The security PIN system that Google Wallet users have to enter to verify transactions has been compromised. Thankfully, the chances of your wallet being used against you is relatively low — assuming you haven’t rooted your phone, that is. More »
Seems like everyone is lining up to take shots at the search giant. Besides lawmakers investigating how it will use the unified data and regulators investigating whether the company prioritises its own services in search results, a public interest group is now suing to prevent Google from implementing its privacy policy changes. More »
The Philippine tarsier was once considered one of the quieter primate species. Turns out that’s because we simply weren’t listening hard enough. More »
Approximately 70 per cent of amputees struggle with psychosomatically-induced chronic pain in their missing appendage, known as Phantom Limb Syndrome. This has traditionally been treated with Mirror Therapy but with only mixed success. A new system utilising a Kinect and VR goggles could help bring patients some much needed relief. More »
The banking industry often employs two-step security measures — similar to Google Authenticator — as an added layer of protection against password theft and fraud. Unfortunately, those systems have just been rendered moot by a highly-advanced hack. More »
Jemima Packington was born with the gift of foresight. Unfortunately, that future-vision is only legible by reading the positions of thrown asparagus. That’s right — she’s an asparamancer and she just foretold the births of two royal British heirs and Britain’s imminent trouncing of the rest of the world in the 2012 Olympics. More »
It may not be the largest diesel engine we’ve ever covered but this vintage, 30-ton diesel engine is no less impressive. It used to power the whole of the Auteuil Racecourse in Paris. More »
Clapping your lights on and off is comically passe. Why make all that noise you can toggle the room’s illumination with invisible bullets? More »
When she was five, Alannah Shevenell’s doctors discovered the cause of her fever, weight loss, and distended belly — a sizable tumour spreading throughout her body. After two failed surgeries and rounds of chemo, her doctors had just one option left; a risky surgery to replace six of her cancerous organs. More »
