Adobe’s Flash software is now blocked by default on all versions of the Firefox web browser. Mozilla, which develops Firefox, imposed the block because recently unearthed bugs in Flash were being actively used by cyber-thieves. The bugs were detailed in a cache of documents stolen from security firm Hacking Team that was hit by attackers last week. Adobe said it …

With over 6,000 languages spoken in the world, communication can often be convoluted to say the least. Whether traveling, communicating online, or trying to perform business in another country communication barriers create tension, and make conversing difficult. Scientists at University of California Berkley have developed technology which will allow humans to communicate through echolocation in the same way that bats …

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a graphene based film which can keep electronic circuits and gadgets cool. The solution offered by Swedish research team, based on graphene based film, has been published in the current issue of journal Advanced Materials. Graphene has been accredited with amazing capabilities and strength. The single atom carbon layer could …

  This week, the United Nations has been focusing intently on the use of technology to solve global problems and drive development that’s both affordable and sustainable. It’s an immensely important topic in a world increasingly divided between rich and poor, healthy and sick, educated and isolated, and is central to the UN mission for the current century. As Dean …

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM – Analyst Report) recently announced that it has achieved a breakthrough in its research for ultradense computer chips. The company has come up with its first 7-nanometer chips with reportedly four times the capacity of most powerful chips currently available. The project was under development in collaboration with GlobalFoundries, Samsung and SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges …

Phoenix Contact now offers a Rogowski coil solution to easily retrofit current-measuring applications up to 4000 A. The PACT RCP current transformer (CT) is an alternative to split-core current transformers and other CT technologies. The Rogowski coil is a flexible, rope-styled CT. Because it is designed as a loop, the Rogowski coil can be separated easily for quick installation on …

Twentieth Century Fox TV is making a change at the top of its current programming department. Comedy exec Carolyn Cassidy has taken the reins from Fox vet Jeffrey Glaser, who is leaving the studio after a 19-year run. “Jeffrey has been an extraordinary contributor to the success of this company, and he will be deeply missed,” said Jonnie Davis, 20th …

Good morning, Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Leahy, and members of the Judiciary Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the growing challenges to public safety and national security that have eroded our ability to obtain electronic information and evidence pursuant to a court order or warrant. We in law enforcement often refer to this problem as “Going …

Something I dig about our current tech era is how we’re all enjoying the fruits of a widespread democratization of digital technology (For more on this, check out Steven Kotler’s six tenets of exponential entrepreneurship). The barriers to tech access that once existed have disappeared; anyone can now create their own digital products and services. More important, anyone armed with a …

GODFREY — The latest body shaping technology has come to the only Riverbend location it can be found. The technologically advanced services of Dutch Hollow Medical Day Spa, which has medical director Dr. Samuel Figueroa on site who administers exclusive services such as Botox and Platelet Rich Plasma techniques, now has Venus Freeze. Venus Freeze is a cellulite- and circumferential …