Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Consumer devices like cell phones are using more and more sensors to save power and enhance our interaction with them. Some of the latest devices have multiple sensors; and now, two important and ...

Ambient light sensors are commonplace in smartphones, primarily used to adjust screen brightness according to environmental lighting. However, CSAIL researchers have demonstrated that these sensors ...

If you were worried about your webcam being a privacy threat, well, here's some bad news - there's something else to be concerned about that snoopers could leverage on your devices, namely the ambient ...

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researchers have unlocked a new dimension in smartphone privacy concerns. Their groundbreaking study reveals that our devices' ...

For now, there's no reason for concern, but that could change in coming years. Kind of seems like yet another can’t really be used in the real world, attack. The attacker has to be sending specific ...

Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. announces its latest innovation APM-16D25-11-DF8 that combines an ambient light and proximity sensor with an integrated IR transmitter in a compact DFN package. To ...

Consumer devices like cell phones are using more and more sensors to save power and enhance our interaction with them. Some of the latest devices have more than 10 sensors. It is a natural question ...