August 13, 2015
Cyber-Flashing – Very Distressing
Police are investigating a "new" crime of cyber-flashing after a commuter received an indecent image on her phone as she travelled to work. The victim received two pictures of an unknown man's penis on her phone via Apple's Airdrop sharing……
August 12, 2015
UK Roads Charges Vehicles
Motorists will be able to recharge their cars as they drive if a scheme being proposed by Highways England comes to fruition. The government agency has announced plans to test wireless power-transfer tech that it hopes to build under the country's…
August 11, 2015
Insider Trading Hack Scheme
US authorities have now charged 32 members of an alleged international hacking and insider trading ring. The group, operating in the US and Ukraine, allegedly netted more than $100m (£64m) in illegal profits. Nine members had already been charged by…
August 10, 2015
Starwars.co.uk owner strikes back against Disney
A fancy-dress retailer is appealing against a ruling it must surrender its starwars.co.uk web address to Disney. For more than a decade, the Berkshire-based company has used the address to direct shoppers to a Star Wars section of its Jokers'…
August 6, 2015
Car Makers Having Difficulties with Tesla Car
Tesla has issued a software update for its model S car after two researchers found a way to subvert its onboard systems. It is the second time in a month that a car maker has had to act to solve security problems with its vehicles uncovered by…
August 5, 2015
Facebook Criticized by Hank Green
Facebook has defended the way it handles video content after it was criticised by a popular YouTube star. Video blogger Hank Green said the company intentionally overstated how many people watched videos on the site, and failed to tackle video…
August 4, 2015
Drugs Now Available As 3D-Printed Pills
In a world first, the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for a 3D-printed pill to be produced. The FDA has previously approved medical devices - including prosthetics - that have been 3D printed. The new drug, dubbed Spritam, was…
July 29, 2015
A Huge Step Forward in Memory Technology
A new kind of memory technology is going into production, which is up to 1,000 times faster than the Nand flash storage used in memory cards and computers' solid state drives (SSDs). The innovation is called 3D XPoint, and is the invention of Intel…
July 29, 2015
Will Windows 10 prove a winner for Microsoft?
The world's most used operating system has made it into double figures. Windows 10 is destined to change the way millions of us interact with our computers and gives Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, the opportunity to steer the company in…
July 28, 2015
Android Bug Detected Software Needs Updating
A bug in the Android mobile operating system has been discovered by researchers, who say it affects nearly a billion devices. The flaw can be exploited by sending a photo or video message to a person's smartphone, without any action by the receiver.…