Software

Anti-surveillance apparel hides your face from facial recognition software

January 4, 2017

Privacy advocates have long feared the risk facial recognition technologies pose to ethical surveillance practices, but soon there might be a high-tech garment solution that [...]

This is Lenovo’s Windows Holographic VR headset

January 3, 2017

Lenovo just showed us its first VR headset, a prototype device that works with Microsoft’s Windows Holographic platform. Next to other tethered PC headsets like the Oculus [...]

‘Blade Runner’ fan project recreates a whole set in VR

January 2, 2017

If you’re a movie buff, you’ve probably wished that you could walk into a scene and explore it on your own terms. Well, so did software engineer Quentin Lengele [...]

Google and Chrysler use Android to revamp the in-car touchscreen

January 2, 2017

Google and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) have worked together to build a new infotainment system on top of Android, the companies announced ahead of the beginning of CES today. The [...]

Six drones that do good for people and the planet

January 1, 2017

When the general public first learned about drones, the context was largely related to military applications and spy tactics, so the unmanned aircraft were cast with a bad [...]

17 things you will certainly regret not starting 2017 with!

December 30, 2016

Your data worth money! Facebook is storing a few metric tons of information about all of us, called marketing data. I sometimes wonder exactly what intel, and how they [...]

Chinese hackers allegedly stole secrets from US law firms

December 28, 2016

Three Chinese hackers have been charged with insider trading after stealing secrets from American law firms. The Department of Justice has revealed that Lat Hong, Bo Zheng [...]

Apple publishes its first AI research paper

December 27, 2016

When Apple said it would publish its artificial intelligence research, it raised at least a couple of big questions. When would we see the first paper? And would the public [...]

Apple leaps into AI research with improved simulated + unsupervised learning

December 27, 2016

Six researchers from the company’s recently formed machine learning group published a paper that describes a novel method for simulated + unsupervised learning. The aim [...]

High-Impact Technology For Climate Change Is Already Here

December 27, 2016

The problem is that CleanTechnica is all over clean tech like white on rice, so how do you choose, for example, between cheap solar cells that can be painted on any surface [...]