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Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID
The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using easy everyday means. A fingerprint of the phone user,...
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 44 posts.
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The Chromebook Pixel
Chromebooks were designed to make computing speedy, simple and secure. For many of you, they have become the perfect, additional (and yes, a...
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Wireless devices go battery-free with new communication technique
University of Washington engineers have created a new wireless communication system that allows devices to interact with each other without relying on batteries
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How long do disk drives last?
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How phone batteries measure the weather
Our reports examine national and regional trends in mobile and broadband network experience, and develop in-depth insights into trends impacting consumer network experience.
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(Presumably) Apple engineer comment on Lightning AV adapter design
We’ve been doing significant testing lately with video out using various iOS devices for an upcoming project. In doing so, we waded right in the middle of a strange video out mystery. It’s time to unravel that mystery. (Chung-chung!)
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180TB of Good Vibrations – Storage Pod 3.0
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A Tour Inside CloudFlare's Latest Generation Servers
CloudFlare operates at a significant scale, handling more than a trillion requests through our network every month.
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5D ‘Superman memory’ crystal could lead to unlimited lifetime data storage
Scientists at the University of Southampton have made a major step forward in the development of digital data storage that is capable of surviving for billions of years.
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Google Giving Will Provide 15,000 Raspberry Pi's to UK Schools
Today’s been a bit unlike most Tuesdays at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Today we’re the recipients of a very generous grant from Google Giving, which will provide 15,000 Raspberry Pi Model Bs for schoolkids around the UK. Google’s Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, has just been to visit Cambridge, and he and Eben have…
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Farming hard drives: 2 years and $1M later
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Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots
Small cubes with no exterior moving parts can propel themselves forward, jump on top of each other, and snap together to form arbitrary shapes.