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ISS using Google’s Project tango to power robots
One of Google’s two ATAP prototype smartphones, Project Tango is designed to track 3D movement using a multitude of cameras and vision processors. A joint demo by NASA and Google has revealed how...
WeChat faces faces account crackdowns due to Chinese censorship
An inherent problem of popularity on the Chinese internet is that the censors pay much closer attention. On March 13th Tencent’s social media service Weixin, or WeChat, provided the latest...
New Google results layout tries to make ads less conspicuous
Google is testing out yet another new layout design featuring a few significant changes to the search results. The new layout was first spotted by Dan Barker and seemed heavily widespread in Europe, though...
Researchers boost malware detection on Android devices
Researchers have developed a new tool to detect and contain the type of malware that attempts root exploits in Android devices. The new security tool is called Practical Root Exploit Containment....
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO to step down at the end of the month
Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton will step down from his position at the PlayStation company at the end of the month. "This is a result of a mutual agreement...
Qualcomm and Tunstall collaborate to make it easy to access biometric data
Qualcomm Life, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, and Tunstall Healthcare, one of the leading providers of technology-enabled care services, announced its collaboration to facilitate the cost effective global deployment of Tunstall's...
U.S. government thinks that Sprint is overcharging them for spying privileges
Sprint and the U.S. government said on Monday they will face off in court over how much money law enforcement agencies owe the wireless provider for help the company was...
ID-checking palm scanners could be coming to smartphones courtesy of Fujitsu
While others obsess over fingers, Fujitsu wants your palms instead. Going against the flow, it plans to employ palm-vein scanning on smartphones in the future. The company, who is one of its...
Author of SpyEye may have been repsonsible for the Tilon bank Trojan
When first discovered by Trusteer in 2012, the Tilon banking malware received its name because of some similarities with the Silon banking Trojan. As Silon before it, Tilon performs Man-in-the-Browser attacks by injecting...
€1.57 billion patent lawsuit against Apple gets dismissed by German court
German patent licensing company IPCom was handed a setback today when both of its patent infringement lawsuits against Apple were dismissed in a German court, reports FOSS Patents. The decisions were...
Hulu sells its Japanese business to Nippon in order to focus on the U.S.
Less than three years after launching a leading online video subscription service in Japan, Hulu has decided to bow out of the country. Santa Monica-based Hulu has agreed to sell its...
360 million stolen account credentials are up for sale on the internet
A cybersecurity firm said on Tuesday that it uncovered stolen credentials from some 360 million accounts that are available for sale on cyber black markets, though it is unsure where...
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