The teeth of the key blank knocks against the pins in the lock cylinder, causing the pins to jump, and if done correctly, this can cause the lock to open. Bumping using a 3D-printed key blank ...

One of the hairier unintended consequences of cheap 3-D printing is that any troublemaker can duplicate a key without setting foot in a hardware store. But clever lockpickers like Jos Weyers and ...

Trinfinity Software, the folks behind Mac utilities such as Time Track, have a new goodie available: Skeleton Key 1.0, which locks or unlocks multiple files at once by dragging and dropping them.

Anyone who knows anything about locks and lock picking knows that most locks on most doors -- the tumbler variety -- can be picked with a little skill and a couple of tools. But what would you say ...