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Microsoft's Bing predicted the Academy Awards' top Oscar winners
PC World - 23 Feb 2015 17:21
Microsoft's Bing has correctly predicted the Super Bowl and World Cup winners; more recently Microsoft turned its attention to Sunday's Academy Awards. Bing and Microsoft Research teamed up to create a constantly updated...
Hyperion - Titanium Cigar Tube
The Gadget Flow - 23 Feb 2015 08:59
Some things are destined to become legendary: Hyperion is the most peculiar cigar tube design you've ever seen. Its double shell design is suitable for the largest cigars on the market. CNC-milled from a block of titaniu...
You Can Now Build Apps For Band, Microsoft's Fitness Wearable
TechCrunch - 23 Feb 2015 20:09
Microsoft is updating the Band fitness wearable today, building out its on-device feature set, launching a web portal so that users can better interact with their collected data, and releasing a SDK to allow developers...
Sony adds four new ways to go wireless with headphones starting at $100
Digital Trends - 23 Feb 2015 23:59
Sony drops an enticing four pack of new wireless headphones starting at $100. The post Sony adds four new ways to go wireless with headphones starting at $100 appeared first on Digital Trends.
Canadian DRAM national class action lawsuit
The Loop - 23 Feb 2015 20:07
The Money is Mine: Settlements have been reached in the Canadian DRAM national class actions, totaling over $79 million.You can get money from the settlements if you bought DRAM or electronic devices containing DRAM betw...
CT scan finds mummified monk inside 1,000-year-old Buddha
CNET - 23 Feb 2015 02:41Rivals Google and Apple Fight for the Dashboard
The New York Times - 23 Feb 2015 01:35
In the coming months, dealerships around the country will begin selling vehicles capable of running Android- and Apple-compatible dashboard systems.
Dragonfly eyes see the world in ultra-multicolour
New Scientist - 23 Feb 2015 22:00
The acrobatic aerial insect has up to 30 different vision pigments, putting our humble red, green and blue detectors to shame
5 apps you need to download this week
Digital Trends - 23 Feb 2015 23:48
There are hundreds of new apps released every week, making it impossible to try them all, even if you can find them in the first place. To make life easier, we've gathered our favorites together in a handy list, especial...
How can space travel faster than the speed of light?
Phys.org - 23 Feb 2015 15:29
Cosmologists are intellectual time travelers. Looking back over billions of years, these scientists are able to trace the evolution of our Universe in astonishing detail. 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang occurred. Fr...
At long last, Limp Bizkit mashed up with the Seinfeld theme song
Mashable - 23 Feb 2015 23:58
Fifteen years later, we're all still wondering what's the deal with Fred Durst. But maybe Limp BIzkit's longevity problem stems from choosing rap-rock over rap-jazz. A new mashup lays the vocals of the group's 1999 hit "...
John Travolta's creepy Oscars kiss gets even creepier with memes
Mashable - 23 Feb 2015 23:29
This will give you chills. It's electrifying Walking punchline Glom Gazingo (sorry — John Travolta) took red carpet friendliness to the next level during Sunday's Oscars, giving Scarlett Johansson a peck on the cheek. ...
Patricia Arquette responds to outcry over Oscars remarks
Mashable - 23 Feb 2015 23:00
On Sunday evening Patricia Arquette celebrated her Oscars win with a stirring speech that called for equal pay and equal rights for women See also: Oscars 2015: The highlights The rally cry led to the best GIFs of the ni...
World View Makes Record-Setting Parafoil Flight from Near Edge of Space
SPACE.com - 23 Feb 2015 14:57
A company that aims to send tourists to the edge of space in a balloon broke a record today, flying a parafoil higher than anyone has before.
Augmented reality family video shows the possible future of computing at home
Mashable - 23 Feb 2015 03:24
Since the debut of Microsoft's HoloLens last month, companies working on competing augmented reality (AR) products have been put on notice: the biggest software maker on the planet has entered the game Adding Microsoft t...
Doom maker's weapon of choice for teaching coding? Apple IIc
Cult of Mac - 23 Feb 2015 20:27
When you’re one of the closest things the programming world has to a rock star, you might assume that — when the time comes to pass your godly coding powers onto the next generation — you’d hand your offspring a ...
Far fewer people watched the Oscars this year
Mashable - 23 Feb 2015 20:16
Ratings for Sunday night's Neil Patrick Harris-hosted Oscars were anything but legendary In fact, they were kind of a bummer See also: Neil Patrick Harris' best moments from the 87th Academy Awards Preliminary ratings in...
Royal Caribbean CIO Shows Off Ship's 03b-enabled Satellite WiFi
Space News - 23 Feb 2015 18:16
A short video from TechCrunch Makers introducing the O3b-delivered satellite broadband for Quantum of the Seas, a new cruise ship from Royal Caribbean, whose CTO describes the length and breadth of the coverage, and its ...
France Wants Google, Facebook, and Twitter's Help Fighting Terrorism
Gizmodo - 23 Feb 2015 01:22
When it comes to social media presence, the Islamic State (ISIS) has Western nations completely outgunned. In fact, ISIS and its supports tweet and post upwards of 90,000 times a day and has led to the U.S. and the U.K. ...
Ruined Fukushima Plant Leaking Radiation 70 Times Above Normal Levels
Gizmodo - 23 Feb 2015 00:01
Fukushima is Japan's radiation nightmare that just won't go away. Ever since March 11, 2011, the damaged plant has been riddled with leaks and cleanup setbacks. Now Tepco, the operator of the damaged facility, says they'...
Verizon rolls out minor bug-fixing update to the Droid Turbo
Android Central - 23 Feb 2015 23:58
Verizon is pushing out a small update to its Droid Turbo today. Unfortunately, there's no Android 5.0 Lollipop here; just some bug fixes for call volume, the email application, and the Droid Command Center widget.
Peanut Allergy Prevention? Peanut Butter Snacks Could Help
Live Science - 23 Feb 2015 23:38
If children are at risk for a peanut allergy, having them eat peanut butter frequently from an early age may help protect them from developing the allergy, a new study suggests.