May 3, 2016 Unusual, trendy and just plain weird wearables Most wearables perform only a few functions. They count your steps, show you the time, or track your heart rate. These unusual devices do much more. For instance, one attaches to your body or your bike and shows you a real-time weather forecast. Another tells you when you are stressed out and should breathe a bit slower. While the Apple Watch gets all of the attention, these gadgets fit into a niche that might just solve a real problem or provide a distinct benefit.
May 3, 2016 Techie spring gear for outdoor adventures Goodbye, winter. Hello, serious outdoor activities! This gear is designed to help you explore the wild frontier (or your front yard) now that the weather is finally getting warmer. Go skyward with the new the DJI Phantom 3 that records in 4K or paddle around in the pool with a speaker that floats.
May 3, 2016 GitHub attack marks escalation in China’s cyber censorship battle, experts warn The ongoing denial-of-service attack against code-sharing site GitHub marks an escalation in China’s cyber censorship battle, security experts warn, urging a strong response from the U.S. government.
May 3, 2016 Tech brands pull April Fools' Day pranks From Airbnb listings for homes in ancient Greece to Tinder matches between singles looking for a ride and Uber drivers, April Fools’ Day is in full swing in the tech world. The unofficial holiday that falls on the first day of April every year offers a great marketing opportunity for established brands to show off their funny bones.
May 3, 2016 IBM hopes Watson will lead the way in 'Silicon Alley' When Ed Harbour, vice president of the IBM Watson Group, looks out the window of his New York City office, he can stare straight across at Facebook’s East Coast base and see the bright green-painted bars outfitting its walls.
May 3, 2016 Cornell researchers create online simulator to map zombie outbreak Want to know where to run away to next time there is a zombie apocalypse? Well, now there is a zombie infection-mapping tool called Zombietown USA that gives users a way to pinpoint where the infection is spreading. The infection in question is hypothetical, of course, but the scenario that the mapping tool suggests is more grounded in science than stolen from a “Walking Dead” episode.
May 3, 2016 Windows 10 upgrade arrives this summer – even for pirated copies A free Windows 10 upgrade will arrive this summer, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Operating Systems group, wrote in a blog post this week.
May 3, 2016 Tech Q&A: Advertiser tracking, saving printer ink, gadget space and more Kim Komando answers your questions on preventing advertisers from tracking your phone, using up less printer ink, boosting space on your gadget, and more.
May 3, 2016 Paralyzed woman pilots F-35 fighter jet simulator using mind control It reads like something out of a sci-fi flick, but new technology created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recently enabled a paralyzed woman to fly an F-35 fighter jet and a single-engine Cessna in a simulator using only her mind. Speaking in Washington, DC at the recent New America Foundation’s Future of War forum on February 24th, DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar revealed to the crowd that 55 year-old Jan Scheuermann, who has suffered paralysis since 2003 due to a neurodegenerative condition, was able to fly a Joint Strike Fighter simulator without the use of any joystick or handheld device.
May 3, 2016 Tech Q&A: Finding classmates, passwords, free security cams and more Kim Komando answers your questions and shares tips on finding old classmates online, saving passwords on work computer browsers, creating a free security camera, and more.
