Today, so many aspects of our lives are dependent on computers it's hard to imagine our world without them. Continuous breakthroughs have kept pace with Moore's Law, bringing ever more powerful computers at ever-diminishing prices and enabling revolutionary related technologies, such as deep learning, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and mind-reading machines.
A computer security researcher has discovered a major security flaw in the WPA2 protocol that protects the majority of Wi-Fi networks. This revelation means that every device using WPA2 Wi-Fi security is vulnerable to being spied on and simply changing your password won’t prevent an attack.
Continue Reading
Nvidia has announced a new AI supercomputer with enough processing power for fully autonomous (Level 5) driving. The Drive PX Pegasus packs in four AI processors in total, yet only takes up a space the size of a licence plate.
Continue Reading
Earlier this year, Western Digital's HGST business arm announced a 12 TB hard drive aimed at businesses and data centers. Now the company has managed to add another 2 terabytes of storage space into a single drive unit for the launch of the Ultrastar Hs14 enterprise-class HDD.
Continue Reading
Through all its design changes, one thing has stayed the same with Twitter: the character count. Since it launched in 2006, the social network has enforced a 140-character limit on all posts. That could all be set to change, pending the results of a limited trial that is currently underway.
Continue Reading
Supercomputers and quantum computers rely on a “brute force” approach to solve problems, performing billions of calculations very quickly until they arrive at the optimal solution. But a new system has the potential to outperform them, using “magic dust” as a beacon to highlight the solution.
Continue Reading
The launch of the iPhone X and its new facial unlocking technology has thrust biometric security back into the popular discourse. A team at the University of Buffalo has now developed a new biometric tool that analyzes the dimensions of your heart to unlock your phone or log in to your computer.
Continue Reading
Hewlett-Packard's fourth generation Z workstations are aimed squarely at design and productivity professionals, with its pack leader, the Z8 G4 desktop computer, claimed to be the most powerful desktop workstation in the world.
Continue Reading
In a world where 3D digital imagery is ubiquitous, it takes a lot to stand out from the pack. Berlin-based artist Cornelius Dämmrich is a CG artist creating stunningly detailed three-dimensional vistas inspired by a variety of sci-fi and dystopian films.
Continue Reading
Eleven plaintiffs have joined forces to sue the Department of Homeland Security with the help of the EFF and the American Civil Liberties Union, arguing that policies around border officers searching the electronic devices of US citizens are unconstitutional invasions of privacy.
Continue Reading
Researchers at Caltech have developed a computer chip that can store quantum information in the form of light, at the nanoscale. The breakthrough is the latest step towards quantum computers and networks, which would allow information to be processed and transmitted faster and with smaller devices.
Continue Reading
See the stories that matter in your inbox every morning