Technology News
Less teens indulging in smoking, drinking and sex but other risky behaviors rise: CDC
Tech Times - 13 Jun 2014 06:17
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a youth survey that presented some decreases in risky behaviors among teens in the past year, as well as some discouraging increases.
The entrance to hell is in the center of Asia and it's terrifying
Gizmodo - 13 Jun 2014 08:50
You are looking at the city of Mirny, located right in the heart of Asia, in the Republic of Yakutia, an estate associated to the Russian Federation. That terrifying hole is an open quarry 525 meters deep and 1.2 kilomet...
Photographer's Guide to the Nikon Coolpix P600
Photography Blog - 13 Jun 2014 09:30
Photographer's Guide to the Nikon Coolpix P600: Getting the Most from Nikon's Superzoom Digital Camerara is a new title from White Knight Press.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S (8.4) vs Apple iPad mini Retina: What's the difference?
Pocket-lint - 13 Jun 2014 02:00
Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy Tab S tablets at an event in New York, with both 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch models joining the tablet race. It's a tough market out there though and the competition is strong, so what will...
Two top executives at Twitter announce resignations in tweets
L.A. Times - 13 Jun 2014 04:18Turing's Bar: The Curious Case of 'Eugene Gosstman,' Part I.5
The Huffington Post - 13 Jun 2014 17:49Review: Samsung's U28D590D 28-inch 4k monitor finally brings quality 4k at an affordable price
9 to 5 Mac - 13 Jun 2014 15:52Google to launch health service to collect your data, called Google Fit
Pocket-lint - 13 Jun 2014 09:25
Google is going for health data while providing a health service to its users which it will call Google Fit, reportedly. According to source of Forbes the big G plans to unveil its Google Fit plans at the Google I/O even...
Hacker claims PayPal loophole generates FREE MONEY
The Register - 13 Jun 2014 08:28
Convicted hacker comes good with fraudster flowchart A PayPal loophole can be exploited to earn free cash according to a convicted former NASA hacker turned white hat....
Diagnosing "broken" buildings to make them greener
MIT - 13 Jun 2014 06:00
Startup's software detects inefficient equipment in facilities -- saving energy, time, and money.
Giant telescopes pair up to image near-Earth asteroid (w/ video)
Phys.org - 13 Jun 2014 01:14
(Phys.org) --NASA scientists using Earth-based radar have produced sharp views of a recently discovered asteroid as it slid silently past our planet. Captured on June 8, 2014, the new views of the object designated "2014...
Daily Show disses Google Glass and takes no prisoners in comedy sketch (VIDEO)
Tech Times - 13 Jun 2014 23:20
The Daily Show has skewered Google Glass and its wearers as only it can.
Summer season springs cluster headaches into action
Science Daily - 13 Jun 2014 19:05
Did you know that while most people celebrate the start of summer on June 21, nearly 1 million Americans are facing the debilitating pain of cluster headaches due to Earth's shift towards the sun? It's true. The human bi...
Greenland streams
ESA - 13 Jun 2014 10:05
Earth observation image of the week: multiple ice streams on the southwestern coast of Greenland
Entirely new trojan quietly wheeled into black hat forums
The Register - 13 Jun 2014 09:27
Pandemiya is 25,000 lines of original password-pinching botnet badassery An RSA researcher claims to have found an entirely new trojan during his trawls of the criminal underground....
Wealthy Chinese buy space flight tickets: report
Phys.org - 13 Jun 2014 09:20
More than 300 Chinese space enthusiasts have booked tickets costing nearly $100,000 for a five minute trip to outer space, official media reported Friday.
Microsoft promises no snooping in new fine print for web services
The Register - 13 Jun 2014 09:03
They've even thought of the children and how to make you responsible for them Microsoft has updated its Services Agreement, the legalese almost nobody bothers to read before clicking "I Agree" when signing up for online ...
Competitive Intelligence: Six Ways Startups Can Size Up The Competition
Geek Time - 13 Jun 2014 09:00
By Kalie Moore Recently, Michael Fertik, CEO of Reputation.com published an article, Keeping Tabs on the Competition as a Start-Up, on Harvard Business Review. We've written previously about monitoring startup competitio...
No-Drone Zone: Full Code Conference Video of Walmart's Doug McMillon
Re/code - 13 Jun 2014 08:45
The new CEO of the retail giant still thinks physical stores will be relevant -- even if massively different.
Restaurant chain uses CARBON PAPER to fight credit card hack
The Register - 13 Jun 2014 07:29
Ye olde click-clack card imprint machines are back at P.F. Chang's China Bistro Chinese restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro has resorted to mechanical credit card imprint-capture machines after credit and debit ca...
EU's Top Court May Define Obesity As a Disability
Slashdot - 13 Jun 2014 06:34
mrspoonsi (2955715) writes "The EU's top court is considering a test case which could oblige employers to treat obesity as a disability. Denmark has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on the case of a male child...
Scientists take totally tubular journey through brain cells
Science Daily - 13 Jun 2014 21:28
Scientists took a molecular-level journey into microtubules, the hollow cylinders inside brain cells that act as skeletons and internal highways, and watched how a protein called tubulin acetyltransferase (TAT) labels th...