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Skin Cancer Selfie Goes Viral - Could This Graphic Photo Help Save Lives?
Tech Times - 14 May 2015 04:26
Tawny Willoughby, a nurse suffering from skin cancer, has posted a photo on Facebook that has gone viral. What drove her to post the shocking image?
Toshiba Reveals New Retractable And Mini USB Flash Drives
Ubergizmo - 14 May 2015 20:30
Toshiba of Japan has just announced that they will be introducing new members to the TransMemory family, and the two debutants would be the TransMemory Retractable U362 Retractable Flash Drive that boasts of a retractabl...
Children's Cotton Canvas Teepee
The Gadget Flow - 14 May 2015 23:00
That backyard camping experience can now come indoors for your kids. Thanks to the Children’s Cotton Canvas Teepee, this dream has finally got its shape in reality. It has been crafted out of heavy-duty cotton canvas a...
'Rick and Morty' turn 'The Simpsons' into goo in couch gag crossover
Mashable - 14 May 2015 23:35
Adult Swim's twisted, time-traveling, grandfather-grandson duo Rick and Morty crash land into Springfield in the upcoming May 17 Simpsons couch gag, coinciding with the season finale. The two-and-a-half minute clip shows...
Intensifying Typhoon Dolphin closes in on Guam
Mashable - 14 May 2015 16:53
Typhoon Dolphin, which as of Thursday morning eastern time was a strengthening Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour, is forecast to bring strong winds, heavy rains and a potentially destruc...
Space Coffee Helping NASA Astronaut Settle Into Yearlong Mission
SPACE.com - 14 May 2015 13:23
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly says he's settling into his epic yearlong mission to the International Space Station, thanks in small part to the 'ISSPresso' coffee machine that arrived at the orbiting lab last month.
Young couple sees what they'll look like as they grow old together
Mashable - 14 May 2015 18:22
Nobody knows what they'll look like when they grow old, but with a little help from some makeup artists, we can get a pretty good idea In collaboration with Field Day, The Cut's latest episode of its "100 Years of Beauty...
CinniBird - Spice Pen For Creative Messaging and Drawing
The Gadget Flow - 14 May 2015 08:00
Use ground cinnamon, paprika, parsley, instant cocoa powder, ground sugar or other natural food elements to decorate your dishes now. All you need is the CinniBird. It's a special pen designed to be used with spices so t...
The Aussie-built 2-liter, 334-horsepower PGM V8 motorcycle
Gizmag - 14 May 2015 05:16
Aussie petrolheads love their V8 engines. And with production winding down on the last of the great V8 Commodores and Falcons that have been a staple of Australian roads since the late 1960s, one small team has decided t...
Using Satellites To Sense How Much the Earth Moved in Nepal
SpaceRef - 14 May 2015 16:15
On April 25, 2015, the Earth moved violently in Nepal. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 8,000 people, injured at least 19,000, and displaced hundreds of thousands in cities and villages near the Himalayas....
Microsoft Hyperlapse: making long videos digestible
Slash Gear - 14 May 2015 15:00
Microsoft reveals Hyperlapse, a desktop app, mobile app, and cloud tools suite made to make long videos shorter and smoother. This system is made primarily for video like what you might capture on a long bike ride. Or a ...
Facebook's free internet service expands to Malawi
Engadget - 14 May 2015 06:28
As good a cause as it is, Internet.org recently came under pressure for allegedly violating India's net neutrality laws -- something Facebook was quick to address. Still, that's not stopping the social network from sprea...
Google transparency report details 'right to be forgotten' requests
Slash Gear - 14 May 2015 05:00
Even though we warn inept teenagers about the permanence of the Internet, in Europe, it's not so simple. Last year, the European Union enacted a "right to be forgotten" policy which lets anyone petition Google, directly,...
What has an attention span shorter than a goldfish? You, says Microsoft
Slash Gear - 14 May 2015 23:52
Do you ever find yourself starting to read something, but only a paragraph or two into it you have to stop and pop open a new tab, pull out your smartphone for a quick browse, or any other number of distractions? Then it...
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Vibrio Vulnificus In US Oceans, What's The Real Risk Of Going To The Beach?
IBTimes - 14 May 2015 23:19
Sharks and riptides are the most common fears cited among beachgoers, but a potential killer that's much smaller is raising alarm along the Gulf Coast. The predator is a microscopic, flesh-eating bacterium that attacks q...
Questioning China and India's Smartphone Growth
TechPinions - 14 May 2015 21:08
There is an interesting narrative forming regarding certain markets, ones nowhere near saturated with smartphones, that they are slowing down in YoY shipments. Fresh off Q1 2015 numbers, the Wall St. Journal published an...
YouTube names Minecraft as most streamed game of all time
Slash Gear - 14 May 2015 13:53
Well, it's official Minecraft fans, your gameplay videos are officially clogging up YouTube. The steaming video service revealed on Wednesday that the virtual brick-building/sandbox game is the most-watched video game of...
Black Holes Might Make Dark Matter Shine
SPACE.com - 14 May 2015 13:17
As dark matter circles around a black hole, it might create a gamma-ray signal that could be detectable from Earth. A visible signal from the otherwise-invisible stuff would be a major breakthrough in the study of this m...
Can your Apple Watch help prevent a heart attack?
The Loop - 14 May 2015 12:53
Can your Apple Watch help prevent a heart attack? Surprisingly, the short answer is, it seems likely that the Apple Watch may help predict a coming heart attack so that preventative measures can be taken.∞ Read this on...
Piracy site-blocking Bill limits right to expression: Committee
ZDNet - 14 May 2015 08:15
The Australian parliamentary committee for human rights has said that legislation to block websites that infringe on copyright may limit the right to expression.
Bill Nye's LightSail Kickstarter Hit Its Goal In Less Than Three Days (Video)
Tech Times - 14 May 2015 04:50
A new citizen-funded spacecraft called LightSail is slated for a test run next week. If successful, it will be the first ever light-propelled spacecraft.
Banish storage-hogging apps from your Apple Watch
Cult of Mac - 14 May 2015 23:00
My Apple Watch says I’ve used 1 GB of storage space, with 5.2 GB left over and available. As those two numbers reverse, I’ll start looking at which apps are taking up the most storage on my wrist, then eliminating…...