Technology

A new report highlights how the NSA tried to break into Android’s App store as well as Samsung’s custom version. The goal? Distribute malware to targeted smartphones in the guise of app updates.

Chaque année, Nielsen classe les lancements de produits les plus innovants en Europe, selon des critères bien précis. Voici les 7 meilleurs lancements sélectionnés pour l’année 2014.

Savvy computer users have long relied on the Task Manager to audit RAM usage and root out memory hogs. Likewise, the cleverly named Ecoisme (“eco is me” without the spaces) is an intelligent energy monitoring system that tracks how much … Continue reading →

The squeezing of light down to incredibly small scales is attractive in many areas, in particular computation: Researchers believe the barriers presented with developing electronics to keep up with Moore’s Law, in the form of bandwidth and energy dissipation, may … Continue reading →

Cisco may be in hot water. The company is already under investigation for alleged improprieties in its dealings with Russia. Now it may have dodged international sanctions to sell hardware, despite ongoing tensions over Ukraine.

Networking device manufacturers ZyXEL Communications and Netgear have confirmed that some of their routers are affected by a recently disclosed vulnerability in a USB device-sharing service called NetUSB. ZyXEL will begin issuing firmware updates in June, while Netgear plans to … Continue reading →

Sling TV has finally launched an app for Android TV, making Google’s television platform a little more hospitable for people who’ve ditched cable. Sling TV is a $20-per-month service that includes more than 20 live channels, including ESPN, TNT, Food … Continue reading →

Android may soon power your coffee maker, refrigerator, and a whole host of home devices that connect to the Internet. The Information reports that Google is building an Android-powered operating system code-named Brillo that will run on low-powered devices with … Continue reading →

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have recently figured out not only how to build precisely defined bandgaps into composites of graphene and boron nitride, they uncovered the deeper electronic structure of the material and found that it contains some of … Continue reading →

It turns out that mystery Nvidia Shield Pro with 500GB of storage is the real thing. While we expected as much, the goods comes directly from Nvidia, courtesy of the company’s online forum. Android Police spotted the most brief of … Continue reading →