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Despite what the recent Apple Watch hype would have you believe, the next great technological frontier isn’t your wrist. It’s your home. Specifically, it’s getting all of your connected devices—the Wi-Fi equipped lights, outlets, crockpots, whatever—to communicate both with you and with each other. It’s an area that both Apple and Google have poked at…
My joy of tech and innovation discovery is back. First, check out my new 360-degree video of Dan Shine showing me around San Francisco’s Innovation Hangar (you’ll need Google Chrome or a modern Android phone to properly view these, sorry, iPhones don’t yet work). What a place! More on the Innovation Hanger later and we’ll…
LUCKNOW: Drones will soon perform a special task in the state capital apart from functioning as eyes in the sky with the Lucknow Police planning to use them for dispersing mobs.These little unmanned mini-choppers are already in use in various sensitive parts of Uttar Pradesh for taking aerial snaps, but for the first time the…
The Blurst of Times A genetic algorithm experiment — @joshmillard This script creates a series of virtual monkeys, each with its own genetic pre-disposition to whack certain sets of keys on a typewriter in a certain order. Each generation of monkeys competes to see who can produce output closest to the target sentence;…
Apple Watch and the induced demand of communication APR 08 2015 Some sort of embargo seems to have lifted because here come the Apple Watch reviews! As I’m unanointed by Apple, I haven’t experienced Apple Watch in the flesh, but I do have a few random thoughts and guesses. John Gruber notes that why Apple…
<![endif][if gt IE 9]>><![endif][if IE 9]>< ![endif][if IE 8]>< ![endif][if gt IE 8]>><![endif][if lt IE 9]>< ![endif][if lt IE 9]>< ![endif] USA TODAY investigation revealed that a secret program collecting phone call data for international calls started in 1992. USA TODAY Starting in 1992, the Justice Department amassed logs of virtually all telephone calls from…
Earlier this month, in the middle of the night, a pair of Minnesota parents heard strange music coming from their baby’s room. When they investigated, they were horrified to find that the sound was coming from their Foscam baby camera. The camera had been hacked, and its live-feed of their baby’s crib had been posted…
Bruce Willis was dead all along. Walter White dies at the end. Lots of people die at the Red Wedding. Spoilers are everywhere on the web, but a new Google patent may be able to save those who haven’t caught up on the latest TV shows and films from plot points their friends are wantonly dropping on…
What good is a set of wheels on the bottom of your suitcase if somewhere between checking your bag and retrieving it from a luggage carousel one or two of them have been broken off? Your bags are actually harder to transport after that happens. But since standing spinner suitcases are just so convenient, Heys…
Starting Tuesday, you can buy an HBO subscription without having to pay for cable. The premium cable channel’s HBO NOW service started to welcome subscribers on Tuesday, a few days ahead of the channel’s biggest premiere of the year, the new season of “Game of Thrones.” “We’re making HBO available in as many ways as…