Science & Technology

Now even baby monitors not immune from hackers and spies

Now even baby monitors not immune from hackers and spies

Few things can be more joyful than the birth of a newborn baby and many parents across the world make use of baby monitors to keep an eye on the little one when they are in the house. So imagine the shock and horror that  parents of a two year old girl felt when they walked into their daughter’s bedroom[Read More…]

Google tells users to forget about privacy

Google tells users to forget about privacy

Google has told users of its email service  that they should not expect privacy. In response to a lawsuit which accused the tech giant of breaking US wiretapping laws, it said that users should have no “legitimate expectation” that their emails will remain private. Its submission stated: “Just as a sender of a letter to a colleague cannot be surprised[Read More…]

Nazi scientists in South Africa boast of plans to exterminate blacks

Nazi scientists in South Africa boast of plans to exterminate blacks

A former top scientist from South Africa has spoken out about a chemical weapons program designed to exterminate black people in the country. Head of a military research laboratory, Daan Goosen told of how the weapon was developed to kill blacks only, amidst a culture of fear and paranoia about a possible war that they thought might break out as[Read More…]

Selfishness and ‘survival of the fittest’ has no evolutionary advantages

Selfishness and ‘survival of the fittest’ has no evolutionary advantages

Fortune favours the brave – but it does not favour the selfish, according to a new study out today. The old paradigm of survival of the fittest may not necessarily be true, according to a recent study by scientists at Michigan State University (MSU). The paper was published in the current issue of Nature Communications and focuses on game theory,[Read More…]

NSA orders web firms to hand over user passwords

NSA orders web firms to hand over user passwords

The mass surveillance of ordinary citizens by the NSA has extended further beyond originally thought as secret documents revealed that the government has asked web firms to hand over details of user passwords, in addition to information. This information could then be used to log into an account to view confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user. Obtaining it also[Read More…]