Today’s smartphones utilize a wide array of accelerometers, gyroscopes and various other sensors in their designs. Relatively unknown is the barometric pressure sensor, which measures air pressure.

A newfound vulnerability in smartphones could let hackers remotely control the devices. With the acoustic injection attack, “attackers that deliver high intensity acoustic interference in close ...

A smartphone’s accelerometers the bit that changes the orientation of the screen as it’s flipped, or what makes it possible to play Angry Birds or Temple Run on your mobile device. But Stanford ...

There are many different methods of hacking. Most of them involve some sort of software code, whether it is installing malware on a system or hacking a vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to a ...

Many functions in smartphones, such as auto-brightness and auto-rotate, are accomplished through sensors. Many sensors are built into the phone. Today, let's learn about these sensors and their ...

It’s no secret that the average smart phone today packs an abundance of gadgets fitting in your pocket, which could have easily filled a car trunk a few decades ago. We like to think about video ...

Spokeo reports seven hidden ways smartphones track users without permission, including accelerometer data and digital ...