By Chris Matyszczyk At the Sydney Airport, a man is so engrossed in his iPad that he wanders past a security screening and causes an alert.
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Get a Pebble smartwatch for $99.99
By Rick Broida It’s not the sexist wrist-companion you can buy, but at this price, it’s definitely the best.
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Device allows completely paralysed rats to walk again
By Michelle Starr By electrically stimulating the severed part of the spinal cord, scientists are able to precisely control in real-time the limbs of a paralysed rat — and human trials are on the way.
SoftBank said to eye DreamWorks as way into Hollywood
By Carrie Mihalcik CEO Masayoshi Son is reportedly in talks to acquire the studio behind animated films “Shrek” and “How to Train Your Dragon.”
SoftBank said to eye DreamWorks as way into Hollywood
By Carrie Mihalcik CEO Masayoshi Son is reportedly in talks to acquire the studio behind animated films “Shrek” and “How to Train Your Dragon.”
This Sony researcher wants to put you in someone else’s head
By Ben Fox Rubin Jun Rekimoto, who studies augmented reality at Sony Computer Science Labs, is using cameras, drones and sensors to capture and share what others are seeing and feeling.
Tech Retrospect: Apple’s ‘Bendgate’ drama and BlackBerry’s big return
By Tim Stevens Apple didn’t exactly have a great week in the press, but was all the bad news really well-founded? Also, BlackBerry drops a major new phone, if only because it’s huge.
Han Solo and Chewbacca collectibles look real enough to hire
By Bonnie Burton Super-realistic collectible figures with 30 points of articulation and highly detailed bodies and costumes kick off Hot Toys’ “Star Wars” line.
Google strikes back at News Corp.’s antitrust complaint to EU
By Richard Nieva Amid a tangle with EU regulators over how it displays search results, Google gets into a war of words with Rupert Murdoch’s media giant.
Why the Bash bug will be a big headache
By Bridget Carey Don’t shrug off the Bash security flaw. Bridget Carey explains how hackers could use it to attack various computer systems — and even lightbulbs. Also, Amazon is crafting smart-home devices and Apple offers a fix for its botched iOS 8.0.1 update.