French agents at the Direction Centrale du Renseignement Intérieur (DCRI), apparently turning their attention to Wikipedia for the first time in years, demanded last month that the Wikimedia Foundation delete an entry about a military radio relay station written in 2009. Read More >>
You know full well that all the innocent crap you spam out to social networks can be used to pinpoint you, highlight your friends and track your favourite places, building up a perfect record of your little life. Defence specialist Raytheon is automating this data harvesting process with a view to patenting a comprehensive tracking tool. Read More >>
Who knows what kind of craziness the CIA is working on now, but back in the 1970s, the goal was to perfect a robotic dragonfly. Now, 40 years later, you can see footage of the prototype in action. Read More >>
If you've managed to scrimp and save £2,000 for some much needed home improvement, forget about fixing that giant hole in the floor of the kids' room and instead install this secret folding bookshelf door in front of your study. Read More >>
Featured comment by Aevolve:
"I'd much rather have a revolving bookcase door, it's just a tadd more evil, but this would make a good backup for semi-evil locations." More »
Meth and drones, meth and drones—there's hardly a more imaginable combo that pairs better. The chips and gravy of espionage. At least according to a Taiwanese duo, accused of an attempt to smuggle out military secrets and drugs to China. Read More >>
Sometimes life imitates art, and sometimes life imitates a series of stupid spy movie cliches: a briefcase detailing a joint French/UK military drone was stolen in Paris. A briefcase! A briefcase full of secret documents. Christ, man. Read More >>
Ever since watching James Bond as a child, we've all dreamt about spy toys. Secret cameras, hidden guns, that kind of thing. Well here's the real deal, straight out of the KGB vaults. Read More >>
Featured comment by rustybullet:
"I wonder how much spy world shooting went on...and does it still go on?
My mate, who is ex army, didn't know any stories (need to know stuff) - but..." More »
Warning, HERE BE SPOILERS. If you haven't had the chance to see the new Mission: Impossible film yet, best look away now. For the rest of you – pretty decent popcorn entertainment, don't you think? The thing that tickled us most was a running joke about the hi-tech gadgets and gizmos used by Ethan Hunt and his team of superspies. They had an alarming tendency to go on the fritz, leaving our heroes scrambling from one cliffhanging situation to the next. Here's a run-down of our five favourite fluck-ups. Again, HERE BE SPOILERS. Seriously. Read More >>
Featured comment by benih007:
"There was the Face mask machine that broke down and sprayed dye everywhere, this was before the meeting to get the code in the hotel.
I've never se..." More »
For a film that’s about covert communications, infiltration and espionage, there’s nary a peep of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy's gee-whizz spy tech on show for us viewers. But we know they were spying -- it was one of Colin Firth's most convincing roles, after all. Read More >>
Featured comment by jamesb:
"In the book they do talk about some of these things but it's the russians who use them. The British seem to find them a little underhanded which struc..." More »
The HEXAGON satellite spied on America's Cold War foes for over a decade, taking extremely detailed (film!) photographs from space. It was 60 feet long—bigger than a bus. And the public never, ever saw it. We did. Read More >>
Featured comment by malcs:
"love it's big shiny pair of space testicles. I hope that all robots in the future can keep these for hilarious Rochambo incidents." More »
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