Technoculture

At last week's I/O conference, Google's Larry Page didn't speak like a CEO. He spoke like a politician.

Quantum mechanics research could hold the key to a new generation of super-fast computers, writes John Naughton.

When Marc Okrand graduated with a degree in linguistics decades ago, he never suspected he would create a language of his own: Klingon.

Heidi Moore: Politicians will be happy to hear the Apple CEO talk about a corporate tax holiday, so long as some money goes to government, too.

A chance to put these young hackers' skills to better use goes wasted, while gangs who rob for personal gain go unpunished.

Corporations and governments are turning the Internet into a colossal, always-on surveillance tool. Once passive objects are able to report what's happening, where is the power balance?

Nick Allen: Everyone's now aware of 3D printing — they’ve read about it in the papers, on blogs or seen it on TV. But 3D printing is severely overhyped — and I should know, because it’s what I do for a living.

Meet the PR2 personal robot from Willow Garage. The human-sized bot can learn to fold clothes and do other activities via voice commands, and it can even get into sword fights.

It certainly captures the… essence of Internet trolldom, wouldn’t you say?

The team behind the original Incredible Machine franchise is back with Contraption Maker, an all-new spiritual successor to the classic Rube Goldberg machine puzzler.

Web giant introduces new way to pay for apps and games with giveaway to Kindle Fire users.

The crescendo of media reports about the advent of a DIY printable firearm has caused an understandable uproar.

3D printed organs, prosthetics, bionic ears and plastic foetuses are changing medicine and healthcare.

Matt Labash: The decline of Western civilization, 140 characters at a time.

New materials. Outlandish technologies. Insane movements. Today’s watchmakers are engineering the most complicated mechanical timepieces ever.

Yahoo shared with Mashable the top 10 questions Millennials (aged 18-35) searched during the month of May

Roboticist Will Jackson of Engineered Arts gives a tour of his robot factory in Cornwall, and talks about recent developments in the industry.

The Financial Times website and multiple Twitter accounts belonging to the news organisation were hacked today, the company confirmed, apparently by hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army.

Eyeglasses are a technological marvel. Chances are, many of you are reading this through glasses or contact lenses. But we didn't invent these devices overnight, and there were some pretty weird versions along the way.

We are surrounded by tiny, intelligent devices that capture data about how we live and what we do. Soon we'll be able to choreograph them to respond to our needs, solve our problems, and even save our lives.

It's time to brush up on your Klingon, Star Trek fans. Search engine Bing has just added the official language of the series to its language translator.

Daft Punk's fourth album, Random Access Memories, will be released on May 21. But, right now, you can hop over to iTunes and stream it for free on your computer or iPad (for a limited time).

A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case.