Lenovo falls on its sword as Superfish impact spreads

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Further details from Lenovo on the Superfish disasterware have revealed how the product slipped through their approval process — and pointed to other programs using the same badly broken Komodia software.

Mollusk biology could hold the key to lithium-ion battery efficiency

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New carbon nanotube designs could significantly improve battery performance — based on a little help from mollusks and advanced materials engineering.

AT&T’s gigabit service matches Google Fiber’s price – if you let them spy on you

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AT&T will roll out its Gigapower service to Kansas City soon, but it’s only matching Google Fiber’s pricing if you’re willing to be spied on.

New polymers use visible light to offer 35 times more wireless bandwidth

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New research from the University of St. Andrews has demonstrated a natural white LED that can encode data using visible light — and transmit it at speeds that dwarf the WiFi networks available today.

Russia might ban Tor and virtual private networks

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The Kremlin is rumored to be prepping new restrictions that would block the use of Tor and VPNs inside Russia. Russia has been increasingly antagonistic towards these services in the past 12 months, and funded research to block or break them.