How to Have the Best Possible Memorial Day WeekendCarpe Memoriam Diem! It’s the first weekend of summer. (June 20 is astronomy bullshit for nerds.) Time to start wearing all white and eating meat outdoors. But…

This Windows Flaw Is So Bad, Even the NSA Is Begging You to UpdateIt’s not every day that the National Security Agency urges you to update your computer. Read more...

Computer-loving cat won't take its head off the keyboardMore than almost anything else, cats love a good computer. If you're a cat owner, chances are your pet has probably tried to climb on your computer…

Thrill Your Cat With These Videos of Songbirds and SquirrelsIf you want to entertain your cat, or get some juicy phone footage of your cat going nuts and peeking behind your computer screen, then play…

Microsoft’s new language learning app uses your phone’s camera and computer vision to teach vocabularyEight Microsoft interns have developed a new language learning tool that uses the smartphone camera to help adults improve their English…

Reality Check: The marvel of computer vision technology in today’s camera-based AR systemsAugmented reality has the potential to instill awe and wonder in us just as magic would. For the very first time in the…

Microsoft: Patch old Windows systems or risk computer wormMicrosoft is trying to prevent the outbreak of a computer worm by urging those running older Windows systems to patch their machines. Redmond has discovered a serious…

Protecting your computer against Intel’s latest security flaw is easy, unless it isn’tThe new vulnerabilities are built into Intel hardware and go by various names. ZombieLoad, Fallout, or RIDL are the catchy ones; the more…