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Google Wants to Predict the Calories in Your Food
We’ve heard that Facebook is keen on finding talented people in the AI field by opening a new research lab in Paris, but what is Google up to with its own AI research? The latest news shows that Google is more interested in what you eat rather than where you…
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Traffic Alerts and Alternate Routes Now Available in Google Maps
If you are planning to take a trip in the near future or are already on the road, you might consider taking a look at what Google Maps has to offer. The search giant has just updated its maps app with a new traffic alert and alternate route feature. The…
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Secret Service Agencies Wanted to Put Malware on Your Android Phones
I don’t think it will be a shock to hear about yet another way government agencies try to spy on people, but they are getting bolder day after day it seems. A recently leaked document by Edward Snowden, dubbed IRRITANT HORN, reveals how agencies from the United States, United Kingdom,…
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GitHub Gets Hit by the Biggest DDoS Attack in Site’s History
GitHub, the popular website used for projects spanning from game engines to security applications and even web app frameworks, is apparently suffering the biggest DDoS attack in the website’s history, which they believe to originate from China. The attack appears to have started last Thursday and has all its staff…
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Google Targets Firefox Users with Special Warnings
Mozilla users will soon see a new message in Google’s search engine urging them to switch their default search engine to Google. Users can also choose to ignore the message and hide it until clearing the browser’s cache by pressing the “No, Thanks” button. This comes as a result of…
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Robocops Being Used as Traffic Police!
In the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, drivers are constantly ignoring traffic laws. Since 2007 there have been a staggering 2276 fatalities due to dangerous driving in the city, a number that is completely unacceptable by any standard. To counter the problem, the city has deployed massive robots…
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Cadillac Video Rearview Mirrors Standard from 2016
From 2016 the Cadillac CT6 will feature video rearview mirrors as standard. The vehicle will be the first car to feature such technology on all models. The camera will be of “high dynamic range” allowing drivers to see in all weathers delivering a “video feed [that] reduces glare and allows a…
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New Traffic Lights Let You Play Pong
Meet the ActiWait, the new product behind an Indiegogo campaign that promises to let you play Pong while waiting to cross the road. The concept is the result of work by 3 German design students that replaces the usual buttons and ‘WAIT’ sign with a touchscreen display that lets you…
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Driverless Cars to Be Tested in Four UK Cities
Driverless cars will be tested in 4 UK cities starting 1st January. Coventry, Bristol, Milton Keynes and Greenwich in south-east London will be the first to see the vehicles hit public roads. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osbourne announced the plans during today’s Autumn Statement in Parliament. The initiative…
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35% of All US Internet Traffic Comes from Netflix
A new report says that 35% of all US internet traffic, on average during peak hours, comes from Netflix. A study was conducted by a company called Sandvine, best known for building ISP equipment. They said that Netflix accounted for 35% of downstream traffic in peak hours during the second half…
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Comcast and Verizon Lowered Speed to Cogent below 0.5Mbps
New detailed measurements have been released displaying exactly how much throttling of traffic was done by major US ISP’s Comcast and Verizon through to Cogent – a backbone operator of Netflix traffic. As almost everyone in the United States discovered over the span of the last year, traffic through to…
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Hacker Diverts Traffic from 19 ISPs to Steal a Large Sum of Bitcoins
It is said that researchers over at Dell’s SecureWorks security division have uncovered a series of hacking attempts in which a bitcoin thief redirected a portion of online traffic from 19 ISPs, including data from Amazon, DigitalOcean and OVH, in order to steam digital currency from a group of bitcoin…
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Jaguar Working on Self-Learning Smart Car Personal Assistant
There have been a lot of talks about smart cars and their ability to make driving a lot safer suing self-driving technologies in order to eliminate human distractions and error from roads. There will even be a time where drivers can even send text messages, video call and browse the…
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Statistics Reveal that The Pirate Bay Traffic has Doubled Despite ISP Blocks… Problem?
Some ISP providers have been told by the government to block the popular torrent website, The Pirate Bay, due to its infringing content. Media groups all around the world have been battling piracy constantly and state that the blocks so far are effective and enough to diminish piracy. However, a…
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Hackers Use ‘The Cloud’ to Control Malware and Botnets
Security firm Trend Micro has apparently revealed new evidence of botnets and malware not only being hosted in the cloud, but also being remotely controlled from cloud servers. The main goal for hackers has been revealed to be disguising their malicious software as regular traffic between corporate end points and…
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