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Night mode on phones could be doing more harm than good for your sleep

By Richard Priday

Researchers have found that brightness is more important than the color of the light in keeping mice awake, and that blue light is more stimulating than yellow light.

New machine detects 13 types of cancer with a single drop of blood

By Jesus Diaz

Toshiba has invented a machine that can detect 13 types of cancer using just a single drop of blood in record time.

Hackers Unlock Any Phone Using Photographed Fingerprints In Just 20 Minutes

By Jesus Diaz

Tencent X-Lab team can crack any phone open no matter if they use capacitative, optical or ultra-sonic fingerprint sensors.

Microsoft’s New AI Generates Believable Fake Comments For News Articles

By Jesus Diaz

Microsoft has developed a neural network capable of writing believable fake comments to news articles.

Dress with pattern of license plates.

This Hacker Fools License Plate Readers with Fashion

By Paul Wagenseil

One woman's clothing line is designed to deceive automated license-plate readers.

Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Could Take Over the Dollar: What You Need to Know

By Jesus Diaz

Facebook’s Libra will be a cryptocurrency supported by Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, and many other members of a non-profit organization.

MSI Optix MPG27CQ Curved Monitor Review: Cool RGB Lighting, Enticing Price

By Brian Westover

The MSI Optix MPG27CQ delivers all sorts of gaming-oriented capability, from a wide color gamut and fast response times to AMD FreeSync support and fancy lighting that's more than just eye candy.

10 Shows to Watch After Star Trek Discovery

By Marshall Honorof

If you've got an unquenchable thirst for sci-fi action until Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 airs, these 10 series should tide you over.

I Just Played Sony’s High-Tech Version of Darts, And I Cant Go Back

By Henry T. Casey

Flash Darts takes the game to the next level, with moving projections and haptic feedback.

Chinese Scientists Create Injectable Nanoparticles That Enable Night Vision

By Jesus Diaz

Chinese scientists have discovered a nanoparticle that enables mammals — including humans — to see in absolute darknesss. They have tested it successfully in mice.

See Which Phones Can Be Unlocked by Photos

By Paul Wagenseil

The face-unlock feature on nearly half of late-model Android phones can still be fooled by photographs, a Dutch study has found.

How to Create a Doom Map of Your House Using a Roomba

By Mike Prospero

Turn your home's layout into a Doom map using a Roomba 980 and this clever hack.

Virgin Galactic has Officially Made It to Space

By Richard Priday

After years of testing, the SpaceShip Two has now made it over the space boundary.

iRobot's New Roomba Makes Cleanups This Much Easier

By Mike Prospero

A removable dust bin in the charging base makes cleaning out the Roomba i7+ much less of a chore.

Apple Boots Cryptocurrency Mining From the iPhone

By Monica Chin

Revised app guidelines from Apple mean you won't be able to mine cryptocurrency on your iPhone.

What Is CryptoKitties, and Is It Worth Playing?

By Don Reisinger

CryptoKitties is a game built on blockchain that lets you acquire, breed and sell virtual cats, sometimes for serious cash.

MSI Made a Tiny Dragon Hologram and I Want It Now

By Sherri L. Smith

MSI's Gaming Premium Stack (GPS) is coming to be your new virtual best friend.

Should You Let Salon Hijack Your CPU for Cryptocurrency?

By Paul Wagenseil

Old-school, new-media company will start mining cryptocurrency to offset revenue lost to ad blockers.

60 Million Android Users Hit By Cryptocurrency Miner

By Marshall Honorof

A new malvertising campaign is targeting Android users, forcing their phones to mine cryptocurrency on a shady redirected website.

Is Bitcoin Worth the Hype? Experts Sound Off

By Paul Wagenseil

A debate about cryptocurrency at the ShmooCon security conference led to some surprising conclusions.

How to Prevent Your Bitcoins from Being Hacked or Stolen

By Sue Marquette Poremba

It's easy to steal Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. How can you protect your holdings? Can you ever get stolen bitcoins back?

Justice League Review Roundup: How Bad Is It?

By Henry T. Casey

How low should fans lower their expectations before buying a ticket to see the DC Extended Universe film Justice League?

Parrot Mambo FPV: Cheap First-Person Thrills

By Mike Prospero

This package — which gives you a drone, a controller, a camera and FPV goggles for less than $180 — is a near-steal.

Neato Botvac Connected Review: A Great Little Butler

By Florence Ion

Need extra help around the house? The Neato Botvac Connected is as reliable as it is capable.

Apple's Face ID Can Be Fooled by Kids, Twins

By Marshall Honorof

Apple says Face ID is the most secure method yet of locking a phone -- unless you're an identical twin or you’re under 13.

How to Take Pictures of the Eclipse on Your Smartphone

By Purch News Service, Calla Cofield, Space.com

Can You Photograph the Solar Eclipse with Your Phone or Tablet? With a few caveats, the answer is "yes."

Hackers Fool Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner with Photo

By Paul Wagenseil

The iris scanner on a Samsung Galaxy S8 phone can be fooled by a black-and-white photograph, German hackers have shown.

Solar Paneled Streets Could Pave Road to Future

By Althea Chang

Solar Roadways hopes to replace all concrete and asphalt with its solar panels to generate green energy.

VR Faces Made from Facebook Photos Fool Biometric Logins

By Marshall Honorof

Three-dimensional virtual-reality face reconstructions made from social-media photos can easily fool facial-recognition software.

Hacker Wants You to Make Your Own Drugs at Home

By Paul Wagenseil

Cheap chemical equipment may let you make your own medical drugs, circumventing the pharmaceutical industry, one hacker says.