Several American Airline flights were delayed yesterday after an iPad app used by pilots crashed the device. The app acted as an electronic version of a “flight bag” of printed documentation. AA got regulatory permission to use iPads in-flight in 2012 when it proposed using them to store digital versions of aircraft operating manuals and […]
Google is offering to buy patents in a “simple, easy to use and fast” process while letting the seller continue using the relevant technology. It’s billing it as a way to combat patent trolls, but it’s by no means an act of philanthropy. According to Google, the purpose of the program is to deal with […]
A start-up company says it can give the location of anywhere in the world to the nearest three meters using just three words. How useful that proves to be may depend on how many people use it. What Three Words is based around three ideas: that large parts of the world don’t have any form […]
Twitter has announced three changes designed to restrict the effects of abusive messages. It’s clear the company is trying to find a difficult balance between free speech and combating harassment. The first change is about policy rather than process. Until now, Twitter only considered it a violation when people made “direct, specific threats of violence […]
A computer that automatically bought illegal drugs online has been released from custody by Swiss law enforcement officials. The computer ran an automated bot called ‘Random Darknet Shopper’ as part of an art project. The artists behind the project had programmed the bot to search for illicit materials on darknet sites. That’s a loosely defined […]
Have you ever wondered who scientists have the ability to view individual atoms? Well you are about to get an awesome science lesson via the YouTube show Reactions, and maybe get a little insight yourself into the process. (H/T to LaughingSquid)
What would video games be without rivalries? Mario without a Bowser to bring down would only be half as fun. Link without a Ganon would be like a day without sunshine. The point being, rivalries in video games help make them what they are and definitely factor in to why we love certain franchises as […]
Researchers at Columbia University have produced a video camera that uses no battery or mains power. Instead it powers itself using the very light it is capturing for the images. In the first working model, the video is pretty crappy. However, the researchers say the principle could be developed to produce a camera that can […]
The benefits of 3D printing are almost too impressive and massive for us to even properly address yet. The possibilities with this tech is limitless, and the directions it is going show great promise. But here is an angle you probably have never heard before, literally. Remember how the Winamp player would make cool visualizations […]
The US government says China is using the world’s largest supercomputer for nuclear-related activities. It’s banned Intel from supplying chips to expand Tianhe-2’s capabilities. The computer has been listed as the world’s fastest since June 2013 when it took top spot on the bi-annual TOP500 list. Housed at the National Supercomputing Center in Guanghzhou, it’s […]