MobileFusion turns your smartphone into a 3D scanner
Microsoft has been really busy lately, and now they have shown one of the things they have been working on – a 3D scanner inside a regular smartphone. The app, called MobileFusion, turns your average...
View ArticleSony reveals Xperia Z5 models with cracking camera and 4K phablet display
As promised, Sony has unveiled its new Xperia Z5 smartphone range over at the IFA show in Berlin. The Xperia Z5 is a 5.2in handset, and there’s also the Xperia Z5 Compact which is a 4.6in model, and a...
View ArticleRansomware porn app takes photos of users and holds phone hostage
A form of ransomware disguised as a pornographic Android app has been discovered, which secretly takes pictures of the user. Adult Player tempts the user into downloading the app by supposedly offering...
View ArticleGoPro shows Grand Canyon footage from the stratosphere
Back in 2013, student Bryan Chan together with a couple of friends, strapped a GoPro camera and a SIM card to a weather baloon and sent it flying up into the stratosphere. The general idea was to film...
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First impressions of Google’s Nexus 6P smartphone
Finely balanced and contextually practical are the terms that best describe my first impressions of Google’s flagship Android. Nexus 6P preorders are about to ship, and I was fortunate to receive a...
View ArticleMajor campaign hit CCTV cameras using them to launch DDoS fire
There have been many warnings about the Internet of Things, and the security risks it poses, so news of a major DDoS campaign run via CCTV cameras will come as no great surprise to many. This...
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OnePlus 2 review: The 2016 flagship killer we’ve all been waiting for?
Top-end specs, a large screen, near-vanilla Android, and a price tag on the South side of $400 make OnePlus 2 a force to be reckoned in the battle for the “Smartphone of the year” award. [Note that...
View ArticleNest Cam security cam can’t be shut down completely
Nest Cam, the security camera which allows 1080p streaming, doesn’t really power off when you turn it off, security researchers have found. According to reserachers from ABI Research, when you turn the...
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HTC A9 review: Can it compete with the iPhone 6?
So you bought iPhone 6. You love the understated styling of the aluminum enclosure and how the device feels in your hands. But iOS is a dog brain. It’s loyal and friendly, but you want more than a...
View ArticleContext researchers cracked a Motorola security cam
The good guys over at Context Information Security have cracked Motorola’s outdoor security camera just to point out how the Internet of Things is still a completely unsecure industry that needs...
View ArticleYour CCTV camera is an ‘open door’ to your home and data
Your CCTV camera might make you feel physically safer, but after reading this article, it will sure make you feel virtually vulnerable. New research from cloud-based video surveillance company...
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