Samsung S8 ‘eye security’ fooled by photo
Samsung’s eye-scanning security technology, used on the new Galaxy S8 smartphone, has been fooled with a photograph and a contact lens. The iris-scanner can be used to unlock the phone simply...
Amazon adds live TV channels to Prime Video
Amazon has announced it will offer live television channels via its Prime Video service, for an extra fee. People will be able to subscribe to popular channels such as Discovery and Eurosport...
FCC votes to overturn net neutrality rules
The US Federal Communications Commission has voted to overturn rules that force ISPs to treat all data traffic as equal. Commissioners at the agency voted two-to-one to end a “net...
The five big announcements from Google I/O
If you follow tech news often, you’ll be more than aware of the promise offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Often, though, it feels like a far-away goal. It will get there,...
A tale of two camps and possibly two planets
What’s better than one planet? Two planets. And Stephen Hawking wasn’t the first to say it. Pioneering astrophysicist J. Richard Gott says colonizing Mars will double humankind’s...
Can Amazon’s assistant stay on top?
Amazon surprised everyone when, in late 2014, it unveiled a standalone digital assistant that was not only good, but blew away the competition in both quality and aesthetics. The Echo – a...
There’s no escaping the power of networks
Networks are everywhere – from face-to-face to social networks, transport, study and business networks. And the digital network has become our new overlord. Authors Chris Brinton and Mung...
Google Docs users hit by phishing scam
Google says it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users. The scam claimed to come from Google Docs – a service that allows people to share and edit documents...
