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BMW M6 GT3 racer and M6 Coupe Competition Edition revealed
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2015 14:30
BMW has revealed two very sexy and fast versions of the M6 coupe. One of the cars is a pure race version set for future GT racing called the BMW M6 GT3 and the other is the M6 Coupe Competition Edition. The new GT3 racin...
Soothe your soul with 'Panoramical,' a game of musical manipulation
Engadget - 18 Sep 2015 16:00
Panoramical doesn't fit into an existing game category. It's not an action game, simulator, point-and-click, FPS or any other traditional gaming genre -- but it is magical. Panoramical offers a form of musical meditation...
New Study Finds Antidepressant Drug Paxil Unsafe For Teens
Tech Times - 18 Sep 2015 05:56
A reanalysis of Paxil efficacy and safety yielded completely different results. According to the new study, this antidepressant drug does not only result in minimal efficacy, but may also lead to serious adverse effects.
Japan's Pepper robot will soon have a snarky U.S. personality
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2015 03:45
Japan's Pepper robot, the adorable little robotic helper that works at some stores in Japan, is getting a new personality for use in the United States. It is expected Pepper will come to the US in 2016, and when it does,...
Instagram Scenes of the Longest-Distance Relationship Ever
Gizmodo - 18 Sep 2015 15:45
You think that your long-distance relationship is hard to maintain? Then think about the relationship of Amiko Kauderer NASA public affairs officer and her boyfriend Astronaut Scott Kelly, who is halfway into his Y...
Private Medical Data of Over 1.5 Million People Wound Up Exposed to Everyone Online
Gizmodo - 18 Sep 2015 05:59
Police injury reports, drug tests, detailed doctor visit notes, social security numbers--all were inexplicably unveiled on a public subdomain of Amazon Web Services. Welcome to the next big data breach horrorshow. Instea...
Enchroma Glasses bring a world of color to the colorblind
Coolest Gadgets - 18 Sep 2015 00:48
We get to see a beautiful array of colors every single day. There are only a few times where we really appreciate them, and it’s usually during a peak time of the year at a scenic spot, during a sunrise, or a sunset. I...
7 of the best concepts from the Frankfurt Auto Show
Mashable - 18 Sep 2015 03:15
The 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show just wrapped up and along with the all-new production cars that made their global debut in Germany, there were a handful of noteworthy concepts cars as well. While certainly disparate, there ...
The 25th Ig Nobel Awards Were The Greatest Moment In The History of (Silly) Science
Gizmodo - 18 Sep 2015 23:47
For years, the Ig Nobel Awards have been famous for celebrating the most offbeat and ludicrous forms of scientific discovery. And last night, I was lucky enough to attend the 2015 Ig Nobel ceremony, because a friend was ...
Online poker virus lets cybercriminals peek at victims' cards
BGR - 18 Sep 2015 02:45
Online poker players beware: there may be someone at your table looking at your cards, and they’re not standing behind you. A new virus making the rounds on the Internet enables cybercriminals to take screenshots of op...
Former Top Gear hosts new Amazon show tipped to be called Gear Knobs
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2015 22:43
If you are a fan of cars, odds are you know the show Top Gear on the BBC in the UK. The show also airs in the US and earlier this year one of the hosts Jeremy Clarkston was fired after a so-called "fracas" with a produce...
11 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
BGR - 18 Sep 2015 17:13
Welcome to our biggest ever list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. Yesterday’s post was packed with nine paid apps on sale -- some of them are still free downloads if you hurry -- but today we’ve found 1...
Virtual Reality brings journalism into the 21st century in a major way
Digital Trends - 18 Sep 2015 16:42
On Wednesday, ABC News became the first to employ virtual reality in their newscast, taking viewers on a truly immersive journey through Damascus, Syria, an area of the world that in today's volatile times, remains large...
Konami's Triple-A Console Efforts Reportedly Put On Hold
Ubergizmo - 18 Sep 2015 14:05
If there was ever a reason to play Konami's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, it would be because it could possibly be one of the last few triple-A console titles to ever be published by the company. This is accordin...
We've only gone and built the Lego Mercedes-Benz AROCS 3245
Pocket-lint - 18 Sep 2015 14:01
With over 2,793 pieces of Lego in the box, the replica Mercedes-Benz AROCS 3245 (£169.99) made from Lego Technics isn't a build that you should approach lightly. Even blitzing your way through the 482 pages of the instr...
Wilson's connected basketball helps hone your skills on the court
Engadget - 18 Sep 2015 23:23
Connected sporting goods are nothing new, and Wilson's a smart basketball that tracks every shot you take on the court is adding to the fray. The Wilson X, which was first announced last year, uses an embedded sensor to ...
C-Way smartwatch for kids is compatible with LEGOs
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2015 22:14
Smartwatches for kids all tend to be the same, mostly due to their limited functionality: a child's watch is usually designed with very basic functions and GPS, the latter of which allows parents to keep track of where t...
This ambitious plan aims to bring Concorde back to life
Slash Gear - 18 Sep 2015 21:33
A well-funded plan to get the supersonic Concorde back into the skies after being grounded for more than a decade plans a relaunch before the 2020. The much-missed jet, one of only two commercial services to break the sp...
8 tiny-but-terrific iOS 9 features you may have missed
BGR - 18 Sep 2015 16:25
iOS 9 isn’t the massive update that we saw with iOS 7 and iOS 8, but that doesn’t mean it’s bereft of cool new features. Below we’ve chronicled some small-but-significant iOS 9 changes flagged by Reddit’s Appl...
How the US Military Fails to Protect Its Soldiers' Emails
Motherboard - 18 Sep 2015 16:00
The Army, the Navy, and even the CIA and the FBI don't encrypt emails travelling across the internet.
Australian scientist wins Ig Nobel for essentially un-boiling an egg
Mashable - 18 Sep 2015 06:58
Not quite as famous as its serious Swedish cousin, the Ig Nobel honours scientific achievements that make people "laugh, and then think". An Australian scientist, Flinders University Chemistry Professor Colin Raston, alo...
Ad-blockers rule the top of Apple download charts
Mashable - 18 Sep 2015 04:42
The people have spoken: mobile ads suck On Thursday, apps to block advertising were numbers 1, 3 and 6 on the most downloaded list kept by Apple. The surge came the day after Apple's iOS9 update made it possible for iPho...