Boys Of Tech

Hoverboards catching fire and exploding, Audi's latest smart headlight technology, Hyperloop Technologies to build a high speed transport prototype, New Zealand broadband prices likely to face an increase.

BBC experiment with personalised movies, Zuckerberg to give away 99% of his Facebook shares, Christmas tree lights could be interfering with your wireless connection, crowdsourcing the hunt for African fossils.

Software pirate avoids legal proceedings by creating an anti-piracy video, the Raspberry Pi Zero sells out in less than 24 hours, New Zealand scientists develop stretchy rubber keyboard.

Countries torn over whether to retain leap seconds, the last of the Zune ecosystem has closed, New Zealand firm leading the way with renewable plastics.

Police pull over Google self-driving vehicle, new aircraft tracking system to be near real-time, Hyundai's augmented reality owner's manual.

Amazon to open a physical store in Seattle, Twitter adopts Facebook terminology, NASA is recruiting astronauts.

Researchers develop a new lithium-air battery with energy density comparable to petrol, talking technology in vehicles can be a distraction, Motobot is the Yamaha robot that can autonomously ride an unmodified motorcycle.

Google releases YouTube Red, China is to build the world's largest particle accelerator, a comet emitting alcohol equivalent to 500 bottles of wine per second.

Teenager allegedly hacks into personal email account belonging to CIA director, Nike's self-lacing shoes to go on sale next year, mystery behind Facebook app draining iPhone batteries, Apple's patent to reduce screen breakages, Steve Ballmer only rates Apple and Microsoft when it comes to hardware.

Remotely disabling a drone, smart device lets you know when you need to go to the loo, a life-sized caravan made out of Lego, Steve Ballmer buys a 4 per cent stake in Twitter, New York city to trial GPS-based taxi meters.

Man briefly owns the google.com domain name, accidents involving driverless vehicles.

Robot taxies coming to Japan in 2016, Microsoft releases Skype translator for Windows desktop users, Microsoft responds to Windows 10 spying claims, Twitter considers extending 140 character limit.

Richard Dawkins questions Ahmed Mohammed's integrity, Apple Watch saves man's life, Apple has been Rick-rolling us on their website.

Facebook and NASA reach out to teenager whose homemade clock sparked a police callout, secure chip can self-destruct remotely on demand, Facebook to introduce a Dislike button, Apple releases an Android app, Brody Nelson talks to us about Parkable.

Jeanette Manu and Don Ettles talk to us about their hilarious eYes video that went viral, the SCiO hand-held molecular sensor on Kickstarter, Microsoft presents at Apple's September event.

Google has revamped its logo, Paypal launches Paypal Me, Uber hires Chrysler hackers.

Brian Krebs may have a lead on the Ashley Madison hack, high frame rate may well become a standard for cinemas, privacy concerns over Windows 10 parental controls, concerns that actions in Windows 10 trigger network connections to Microsoft servers.

Bounty placed on Ashley Madison hackers, IPv4 addresses increase in value.

Software that judges the quality of your digital photos, Corvette hacked via SMS messages, the Ohm car battery, Google now one of several Alphabet companies.

Android flaw exposes fingerprint data, Fiat Chrysler may have known about security risk for over a year, security flaw in Bind has potentially big consequences, privilege escalation flaw discovered in Mac OS X, generating power from shock absorbers, Nico Gerard releases a watch to go with the Apple Watch.