Technology 
Experts worry governments, ‘commercial pressures’ will undermine online freedom
Internet experts hope the Internet has plenty of good days ahead of it, but are still worried that various factors will put a damper on the open Internet we know today. That’s the takeaway of a new study from the Pew … Continue reading
Get a drone’s eye view of a fireworks show
Sure, drones get a pretty bad rap, whether it’s for their potential to spy on us from above or further Jeff Bezos’s plans for global domination. But a drone that can give us a You Are There point-of-view from within … Continue reading
IBM betting carbon nanotubes can restore Moore’s Law by 2020
IBM has announced a plan to bring processors based on carbon nanotubes, rather than silicon transistors, to the consumer market by 2020.
The Week in iPad Cases: Land ho!
Land ho! One of the cases in this week’s roundup brings you a step closer to beautiful shores, while another helps you turn your iPad into a movie-making machine. Etsy The Mountaineer Map (iPad mini; $44) sports a detailed map … Continue reading
Privacy group files FTC complaint over Facebook’s ‘emotional contagion’ study
Facebook “purposefully messed with people’s minds” in a “secretive and non-consensual” study on nearly 700,000 users whose emotions were intentionally manipulated when the company altered their news feeds for research purposes, a digital privacy rights group charges in a complaint … Continue reading
Study: FAA’s ruling on smartphones during takeoff has had little impact
Editor’s Note: This article is republished from NetworkWorld. Airlines have seen almost no increase in the use of smartphones, tablets, and laptops among passengers since the Federal Aviation Administration ruled in October that they are now allowed to do so … Continue reading
GPU rumor mill: Leaked shots of GTX 880 surface point to 8GB of RAM, while AMD plans August update
What better way to celebrate the long holiday weekend than with GPU rumors? We round up the news on AMD and Nvidia.
Totally rad films from the ’80s and ’90s on Netflix
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, people rented videos from video stores. There was the battle between Beta and VHS, as well as other weird formats, like Super-VHS and the Videodisc. Then there was the Laserdisc, which only caught on … Continue reading
Ten tips for better fireworks photos
Everyone knows Independence Day fireworks are stunning in the sky, but capturing that glory in photographs can be tricky. Use these simple tips to bring their pop to your pictures.
You Should Play: Abyss Attack
These days, keeping up with games can be a full-time job. So how do you separate the signal from the noise, the wheat from the chaff, the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps? Allow us to help by regularly selecting … Continue reading
