Articles by Mary-Ann Russon

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The EmDrive, as depicted on CBS' Salvation

EmDrive: Designs for reusable launch vehicle and personal flight vehicle revealed

Roger Shawyer has published detailed concept designs for the third generation of the EmDrive.

Aug 9, 2017

Could EmDrive save the planet from a world-ending asteroid strike?

EmDrive inventor Roger Shawyer excited that Salvation is featuring controversial space propulsion tech.

Aug 9, 2017

NASA

Kano: How DIY computer kits for children are creating programmers of the future

Startup Kano has come a long way since its first buildable computer launched on Kickstarter.

Aug 9, 2017

Russian Twitter bots troll Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan

Bots linked to Russia have stepped up efforts to target Republican party members, say political activists.

Aug 8, 2017

Russia Twitter

Dr Alexander Ling explains quantum nano-satellite invention

Preparing for a quantum future: An inside look at groundbreaking research in Singapore

NUS is researching quantum encryption, quantum communications, atomic clocks and quantum thermodynamics.

Aug 8, 2017

Software developers chilling out at work

How to get paid for doing nothing: Inside Silicon Valley's controversial 'rest and vest' culture

Tech giants pay senior software engineers huge amounts of money to stop them from going somewhere else.

Aug 7, 2017

Google Facebook Microsoft

US Army wants to ban the use of all DJI drones due to cybersecurity concerns

US Army memo seeks immediate cease in using all DJI drone products due to undisclosed operational risks.

Aug 4, 2017

Man jailed for nine months for posting nude photos of ex-girlfriend on Facebook

A man advertised his ex-girlfriend for sale for NZ$1 on a Facebook page with thousands of members.

Aug 4, 2017

Facebook

Viral video claims AirDrop to Singapore Airlines

Definitely fake: Viral video claims pilot sent photos via AirDrop to Singapore Airlines jet at 35,000ft

Is it actually possible to AirDrop photos between iPhones located 1,000ft away from each other?

Aug 4, 2017

IPhone

Have an old PC to spare? Help Alan Turing's family bring computing to rural African schools

The Turing Trust is urgently seeking more partners to support its programmes in several African nations.

Aug 4, 2017

Kenya Malawi

US hacker allegedly DDoSed major international media to get derogatory articles taken down

Man charged with using cyberattacks to coerce US, Canadian and Australian news sites to take down articles.

Aug 3, 2017

FBI Anonymous

Huawei's consumer business chief executive Richard Yu

Apple, watch out – Huawei is selling almost as many phones as you

Huawei sold almost as many Android phones as Apple sold iPhones in the second quarter of 2017.

Aug 3, 2017

Apple Samsung Android

Solar panels at Windsor Terrace in Brooklyn

Solar power can make you rich: Users could sell electricity to neighbours using blockchain

LO3 Energy wants to enable people to make peer-to-peer energy transactions with other users across the grid.

Jul 31, 2017

Punters flock to Austrian brothel for sex doll, rather than human prostitutes

Fanny the sex doll is proving to be far more popular than real prostitutes at a brothel in Austria.

Jul 31, 2017

Ethereum miners are so desperate for graphics cards that they are renting Boeing 747s

Cryptocurrency mining firms scrambling for graphics cards as AMD share prices rise by 10%.

Jul 31, 2017

Ethereum

Two thirds of the world's academic papers are now on Sci-Hub

Academic journals "doomed" as the "Pirate Bay for Scientists" grows bigger, says data analyst.

Jul 28, 2017

Don't shoot the messenger: Teenager arrested for showing security flaw in Hungarian transport system

Teenager arrest incident highlights need for ethical hacking legal framework in Hungary.

Jul 28, 2017

Introducing Station Q Sydney, a partnership with Microsoft

Microsoft teams up with major universities to build the first scalable quantum computer

Microsoft is pushing topological qubit research to help realise physical quantum computers.

Jul 25, 2017

Microsoft

Amazon accused of raising prices on Prime Day deals to dupe customers into bogus bargains

A product vendor says Amazon bumps up prices normally, then lowers them artificially on Prime Day.

Jul 25, 2017

Amazon

Minority Report: China is developing AI technology to predict future criminals

Using artificial intelligence together with facial recognition is now a huge burgeoning industry in China.

Jul 24, 2017

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