Here Is How To Address Car Hacking Threats

 When you connect a car to the Internet, it is no longer just a car: It is a computer on wheels. When a car can search Google, send tweets and be remotely accessed from a smartphone app, that car has


Gillmor Gang: God Only Knows

 The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, September 11, 2015. Apple Tax announced, fanboys and girls prepare deep rationalization for unnecessary hardware from soup to nuts, TV takes over.


How Wearable Tech Could Spark A New Privacy Revolution

 Fears over privacy are nothing new. As users began to see the sheer availability of information online, and the amount of personal data being seen and used by tech companies, they became rightly concerned over how much information would be


Building Smart City Security

 As urbanization intensifies and public sector technology initiatives advance quickly, the once-futuristic promise of “smart cities” is coming to fruition. Cities have always been “smart” to a degree, using technology to boost the productivity and efficiency of municipal services. But


Surviving The Technical Cambrian Explosion

 I’ve been doing a lot of recruiting lately. My employers HappyFunCorp are in the midst of another growth spurt. One of my most illuminating questions is: “What’s your strategy for keeping up-to-date with the Cambrian explosion of technical frameworks, languages,


The Mind-Bending Physics of a Tennis Ball’s Spin

How tennis players create spin is about as complicated a physics question you can set about solving without invoking subatomic particles. The post The Mind-Bending Physics of a Tennis Ball’s Spin appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired


Syfy Is Finally Venturing Back Into Space

On this week’s episode of ‘Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy’ the panel talks about Syfy going back to space-centered programming. The post Syfy Is Finally Venturing Back Into Space appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired