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How To Raise A Billionaire: An Interview With Dropbox CEO Drew Houston's Parents
Forbes - 23 Nov 2015 15:00
Parents of billionaire Dropbox CEO Drew Houston upload memories of his youth.
Android Studio v1.5 Hits Stable Channel: What's New? [Video]
Tech Times - 23 Nov 2015 11:59
Android Studio 1.5 rolled out recently and Reto Meier told developers what they should expect from the release. A number of bug fixes, new features and memory improvements stack up to make Android coding better than befo...
Broken lightbulb became a home to a tiny ecosystem of ocean life forms
Mashable - 23 Nov 2015 16:21
While pollution is still a problem plaguing Earth's oceans, nature sometimes finds a way of prevailing over human influence. Reddit user tellamgood posted a picture to Imgur of a lightbulb that washed up on the beach in ...
Blood from small children 'remembers' prenatal smoking exposure
EurekAlert! - 23 Nov 2015 07:00
(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) New Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research finds that blood taken from children up to the age of five contains molecular evidence about w...
Samsung Gear VR ad offers a peek into the world of virtual reality
Mashable - 23 Nov 2015 06:10
Even though it's only been available for a little under two weeks, the Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset is already sold out on both Amazon's and BestBuy's websites And as if that weren't enough to make you want th...
Scientists create quantum entanglement at room temperature
Engadget - 23 Nov 2015 04:50
Quantum entanglement, where two particles are inextricably linked, is a real thing. However, creating that odd behavior has been extremely difficult so far -- you have to cool things down to near absolute zero to pull it...
'Spying' on Islamic State instead of hacking them
BBC - 23 Nov 2015 02:32
Meet the splinter group of online vigilantes targeting Islamic State
We Blew It With Ebola. Scientists Don't Want That to Happen Again
Wired - 23 Nov 2015 01:30
An international report on the Ebola epidemic comes out just two days after the virus reappeared in Liberia. The post We Blew It With Ebola. Scientists Don’t Want That to Happen Again appeared first on WIRED.
Zenos E10R is Properly Quick with the heart of a Focus RS
Slash Gear - 23 Nov 2015 23:55
There are sports cars and then there are track cars. Sometimes the two meet and you end up with a sports car that is designed specifically to get things done at the race track and then cruise back home smug in your track...
Microsoft debuts Android app for those considering Windows Phone
Slash Gear - 23 Nov 2015 16:38
Apple isn't the only one releasing apps for Android to lure users to its own mobile platform. Microsoft is trying something similar with its new release to the Google Play store, an app called AppComparison. Featuring a ...
High on Audio: I Tried to Relax With Binaural Beats
Motherboard - 23 Nov 2015 16:00
The Monroe Institute has been going since the 70s and claims its Hemi-Sync program can lead to "discovery of self through technology."
Belgian Twitter Users Are Supporting Police By Tweeting Cats
Gizmodo - 23 Nov 2015 05:17
During the ongoing anti-terror lockdown in Brussels, police have been asking for 'radio silence' from the press and social media, to help their operations. Twitter users in the city haven't stopped tweeting: they're just...
Blackphone maker Silent Circle distances itself from criminals
Slash Gear - 23 Nov 2015 05:02
Rampant spying by governments, spates of large scale hackings, and a general atmosphere of vulnerability over the Internet and mobile networks has made many look at heavily encrypted services and devices just to feel saf...
Worms Help Explain Why Our Spines Are on Our Backs
Motherboard - 23 Nov 2015 00:00
There is no up or down for this worm.
Report: ocean dead zones tied to abrupt warming
Slash Gear - 23 Nov 2015 23:55
The ocean is full of so-called dead zones -- that is, areas where low oxygen levels resulted in a lack of marine life. A new study from the National Science Foundation points toward "abrupt ocean warming" and the formati...
Meta Wall Clock Turns Analog Clock Hands Into Digital-Like Display
Twisted Sifter - 23 Nov 2015 23:53
'A million times' is a kinetic sculpture that uses hundreds of small wall clocks to create a 'meta-clock' with a digital-like display.
With Samsung Gear VR a sold-out success, is VR bad for kids' eyes?
Slash Gear - 23 Nov 2015 23:51
Over the past couple of years, we've asked every major maker of virtual reality headsets and content what their stance is on children in the VR realm. The answer is (almost) always the same: no comment. Off the record, w...
Chaotic Moon Explores Biometric Tattoos For Medicine And The Military
TechCrunch - 23 Nov 2015 23:47
The future of wearables could be inked on your skin. Chaotic Moon, a software design and development firm based in Austin, Texas, is developing a high-tech tattoo made of components and conductive paint to create circu...
Use This 'Hold Your Sub' Trick for Slimmer Portraits
PetaPixel - 23 Nov 2015 23:46A giant purple smiling emoji is looking down on us from deep space
Mashable - 23 Nov 2015 23:39
A mischievous face with a big smile shines light-years away from Earth A new photo taken by a NASA space telescope called Chandra shows a group of galaxies nicknamed the "Cheshire Cat" looking oddly like a cosmic smiling...
Air Button adds handy shortcuts to NFC-enabled phones
Engadget - 23 Nov 2015 23:15
The idea of customizable add-on buttons for smartphones isn't exactly new. First we had Pressy (which was quickly cloned by Xiaomi and others), then the Dimple NFC button pad came along. So what's next? Well, a Hong Kong...
10 more VR landmarks to visit with Google Cardboard (in Jordan)
Slash Gear - 23 Nov 2015 22:45
Welcome to Jordan - Google's opened up the floodgates for virtual reality using "Street View" cameras and Google Cardboard. Without having to travel thousands of miles in a plane, you'll now be able to open up your web b...