Bugs

Mobile

Apple Explains The iMessage Bug

10:00AM February 3, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

According to Apple, the iMessage bug we posted yesterday isn’t really a bug. It’s a rare incident caused by an employee’s overeagerness to help a customer. More »


Science

Can You Believe The Sticks On This Guy’s Face Are Actually Bugs?

7:30AM December 28, 2011 | Casey Chan

Hey crazy people, don’t you ever stop being crazy. Even though I don’t understand you, you give me so much joy. Like this guy! Look how happy he is! Happy to have his face covered with a bunch of stick bugs. More »


Science

The Creepiest Spider In The World Is The Only One That Carries Her Babies Like A Human

6:05PM December 20, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

If there’s an image that summarises my idea of complete horror, this is it: a wolf spider carrying dozens of babies on her back. It’s the only spider in the world that does this. More »


Software

The Worst Computer Bugs Of 2011

7:00AM December 15, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Earlier this year a man lost a $US57 million jackpot when a casino alleged a “software glitch” on the slot machine. Well, that’s nothing compared to the backlog of $US9 billion in unprocessed payments that happened in Japan on March. More »


Mobile

Behold This Treasure Trove Of Mistaken Text Messages

4:20AM November 10, 2011 | Brent Rose

There’s a strange quirk in US carrier Verizon’s text messaging system. When entering a recipient, if their phone number doesn’t pop up with their name and you send it anyway, it may go to someone else. That someone else is often Leila. More »


Mobile

Bugs: The IPhone 4S Keeps Setting Outgoing Calls On Mute

2:00AM November 7, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Judging from a 29-page thread brewing on the Apple support forums over the past few weeks, the iPhone 4S is suffering from a glitch where outbound calls have no audio coming from the earpiece. More »


Mobile

Watch Bugs Unbelievably Charge A Smartphone

8:00AM October 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

This ad by Qualcomm is more impressive and less gross than I thought it would be — it uses bugs on miniature circus equipment to charge an Android phone with a Snapdragon processor. I’m guessing it’s an attempt to show off how low-powered the Snapdragon processor can be? Whatever, complex bugs are cool. More »


Geek Out

This Climbing Robot Cockroach Gives Me Heebie Jeebies

5:00AM October 8, 2011 | Casey Chan

Whenever I see a cockroach scampering around I don’t even think, I just stomp the shit out of it. HOWEVAH. If I saw this freaking robot cockroach climbing my walls, I’d shriek and freak out like a little baby. This thing is seriously scary. More »


Mobile

HTC Comes Clean On Its Massive Security Hole

10:44AM October 5, 2011 | Brent Rose

Over the weekend it was revealed that some extremely popular HTC Android phones (including the EVO 3D and Sensation) have a gaping security hole which would allow third-party apps access to all of your info. Oops? More »


Science

These Ants Terrorise Everything — Even Gadgets

1:20AM September 27, 2011 | Kwame Opam

It should first be stated that these ants aren’t just crazy, they’re scientifically crazy. Known as the Rasberry Crazy Ant, they’ve garnered a reputation in the US for moving in massive colonies and destroying everything in their path. And they’re spreading. More »