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Major security flaw in Samsung Knox could give hackers ‘full control’ of your phone

Samsung hasn't had the best few weeks. Security experts have disclosed three vulnerabilities in the system the company created to "enhance security" of the Android operating system. Researchers from Israeli firm Viral Security Group exposed the flaws in Samsung's Knox system, which they say "allowed full control" of a Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy Note [...]

A cure for Zika may lie in mining viruses for genetic data

Pardis Sabeti is a computational geneticist who works at the Broad Institute of MIT Harvard, where she pinpoints the genetic factors in genomes that allow diseases to take hold. When the Ebola outbreak struck in 2014, Sabeti worked between a clinic in Kenema, Sierra Leone, and her lab in Harvard to sequence the virus's genomes. [...]

HIV cure closer after trial clears virus in British man

The first patient being treated in a new HIV study has shown "remarkable" results, with no sign of the virus after initial treatment. Immunologists at five of the UK's leading universities, along with the NHS, are combining antiretroviral drugs with a drug that reactivates dormant HIV and a vaccine that stimulates the immune system, in [...]

3D printing grows up: scientists are using the tech to make an earthmoving machine

3D-printing has come a long way from its early incarnation as a rapid method of making engineering prototypes. The machines are now routinely used in gimmicky souvenir making, by hobbyists, and there's even one on the International Space Station so that urgent spares can be created from an emailed design file. The latest frontier for [...]

People are suing Apple over the most annoying problem with the iPhone: “Touch disease”

Across North America, iPhone owners have become increasingly disgruntled by the device’s spotty touchscreen functionality. The first sign of “touch disease” is a flickering gray bar that appears across the top of the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus screen. Over time, the touchscreen loses functionality. Some reports suggest that the issue is caused by dropping [...]

9 Reasons Why Your Online Accounts are Not as Safe as You Think

Social media is a thing that has come to stay and to be part of any platform that connects people one must own an account. An online account gives you access to all you need to do on most websites. Hardly will you login to any website that connects you to people or information without [...]

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey represents the next step in the evolution of Silicon Valley style

If there’s one industry in the US changing corporate dress codes, especially among men, it’s technology. Apple’s late founder, Steve Jobs, in his uniform of jeans and a black turtleneck, helped reimagine what a CEO should look like. Today, the exemplar of Silicon-Valley casual has become Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is so synonymous with [...]

This high-tech suit lets you feel things in virtual reality

Right now virtual reality requires donning a pair of goggles. But what if the experience became more than just sight and sound? Imagine wearing a suit that lets you feel in virtual reality. A group of graduate students at London’s Royal College of Art have created Skinterface, a suit that allows wearers to experience a [...]

By scrapping your antiquated headphones, Apple is doing something extraordinary for music

Gone, officially, is the headphone jack from Apple’s new iPhone. Retired. Dead. Defunct. May it rest in peace. As much as users are griping (already) about the disappearance of the 3.5mm jack, which is widely used across many digital devices including Apple’s own laptops, the new options for listening to audio on iPhones—either headphones that [...]