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Acer Liquid Leap+ fitness tracker launches in US
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2015 20:34
Acer has launched its first fitness tracker in the United States, its Liquid Leap+ wearable. The tracker features interchangeable bands and is compatible with the three big mobile platforms: Android, iOS, and Windows Pho...
Drones are pestering Spain's royal family
Engadget - 20 Jul 2015 07:31
France isn't the only European country grappling with suspicious drone flights, it seems. Reportedly, guards at the Spanish royal family's La Zarzuela palace have spotted numerous robotic aircraft flying through its airs...
ICELAND. An Uneasy Calm
Photography Blog - 20 Jul 2015 10:00How the legs of water striders repel water
Phys.org - 20 Jul 2015 15:20
(Phys.org)--Materials scientists study biology at nanoscale in order to incorporate mechanical solutions to problems that have already been resolved by evolution. This biomimicry is evident in much recent technology, inc...
Groomsman's backflip fail will ruin your wedding dreams
Mashable - 20 Jul 2015 22:32
If the inundation of photos on your Facebook feed and the cringeworthy matching dresses weren't annoying enough, there's another hazard for bridesmaids everywhere: groomsmen who don't look behind them before they bust a ...
Dude, Where's My Holodeck?
The Huffington Post - 20 Jul 2015 19:20
We've been promised the Holodeck ever since we saw it in Star Trek in the late 1980s. Image from Star Trek The Next Generation The first use of a "holodeck" by that name in the Star Trek universe was in the pilot episode...
DeepDream Porn Is Officially a Thing (NSFW)
Motherboard - 20 Jul 2015 19:10
If you've spent any amount of time on the internet, it probably wasn't surprising when its denizens took Google's fancy new DeepDream image recognition tool and used it to create psychedelic porn for robots. But apparent...
Ashley Madison members are safe for now as site manages to silence hackers, but for how long?
Pocket-lint - 20 Jul 2015 16:20
Avid Life, the company behind the dating website, Ashley Madison, that was hacked yesterday, has claimed that it has managed to get all published versions of its members list pulled from the internet. Ashley Madison is a...
Scientists Deliver Drugs To The Brain Via Remote Control
Ubergizmo - 20 Jul 2015 02:31
In the future, it seems that it might be possible for those suffering from depression, pain, epilepsy, or other neurological problems to have their medication delivered directly to their brain via remote control. This is...
Russian Billionaire Yuri Milner Funds SETI Initiative With $100 Million
SpaceRef - 20 Jul 2015 15:20
Joined by an all-star cast of scientists that included Stephen Hawking, Martin Rees, Frank Drake, Geoff Marcy and Ann Druyan, Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announced that he was personally funding a series of new initi...
Scientists say comet lander may have shifted position
Phys.org - 20 Jul 2015 14:43
Scientists say the Philae spacecraft that landed on a comet last year may have shifted its position, making it harder to communicate with the probe.
Lasers Could Blast Tiny Spacecraft to the Stars
SPACE.com - 20 Jul 2015 13:31
Blasting tiny, waferlike sailing spacecraft with powerful lasers could slash interstellar flight times from thousands of years to mere decades, one researcher says.
Inside the meeting that launched the war between Uber and New York's Mayor
Mashable - 20 Jul 2015 23:22
Uber and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, now at war, gave up their chance at peace last week For two hours last Monday, representatives from Uber and Mayor Bill de Blasio's office met for a conversation about City Ha...
Poverty's most insidious damage is to a child's brain
Science Daily - 20 Jul 2015 17:51
An alarming 22 percent of U.S. children live in poverty, which can have long-lasting negative consequences on brain development, emotional health and academic achievement. Now, even more compelling evidence has been prov...
Accidental Find: Scientists Stumble on Centuries-Old Shipwreck
Live Science - 20 Jul 2015 17:20
While searching for a mooring from a previous trip, researchers off the coast of North Carolina discovered a well-preserved shipwreck and artifacts that may date to the American Revolution.
Spotify takes on Apple Music with AI personalized mixtape
Slash Gear - 20 Jul 2015 16:25
Spotify is rising to the challenge of Apple Music's human-curated playlists, promising the sort of individualized mixtape that only a computer could deliver. Dubbed Discover Weekly, Spotify's new service looks at each us...
PayPal valued at about $52 billion in market return
Reuters - 20 Jul 2015 16:16
(Reuters) - PayPal Holdings Inc shares jumped as much as 11 percent in their highly anticipated return to the Nasdaq on Monday, valuing the company at about $52 billion.
Scientist planning to send microscopic worms into space for muscle development study
Phys.org - 20 Jul 2015 14:29
A University of Exeter scientist is set to send thousands of microscopic worms on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in an experiment aimed at increasing our understanding of what triggers the body to bui...
Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner Announce $100M Initiative to Seek ET
Scientific American - 20 Jul 2015 12:25
Milner, a tech start-up entrepreneur and philanthropist, is partnering with scientists around the world to search for life among the stars --
Apple's iPod Touch shows its muscle in iFixit teardown
Engadget - 20 Jul 2015 14:35
If you want everything Apple's iPhone can do except the "phone" part, the $400 cheaper 6th-gen iPod Touch is for you. It even has the iPhone 6's A8 chip, albeit running a tad slower. The iFixit team has taken the 4-inch ...
Watch All Of Valve's Portal VR Demo
Gizmodo - 20 Jul 2015 23:30
Valve's been showing a demo of a virtual reality Portal game behind closed doors for a few months. Now, finally, you can see the whole thing.
Massachusetts grills Uber and Lyft over disability access
Engadget - 20 Jul 2015 05:16
Ridesharing outfits make some effort to accommodate disabled passengers, but Massachusetts isn't sure that they go far enough. Reuters has learned that the state's Attorney General is grilling Uber and Lyft over the leve...