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Ozzy the pug may have a mean mug, but it's all a front
Mashable - 24 Jun 2015 17:30
Ozzy the Mean Mug Pug may have some rough looking features, but she's a sweetie at heart. The adorable smush-face was recently rescued by E.J and Jennah Coughlin from Hollywood, California after Ozzy's previous owner aba...
Apple unveils Beats 1 Times Square billboard
Cult of Mac - 24 Jun 2015 23:19
Apple Music is gearing up to take on Spotify and Pandora in less than seven days, and to get the word out, Apple has taken over New York City’s Time Square with a massive billboard promoting Beats 1 Radio. Taylor…
Advanced Dementia
New England Journal of Medicine - 24 Jun 2015 23:00
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 372, Issue 26, Page 2533-2540, June 2015.
NASA tests new avoidance systems for UAVs
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2015 04:20
NASA is has developed a new sense-and-avoid system that will let unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) fly routine operations. The technology is currently undergoing its third round of testing. The researchers will use live dat...
Lexus just unveiled what it calls a real, working hoverboard
Mashable - 24 Jun 2015 05:18
Lexus posted a video on Tuesday for a vehicle we've all dreamed about but never thought possible: a real hoverboard. The video is short, and doesn't show the user actually riding it, but we do see the hoverboard, called ...
Mars crater wetter than thought, had water tracks in the last million years
Phys.org - 24 Jun 2015 10:02
Mars is thought to have had a watery past, but when exactly it transitioned to its dry and dusty present is up for debate. Now, though, a team of scientists studying the marks on a young Martian crater has found signs th...
Ztylus iPhone Case Gives You 4 Extra Camera Lenses
Tech Times - 24 Jun 2015 23:57
The Ztylus case and its rotating 4-in-1 lens attachment allows you take a range of high quality photos with your iPhone. The device won best smartphone accessory at the CE Week conference in New York.
Countdown to Pluto Mission Update: June 23, 2015
SpaceRef - 24 Jun 2015 16:07
Weekly pre-flyby updates aired June 23 on NASA TV provides an overview of the New Horizons mission, the spacecraft and its suite of instruments being prepared for a July 14 flyby, and a summary of Pluto science to date.....
Video: Amazing Computer Chips Replicate the Functions of Human Organs
BGR - 24 Jun 2015 23:45
A clear plastic chip that's no bigger than a small computer memory stick replicates the functionality of human organs and might prove to be important for the future of the pharmaceutical industry, as it could replace ani...
Dyson's Latest Bladeless Fan Technology
The Gadget Flow - 24 Jun 2015 23:00
In a semi-anechoic chamber, 10 microphones arranged in a virtual hemisphere measured sound power levels. Binaural recording devices studied sound quality. UV paints and smoke were passed through the machines to identify ...
Hulu subscribers can now yada yada yada to all 9 seasons of 'Seinfeld'
CNET - 24 Jun 2015 17:53Sean Parker Allots $600 Million To The Sean N. Parker Foundation
TechCrunch - 24 Jun 2015 09:01
Sean Parker, the tech billionaire, best known for his leading roles at Napster and Facebook has donated more than $600 million to the Sean N. Parker Foundation to date. But up to now he’s been tight-lipped with the p...
Rosetta and Dawn: Why the landmark spacecraft will have very different fates
CNET - 24 Jun 2015 08:13You can now watch Periscope replays on the web
The Verge - 24 Jun 2015 00:18
Since live streams began taking over Twitter feeds earlier this year, a common complaint has been that they end before you could watch them. Periscope did enable replays within 24 hours after a stream ended, but only on ...
The Problem with Emoji Passwords: Exactly the Same as Regular Passwords
Motherboard - 24 Jun 2015 23:50
Walking up to an ATM and keying in a pin that includes a poop emoji to take out cash is pretty much the millenial dream. But just because emoji password technology exists, doesn't mean it will ever catch on, and it defin...
'Dying Light' Devs Make Fun Of 'Destiny' And 'Red Bull' With Their Own Promotion
Forbes - 24 Jun 2015 23:44
Love it or hate it, there's no denying that there's just something terribly silly about Destiny's partnership with Red Bull. In what has ended up being a pretty poorly timed promotion, Bungie and the energy drink compan...
Research findings point way to designing crack-resistant metals
Phys.org - 24 Jun 2015 23:21
Potential solutions to big problems continue to arise from research that is revealing how materials behave at the smallest scales.
Bobbi Kristina Brown moved to hospice care as condition deteriorates
Mashable - 24 Jun 2015 22:54
Five months after she was discovered unresponsive in her bathtub, Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to hospice care. The daughter of Bobby Brown and the late Whitney Houston was found face-down in a tub in her Atlanta ...
Queen Elizabeth Meets the Future Queen Who Is A Robot And Not A Human
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2015 20:00
Everybody knows that futuristic robots are going to take our jobs. Jobs in food service , farm work , and perhaps most importantly, monarchy.
Sharp Pushes Suppliers for Price Cuts
Wall Street Journal - 24 Jun 2015 17:22
Sharp is pushing suppliers for deep price cuts and considering Chinese alternatives to Japanese parts for its LCD screens.
Poor kid's smartphone strength test ends in tears
Cult of Mac - 24 Jun 2015 17:17
No matter how robust you believe your smartphone case to be, battering it with a hammer just for the sake of it is never a good idea. One young boy learned this the hard way when he smashed his smartphone to bits…
Check Point Aims to Stay at Front Line of War Against Hackers
Wall Street Journal - 24 Jun 2015 16:58
Check Point Software Technologies pioneered the firewall. Now, it is scrambling to keep it at the front line of today's war against hackers, as clients look for more innovative ways to protect themselves.