Dan Moren
at 09:29 AM Mar 3 2015
Gadgets // 

With cameras and face-detection software everywhere these days, what's a privacy-loving citizen supposed to do? Anti-virus software maker AVG has a proposal: eyeglasses that thwart those technologies, thanks to infrared LEDs that are invisible to the human eye, but interfere with cameras' ability to see your face. (Want to see a simple version of this in action? Press a button on your TV's remote control while pointing it at your smartphone's camera.)

Michael Nuñez
at 09:29 AM Mar 3 2015
Gaming // 

HTC is teaming up with one of the gaming industry's biggest (and most beloved) companies, Valve, to launch a new virtual reality headset. What's even more exciting is that the consumer version of the VR headset is scheduled to launch before the end of the year.

Lydia Ramsey
at 09:29 AM Mar 3 2015

When it comes to flying, one of the ways to become a better pilot is through flight simulations, but these can often feel unrealistic.

Dan Moren
at 09:29 AM Mar 3 2015

Fraud is a rampant problem in the credit card industry, and while technology like Apple Pay was supposed to improve the security of our finances, it turns out that it's only as secure as the people that back it.

Kelsey D. Atherton
at 08:20 AM Feb 27 2015
Drones // 

Acting as cheap flying cameras, drones already raise a lot of questions about privacy. But it's not just aerial photography people should worry about with drones. Earlier this month, AdNear, a Singaporean marketing company, flew drones with sensors that could detect cell phone signal strength and WiFi over part of Los Angeles. The drones identified and located people by the devices in their pockets, so that businesses could send highly-specific ads to their smartphones. The company praised this cyberpunk dystopian idea in a blog post, saying:

Dan Moren
at 08:20 AM Feb 27 2015

After years of struggling and debate, the US Federal Communication Commission today voted to reclassify broadband providers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, paving the way for new rules on net neutrality. But what does that actually mean?

Dan Moren
at 10:34 AM Feb 25 2015
Mobile // 

For us average folks, smartphones have already merged several gadgets into one: our phones, our media players, even our computers. Now they may be taking over a more specialized field: the doctor's bag. We've already seen smartphone accessories that work as ophthalmoscopes and otoscopes; now a Kickstarter campaign wants to add a personal thermometer to the mix.

 
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