Credit cards and other forms of digital payments may be convenient to use but of course, they leave a digital trail that can easily be traced back to the owner. Such is apparently also the case even when personally-identifiable information…

Research regarding new battery technology typically centers on extending battery life or reducing recharge times but that’s not the only hurdle we face. While not overly obvious, the lithium-ion batteries we use on a daily basis can be quite dangerous, especially…

Researchers at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, have developed a new method of treating graphene that could lead to smaller and more efficient batteries.

The Internet is ingrained in modern society. In addition to providing information and entertainment, it serves as the backbone of social interaction for millions. But how much do people actually know about the Internet and related technologies?

Using Google Glass behind the wheel might seem safer than using a regular phone, but that's not necessarily true. A new research has found that texting while driving with Glass is as dangerous as doing it using a mobile phone. …

Google’s search results have evolved in the past few years to include additional data via its Knowledge Graph and other sources. Recently the search giant was spotted testing out a new feature that added additional information to search results, and now…

Social networks are often praised for their positive qualities: reconnecting old friends, keeping people up-to-date with what’s happening in their friends’ lives, making it easier to stay in touch with distant family members, etc. But rarely do people discuss the obvious…

Google has agreed to purchase Gecko Design Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The company's president and its four other employees will join Google X, the search giant's "moonshot" research arm according to a post from The Wall Street Journal. …

Researchers examining the security of web browsers have uncovered that nearly 10% of extensions for Google Chrome could be used for data theft. Even more concerning, the behavior of malicious extensions is undetectable to end users, and the permission system…

Although there is little doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT), a technology designed around devices sharing information and data with each other, is the future of a connected world, it also means more things that can be hacked. Adding to…

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) is offering a 3.9 million ruble (approximately $110,000) bounty for technology that can identify the users of the anonymous browsing network Tor.

A new research has revealed that certain biological changes in the retina and lens of the eye may help predict Alzheimer 10-20 years before its onset. The findings were presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Copenhagen on Sunday. …

IBM recently announced plans to invest $3 billion into semiconductor research over the next five years as part of an effort to keep hardware innovation moving in the right direction.

Scientists and electronics enthusiasts alike have been singing the praises of graphene for years as a viable replacement to today’s silicon. But thus far, it’s been slow to become a commercial reality due to the fact that it only works…

According to research data from Counterpoint’s Market Monitor, Q1 2014 was the biggest quarter for smartphones in the US market reaching 33 million units (shipped, not sold) which represent a staggering 87% of the total handset shipments during that period.  …

Microsoft’s Research division has created a new Special Projects Group assigned to create disruptive technologies that could benefit both the company and society. The whole outfit is similar to Google X by design according to sources as reported by ZDNet’s…

Law enforcement officials, lawmakers and consumers alike have championed the idea of a mobile phone kill switch ever since the Secure Our Smartphones initiative launched nearly a year ago. The plan is simple: get wireless carriers and handset manufacturers on…

Want to loose weight but cannot resist food cravings? Here is a solution: Play Tetris. According to a research conducted by PhD student Jessica Skorka-Brown, alongside Professors Jackie Andrade and Jon May, from Plymouth university’s Cognition Institute, just three minutes…

Just a month after Snapchat's database leak, the popular photo-sharing app is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. Jaime Sanchez, a cyber security researcher, who works as a security consultant for Spanish telecommunication giant Telefonica, has discovered…

Not to be outdone by Princeton’s recent paper predicting the death of Facebook by 2017, the social network’s own “scientists” have applied the school’s same robust methodology to, well, Princeton University. In keeping with the same principle of “correlation equals…

If you’ve ever felt like Facebook is little more than an epidemic spreading through society like a contagious disease, you might not be too far off base. Researchers from Princeton University have ultimately reached the same grim diagnosis, believing that…

Ahead of President Obama's expected announcement of widespread NSA reform later this month, a new study brings the agency's mass phone data collection operation under fire saying that it has had no positive impact on preventing acts of terrorism. …

A research done at the Johns Hopkins University has revealed that it is possible to remotely activate a built-in laptop webcam without triggering the warning LED next to it, The Washington Post reports. Though researchers used the 2008-era MacBook and…

Microsoft Research has developed a new tool designed to help prevent people creating weak passwords for themselves. Known as 'Telepathwords', the system takes each character that you type for your desired password and attempts to guess the next one, giving…

I was always told growing up that playing video games was a waste of time. Turns out, those people were wrong. A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry found that video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for…