IBM researchers warn building automation networks could give hackers a way in to corporate networks or an opportunity for physical sabotage.Increasingly Internet-connected office heating and lighting systems could be a target for hackers seeking a backdoor into corporate networks, warns IBM's X-Force security research group.Read Full Story

Yahoo! Games, former juggernaut of the casual gaming space, is shutting down alongside massive downsizing across the rest of the company. The post Yahoo Games Has Passed Away at Just 13 appeared first on WIRED.

A new initiative gets us closer to understanding how our brain cells communicate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

100 low-income households in Kansas City now have the best Internet access money can buy—for free.Starting today, every family in a Kansas City townhouse community called West Bluff will have access to Google Fiber, the gigabit-speed Internet access that makes other flavors of broadband feel like a sluggish anachronism. And they're getting it for free.Read Full Story

In so-called mechanical doping, a rider hides an electric motor in a bike. How could you detect these motors without taking the bike apart? The post Clever Ways to Catch a Pro Cyclist Cheating With a Hidden Motor appeared first on WIRED.

Drugs and other stimuli hijack dopamine signaling in the brain, causing changes that can lead to addiction -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The joys of rooting for the losing team.