We visit an underground town Down Under; delve into the pain of being Twitter hacked; and review Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9. …read more Source:: CNet

Here’s a recap of all the iPhone news this week. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s the battle of the giants as we weigh Apple against Google. See which one wins. …read more Source:: CNet

Don’t worry, there’s still a global version that will launch at the same time in October. …read more Source:: CNet

JB Weld is a particularly popular brand of epoxy, and features in many legends. “My cousin’s neighbour’s dog trainer’s grandpa once repaired a Sherman tank barrel in France with that stuff!” they’ll say. Thankfully, with the advent of new media, there’s a wealth of content out there of people putting these wild and interesting claims…

Two months have passed since NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover last phoned home. The last time we reported on the rover was on June 12th, when it was trying to survive an intensifying dust storm that was deemed “much worse than a 2007 storm that Opportunity weathered,” according to NASA. “The previous storm had an opacity…

If you’re not already suffering from Black Hat/DEF CON overload Roundup It’s time for another rapid roundup of computer security news beyond what we’ve already reported.… …read more Source:: Register

When you have a complex task that would sap the time and energy of your microprocessor, it makes sense to offload it to another piece of hardware. We are all used to this in the form of the graphics chipsets our computers use — specialised processors whose computing power in that specific task easily outshines…

Also, how Apple’s Siri uses your location to improve its speech recognition Roundup Here’s your quick roundup of AI news beyond what we’ve already written about this week.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Netflix has confirmed that it will start airing video ads for other Netflix series between episodes. These ads will reportedly only be for Netflix content, not outside products or content, and will, at least for now, only appear for a “segment” of Netflix’s user base. Ars Technica reports: The news emerged via user reports, particularly…