Eight of the biggest online tech firms have formed a campaign group calling for a major overhaul of the way the government uses the Internet for gathering intelligence. The group has urged President Obama and Congress to follow five principles to defend individual freedoms. The “Reform Government Surveillance” group is made up of AOL, Apple, […]
The man who oversaw the growth of Android to become one of the most used operating systems is now helping Google work towards filling the manufacturing and retail world with robots. Former Android CEO and Google vice president Andy Rubin has been heading the project for at least six months. It appears he’s gone public […]
Two thousand drugged-up dead mice have been parachuted onto Guam near a US Air Force base. It’s not a bizarre training exercise, but rather an attempt to tackle an overpopulation of snakes. The brown Treesnake is a long-standing problem on Guam. It’s not a native species and the most common theory is that it snuck […]
Move over Black Milk and Her Universe, there’s a new player storming onto the women’s geek fashion arena as of Black Friday, and that’s Gold Bubble Clothing. The brainchild of Jinyo, a longtime respected costumer and clothier in his own right, he’s been seen on Syfy’s Heros of Cosplay as the partner in crime of […]
Three of the biggest US cellphone carriers are to drop premium rate text messages. It should spell the end of cramming, a scam by which phone users are tricked into paying for a costly subscription service. The scam usually involves the user getting an unsolicited message and replying under the impression they are entering a […]
An under-construction skyscraper in London has unintentionally become a solar death ray that melted a car. The 37-storey building, officially named 20 Fenchurch Street, is nicknamed the Walkie Talkie or the Pint because of its planned shape, as shown above in an artist impression. As well as bulging at the sides, it has a concave […]
The US court that authorizes surveillance of foreign citizens through Internet firms has agreed to lift the lid on its secret practices — but only by a tiny degree. The case involves the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which rules on what US security staff are allowed to do and what information they can access. It’s […]
Now that things have settled down, and the fallout between Microsoft and Sony’s press conferences are sifting to a murky haze – let’s take a look at some other announcements from two of the industries leading developers. Ubisoft and Electronic Arts hosted their events on Monday and treated fans to an array of new titles, […]
Disneyland Hong Kong is the smallest of the major corporation’s theme parks. From personal experience I can tell you – it’s pretty tiny. But this little runt of a theme park is about to get a boost: it’s very own section based on Marvel. The Hollywood Reporter has indicated that the Hong Kong government sees this […]
The Mayan Apocalypse, which has somehow also included the zombie apocalypse, has been quite a hot topic as of late. And all this panic about that calendar really is a shame. In spite of the fact that there are multiple calendars (and, y’know, maybe they just ran out of space on that rock) I think we’re […]