Wednesday, 9 October 2013

The NSA's Been Trying to Hack into Tor's Anonymous Internet For Years


This shouldn't come as a huge surprise, but the NSA has reportedly been trying (and failing) to break into the Tor network for years. It turns out that Tor, a suite of tools to protect anonymity online, is just too secure as an infrastructure. Individual users, however, are less secure.

Gravity Review: All Blockbusters Should Be This Intimate and Beautiful


As you would have guessed from the trailers, with Gravity director Alfonso CuarĂ³n has made a horrifying movie about being stranded in space. But the best—and most surprising—thing about Gravity is that it's also tasteful and elegant. It's the minimalist blockbuster you never knew you'd been longing for.

These Walking UFOs Were Going to Be Post-Apocalyptic Pedicabs


What happened in the 1960s when Jetsonian dreams met Duck and Cover fears? You got 1962's "Walking Machine."

This Responsive Lighting Pavilion Looks Like It's Alive


This giant colorful honeycomb is called the SOL Dome. Made from thousands of interconnected fiber optics, the structure responds to its environment as if it were a living, breathing plant.

Would You Be on a Reality TV Show That Sends You to Space?


It's everyone's fantasy to get strapped to a giant rocket and blasted into the heavens. Right? Well, except for the space sickness, the difficult-to-operate space toilet, the inevitable contingency that your trip could turn out like the movie Gravity.

iOS 7's Most Common Bugs and How to Fix Them


No operating system launch is without a few bugs, but it seems like iOS 7 has had more than it's fair share of blunders. From iMessages not working to lock screen exploits, here are some of the biggest bugs, and how you can fix them.

Deals: Unlocked iPhone 5c, Blu-ray Collection, Nook HD+, D7000


It's not a huge discount, but any deal on new unlocked iPhones that are barely out of the gate is a good deal. Head over to DailySteals' eBay storefront to get $15 off the unlocked iPhone 5c in any colour you like. The listing is blowing up, so I wouldn't wait around long. [eBay]