It appears that "fake news" has finally made it to the news wires. Shortly after the market open, Dow Jones blasted a story that "in a surprise to everyone who is alive" Google was buying Apple for $9 billion. It…

On this week’s Technotopia I talked to Massimo Banzi and Fabio Violante, the co-creators of Arduino. This pair of Italian artists saw their little single-board computers as a gateway to high-tech art but they’ve essentially created a world in which…

Rob Ball/Getty Images Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland was arrested buying heroin while dressed as a pimp. Red Hot Chili Peppers lost two guitarists in a row to heroin. Ozzy Osbourne locked himself in a hotel room for three months to binge on…

In the world of indoor security systems, motion detection usually relies on cameras or at least dedicated sensors. Both types of solution add to hardware plus installation costs, not to mention that not everyone is comfortable with having cameras pointing…

The pioneering chat app that dominated North America at the turn of the century is pulling the plug. On December 15th, AOL Instant Messenger will shut down after running since 1997. After SMS and social apps like Facebook and WhatsApp…

Even as rave culture faces new hurdles in Russia, nerd culture thrives. That was the feeling at August’s Synthposium in Moscow; here’s another look. For an impressionistic feeling of the space station adoration of electronic sound production, here’s a montage…

Wonderball is an interactive ping pong table which adds a digital twist to traditional table tennis. The hi-tech table uses digital projectors and sensors which track the movements of the ball, allowing many different games to be played on it. …