- Brain-computer interface will make people telepathic, scientists say: People will communicate 'not only without speaking but without words - through access to each other's thoughts at a conceptual level' https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/brain-computer-interface-neuralink-elon-musk-telepathy-a9097821.html 32 comments technology
- Hi reddit, we’re Niels and Ujwal and we published a paper in PLOS Biology showing a communication method using a brain-computer interface for paralyzed, locked-in patients – Ask Us Anything! http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002593&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=ama&utm_campaign=redditama-0315 329 comments science
- A study in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication suggests that rude comments on articles can even change the way we interpret the news. Rudeness works in discrediting research in the eyes of those not expert. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcc4.12009/full 17 comments science
- ChatClue: Natural audio/video communication with computers and robots (GPLv3) https://github.com/ChatClue/ChatClue 5 comments opensource
- Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth due to computer issue https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/13/world/voyager-1-computer-issue-scn/index.html 75 comments technology
- Backend for Communicating Between iOS App and Computer? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ultimate-gamepad/id575567569 5 comments swift
- Precursor (open hardware development platform for secure, mobile computation and communication) - Crowdfunding Begins! https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor/updates/crowdfunding-begins 4 comments degoogle
- Precursor (open hardware development platform for secure, mobile computation and communication) - Crowdfunding Begins! https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor/updates/crowdfunding-begins 3 comments linuxhardware
- Precursor (open hardware development platform for secure, mobile computation and communication) - Crowdfunding Begins! https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor/updates/crowdfunding-begins 28 comments linux
- Android, Linux smartphone-computer: Dual-screen Cosmo Communicator is out | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-linux-smartphone-computer-dual-screen-cosmo-communicator-is-out/ 4 comments technology
- Quantum leap from Australian research promises super-fast computing power. ‘Ruthlessly systematic’ research achieves qubit communication 200 times faster than ever before. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/19/quantum-leap-australian-researchers-could-lead-to-much-greater-computing-power?cmp=share_iosapp_other 5 comments technology
- A study of the use of mobile & social computing by grassroots groups finds that the technologies they use for day-to-day operations are a poor match for their values and don't meet their needs. Grassroots communication technologies need greater inclusivity, security, privacy, and social translucence https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3328720.3318140 6 comments science
- New crowd-funded phone from Planet Computers - Cosmo Communicator (supports Linux) https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cosmo-communicator 46 comments linux
- Marco Verratti replaces a €10.000 computer for a 9 year old disabled child that allowed him to communicate after he got robbed twice in the same week https://www.football-italia.net/127092/verratti-answers-disabled-boys-appeal 144 comments soccer
- Intel at COMPUTEX 2018 - Powering Computing, Connectivity, and Communications - Keynote, June 5th. https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/media-alert-computex-2018/ 5 comments intel
- Researchers have demonstrated the first laser based on an unconventional wave physics phenomenon called bound states in the continuum. The technology could revolutionize the development of surface lasers, making them more compact and energy-efficient for communications and computing applications https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/uoc--nlb011017.php 41 comments science
- First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman play games: "A paralysed woman has learned to use a brain implant to communicate by thought alone. It is the first time a brain–computer interface has been used at home in a person’s day-to-day life" https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112562-first-home-brain-implant-lets-locked-in-woman-play-games/ 117 comments technology
- Colin Powell told his successor, Hillary Clinton, that he used his own personal computer to communicate with friends and foreign leaders and sent emails without going through the State Department server. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/politics/hillary-clinton-colin-powell-emails/index.html 188 comments politics
- IBM uses self-assembling carbon nanotubes to create an inherently random process for producing cryptographic information in hardware to make computing and communications more secure http://www.thelatestnews.com/carbon-nanotubes-could-improve-hardware-cryptography/ 14 comments technology
- Back door on US government computer equipment may have allowed foreign governments to spy on US encrypted communication for past 3 years http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/politics/juniper-networks-us-government-security-hack/index.html 174 comments technology
- In security breach, Russian programmers wrote code for U.S. military communications systems; A Pentagon contractor farmed its work out to cut-rate Russian computer programmers, sparking a four-year federal probe http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/04/18828/security-breach-russian-programmers-wrote-code-us-military-communications-systems 18 comments technology
- "RATS, the Radio Transceiver System, an open source communication tool for the security-obsessed and/or the internet-bereft...it's a small antenna that connects to computers by USB and lets them send encrypted messages and file transfers directly, via radio transmission." https://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20151031/07410132682/awesome-stuff-internet-who-needs-it.shtml 4 comments privacy
- UK spies claim broad powers to hack worldwide: British government defends surveillance activites of its spy agencies, claiming they have broad powers to spy on any person's communications and computers around the world in secret, even when the targets are not under suspicion http://www.itnews.com.au/news/401848,uk-spies-claim-broad-powers-to-hack-worldwide.aspx 12 comments worldnews
- Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers http://phys.org/news/2015-01-entanglement-chip-breakthrough-faster.html 3 comments science
- NASA: In 2012 Earth dodged a Solar blast by a mere nine days that would have taken out satellite communications systems, a big chunk of the GPS network, and possibly crashed power grids and computer systems down on the surface. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/19/nasa_scopes_show_how_earth_missed_devastating_solar_storm_by_nine_days_in_2012/ 335 comments worldnews
- Bill Clinton wanted a surveillance state too: "In 1993, Clipper was a secret encryption project intended to monitor all U.S. secure computer communications. The chip was to be installed by law in all U.S.-manufactured computers, greatly simplifying eavesdropping by the FBI and the NSA. http://www.wnd.com/1999/01/7030/ 6 comments politics
- Qualcomm Steps Up Attack on Internet of Things "Qualcomm is introducing an unusual chip line that combines communications functions–including Wi-Fi, and the ability to send data down power lines–with a substantial amount of computing capability." http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/11/20/qualcomm-steps-up-attack-on-internet-of-things/?mod=wsjblog 3 comments technology
- The United States' alleged large-scale surveillance of global communications networks will badly harm the U.S. cloud computing industry, the founder of Wikipedia said on Thursday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/07/net-us-wikipedia-spying-idusbre9a613a20131107k 4 comments technology
- Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity "Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person’s computer, download the contents of the hard drive, record the keystrokes and monitor cellphone communications, too." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/world/asia/in-china-hacking-has-widespread-acceptance.html 7 comments technology
- A Dutch politician proposed to give the government the permission to hack computers and mobile phones, tap their communication and collect and destroy data. The law also contains an obligation to decrypt your personal data. If the computers are located in another country, the law would still apply. http://www.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rijksoverheid.nl%2Fministeries%2Fvenj%2Fnieuws%2F2013%2F05%2F02%2Fopstelten-versterkt-aanpak-computercriminaliteit.html 13 comments privacy
- The 'Nasty Effect': How Comments Color Comprehension. A study in the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication suggests that rude comments on articles can change the way we interpret the news. http://www.npr.org/2013/03/11/174027294/the-nasty-effect-how-comments-color-comprehension?ft=1&f=1019#.ut9p8aqcnsi.reddit 4 comments science
- Secret international law enforcement protocol for tracking people online revealed for the first time. "Exploiting security vulnerabilities in communications technologies for 'intelligence-gathering purposes,' and even infecting a target computer with Trojan-horse spyware to mine data." http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/12/04/u_n_office_on_drugs_and_crime_report_reveals_international_protocol_for.html 3 comments technology
- "Every Internet-connected computer, smartphone, car, gadget and gizmo is assigned a four-digit IP address that lets it communicate with the net, thanks to a system known as IPv4" http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/internet-run-ip-addresses-happens-anyones-guess/ 84 comments programming
- IBM's new chip technology enables computer chips to communicate using pulses of light (instead of electrical signals) http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-ibm-breakthrough-chip-technology-path.html 57 comments science
- Overclocking SSL: "If there's one point that we want to communicate to the world, it's that SSL/TLS is not computationally expensive any more. Ten years ago it might have been true, but it's just not the case any more. You too can afford to enable HTTPS for your users." http://www.imperialviolet.org/2010/06/25/overclocking-ssl.html 17 comments technology
- Onion routing is a technique for anonymous communication over a computer network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/onion_routing 6 comments technology
- Why the US needs more computer manufacturing: The menace of so-called Trojan horses hidden in equipment circuitry is among the most severe threats the nation faces in the event of a war in which communications and weaponry rely on computer technology. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/science/27trojan.html?_r=1&ref=science 3 comments politics
- Fascinating glimpse into history: 1972 NSA document describing how both our enemies and our allies were using EM emissions to remotely monitor our computers and communications equipment [pdf] http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/cryptologic_spectrum/tempest.pdf 2 comments netsec
- The RNC has informed a House committee that it no longer plans to retrieve the communications by restoring computer backup tapes http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/ar2008022602312.html?nav=rss_politics 27 comments politics
- Apple Sued by iCloud - iCloud Communications, an Arizona-based computer communications company, filed suit against Apple on Thursday for allegedly infringing on its trademark of the name iCloud http://www.pcworld.com/article/230127/apple_sued_by_icloud.html 164 comments technology