(Natural News) Ever since smartphone makers thought it was acceptable to build phones with nothing but mostly screens on them, the world has come to know one major annoyance: broken glass screens. Whenever a phone screen breaks, it’s always a toss-up between continuing to use the phone with cracks on its display, or just ponying up […]

(Natural News) Virtual reality has a wide variety of uses, ranging from augmenting entertainment experiences to helping pilots train for actual flight. Now, research scientists from the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games are working towards newer, more noble applications for this technology. One of these is smokeSCREEN VR, the virtual reality adaptation of […]

(Natural News) Artificial intelligence (AI) is designed to put us out of the picture. Still, we shouldn’t fret since a recently published study discovered how humans can be on top of things in systems that rely on AI. The study, carried out by researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), explained that while AI will […]

(Natural News) Voice security systems are becoming increasingly common as authentication and security features. Part of this growing usage are the efforts to develop new protective techniques. So far, scientists have been able to keep voice security systems from being fooled by enterprising individuals armed with voice conversion and speech synthesis technology. As a new […]

(Natural News) Another major cryptocurrency heist is being reported in this news, this time at an online Bitcoin marketplace known as NiceHash. According to reports, hackers were somehow able to break into the NiceHash system and steal about 4,700 Bitcoins, which at the time (Bitcoin prices have since risen) were valued at nearly $64 million. […]

(Natural News) In the 1980s science fiction classic Blade Runner, there exist human-looking robots known as replicants. These fictional biorobotic androids seem human on the surface yet possess strength, agility, speed, and resilience superior to ours. They’re also what many of us imagine the robots of the future will look like — as human as […]

(Natural News) It’s only a matter of time before artificial intelligence finds superiority over humans. As machines become more efficient at computing data and navigating algorithms, as they learn from their experiences and make complex decisions, they will inevitably challenge human thinking and human way of life. But will the advancement of AI lead to the […]

(Natural News) Facebook has been around for more than a decade now and more than 100 million people worldwide actively use the social media platform. However, more and more people are expressing their concerns regarding the rise of social media usage and how it apparently displaces the global population’s capacity to socialize naturally, and decreases our […]

(Natural News) You’ve heard of Smart TVs and certain applications on your phone spying on you, but what about microwaves, refrigerators and vacuums? According to security researchers, a flaw in the LG SmartThinQ application could allow hackers to take control of various household appliances, such as smart dishwashers, refrigerators, microwaves, dryers and vacuums. Needless to […]

(Natural News) Recent studies warn that children who own smart watches which their parents can use to keep track of their movements are more prone to the dangers of hacking, according to reports by The Daily Mail.  To reach this conclusion, the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) authorized security experts at the company, Mnemonic, to inspect three watches that […]