitted (behind closed doors) that it's...
The company behind the OUYA is in desperate need of a buyer
Remember back in 2012 when everyone was talking about this awesome new Android micro-console that popped up on Kickstarter? Known as OUYA, that micro-console went on to raise more than $8...
The Open Bay ensures that The Pirate Bay will never die
It hasn’t been very long, but The Pirate Bay is still dead — perhaps surprisingly, considering the site’s resilience over the years. Shortly after its downfall, competing torrent site isoHunt...
California plants prepares to build world's largest lithium-ion battery
The power shortages, brown-outs, and rolling blackouts that have long plagued Los Angeles county during times of peak energy usage may soon be a thing of the past now that...
Data transmitted at 255Tb/s over a single strand of fiber
Researchers in the US and Netherlands have managed to transmit data at 255Tbps across a single strand of fiber cable over a kilometer, about 2,500 times faster than any commercial...
This solar cell doubles as a battery and stores its own electricity
Solar power has an efficiency problem. When the electrons move from the solar panel to the battery that stores them, about 20 percent of the energy is lost. But now,...
Forget about 4K, Dell has announced a new 5K monitor
4K is so last week. Most of us haven't added one of those displays as part of our daily workflow yet, and Dell's 5K option is on the way. The...
Sony's Xperia Z3 lets you play PS4 games on your smartphone
Sony-loving PlayStation 4 owners have some fancy new toys to covet, with the announcement that the company’s freshly announced Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact all...
Flashing LED lights could help self-driving cars navigate better at night
When it comes to self-driving cars, I am quite sure that much more testing needs to be done, not to mention a whole lot of standardization being agreed upon before...
Sony develops a cassette tape capable of storing 185 TB of data
Stupid hipster 80s fetishism notwithstanding, cassette tapes don't get much love. That's a shame, because magnetic tape is still a surprisingly robust way to back up data. Especially now: Sony...
