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Scientists create a LEGO robot that’s controlled by a worm’s brain

When we call, nay, insult someone with the term “bird brain”, we are more or less dissing the lack of grey matter up there, which has resulted to some really...

Surge is NASA’s new robot for handling dangerous situations

NASA does have some pretty cool toys that they have unveiled in the past, in addition to other events that have marked pivotal moments of history in the lives of...

Project Harmony is the Dropbox feature that everyone has waited for

Are you a user of Dropbox? That is a pretty handy place to store some files that are of a non-sensitive nature, especially when it comes to PowerPoint slides, as...

China’s Xiaomi invests $200 million into the “smart home”

Xiaomi launched an air purifier last week, and now the Chinese company is putting hard cash behind its smart home push after investing over $200 million in home appliance firm...

Leaked emails show how terrible Sony is at cybersecurity

You might recall that several years ago, Sony’s PSN was hacked and while your first thought might be that it isn’t Sony’s fault but the hackers’, it turns out that...

Amazon glitch causes products in the UK to be sold for basically nothing

UK businesses that rely on a third party pricing system on Amazon were hit by an hour-long software glitch on Friday night, with items being sold for just 1p. Some...

Your smartphone may soon monitor your health while you sleep

Soon you won’t need a smart wristband, sleeping app, special bedside light or one of many other devices built to help you track and improve your sleep each night. A...

The US Navy has developed an autonomous robotic fish

The Navy is testing its shark-like 'Ghostswimmer' unmanned underwater vehicle at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek this week. It is one of a handful of programs being brought to life...

Scientists may have picked up a dark matter signal

Dark matter remains one of the most mysterious elements of the universe, because it's completely invisible to us. It neither emits nor absorbs light, so we can't observe it directly....

Britain’s answer to the NSA want to show kids how cool encryption is

Most of the time, when you hear about GCHQ, Britain's answer to the NSA, it's in the same sentence about mass surveillance or cellphone hacking. But this time around, the...

FBI warns US businesses of potential cyberattacks from Iran

There's still some debate over the scale of Iran's reported Operation Cleaver hacking campaign, but the FBI is clearly taking it seriously. According to Reuters' copy of a confidential report,...

NASA is actually going to be overfunded next year

NASA has often gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to federal budgets, but a rather fascinating thing happened when the US House of Representatives recently passed...

FCC approves $1.5 billion more for internet funding in schools

Schools depending on the FCC's E-Rate program to update their internet infrastructures are about to get a little more help: the Federal Communications Commission just gave the program an additional...

Are enviroment trackers the latest gadget trend?

Imagine if you could locate the healthiest route for your afternoon jog, the fresh airiest one that would keep you from breathing the pollutants that cars barf out into the...

Yahoo tells visitors that they should “upgrade to Firefox”

Yahoo! has started urging visitors to its homepage to "upgrade to the new Firefox" – even when they aren't using the Mozilla browser in the first place. The message, along...

The Huawei Honor 6 Plus may be the new smartphone camera king

Although smartphone cameras in general have shown improvement by leaps and bounds over the past year, the iPhone 6 Plus and the Galaxy Note 4 in particular were singled out...

FCC rules that rural broadband be as fast as urban broadband

Good news, hayseeds: the FCC has ruled that rural broadband should be held to the same standard as that of connections in built-up cities and towns. The stateside regulator has...

The European Union considers NSA spying a “trade barrier”

Data traveling inside and outside of the US is subject to scrutiny and surveillance by the NSA under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In fact, as we already know, sometimes...

Intel wants to power the worlds first “smartship”

Intel and Royal Caribbean have teamed up to integrate Intel-powered tablets onboard Quantum of the Seas, the world’s first “Smartship.” Signaling a new modern age of cruising, Royal Caribbean is installing...

Netflix is taking down big cable by joining forces with it

Netflix has been steadily chipping away at cable TV for years now, but the popular streaming service is all too aware of how valuable a partnership with the biggest names...