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Watch an iPhone sort M&Ms by color

Not everyone has Minecraft-creator Markus “Notch” Persson’s money (or candy room) so the rest of us have to devise our own methods of sorting M&Ms by color. The English blogger behind reviewmylife has an idea that combines among other things an iPh…

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Windows 8 app store now open to all developers

Microsoft’s Windows Store — the built-in app store for Windows 8 and Windows RT — is fully open to developers as of today. [Read more]

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South Korea seeks China’s cooperation in probe into cyberattack on nuclear operator

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is seeking the cooperation of Chinese authorities in a probe into a cyberattack on its nuclear power plant operator after tracing multiple Internet addresses involved to a northeastern Chinese city near North Korea a prosecution official said on Wednesday.

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The Big Picture: NuSTAR telescope shows the sun blasting out X-rays

Pop quiz hotshot: What do you get when you heat gas above 3 million degrees Celsius? High-energy X-rays of course — just the kind that NuSTAR was launched to detect. The space telescope took a break from hunting black holes to snap its first-ever …

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Notch’s $70 million LA mansion recreated in Minecraft

As soon as it was known that Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson had bought a $70 million mega-mansion in LA it was only a matter of time before someone recreated it in blocky form. One dedicated player took up the challenge immediately and in…

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Boosted Boards: Electric skateboard carries you up hills

Skateboarding down hills has always been a lot more fun than going up — until now. The Boosted Boards electric skateboard glides up inclines with grades as steep as 15 percent. [Read more]

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Alibaba spends $160m fighting fakes

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it has spent more than $160m fighting fake goods on its websites over the last two years.

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ZeroUI promises hands-free 3D model creation

The Silicon Valley company’s platform aims to make it possible for just about anyone to build their own 3D models — without the use of complicated UIs. [Read more]