A troubling flaw in phone tracking company LocationSmartâs demo tool, used to advertise its services, let anyone take advantage of an easily exploited flaw to track phones from Americaâs top four carriers without the userâs consent or knowledge, according to KrebsOnSecurity. The demo site was reportedly taken downâŚ
Yet another study claiming to show a connection between cancer and cellphonesâthis time from the UKâis making the rounds. But plenty of scientists are saying the new paper is misleading.
When I was a girl, I had a simple dream. I wanted to own the phone from The Matrix.
On Friday, the National Toxicology Program (NTP), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, threw fresh kindling onto the smoldering debate over whether cellphones are harmful to our health. It released two draft reports on its extensive, expensive efforts to study the effects of cellphone radiationâŚ
Since the earliest days of mobile phones, a small but steady contingent of environmental activists, conspiracy-inclined folks, and some scientists have warned about the hidden damage they could be causing to our bodies, due to the radio frequency energy cellphones use to communicate with cell towers. They fear thatâŚ
Halfway between Brooklyn and Montauk, a steel cupola propped up on wooden legs once looked out over the Long Island Sound and beyond the horizon. Built in the first years of the 20th century, Wardenclyffe Tower served as the centerpiece of a real-life mad scientistâs laboratory. Lever pulling, lightning bolts,âŚ
We take for granted the ability to pull out our smartphones and watch almost any video imaginable in hi-def resolutions. But back in 1998, the Nokia 5110 represented the cutting-edge of cellphone technology, and this is what it wouldâve been like to watch YouTube and other videos on its terrible screen.
Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai is aiming to impose new caps on funding for Lifeline, a program to assist impoverished people living in the U.S. afford phone, cellular and internet access.
Acting head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan told Sen. Ron Wyden the agency does not use cell-site simulatorsâa type of surveillance gear often referred to as a âStingrayâ that can track down a specific mobile device by emulating cell phone towersâto locate undocumented immigrants.
Tired of teaching your older family members how to use their smartphones every time you visit? Just do what YouTubeâs Mr. Volt did and build a custom cellphone out of aluminum, brass, and wood with a working rotary dial thatâs reminiscent of the ancient land line phones introduced back in the 1920s.
Introducing the LudusScope, a 3D-printed, open-sourced system that lets you control and play games with living microbes on your smartphone. Tormenting single-celled organisms has never been so much fun.
MITâs self-assembly lab has created cell phones that build themselves, in a manner of speaking. Thereâs no fancy nano- or bio- technology involved, nothing theoretical or suggestive of a near-future Singularity. Itâs devilishly simple, because the whole project boils down to throwing phone parts into a rock tumbler.
If, and by how much cellphones increase the risk of brain cancer is a long and disputed argument. No one study is going to settle anything, but one statistical analysis of data in Australia hints at cellphones being reasonably safe.
Distracted driving is a hazard up there with drinking and driving, but with a problem for cops: Snapchat scores canât be determined by smelling someoneâs breath. A solution proposed in draft New York legislation would solve that, using a roadside phone analyzer.
If youâre living with high-speed internet in one of Googleâs Fiber cities, your landline telephone might yet live to see another day. Today, Google announced Fiber Phone, a cloud-based phone number you can use from any tablet, laptop, or phoneâincluding a landline. Itâs like Google Voice on bad steroids.
House Representative Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) has put forward a bill that will require retailers to ask for identification from anyone buying a prepaid cellphone.
The New York Police Department has admitted to using controversial cell phone spying systems known as Stingraysâwhich can be used to track the location and intercept personal communications of nearby cellphone users. In a report from the New York Civil Liberties Union, the NYPD confirmed using the Stingray more thanâŚ
Canadaâs new Liberal government is committed to bringing 10,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year (not long left!). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for a âwhole of Canada effortâ to integrate â10,000 new Canadiansâ, and one cell carrier is actually responding.
Oh no! AT&T is raising the price of grandfathered unlimited data plans to thirty-five whole dollars. Stop whining: itâs still a fantastic deal for anyone fortunate to have it.
