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Terrafugia unveils new TF-X flying car design
CNET - 22 Jul 2015 06:11U.S. court says 'pocket-dialed' calls are not private
PC World - 22 Jul 2015 23:25
A federal appeals court in Ohio has ruled that a person who accidentally "pocket dials" someone shouldn't expect any overheard conversation to be considered private. The case involves the chairman of the Airport Board in...
Pluto's Heart Has Another Mountain Range
ABC News - 22 Jul 2015 17:41
The photos taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft continue to come back to Earth revealing new details about Pluto's complex geology.
Bike Strap For MOD 2 Tablet
The Gadget Flow - 22 Jul 2015 15:00
Do you own the Mod Tablet organizer from This is Ground? Here's a great way you can carry it around on your bike by using this Bike Strap For MOD 2 Tablet. The strap attaches safely to your bike's handlebars or frame and...
Shifting Vaccination Politics -- The End of Personal-Belief Exemptions in California
New England Journal of Medicine - 22 Jul 2015 23:00
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Police's jokey Facebook post warns lawbreakers not to post on Facebook
CNET - 22 Jul 2015 21:40A guide to observing the moons of the solar system
Phys.org - 22 Jul 2015 14:30
Like splitting double stars, hunting for the faint lesser known moons of the solar system offers a supreme challenge for the visual observer.
Sigma 24-35mm F2 DG HSM A real-world sample gallery posted
DP Review - 22 Jul 2015 14:00
There's been a great deal of interest in the Sigma 24-35mm F2 Art lens since its launch last month. And who can blame the internet for getting excited over the world's fastest full-frame zoom? With all of the appeal and ...
AncestryDNA And Google's Calico Team Up To Study Genetic Longevity
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2015 06:25
Plenty in Silicon Valley have set their sites on ending death, or at least extending it a bit – including those within the walls of Google. Now AncestryDNA, one part of the largest online family research organization...
Taylor Swift's photography contract revised following criticism
DP Review - 22 Jul 2015 21:31
Following several weeks of controversy involving pop singer Taylor Swift and a growing number of music photographers and news publications, Swift's management has revised the terms of its photo contract.
Twitter's Answers Service Gets An Update To Provide Better App Performance Tracking
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2015 19:01
Ahead of Twitter’s upcoming developer conference Flight, Twitter’s Answers service — which provides developers with a real-time display of events happening with their apps — is getting a big update that provide...
DCM Closes Second Android Fund With $100 Million
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2015 19:00
Global early stage investor DCM Ventures has successfully closed its second, $100 million Android-focused fund that the firm had begun raising late last year. Like its predecessor, the second Android Fund dubbed (creat...
Uber Releases Hourly Ride Numbers In New York City To Fight De Blasio
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2015 18:42
Besides a leaked screenshot of a revenue dashboard in 2013, Uber (like most private startups) has been notoriously secretive when it comes to sharing any data about ride statistics. Now, as an attempt to rebuff NYC Maj...
BlackBerry seeks bigger fish with purchase of crisis-alerts firm AtHoc
CNET - 22 Jul 2015 18:11Twitter apologizes for 'ill chosen' frat house party
USA Today - 22 Jul 2015 18:05Two smart ways to make plane travel better, now blowing up on Kickstarter
CNET - 22 Jul 2015 17:54Twitter briefly blocked in Turkey after deadly bombing
CNET - 22 Jul 2015 17:35Key Silk Road witness gets 2.5 years in jail
Engadget - 22 Jul 2015 17:18
One of the reasons that Silk Road was so popular and dangerous was because it enabled people who would have otherwise never dealt drugs to become Scarface-like kingpins. That's the tale of Michael Duch, an IT consultant ...
Can Big Data Algorithms Tell Better Stories Than Humans?
Forbes - 22 Jul 2015 17:15
What if the computer algorithms could tell more compelling stories than journalists, writers or business analysts? Well, this is increasingly becoming a reality. A new generation of Big Data tools are being put to automa...
We Need To Protect Drivers' Privacy As We Connect Cars To The Internet, Sen. Blumenthal Says
The Huffington Post - 22 Jul 2015 17:00
Connecting a car to the Internet raises different concerns than putting sensors, appliances, parking meters or thermostats online. That's why Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Secu...
5 Reasons To Be Excited About Windows 10
Forbes - 22 Jul 2015 16:55
What features should you be looking forward to?
It's not all about aliens - listening project may unveil other secrets of the universe
Phys.org - 22 Jul 2015 16:10
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project got a $100 million boost this week from Russian billionaire Yuri Milner. While this may seem like a lot of money to spend on a nearly impossible task, many astr...