IBM wants Watson in a smartphone with app challenge

IBM is throwing open the cognitive computing power of Watson to mobile developers, setting up a new challenge to create apps that take advantage of the supercomputer’s natural language processing, … Continue reading

NSA reform options leak as Obama weighs phone tracking

The White House is weighing four possible options for revamping the NSA’s phone-surveillance activities, security insiders say, including dumping such monitoring altogether or allowing the carriers themselves to operate it. … Continue reading

Samsung Kidrobot artist team appears at MWC 2014: Tilt, The London Police

Just as it was at CES 2014, so too did Samsung team up with Kidrobot to deliver artistic expression to the masses with artists Tilt and The London Police. The … Continue reading

Blackphone hands-on: high-end cost for NSA-era privacy

If you’re looking for mid-tier scrimping while you’re also in the market for total and complete privacy in all things you do online, you might want to look somewhere else. … Continue reading

Apple patches Mac SSL loophole with OS X 10.9.2

Apple has released OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 for Mac, patching the SSL security bug as well as bringing with it FaceTime Audio support and individual iMessage blocking among other things. … Continue reading

Sony SmartBand and Lifelog Camera hands-on

“Log your day, every day” Sony says, hoping that it’s the SmartBand SWR10 you choose to do that with, not just a pen and paper. The company’s new wearable was … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy S5 Camera Features hands-on

Having just been introduced to the Samsung Galaxy S5 itself this week, we’ve decided to dive in on the camera in a bit more detail. This newest generation Samsung smartphone … Continue reading

Thief (2014) Review

Released on a number of platforms at once, Thief is a game that – make not mistake about it – is about taking things that don’t belong to you. We’re … Continue reading

Galaxy S5 processor detailed: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 worldwide

Today Qualcomm has stepped forward to reveal the fact that they will be powering the insides of the Samsung Galaxy S5 with their Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 mobile SoC. While we’re … Continue reading

Samsung Galaxy S5 hands-on: 16MP and fingerprint scanner

Samsung has a new flagship, the Galaxy S5, and we’ve been spending some time getting to grips with the 5.1-inch Android smartphone. Launched at Samsung’s Unpacked 5 event at MWC … Continue reading