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Scientists 3D print 'live' blood vessels
Engadget - 7 Dec 2015 03:04
It's no longer a rare feat to 3D print blood vessels. Printing vessels that act like the real deal, however, has been tricky... until now. Lawrence Livermore researchers have successfully 3D printed blood vessels that de...
Google Pixel C benchmarks reveal a performance monster
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2015 02:40Belgian ban on Facebook cookies should apply to all of Europe, privacy watchdogs say
PC World - 7 Dec 2015 16:58
European data protection authorities want Facebook to stop using cookies to track people who don't have a Facebook account. As part of a case brought by the Belgian Privacy Commission, a Brussels court ordered Facebook i...
Nvidia Shield TV Console Adds Social Gaming Treats With Twitch
Tech Times - 7 Dec 2015 05:14
Nvidia prepared an early present for gamers this year, with improved features for its SHIELD console. The company added Twitch support for its Android TV-compatible console, so you can now stream your gameplay or watch o...
Government obtained 4,000 telco interception warrants for FY15
ZDNet - 7 Dec 2015 03:49
The total number of telecommunications interception warrants decreased marginally from a year earlier, while a total of 83 agencies were permitted to access telco data.
Paper craft V8 engine actually works
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2015 21:22
One of the most popular power plants in automotive history is the trusty V8. The V8 is cheap, powerful, and in most forms very reliable. We've seen plenty of paper craft stuff around here before including an origami Niss...
New payment card malware hard to detect and remove
PC World - 7 Dec 2015 15:00
FireEye says it has discovered a type of malware designed to steal payment card data that can be very difficult to detect and remove. The cybercriminal group behind the malware, which FireEye nicknamed "FIN1," is suspect...
Asus Chromebit CS10 review: What it's like to have Chrome OS in your pocket
PC World - 7 Dec 2015 13:00
Asus's Chromebit CS10 is small enough to go just about anywhere. Still, you may wonder why anyone would actually want Chrome OS on a stick--when you could buy a Chromebook for travel, a Chromebox for home use, or even th...
Proposed French Law Would Ban TOR In Response to Terror Attacks
Gizmodo - 7 Dec 2015 05:00
According to French newspaper Le Monde, authorities in Paris are considereing banning the use of TOR, a service that anonymises users on the internet. It would be one of a range of measures passed in response to last mon...
Leukemia patients who switched kinase inhibitors had favorable outcomes
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2015 23:53
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients who stopped taking the kinase inhibitors, ibrutinib or idelalisib, had mostly favorable outcomes when they switched to the alternate therapy, report investigators.
Kink.com's VR porn experiment is a lesson in extreme anatomy
Engadget - 7 Dec 2015 23:35
Six years ago, I exited the porn industry after the studio I worked for succumbed to a decline in DVD sales. Toward the end, I was one of two employees. I answered phones, designed box covers, scripted Brazilian gang ban...
Tiny dark matter stars would harbour particles that act as one
New Scientist - 7 Dec 2015 18:06
A certain dark matter candidate could clump into stars where it would behave like the Borg race in Star Trek - and this might make it observable
Adobe Lightroom mobile on Android is now available for free
Engadget - 7 Dec 2015 17:00
Adobe ditched the Creative Cloud requirement for Lightroom mobile on iOS back in October, and now it's doing the same for Android. With an update to version 1.4 for the Android app, the photo-editing software is now free...
French police want to ban public WiFi during emergencies
Engadget - 7 Dec 2015 16:24
The FBI isn't the law enforcement agency that wants to restrict privacy for the sake of national security. Following the Paris attacks of November 13th, French police and gendarmes have submitted a wish list of security ...
sProjector packs 1000 lumen brightness and up to 180-inch image
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2015 16:00
The big problem with most of the tiny projectors out there is that they lack the brightness needed to be usable in all but the dimmest rooms. A new projector has turned up called the sProjector and this small pico projec...
Jaybird Reign - The World's Best Activity Tracker
The Gadget Flow - 7 Dec 2015 16:00
Get the most out of your daily energy with Jaybird Reign, the world's best activity tracker. This smart wearable knows when it's time for you to get up and get moving and even how much sleep you'll need to make it happen...
German Automakers Want Real-Time Car Data From Maps App
ABC News - 7 Dec 2015 15:57
After buying HERE maps app, German automakers hope to include real-time data from cars
London's black cabs become moving traffic billboards
Engadget - 7 Dec 2015 14:31
Driving around London can be nightmarish at the best of times, but no more so than when you end up sandwiched in an inescapable gridlock. Transport for London's latest tech trial is hoping to make journeys though the cap...
Laser-Induced graphene supercapacitors may be the future of wearables
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2015 14:00
Last year researchers at Rice University announced that they had been able to develop a way to produce graphene usiang a computer-controlled laser in the process. The resulting product was dubbed laser-induced graphene (...
Third-Party Coolers Reportedly Bending Intel Skylake CPUs
Ubergizmo - 7 Dec 2015 12:28
For the average computer user looking to build their own PC, using the default cooler that comes bundled with your CPU is usually good enough. However for the enthusiast builder or gamer, this is a different story as you...
This is your closest look yet at a Kuiper Belt object
Engadget - 7 Dec 2015 06:42
That moving dot you see in the picture above may not seem like much at first glance, but it's a pretty big deal -- it's humanity's closest-ever look at an object in the Solar System's distant Kuiper Belt. NASA's New Hori...
Exposure To Common Farm Pesticide May Damage Lungs Of Children
Tech Times - 7 Dec 2015 06:30
Early pesticide exposure is linked to poor lung function in children of farming families. Each tenfold increase in levels of organophosphate urinary metabolites was linked to a 159-millimeter decrease in lung function.