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Cuddly robots, whipsmart laughs and plenty of heart in Big Hero 6
Disney’s cartoon superhero franchise lands
Film review Disney still has that cartoon magic. Just look at the awesome phenomena that is Frozen, or the understated, but magnificent, Up – a kid’s movie about a pensioner. The latest from the Mouse House is Big Hero 6, the studio’s first cartoon collaboration with Marvel. Rather than go for a showy, already-famous tale, Disney has plumbed the depths of the Marvel collection for a little-known comic, featuring 14-year-old robot-building genius...
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TweakTown |
Jihadists weary of Internet, turning to Dark Web to spread propaganda
Islamic extremist groups still enjoy using the Internet and social media to spread propaganda and recruit, but are becoming more skilled in flying under the radar. Intelligence experts are collecting information from previous reckless Internet posts, and that is something the terrorists want to avoid in the future. To help share propaganda, the groups are largely turning to the Dark Web - and using Skype, WhatsApp, and software that isn't as open. ISIS went a step further by issuing...
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Mashable! |
10 ways Facebook has ruined your life
Facebook has ruined your life. You might think it's this awesome, free resource to keep you connected to your friends and family, but it's slowly breaking you
We have a very important list of 10 ways the social networking site has crept up on you, killed your confidence and joy, and stolen small pleasures.
See also: 9 things you need to quit crowdsourcing on Facebook
Take a look through our reasons below. Did we skip a way in which Facebook has changed your life for the worse? Share it in the co...
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Google Now now SLURPS data from 40 third party apps so YOU don't have to
Search tool consensually ransacks Airbnb, Lyft, et al
Google has inked deals with 40 third party app makers, allowing the ad giant to rifle through data from the likes of Airbnb and Lyft to serve up "relevant information" to its Android users.…
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CNET News |
Insomniacs, now you can spray sleep right onto your skin
Mist melatonin on yourself until you slowly drift off to dream of a world filled with spray-on love, money and power, too.
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Techradar - All the la... |
Fighting Talk: Straight-laced Netflix has a lot to learn from the Pirate Bay
As you read this, the Pirate Bay could be back online, providing you can find it through the barrier of ISP blocks that try to stop UK residents from accessing it. Or at least, stop UK consumers accessing it with one click. The site's history of enabling global piracy isn't anything to be particularly proud of, but the excitement surrounding its return tells us one thing – whatever you think of what it does, it does it well and has the fans to prove it. It has been a slight inconvenience not h...
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Macworld |
Apple's missing out on X: Where X is whatever isn't shipping yet
The world of technology moves quickly and to stay ahead, one must constantly ride the waves of whatever’s coming next. This is why Apple is always behind and perpetually chastised for failing to deliver tomorrow’s technology today.
Wait, what?
“Right Now, Apple Risks Missing Out On The Next Big Thing In Technology” (tip o’ the antlers to @mylestaylor)
What is that big thing? The big thing that is coming oh-so-soon to a Radio Shack near you?
HOLOGRAMS, Y’ALL.
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7 smartphone rules changed this week
Federal regulators have been throwing their weight around lately, and mostly to good effect for consumers and users of mobile technology.The net effect of their recent activism adds up to a whole new set of rules and protections for all of us.Here are the ramifications of seven new rules.1. Carriers can't throttle 'unlimited" data plans anymore.
The Federal Trade Commission ordered prepaid mobile provider TracFone to pay a fine of $40 million. The transgression? It throttled (deliberately slowed...
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Forbes - Tech |
Listen To Your Product: Design Lessons From Fiddler On The Roof
One of the great pleasures of Alisa Solomon’s book, Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof, is the story of how Broadway and dance legend Jerome Robbins led the writing and composing team to discover the essential message of the show: Tradition! But upon further reflection, and consideration of some coaching I’m going through for my business and the way that Amazon Web Services develops products, I’ve realized that Robbins methods have a lot to offer people who are de...
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Five ways Vodafone fudged its global tax report
Mobile giant Vodafone has delivered some real transparency in its latest global tax report. It's a shame it's so twisted and self-serving.
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Forbes - Tech |
A Smart Lightbulb Controlled By Your SmartPhone
When Thomas Edison patented the first lightbulb in 1879, he probably didn't think it would get this far. Philips even created the EnduraLED 10W A19 Dimmable light bulb which can last up to 30,000 hours, around 20 years. That light bulb only uses 10 watts of energy and according to Phillips, that's 83 percent more efficient than 60-watt incandescents.
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Top TNW Deals this week
We’ve had a bunch of great offers at TNW Deals all week that you certainly can’t miss. Here they are in one handy list: 90% off the Java Developer Course Bundle Wondering which programming language to learn in 2015? Whether you want to build apps for the Web, desktop, Android devices or for Internet of Things-enabled gadgets, Java is a great choice. It’s a powerful object-oriented language that’s easy to learn, write, debug and use. If you’re ready to take the plunge, start with this c...
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LG 55EC930V OLED TV
It’s a period of uncertainty in TV land. Plasma screens have taken a bow and LCDs are all the rage, but more than one emerging technology is lining up to be the next big thing.
Pixel -packed 4K has been around, in the upper end of the price spectrum, for a while. But while there are some great 4K TVs (The awesome Samsung UE55HU7500, for example), they’re still waiting for people to start making anything to watch in 4K.
Forget the 4K future - this is the ultimate TV for right now
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Review: Viewsonic VX2363Smhl review
We've seen some outstanding monitors appear recently. From the massive-o-monitor that is the Philips BDM4065UC to the wide-screen awesomeness of the LG 34UM95, we've had some great new screens hit our test benches.What we haven't seen recently though are any budget-oriented screens, just high-spec panels.So what do you do if you don't have the ready reddies to spend on a massive panel? Thankfully Viewsonic has been creating good-value monitors, with our favourite IPS panel technology inside, for...
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Digital Trends |
Should you leave your smartphone plugged into the charger overnight?
Are you damaging your phone's battery by leaving it plugged into the charger all night? Are you wasting power? Is it safe, or advisable, to charge your smartphone this way? The answers you seek are here. The post Should you leave your smartphone plugged into the charger overnight? appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Forbes - Tech |
Tim Cook Defused Steve Jobs' Thermonuclear War, Then He Took Down Android
It would be fair to say that Steve Jobs did not like Samsung's smartphone team. He promised all of Apple's resources would be deployed in a "thermonuclear war" against the South Korean company. Tim Cook's Apple never followed up on Jobs' threat... at least not directly. Cook defused the nukes, instead relying on a long strategic play to neuter not just Samsung, but the impact of Android.
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Mashable! |
How to get rid of that song stuck in your head
It will ruin your concentration, kill your productivity and drive you to absolute distraction. When you get a song stuck in your head it can really affect your mental state and ruin your mood
We take a look at the what, how and why of "earworms," and ask, "Is there a cure?"
See also: The science behind brain farts
Can you get a stubborn song "unstuck" from your brain? Find out below.
What is an earworm?
An "earworm" is the common term for having a tune, or part of a tune, stuck on loop in your h...
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Bitter Lake: Know your enemy? Impossible, surely, when you don't know if the enemy exists
Adam Curtis' Afghan epic
TV Review My favourite moment in Bitter Lake – Adam Curtis' new two hour film about Afghanistan – is a clip of a posh British graduate teaching conceptual art to a class of Afghan women in traditional dress. She shows them Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain. You know – the dirty urinal. One shakes her head. The others just stare politely.…
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Review: HP OfficeJet Pro 6830 e-All-in-One
IntroductionIntroductionOn the face of it the OfficeJet Pro 6830 appears to offer just about everything the small business could want when it comes printing, scanning, copying and, should the need still arise, even faxing documents, and all for less than £100 inc taxes (around $156, AUS$190). It can also print and scan in colour, plus it's the first business inkjet that can be used with HP's pay-per-page Instant Ink service. But, and it's a fairly big but, the Officejet Pro 6830 does have its l...
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Opinion: Samsung promised us radical change – instead it's just doing the same old thing
Back in late 2014 it looked like Samsung was about to implode. The Tetris blocks that make up our understanding of the tech market were wobbling as the giant's profits tumbled by 60%. Samsung said it would change its approach to phones entirely to bring things around. And we're just about to go through the same rigmarole with another earnings call. Except that when you look at things closer, the situation isn't quite as it appears. Yes, Samsung's profits fell by 60%, but we are fundamentally tal...
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Forbes - Tech |
3D Printed Bones To Increase Success of Orthopedic Surgery
A team of surgeons at the University of Verona Hospital in Italy are using 3D printed replicas of bone fractures from patients in the hope of increasing successful first time results of orthopedic trauma surgeries.
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Wired Top Stories |
Wheelie-Bin Blown Over In Plymouth, United Kingdom
In A Sign Of Just How Windy It Really Is Outside, A Dustbin Has Fallen Over Onto Its Side. The Toppled Wheelie-Bin Was Spotted In Tavistock Place, Off North Hill, By Herald Reader ...
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Digital Trends |
How human testers are revealing our Facebook News Feed habits
The world's largest social network uses a small team of testers to get detailed feedback on the News Feed — and their responses are revealing more about how we make use of social media. The post How human testers are revealing our Facebook News Feed habits appeared first on Digital Trends.
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BT Unveils 1000Mbps Capable G.fast Broadband Rollout For the United Kingdom
Mark.JUK writes The national telecoms operator for the United Kingdom, BT, has today announced that it will begin a country-wide deployment of the next generation hybrid-fibre G.fast (ITU G.9701) broadband technology from 2016/17, with most homes being told to expect speeds of up to 500Mbps (Megabits per second) and a premium service offering 1000Mbps will also be available. At present BT already covers most of the UK with hybrid Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology, which delivers download sp...
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TweakTown |
RansomWeb appears to be emerging new cyberattack against victims
A new cyber threat victimizing users is the 'RansomWeb' attack, which leaves compromised websites encrypted - and they will remain that way until the victim pays a ransom to cyberattackers. The threat was first detected by cybersecurity firm High-Tech Bridge, investigating a client website, which displayed a database error. The cybercriminals demanded a $50,000 ransom in exchange for decrypting the database, despite it being compromised six months prior. A closer inspection found th...
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Gigaom |
British securocrats try to sneak in Snooper’s Charter yet again
Earlier this month, four U.K. lords tried to sneak the text of a rejected piece of legislation popularly known as the Snooper’s Charter into a new anti-terror bill. After debate in the House of Lords produced heavy pushback, the peers withdrew the amendments that would have […]
British securocrats try to sneak in Snooper’s Charter yet again originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2015.
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Techradar - All the la... |
Review: UPDATED: iOS 8
Introduction, design and messagesUpdate: iOS 8.1.3 is available to download. Our iOS 8 review reflects the bug fixes that solve many of the launch problems.There's a lot more to iOS 8 than meets the iPhone. Sure, it doesn't usher in a dramatic new look like last year's mobile operating system makeover from Apple. Instead, it rounds out that flat iOS 7 redesign with less obvious, but equally important extra features.These new features are more bug-free now that iOS 8.1.3 has launched. It's a wort...
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Mashable! |
'First!' The people battling for celebrity attention on social media
Right now in Kent, England, Anthony is almost certainly checking actor Jamie Dornan's Twitter feed. The 22-year-old French teaching assistant has probably also got one eye on Dornan's Instagram stream, although the actor posts there less frequently, and Facebook page
Anthony relentlessly follows and checks (and then re-checks) virtually every action the 50 Shades of Grey star takes online. He spends up to 15 hours per day keeping tabs on Dornan's social media activity
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The Register |
'Boutique' ISPs: Snub the Big 4 AND get great service
When it comes to choosing an internet provider, small is beautiful
Feature As we've seen in recent weeks, broadband in the UK is far from perfect, and in some areas is still disappointingly slow, and with a limited number of choices. Much of the market belongs to a handful big companies such as BT, TalkTalk, Sky and Virgin Media.…
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Daily Telegraph |
What is gobbling up my data?
A reader asks Rick Maybury why his broadband's data usage has suddenly leapt
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Running man of tech: 10K a day: heart rate monitors for beginners
One of the hardest things about running long distances is deciding what comes with you: it needs to be no hindrance but still motivate you to push harder.This week, I've been looking at two very different propositions, and both are aimed at the relative beginner with a bit of cash. Both packing heart rate sensors, they're designed to make you feel that you're doing it right when tramping the streets at speed. Or stumbling half-heartedly through a park, cursing every slight incline as a mountain ...
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Forbes - Tech |
Transferwise Secures $58m From Andreessen Horowitz And Others
Transferwise has secured $58m from secondary funders. What does this mean for the international money transfer sector and big banks?
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Engadget |
Your BMW just downloaded a security patch
Have a BMW, Mini or Rolls Royce with the ConnectedDrive feature parked in your driveway? Maybe all three? Well, it turns out there was a bug that allowed ne'er-do-wells to manipulate it -- entirely wirelessly. According to Reuters, by simulating a fa...
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Neowin |
China to control computer and phone purchases in Xinjiang to help suppress terrorism
A new rule has been implemented in Xinjiang, China, where people are obliged to register their information whenever they buy gadgets. This was reportedly a move to reduce terrorism in the area. Read more...
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The Register |
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, Dead Girl Walking and Chasing the Scream
Disappeared diva, Russia and the War on Drugs
Page File El Reg bookworm Mark Diston reviews the latest litery treats with a look at Russia's uneasy balance of state control and capitalism through the eyes of Peter Pomerantsev. Top-notch Scots crime writer Chris Brookmyre has another gripping investigative outing for Jack Parlabane and Johann Hari looks at the reality and practicality of legalising drugs.…
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Neowin |
Actress Chloë Grace Moretz gets a free Lumia 1520 after busting her iPhone
After breaking her iPhone, actress Chloë Grace Moretz gets a little gift from Microsoft. The company sent her a brand new Lumia 1520, as well as first aid supplies for the wounds she incurred. Read more...
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Digital Trends |
40 third-party apps coming to Google Now
Apps such as eBay, TripAdvisor, Lyft, Pandora, Instacart, Waze, Shazam, Kayak and many more are joining the Google Now party on Android, as the digital assistant looks for outside help. The post 40 third-party apps coming to Google Now appeared first on Digital Trends.
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TorrentFreak |
Movie Release Group Members Plead Guilty
Five men in the UK have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud for their participation in the unlawful release of movies onto the Internet. The case, which was heard in Crown Court this week, features big numbers including the distribution of up to 9,000 movies with five million viewers. Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and anonymous VPN services.
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The Register |
Living with a Renault Twizy: Pah! Bring out the HOVERCRAFT
Aw, just when 'leccy cars were getting good
VULTURE AT THE WHEEL If you saw the Top Gear where James May drove a Renault Twizy to win a city commuting challenge, you might get the impression that it’s a fun little car.…
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The Verge - All Posts |
Doctor Who and other BBC shows are vanishing from Prime in Amazon's fight for exclusivity
Amazon's streaming war with Netflix is about to claim a new victim: Doctor Who. The Verge has learned that the program, along with the majority of BBC programming, will be vanishing from Prime Instant Video starting February 15th. According to sources familiar with the matter, the issue is exclusivity. Amazon's licensing deal with the BBC allows other subscription services like Netflix to carry the same shows at the same time. That doesn't align with Amazon's current strategic goals, so we've le...
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Slashdot |
R.U. Sirius Co-Authors New Book On Transhumanism
An anonymous reader writes "I've never been able to work up a fear of the robot apocalypse," admits R.U. Sirius, who more than 20 years after Mondo 2000's original guide to geek culture has again collaborated on a new encyclopedia of emerging technologies. As we progress to a world where technology actually becomes invisible, he argues that "everything about how we will define the future is still in play," suggesting that the transhumanist movement is "a good way to take isolated radical tech de...
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Wired Top Stories |
Alan Duff: Why Eleanor Catton Was Right About Nz - National - Nz Herald News
I Agree With Most Of What Eleanor Has To Say, Especially The Country Claiming Her Individual Effort. I'd Guess That Her Parents Not Allowing Television When She Was Growing Up ...
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TweakTown |
AMD is offering discounts to GTX 970 owners amid VRAM controversy
By now I'm sure you've read about the VRAM issues surrounding the GeForce GTX 970, and AMD taking a stab at NVIDIA because of it, but now the former is offering gamers special discounts if they return their GTX 970s and pick up a Radeon card. AMD's Roy Taylor has taken to Twitter, offering GTX 970 owners who return their cards special discounts if they swap them out for Radeon cards, including the R9 290 and R9 290X. Taylor tweeted "Anyone returning their GTX970 and wanting a great ...
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TG Daily |
Joss Whedon Talks Female Superheroes
Railing against sexism in comics Comics Joss Whedon The Avengers Captain Marvel
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New Lego Toy is Big (and Pricey)
New Lego Helicarrier has 3,000 pieces Film The Avengers Lego Lego Helicarrier
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When to Expect the Next Star Wars Movies
Hopefully a Star Wars movie every two years Film Star Wars Star Wars The Force Awakens Disney Bob Iger
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TweakTown |
Microsoft earning praise for Outlook app on Google Android, iOS
Microsoft has released a native Outlook app for Apple iOS and a preview mode for Google Android, as the company continues to embrace change. The successful launch was courtesy of Microsoft's previous acquisition of Acompli, with both sides integrating the teams while continuing to develop the Outlook app. The Outlook iOS version requires iOS 8.0 or newer, and is a 22.5MB download. "Microsoft is absolutely doing the right thing putting these important and popular applications o...
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TG Daily |
The Resurgence of Vinyl is Still Going Strong
Some call it a trend, but it's showing no signs of slowing down Music taylor swift vinyl
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Daily Telegraph |
Is my iPad overheating?
Rick Maybury offers a reader some advice on whether he is putting his iPad at risk by using a cover
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Daily Telegraph |
'Micro-volunteer' your time to help the blind
A new app called Be My Eyes allows you to donate tiny portions of time to help blind people around the world perform quick, everyday tasks. Now you can volunteer for a good cause while in the queue at the supermarket, says Matthew Sparkes
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The Register |
BYOD is NOT the Next Biggest Thing™: Bring me Ye Olde Lappetoppe
You can't plug that thing in there, young man
Something for the Weekend, Sir? Remember BYOD? Well, it’s BYODded off into the sunset. It was the Next Big Thing, just before the next Next Big Thing that came after that and it followed hot on the heels of the Previous Big Thing. Without doubt, BYOD was big and it was a thing – but the party is over.…
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TweakTown |
League of Legends or StarCraft II fan? The Intel Extreme Masters is on
Featuring some of the best teams in the world across two gaming titles, the Intel Extreme Masters is currently running their Taipei contingent of Season 9 - featuring thousands of dollars in prize money and being hosted at the Taipei Game Show, 2015. Although the League of Legends part is now finished, StarCraft II players are still battling out for top spot. Without spoiling any of the results here, you can view all the results, placings and tournament information on the official l...
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The Guardian |
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected And Gat Out Of Hell review
Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, PC; Deep Silver; £29.97-£43.99 Continue reading...
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The Guardian |
On the road: Brompton M3R folding bicycle – review
‘It makes a mockery of every other folder I’ve ridden’ Continue reading...
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Mashable! |
Diversity in tech takes center stage at 'Superwomen Summit'
For all its cutting edge innovation and talk of egalitarianism, Silicon Valley remains an industry rife with issues.
Just ask Cathryn Posey, a senior manager at software management maker Electric Cloud. On Thursday, Posey held the first annual Tech Superwomen Summit in San Francisco, California, a conference highlighting issues faced by women in STEM (science, mathematics, engineering and math)
She cites a Harvard Business Review study last May reporting that 56% of all women in STEM l...
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Forbes - Tech |
Forget Wireless Charging, This Microsoft Prototype Charges With Indoor Sunlight
A year ago, the Internet was buzzing with speculation that Apple was about to unveil a new iPhone with a sapphire screen that doubled as a solar panel.
It was a cool idea and not entirely unfounded. In February 2013 Apple was granted a patent, originally filed in 2008, for an "integrated touch sensor and solar panel" that described a panel located "on the front surface of the housing" of a portable electronic device that would switch between collecting solar energy and sensing a tap or a sw...
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Mashable! |
Health officials on high alert as Disneyland measles outbreak spreads
A measles outbreak linked to Disneyland continues to spread and while California remains the hardest hit state, health officials in Arizona are on high alert ahead of the Super Bowl.
Authorities have confirmed at least 109 cases, 91 of which are in California, according to a Friday update from the California Department of Public Health. That's up from 78 cases reported on Jan. 23
Seven Arizona residents have been infected, but at least 1,000 people in three counties in the Grand Canyon state hav...
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TweakTown |
NVIDIA's G-Sync technology might soon work without the G-Sync module
NVIDIA has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this week with the GeForce GTX 970 VRAM issues, and now someone has played around with NVIDIA's G-Sync technology and got it working on every eDP display thanks to the use of a very special driver. The driver has come from an ASUS Nordic Support representative, who leaked the internal driver (346.87) that included hidden G-Sync support. The driver itself was issued to fix a totallyt different issue, with the rep not aware th...
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TweakTown |
UK surveillance chief: CCTVs are all over, and too many are useless
The UK may have anywhere from 4 million up to 5.9 million CCTV cameras in use, but many of the cameras are useless and there must be concern so the region doesn't 'sleepwalk' towards becoming a surveillance state, according to UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner Tony Porter. "You can still maintain the balance of excellent surveillance but not have a propagation of surveillance that is actually useless," Porter recently said on BBC Radio 5. "Surveillance can be an extremely good thi...
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SlashGear |
Uber, Lyft swept up in drivers’ lawsuits challenging contractor status
Drivers for Uber and Lyft work as contractors, and as such they're left to deal with certain expenses themselves: gas, maintaining their vehicles, and more. New lawsuits hoping to get class-action status in California are looking to change that, contending that the services' drivers are employees and should be reimbursed for those aforementioned expenses. Uber sought a pretrial ruling that'll … Continue reading
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AppleInsider |
First look: Fitbit Charge HR fitness band with real-time heart rate sensor
Fitbit's new Charge HR fitness band puts an emphasis on wearability with a slim and light form factor, but maintains a wealth of health tracking features including a real-time heart rate sensor and onboard display.
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Forbes - Tech |
Mergers and Acquisitions Deals Gravitate To Internet Of Things
If you are running a company that sells solutions for the Internet of Things, you may be very attractive to larger suitors. In fact, it's been a great time to be associated with anything related to cloud or digitization. The past year was the busiest run of mergers and acquisitions in 15 years.
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Engadget |
Daily Roundup: Tesla Model X, DARPA YouTube robots and more!
Tesla's Model X has been spotted in the wild; a new DARPA technology lets robots learn from YouTube videos; and Verizon is changing its policy on "supercookies." Get the details on these stories and more in the Daily Roundup....
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Slashdot |
Indian Woman Sues Uber In the US Over Alleged New Delhi Taxi Rape
"Uber has been the subject of controversy all around the globe," notes new submitter yuetteasvy (3999351), who supplies this story from Reuters about one of the reasons for that controversy: An Indian woman who says she was raped by an Uber driver while she was traveling in his cab in December is suing the San Francisco–based online firm in a U.S. federal court in California, claiming it failed to put in place basic safety procedures while running its car service in India. In her lawsuit, ...
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SlashGear |
Brevitē camera backpack mixes form and function
If you often tote a camera around with your laptop or other gear, you know the hassles that can arise -- you have to make sure everything you need not only fits, but fits safely, and though there are camera compartments available that can be put inside existing backpacks, they're not always the best fit. Enter Brevite, a backpack designed … Continue reading
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Forbes - Tech |
Final 'Dragon Ball Xenoverse' Trailer Shows Off Player Customization
The latest Dragon Ball Xenoverse trailer places you at the center of the game’s story.
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The Verge - All Posts |
This is what's happening inside your camera at 10,000 frames per second
The "D" in DSLR does not stand for dark magic. In fact, that snap of the shutter you hear when taking a picture is a wonderful symphony of mechanical engineering at work, and happens so fast that you can't really enjoy it all with the naked eye. Luckily, the Slow Mo Guys have painstakingly chronicled what's happening with the mechanical shutter of a Canon 7D using a very fast (and expensive) Phantom Flex camera, recording various shutter speeds at a mind-boggling 10,000 frames per second.
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MakeUseOf |
5 Smartphone Apps for People with Disabilities
It’s a sad fact of life that not all of us in the world are 100% healthy. So many disabilities afflict so many people these days, and it makes it difficult to live as a normal human being. But something wonderful happened to disabled people years back — the invention of the smartphone and tablet. Now, disabled people no longer have to feel helpless for day to day stuff. If you are challenged yourself, are a parent or a carer, you might find a gem among these five. How, you may ask. S...
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Wired Top Stories |
Sarah Moir Is Reading "to The Parent Of The Unvaccinated Child Who Exposed My Family To Measles - ...
X Sarah Moir Is Reading To The Parent Of The Unvaccinated Child Who Exposed My Family To Measles - Kid Nurse
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Mashable! |
Here's the Super Bowl puppy ad you haven't seen
Commercials aren’t real, you know, even those slick, pricey, emotional ones that will run in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday. So dry your tears, you big softies, because it’s all make believe.
Or, watch this story about a sweet little kid who doesn’t get a fluffy puppy and completely falls apart. Through your sniffles, you might dejectedly ask: “Why, oh why, didn’t his dumb dad have a mobile paying system?”
See also: Facebook may be the big winner of this year's Sup...
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SlashGear |
Sophia skipping rope integrates smart tech into the handles
Quite a few products you use in everyday life have smart counterparts, and now the long-standing skipping rope (also called a jump rope) is counted among them. Sophia is a new smart skipping rope designed for fitness enthusiasts who want easily accessible data on their workouts, something facilitated by the smart technology integrated into the jump rope’s handles. Some information … Continue reading
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TweakTown |
DJI won't let its drones fly near White House again, following crash
Chinese drone maker DJI is planning to release a firmware update so its drones will no longer be able to fly inside of restricted airspace in Washington, DC. The update would also prevent aircraft from crossing the US-Mexico international border, after two recent high-profile incidents. The first incident was when suspected drug smugglers working for a Mexican cartel crashed a DJI drone with several pounds of methamphetamine. In a separate incident, a drunk government employee accid...
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Gizmodo |
This anti-bullet wall can stop bullets from penetrating and ricocheting
Somehow a wall filled with these hard ceramic balls is bulletproof. It stops bullets from penetrating through the wall and even prevents bullets from ricocheting off the wall too. It's basically the best shield against a gun we have.Read more...
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Engadget |
Nest is losing both its tech VP and the CEO of Dropcam
Google's plan for a connected home including Nest and Dropcam lost a few family members today. Nest's Vice President of Technology Yoky Matsuoka and Dropcam cofounder Greg Duffy have left for other ventures, according to The Verge's sources. Matsuoka...
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SlashGear |
SoundCloud for iOS and Android updated with redesign
SoundCloud has pushed out an update for its iOS and Android apps, with the Android version having received it back on Tuesday and the iOS version a couple days later on Thursday. The Android update is a fairly small one, bringing only minor changes; the iOS version, however, received a more substantive update specifically for those using the app on … Continue reading
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Neowin |
Office 2016 screenshot shows a few new icons, not much else
Neowin has been sent a new screenshot from the latest version of Office 2016 that shows a few new icons as well as but as far as groundbreaking new features, not much is being shown. Read more...
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Techdirt |
Australian Prime Minister: Social Media Is Like Electronic Graffiti
Here on Techdirt we've been reporting on a depressing stream of really bad legislative proposals coming out of Australia concerning copyright and surveillance. Much of this seems born of ignorance: some senior ministers clearly do not understand how the Internet works. Sadly, that includes Tony Abbott, Australia's Prime Minister, as this report in The Age indicates: "I'll leave social media to its own devices. Social media is kind of like electronic graffiti and I think that in the media, you ma...
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Boy Genius Report |
Check out these animations showing the evolution the desktop, laptop and mouse
Apple had a record Christmas quarter after crushing all expectations and setting a new world record for the most profitable quarter ever in the history of any company. While iPhone sales — specifically the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus versions — brought in a significant chunk of revenue and profit, Apple also sold plenty of iPads and Macs during the period. In fact, the company keeps selling lots of OS X computers each quarter, with Apple constantly tweaking their design and performa...
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TechCrunch |
CrunchWeek: Apple’s Huge Quarter, Snapchat Discover, And Newsweek’s Cover Fail
Today’s episode of CrunchWeek is a very special milestone for us here at TechCrunch, marking the 100th time we’ve met up to casually talk about the week’s most interesting news. Read More
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TweakTown |
Report: Mobile shopping amounted to more than 25% of online sales
Mobile payments at checkout in retail stores has a lot of work left before going mainstream, but mobile is becoming increasingly popular among online transactions. More than a quarter of online global payments were made via smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices during Q4 2014, according to a report from Adyen. The 25.8 percent figure is an 11 percent increase over Q3 2014, and retailers are finding new techniques to turn mobile users into paying customers. "Across all ...
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Mashable! |
Snapchat to premiere original series starring Sasha Spielberg
Snapchat will debut its first original series this Saturday on the heels of the rollout of its media platform Discover earlier this week.
The series, titled Literally Can't Even, will appear on the app's Snap Channel, as part of the new Discover feature, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
See also: Is Snapchat about to become a publishing powerhouse?
Sasha Spielberg and Emily Goldwyn, daughters of Steven Spielberg and John Goldwyn respectively, will write and star in the series. The duo will p...
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Mashable! |
Even droids know the Force is with vaccination
A long time ago, in a decade far, far away, parents knew the importance of immunizing their children, and doctors were the guardians of health in America. Before the dark times. Before Jenny McCarthy
Given the recent outbreak of measles at Disneyland — a disease that was considered all but eradicated in 2000 — it's ironic to discover that a couple of characters now owned by Disney were involved in the pro-vaccine movement as early as 1977. Namely, R2-D2 and C-3PO.
The metal pair warn...
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SlashGear |
Nissan Juke Nismo RSnow swaps tires for tank-like treads
If you've had to deal with a buried or stuck car over the past couple of snowy weeks, Nissan's new Juke Nismo RSnow will look especially appealing: it ditches tires in favor of giant tank-like tracks instead, allowing it to blast through the powdered tundra without issue, bidding farewell to the slipping and sliding of traditional winter driving. This is … Continue reading
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TweakTown |
Microsoft is building 'magical, delightful' next-gen tech
Microsoft has been slowly unveiling some exciting stuff lately, where we have Windows 10 and HoloLens to look forward to, the company is now hiring new staff, including a Senior Software Engineer position for something even more 'magical'. A job listing has popped up on the Microsoft Careers spage for a Senior Software Engineer who will help the development team built "magical, delightful and disruptive consumer experiences for the next generation of technology (from the creators of...
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MacRumors |
Third-Party Tesla App Provides Look at Opportunities and Limitations of Apple Watch Development
Apple made its WatchKit SDK available alongside the release of iOS 8.2 and Xcode 6.2 beta in November, enabling developers to begin creating apps and software for the wrist-worn device. Looking beyond mockups and conceptual apps, however, a new third-party Tesla app designed by Eleks Labs offers insight into both the opportunities and limitations that developers face with the first-generation Apple Watch. According to Eleks Lab mobility business developer Markiyan Matsekh, the technical capa...
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Boy Genius Report |
Watch this mesmerizing timelapse video of Earth in infrared light
We can’t get enough awesome footage of Earth taken from space. Now James Tyrwhitt-Drake has given us yet another jewel in the form of NASA footage that’s been edited into a timelapse movie that shows the Earth in infrared light and really gives you a good view of how water vapor moves in its atmosphere. FROM EARLIER: Watch a man on a motorcycle get hit by a car and land on his feet, all in first-person “This animation was produced from images taken by the geostationary GOES ...
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Mashable! |
With hotels full, Airbnb hosts win big during Super Bowl
PHOENIX — Like a Hail Mary pass, some Super Bowl revelers tossed lodging plans at the last minute to the wind and landed in the arms of Airbnb hosts.
Local resident Sky King is one of those hosts who have opened their doors to the influx of travelers in need of lodging as hotels have had no vacancies for months now
See also: 13 things Katy Perry revealed at her Super Bowl halftime show primer
Four New Yorkers are renting King's house and adjoining guest house for $1,000 per night, though A...
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MakeUseOf |
The Ultimate History Of Cellular Technology
Nowadays, we use our cell phones for everything. They are mini computers that we carry around in our pockets. Gaming, social networking, reading, and pretty much anything else you can think of can be done on a phone, but it wasn’t always that way. Cellular technology has done some serious changing over a relatively short period of time. Large devices that were only capable of making calls at obscene prices have quickly changed into smartphones that can use data, send texts, and make calls ...
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Techdirt |
Wichita Police Respond To Request For Shooting Incident Details With A Handful Of Fully-Redacted Pages
So much for the power of open records requests. Sure, you get some scratch paper out of the deal, but otherwise, there's nothing "open" about this shooting report delivered in response to the Wichita Eagle's request. (h/t to Techdirt reader Brig C. McCoy, via KansasExposed.org) The city of Wichita has released a heavily redacted public incident report from the Jan. 3 police shooting of John Quintero. About four and a half pages of the five-page report are redacted. The reports typically detail...
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SlashGear |
Uber’s internal privacy audit finds favorable practices
Remember that internal review of Uber's privacy practices the company announced back in November? It came at a time when the company was being slammed with negative press over comments made by Emil Michael, among other things, and aimed to help either point out areas that need improvement or put consumers' fears to rest. Fast forward about two months, and … Continue reading
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Ars Technica |
What Windows as a Service and a “free upgrade” mean at home and at work
Windows licensing remains a bastion of clarity.
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ReadWriteWeb |
Verizon Won’t Stop Tracking Users, But At Least You Can Opt Out Now
The saga of last year's privacy controversy over Verizon’s user-tracking behavior continues on. The latest chapter involves the wireless carrier magnanimously deciding Friday to let subscribers opt out of the program, the New York Times reported. Not that the idea came purely from the goodness of its heart. As the NYT noted, the decision came less than a day after the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation wrote to Verizon’s chief executive, Lowell C. McAdam, to questi...
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Slashdot |
There Is No "You" In a Parallel Universe
StartsWithABang (3485481) writes "Ever since quantum mechanics first came along, we've recognized how tenuous our perception of reality is, and how — in many ways — what we perceive is just a very small subset of what's going on at the quantum level in our Universe. Then, along came cosmic inflation, teaching us that our observable Universe is just a tiny, tiny fraction of the matter-and-radiation filled space out there, with possibilities including Universes with different fundament...
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Boy Genius Report |
Researchers may have found the most ingenious way yet to generate solar power
Solar energy is definitely taking off and now researchers may have come up with the absolute best way to generate cheap solar power by installing solar panels in public parking lots. [pmc-related-link href=”http://bgr.com/2014/07/09/solar-vs-coal-power/” type=”RELATED:” target=”_blank”]Rooftop solar power is making coal obsolete in Australia[/pmc-related-link] The Washington Post reports that solar power proponents are increasingly turning their eyes tow...
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
Google Now adds data from Lyft, Airbnb and many more apps
Google Now just got a lot smarter, adding data from dozens of outside apps to help people get more things done as they go about their day.Google Now is a search tool and digital assistant built into Android devices and the Chrome browser, and included as part of the Google search app for iOS. Until now it’s served up information about the weather, restaurant reservations, shipping notifications and nearby events based on people’s past Google searches and reading their Gmail messages. The con...
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Google Now adds data from Lyft, Airbnb and many more apps
Google Now just got a lot smarter, adding data from dozens of outside apps to help people get more things done as they go about their day.Google Now is a search tool and digital assistant built into Android devices and the Chrome browser, and included as part of the Google search app for iOS. Until now it’s served up information about the weather, restaurant reservations, shipping notifications and nearby events based on people’s past Google searches and reading their Gmail messages. The con...
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Wired Top Stories |
Grieving Rottweiler Cries Over His Deceased Twin Brother
This Rottweiler’s Emotional Goodbye To His Brother Left Me In Tears. Brett Bennett Rescued Twin Rottweilers Brutus And Hank From An Animal Shelter. The Pair Were Together Their ...
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Gigaom |
Newsweek designer defends his controversial tech sexism cover
The relaunched version of Newsweek is no stranger to controversy. Almost a year ago, it brought the ire of the internet upon it with its launch story on Bitcoin creator Satashi Nakamoto, to the point where the company had to hire private security for the reporter […]
Newsweek designer defends his controversial tech sexism cover originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2015.
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WSJ.com: Technology |
Meet One of New York City's First Deaf Uber Drivers
Pin Lu is one of the city’s first deaf Uber drivers. Many initially convey surprise when they discover he can’t hear, but he said being deaf gives him an advantage in honk-filled Manhattan traffic.
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Forbes - Tech |
Four CEOs Share Ways To Put Entrepreneurial Spark Into Your Business
Here's an idea. Take four chief executives of successful businesses and ask them for their secret of how to capture, harness and harvest entrepreneurial flair inside a business. Here's what resulted.
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