August 8, 2016
Android bug fear in 900 million phones
Serious security flaws that could give attackers complete access to a phone's data have been found in software used on tens of millions of Android devices. The bugs were uncovered by Checkpoint researchers looking at software running on chipsets…
August 5, 2016
Apple urged to rethink gun emoji change
Apple has been urged to rethink its plan to convert the handgun emoji symbol into a water pistol icon. The Emojipedia website argued that the symbol could still appear as a lifelike gun in messages sent to non-iOS users. Apple made the change in the…
August 3, 2016
Vibrations bring still photos to life
Interactive photographs in which still objects can be manipulated have been developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT said its algorithm analysed video of a still object to detect "tiny, almost invisible vibrations" that…
July 28, 2016
Pets left hungry as smart feeder breaks
Owners of smart pet-feeding device Petnet were told to "feed their pets manually" after a server problem stopped the device from working. Petnet allows owners to schedule and control feeding via a smartphone app. Adam Simon, an analyst with research…
July 27, 2016
Inside Tesla’s gigantic Gigafactory
The chief executive of Tesla is, in a post-Steve-Jobs world, the stand-out visionary voice in Silicon Valley. There's no question about that. But with each product launch - or, in this case, a building launch - it seems he needs both more time and…
July 26, 2016
EU watchdogs permit Privacy Shield to run for one year
The new EU-US data-sharing agreement will be able to run for at least a year, European regulators have announced. The Privacy Shield allows companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the United States. EU governments approved the pact…
July 22, 2016
New Gorilla Glass helps prevent phone smashes
It has launched its next generation of Gorilla Glass - the material used in more than 70% of smartphone screens, including on Samsung and Apple devices. Corning said Gorilla Glass 5 could survive more than 80% of drops from as high as 1.6 metres.…
July 18, 2016
Microsoft to miss ‘one billion’ Windows 10 target
Microsoft has said it will miss its target of getting its Windows 10 operating system running on more than one billion devices by 2018. In a statement, it said problems with its smartphone business would delay it hitting the milestone. The software…
July 12, 2016
Death robots: Where next after Dallas?
The use of a robot to deliver an explosive device and kill the Dallas shooting suspect has intensified the debate over a future of "killer robots". While robots and unmanned systems have been used by the military before, this is the first time the…
July 12, 2016
‘Water-resistant’ Samsung Galaxy S7 Active fails test
A Samsung smartphone advertised as being water-resistant has failed a water immersion test by a leading product review site. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active stopped working after being put in a tank that simulated the effect of being about 5ft (1.5m)…