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Moto 360 charging dock surfaces in leaked images
CNET - 6 Aug 2014 18:25Can nanu start a new era of free voice calls in Asia?
Geek Time - 6 Aug 2014 11:41
The appearance of free mobile call app nanu could mean a future of free, ad-supported voice communication for emerging economies of Asia
Podcast: The 2014 Flame Challenge Winner
Physics Buzz - 6 Aug 2014 20:01
Alan Alda started the Flame Challenge in 2012 to get scientists and science enthusiasts to explain complex topics to 11-year-olds. "What is a Flame?" was the first question, followed the next year by "What is Time?" T...
500 km on single battery charge: Students successful in electric car world record attempt
Phys.org - 6 Aug 2014 13:50
(Phys.org) --A team of UNSW students has broken a 26-year-old world speed record*, potentially establishing their Sunswift car as the fastest electric vehicle over a distance of 500 kilometers, on a single battery charge...
Bits Blog: Wikipedia Details Government Data Requests
The New York Times - 6 Aug 2014 13:42
Wikipedia said it received 10 requests for users' data in the first six months of the year from both government and nongovernment bodies in six countries.
China Said to Ban Government Purchases of Apple Hardware Amid Heightened Security Concerns [Mac Blog]
Mac Rumors - 6 Aug 2014 17:15
According to Bloomberg, China's National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance have prohibited government purchases of Apple hardware, citing security concerns as the reason for the ban. Ten Apple...
Paul Steinhardt Disowns Inflation, the Theory He Helped Create
Scientific American - 6 Aug 2014 17:00
Is the theory at the heart of modern cosmology deeply flawed? --
Russian Hackers 'Pull Off Biggest Data Theft'
Sky News - 6 Aug 2014 07:11
Big name websites "in virtually all industries across the world" are hit by a massive hacking operation, say experts.
Beware the Robot in the Corner Office
NBC News - 6 Aug 2014 19:00
Up until now, robots and other smart machines have been used to replace blue-collar workers.
NASA flirts with far-out tech: Methane subs and solar sails
Slash Gear - 6 Aug 2014 23:04
A submarine for diving through lakes of methane, a tiny satellite designed to snare an asteroid, and solar sail for deep-space probes are all among NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program for 2014, as the spac...
Yelp CEO reviews his own business after 10 years
Miami Herald - 6 Aug 2014 17:07
After Yelp posted the first quarterly profit in its history last week, the online business review site got panned on Wall Street. The company's stock plummeted 11 percent the day after the results came out, wiping out it...
A breath reveals a hidden image in anti-counterfeit drug labels
EurekAlert! - 6 Aug 2014 06:00
(University of Michigan) Terry Shyu, a doctoral student in chemical engineering at the University of Michigan, demonstrates a new high-tech label for fighting drug counterfeiting.
Samsung reemploys supplier caught using child labor
Cult of Mac - 6 Aug 2014 02:20
Samsung vowed to end child labor in its supply chain once and for all with its new ‘zero tolerance’ policy on child labor, but after coming down hard on Dongguan Shinyang Electronics this summer for employing under a...
Waste of Time: Pope Warns of Chatting Online and Soaps
NBC News - 6 Aug 2014 00:27
Pope Francis says many young people waste too many hours on "futile things" like chatting on the Internet or on smartphones.
Nbryte's Tablift Can Stand Up Your iPad Almost Anywhere
The Mac Observer - 6 Aug 2014 23:09
Nbryteâs Tablift offers an alternative way to stand up your iPad in a hands free way for bed time or video time. It has flexible, stable legs and can be used with standard iPads and the iPad mini.
Taxi Magic now 'Curb' as it drives back into the rideshare app market
Tech Times - 6 Aug 2014 21:45
Taxi Magic gets some new parts under its hood and is re-branded "Curb." The new version of the rideshare app seeks to bring innovation to a market that has fallen in love with Lyft and Uber.
The bold man and the sea: James Cameron's 'Deepsea Challenge 3D' review
The Verge - 6 Aug 2014 19:17
James Cameron reveres the ocean. "This is my church," the 59-year-old filmmaker says midway through Deepsea Challenge 3D, a new documentary about his semi-successful 2012 dive to the deepest place on Earth inside an expe...
DIY: How to Make a GoPro Float with a Bottle Cap and Sugru
PetaPixel - 6 Aug 2014 18:00The American people gave exactly 4,377 f***ks for net neutrality
The Verge - 6 Aug 2014 17:05
Americans are mad about losing net neutrality rules. Really mad. So mad that among the 1.1 million comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission, they offered f-bombs, death threats, and just overall super-...
FDA implements rule on gluten-free food labeling. What you need to know
Tech Times - 6 Aug 2014 13:23
Individuals with celiac disease may now find it much easier to buy gluten-free foods with the implementation of FDA's ruling on gluten-free labeling.
Hobbit-Like Humanoid Found In Indonesia Not New Species, Suffered Down Syndrome
IBTimes - 6 Aug 2014 07:34
The skeletal remains found in Indonesia initially thought to be a new species of human likened to a Hobbit actually was a deformed individual who likely suffered from Down syndrome, U.S., Australian and Chinese researche...
Google's latest acquisition is part messaging app, part personal assistant
Engadget - 6 Aug 2014 21:29
Oh, you thought Google might take a break from snapping up startups this summer? Guess again. The search giant just acquired an awfully neat messaging app called Emu, which worked by injecting a little contextual intelli...