Inferior human crashes Google’s self-driving car into a Prius
You can teach a robot how to drive a car, but you can't teach humanity how to relax and let our robot overlords take over. Google's self-driving car got into a scrape this week due to a human.
Movirtu to open up mobile phone numbers to developing world
Movirtu plans to change the way people with only mobile phone access socialize and do business.
Social media profile pics are a gateway to privacy breaches
Facial recognition software has made face-searching possible.
No surprise: Sony wins Pwnie Award for Most Epic Fail
Anonymous, LulzSec and Wikileaks were all nominated for the Pwnie for Epic 0wnage, but who won?
New tool tells you when your ISP is slowing you down
Dan Kaminsky's N00ter tells users if they're getting the squeeze.
NASA probe reveals evidence of flowing water on Mars
New evidence points to the existence of flowing water just beneath the surface of Mars, which increases the possibility that life exists on the Red Planet.
MIT researchers develop a technique to kill a wide range of deadly viruses
A new approach has been developed that may eradicate all viruses before they can infect more cells.
HIV tests now credit card sized, cost $1 and return results in 15 minutes
MCHIP shows off disease testing device that fits in a wallet.
Viral video: Digital dance crew Team iLuminate blows everyone’s minds
With the help of LEDs, el-wires and a talented software engineer, the Team iLuminate dance crew is taking "America's Got Talent" competition by storm.
Scientists develop fail-proof date-rape drug detector
A pair of Israeli scientists claim to have developed the first-ever "100 percent accurate" date-rape drug detector.
Study: Wine prevents damage from sunburn, nerds rejoice
A study shows that a chemical in grapes and red wine helps protect the skin from the damaging effects of the sun.
Scientists create another glow-in-the-dark dog
A South Korean team has developed a beagle that glows green using genetic manipulation.
British government scraps plans to block P2P sites, legalizes ripping
The Digital Economy Act, which would have put pressure on ISPs to block pirate sites, is dead while ripping lives.
The world’s first plane created entirely by 3D printing takes flight
Researchers in Great Britain have designed, printed and launched a plane in less than a week.
NASA invites 150 Twitter followers to Jupiter rocket launch
NASA invited 150 of its Twitter followers at random to attend the launch of the Juno spacecraft, which is heading to Jupiter.