After a recent report from security company NowSecure detailed a vulnerability that potentially affects more than 600 million Samsung smartphones, Samsung announced a fix that should be coming in "a few days" for some devices. … [Read more...]

As many as 600 million Samsung Galaxy smartphones may have a software flaw allowing hackers to eavesdrop on phone calls and voicemail, read texts, turn on the microphone and view private photos, according to a new report from a security firm. … [Read more...]

As a general rule, I'€™m against an alien takeover of our planet - unless they bring along one thing: a global wireless system that would simplify the endlessly complex world of options for using cellphones abroad. … [Read more...]

Lithium batteries are compact, efficient, and store a lot of energy. They also, occasionally, catch on fire. Why does that happen? Keep reading to find out. … [Read more...]

Space colonization has reached an impasse, for reasons far more fundamental than a lack of money for the Space Shuttle program. There is simply no way humans can travel easily offworld without using massive amounts of rocket fuel to escape the gravity well — and that’s both expensive and environmentally unsustainable. So how will we get off this rock? … [Read more...]

The IBM “endorsement effect” has often shaped the computer industry over the years. In 1981, when IBM entered the personal computer business, the company decisively pushed an upstart technology into the mainstream. … [Read more...]

Elon Musk is looking for a few good pods. SpaceX, Mr. Musk’s rocket launch company, has announced a competition to design passenger vehicles for the Hyperloop, a proposed high-speed ground transport system. … [Read more...]

Imitation in the tech world is normal, even expected, but during Apple’s developers conference Monday, Tim Cook and company were in rare form. They didn’t have much uniquely Apple to show off at all. … [Read more...]