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Australian TV show blames victims of leaked nude photos
Mashable - 19 Jun 2015 06:02
UPDATE: Friday, 4:34 p.m.: Sunrise releases a statement. The Australian morning show Sunrise has been accused of victim shaming, after a Facebook post regarding a nude photo leak essentially asked: When will women learn?...
How Beats Fools You Into Thinking Its Headphones Are High-End And Luxurious
BGR - 19 Jun 2015 15:30
Even before Apple acquired Beats, there existed a loud contingent of audiophiles who were quick to dismiss Beats by Dre Headphones as overpriced pieces of junk with mediocre sound, at best. The popularity of Beats, they ...
VR face is the most awkward part about the video game revolution
Mashable - 19 Jun 2015 05:13
You don't have to walk around this year's booths at E3 for long before you realize that virtual and augmented reality gaming is the next big thing. There are dozens of demos that people can try out ranging from boxing ma...
App Store facelift brings out the beauty in Watch apps
Cult of Mac - 19 Jun 2015 00:58
Apple’s rolled out some much-needed changes to how Apple Watch preview screens look in the App Store. Have you looked at those shots lately? They look weird. And depending on which version of iOS you’re currently run...
Man who thought getting 29 Miley Cyrus tattoos was a good idea now regrets it
Mashable - 19 Jun 2015 22:24
Everyone handles major life changes differently. When Carl McCoid got divorced in 2010, he dealt with it by covering his body with Miley Cyrus tattoos. Now, several years later, 42 year-old McCoid — who named one of hi...
The Secret To A Young And Healthy Heart: Researchers Identify Heart Repair Protein
Tech Times - 19 Jun 2015 05:35
A new study conducted by several institutions in the United States suggests that a protein known as vinculin is responsible for keeping the muscle of the heart pumping even in old age. Scientists believe the protein hold...
HyperIce Vyper - The Next Gen Foam Roller
The Gadget Flow - 19 Jun 2015 23:00
Used by the world's elite athletes, the Hyperice Vyper can be considered to be a cutting edge fitness roller for your body's overall performance. The 3 vibration speed options will enhance the effectiveness this roller h...
Designer Tom Ford Turns The Apple Watch Into A Pocket Watch
Ubergizmo - 19 Jun 2015 06:42
For those of you who follow the fashion industry are probably familiar with the name and designer that is Tom Ford. Ford is known for his stylish and classy-looking pieces and it looks like he might want to bring back th...
Tiny Robots Will Be Able To Swim Through Your Bloodstream To Deliver Drugs
Tech Times - 19 Jun 2015 03:53
Tiny robots called nanoswimmers are being developed to deliver drugs to specific anatomical targets.
HIV Vaccine That Primes Immune System Almost Ready For Human Trials
Tech Times - 19 Jun 2015 17:06
A new experimental vaccine based on the eOD-GT8 60mer protein could potentially be the key in developing an effective immunization against the HIV infection, according to new studies conducted in the United States.
Stephen Hawking waxes dismal on time travel and the afterlife
CNET - 19 Jun 2015 15:46It's not just hype - 3D printing is the bridge to the future
Phys.org - 19 Jun 2015 15:30
A company in the Netherlands is building a bridge across a canal in Amsterdam using 3D-printing robots. It seems that such attention-grabbing headlines appear regularly to declare how 3D-printing is destined to revolutio...
Devialet Phantom Speaker Review Roundup: Loud Enough To Buy For $2,000?
Tech Times - 19 Jun 2015 13:34
Devialet's Phantom speaker is its entry into the mass market, though the $2,000 starting price is still pretty steep. Does the speaker live up to expectations according to its price?
What Pope Francis got wrong in his climate change letter
Mashable - 19 Jun 2015 23:47
Pope Francis has been widely praised by world leaders, scientists and others for issuing an unprecedented moral and ethical call to action on global warming in a letter released Thursday, which was addressed to "every pe...
'Star Wars Battlefront' Isn't the Reboot I Was Looking For
BGR - 19 Jun 2015 23:45
Of all the games we knew about before E3 2015 kicked off this week, Star Wars Battlefront might have had the highest profile. Few other games have the pedigree and history of the Battlefront series, fading away before it...
Abandoned Shipyard Halls Look Magical After Heavy Rain
Gizmodo - 19 Jun 2015 22:10
The abandoned halls of the Ganz Danubius Shipyard and Crane Factory in Budapest are the haunting remains of a once-flourishing industry established more than an hundred years ago in the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Before you hit the Strip, assault the track in an exotic supercar at SpeedVegas
Digital Trends - 19 Jun 2015 21:55
In January 2016, a public racing facility called SpeedVegas is set to open in Sin City. Its track will allow customers to drive various exotic and muscle cars over a bevy of straights, turns, and elevation changes. The p...
Why scientists are tracking how humans move through national parks
Mashable - 19 Jun 2015 17:26
CHEYENNE, Wyoming — Scientists are putting tracking devices on a new species — people — as they try to learn more about how their movements affect ecosystems in national parks. Park visitors carrying global positio...
Cuba's Finally Doing Something About Its Insanely Expensive Internet
Gizmodo - 19 Jun 2015 17:05
Getting online is damn near impossible in Cuba--unless you're very rich. That's because the state-run run telecom company, Etecsa, has historically limited access and charges exorbitant fees for connectivity. Faced with ...
The Man Who Reveals All of Apple's Secrets
BGR - 19 Jun 2015 16:45
You can bet good money that the iPhone 6s will feature a 12 megapixel camera, 2GB of RAM, a speedy A9 processor, a Force Touch display, a more durable aluminum build, a better performing Touch ID sensor, and will be avai...
Face recognition row over right to identify you in the street
New Scientist - 19 Jun 2015 16:41
Government and industry talks over a code of conduct for face recognition collapsed this week. It could mean privacy in the physical world is slipping away
Sony hints PS4's backwards compatibility is unlikely in future
Slash Gear - 19 Jun 2015 15:33
The Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 as well, both launched in 2013 without backwards compatibility with previous generation games, severing the ties, if you will, with a feature that both the Xbox 360 and PS3 offered. That's...