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SmartWorld Weekly : Edible batteries, ultimate wearable tech + more
This week’s SmartWorld Series features new, fun home automation solutions, the ultimate in wearable tech for the Quantified You, search giant Google partnering with auto manufacturers for the connected car for the future, and edible technology to power implants such as pacemakers. If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up ...
YouTube to showcase 4K video streaming at CES 2014
Days before CES 2014 kicks off, YouTube has announced it plans to demonstrate 4K video streaming at the event on a range of displays from its new hardware partners, using a codec specially developed by Google. Ultra-high definition video isn’t exactly new – we saw plenty of it at least year’s CES event – but ...
Snapchat confirms 4.6M leak, but isn’t sorry
Snapchat has belatedly acknowledged the leak of some 4.6 million usernames and telephone numbers earlier this week in an official blog post. In its post, Snapchat stated that Gibson Security published a report back in August 2013 that warned of the risk of potential ‘Find Friends’ abuse and addressed the issue via rate limiting aimed ...
Edible batteries to power pacemakers + more
This week’s Wearable Tech roundup features edible batteries, 3D-printed eye cells, and a pacemaker the size of a pill. Edible batteries Advancements in medicine have given birth to ingestible diagnostics, tools like tiny cameras that can uncover cancer in your digestive track, or a pill that can monitor if you are adhering to your ...
New York Times calls for Ed Snowden to be pardoned
Edward Snowden – a name the world was not familiar with until mid-last year, when the former NSA contractor released a ton of top secret files detailing how the National Security Agency has been secretly spying on and gathering huge amounts of data from US and foreign citizens without their knowledge. At first many were ...
Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Skype on New Year’s Day 2014
Skype didn’t exactly get off to a great start in 2014, as the Syrian Electronic Army decided it would be rather amusing to hack service on the first day of the year. The SEA hacked Skype’s Facebook, Twitter and official blog, posting the same message on all three: end spying on the public. The same ...
SnapchatDB team explains its motivation for exploit
Snapchat was one of the most popular apps of 2013. If you’re not familiar with the app, it allows users to send photos and messages that are quickly erased after a few seconds. This gave them the courage to send goofy, embarrassing, and often times explicit photos because they believe that the service is secure ...
Smart car solutions gets aggressive : New partnerships + funding
This week’s SmartCar roundup features Google’s entry into the connected car arena and Zubie’s $10 million funding round. Google partners with Audi for connected cars Sources claimed that come CES 2014, Google and Audi will be revealing a collaboration to develop an infotainment system based on Android. Though this is an area Apple’s had ...
HOT DATA: Was 2013 the year your data was compromised? [Infographic]
In 2013 we saw all kinds of technological advancements, what with smartphones and tablets asserting their dominance over the PC, the Internet of Things rapidly becoming a reality, next-generation games consoles taking our living rooms by storm just some of the highlights. But this year wasn’t entirely rosy, as hackers showed just how risky this ...
Eric Schmidt makes obvious predictions for 2014
In late 2011, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt predicted that by the Summer of 2012, the majority of TVs sold in stores will have Google TV embedded on them. Well, if you’ve been keeping track of Google TV, you’ll have noticed that Schmidt’s prediction was somewhat wide of the mark – in fact, it didn’t even ...