Supercomputer superheroes attempt to autonomously find, plug software holes, for cash

Giant refrigerator-sized supercomputers battled each other on Thursday in a virtual contest to show that machines can find software vulnerabilities. The result: the supercomputers time and time again detected simulated flaws in software. I…

Blender or mixer, what it is better?

If you are thinking of buying a blender or mixer, and do not know the differences between them well, we help you decide with the advantages of each of these devices. We could say that liquefy is the process by which we make something solid…

Russians are getting years in jail for their social media ‘likes’

TVER, Russia — Anastasia Bubeyeva shows a screenshot on her computer of a picture of a toothpaste tube with the words: “Squeeze Russia out of yourself!” For sharing this picture on a social media site with his 12 friends, her husband was s…

Business users get live chat in Office Online

Microsoft's attempts to catch up with Google in the online collaboration space took a step forward Wednesday, when the company announced that it's giving business users live chat in Office Online. The new feature will allow users to discus…

When traffic snarls up, China’s street-straddling concept bus zooms above it all

The Hyperloop may help humanity travel great distances at remarkable speeds, but how should we sustainably get from point A to B in congested cities? An innovative public transport design, revisited over the weekend at the 19th internation…

Firefox Market Share Is Now Bigger Than Microsoft

What browser do you use on your laptop? Firefox has long been the underdog despite the feature-rich set available in its browser. Still, the tide is shifting. Firefox has now captured more market share than Microsoft has with both its brow…

This one little trick will break your phone addiction

If you’re one of those people who can’t stop checking their phone every five minutes, then this life hack is for you. Most of us are extremely dependent on our smartphones, but it’s all too easy to become addicted to constantly checking th…

iPhone 7 to be followed by model with glass casing, CEO of Apple supplier indicates

Apple is gearing up to make an iPhone made almost entirely out of glass, according to one of its biggest suppliers. The company will look to differentiate itself by mostly dropping the metal that it is currently constructed out of, accordi…

Google opens up Android N beta to everyone

Google unveiled some of the first details of its new Android N operating system at the opening event of the I/O conference, and you can now try a beta version for yourself. The new features included in Android N are far too many to list, b…

Facebook's politics under scrutiny but federal oversight seen unlikely

As Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg prepares to meet conservative leaders on Wednesday to discuss allegations about political bias at the social media website, one thing he may not have to worry about is federal regulation. Alt…

Twitter 'to stop counting photos and links in character limit'

Microblogging site Twitter is to stop counting photographs and links in its 140-character limit for tweets, according to a report from Bloomberg. The change could be made within the next two weeks, Bloomberg quoted a source as saying. The …

How to use or avoid hidden iPad keyboard options

Q. The keyboard on my iPad has moved up the screen. How do I pull it back down? A. This option to “undock” iOS’s standard keyboard, added back in iOS 5, possesses a frustrating combination of qualities: It’s both unadvertised and possible …