The first definition of reality, as supplied by the Oxford English Dictionary is this: The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. Apple has added another word –” augmented” —  to spice up that original definition. As reported by The Daily Mail, Apple’s CEO Tim […]

The end of the world could mean chaos and catastrophe for many, but a new study based on video games concludes that people might do the exact opposite. Researchers examined more than 80,000 players of the role-playing game ArcheAge and found that despite some violent acts, most players leaned towards more positive behaviors towards the […]

Will humans one day be able to live forever? Google’s Director of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, thinks it’s a possibility. He says that living in a fleshly shell for eternity could become a reality as soon as 2029, when scientists are set to unveil special “nano-bots” that will supposedly be able to navigate throughout people’s bodies […]

Wikileaks has released their latest Vault 7 data dump, and the new documents are shining a light on how the CIA can hack Apple devices before they even end up in the hands of consumers. The sad reality is, most Apple users already suspected this type of activity was taking place, but the new information […]

Every time Apple releases a new version of one of its bestselling mobile devices, consumers eagerly line up to upgrade their devices as quickly as possible. But what happens to all those discarded iPhones, iPads and iPods, along with the countless devices that are lost or broken every day? Mostly, they end up buried in […]

A facial recognition app that can identify strangers from a photograph has been created by a British entrepreneur. (Article by Cara McGoogan republished from Telegraph.co.uk) Facezam can identify people by matching a photo of them with their Facebook profile. All users have to do is take a picture of someone on the street and run it through the app, which […]

Does the private status of companies like Google and Facebook give them the right to attack alternative news sites such as NaturalNews.com and Alex Jones’s Infowars under the guise of combating “fake news”? Some might argue that under the tenets of capitalism, Google and Facebook are private services that people can choose to use or […]

Amazon’s voice-activated virtual assistant, Alexa, may soon have the capability to identify who is speaking to it – a feature that will push the technology even further into the Big Brother realm. Voice recognition technology is nothing new, but Alexa will be the first voice assistant on the market to offer this feature. Amazon developers […]

If the dwindling level of privacy offered by internet use makes you more than a little uncomfortable, you might not want to hear about the latest tracking technique developed by a Pennsylvania professor of computer science. Yinzhi Cao of Lehigh University has come up with a way to make “fingerprinting” work across multiple browsers with […]

A Singapore teen has died after attempting a risky stunt at a mall for a video that he hoped to post on Snapchat. Johnathan Chow was shopping for clothes at the mall with a friend, who would only identify herself as Ruth, when he got the idea to jump over a railing while she recorded […]

Just a week after the launch of his first rocket, Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX plans to fly two people to the moon some time next year. Musk says he was approached by an unnamed pair of acquaintances who requested a week-long flight to the moon. He has not provided the pair’s identity or […]

Google could have a record of everything you have said around it for years, and you can listen to it yourself. The company quietly records many of the conversations that people have around its products. The feature works as a way of letting people search with their voice, and storing those recordings presumably lets Google […]

Google has launched a new AI program called Perspective to detect “abusive” comments online in an effort to crack down on hate speech. (Article by Lucas Nolan from Breitbart.com) Publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Economist are testing the new software as a way of policing comments sections, according to the […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange recently discussed the topic of “fake news” and how WikiLeaks’ pure data-driven approach has prevented them from becoming “weaponized text.” (Article by Lucas Nolan from Breitbart.com) CNET reports that Assange appeared via video-link in a discussion with Australian comedian Chas Licciardello in Sydney, Australia this week. During the interview, Assange discussed the idea […]

As more and more cyber-attacks make headlines, people who once thought that something like that could never happen to them are now starting to take a closer look at the companies they do business with and the cyber security measures they have in place. While online banking and commercial transactions have always made some people […]