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Now you can control your GoPro with Apple Watch
Digital Trends - 17 Dec 2015 01:08
GoPro's smartphone app is great, but having the same control and preview functions on your wrist makes using the action cam effortless. We put the Apple Watch GoPro app to the test. The post Now you can control your GoPr...
Would Google Recruit Mark Zuckerberg As A Software Developer?
Forbes - 17 Dec 2015 20:17
Would Google recruit Mark Zuckerberg as a software developer? This question was originally answered on Quora by Gayle Laakmann McDowell.
Remove irrelevant Facebook posts with this Chrome extension
Slash Gear - 17 Dec 2015 19:40
Years ago when I first joined Facebook, it was a nice way to keep up with what my friends were doing. The posts were in a simple, chronological order that made it easy to catch everything I wanted. But the best part was ...
ISIS Said To Pack Explosives In Drones
Ubergizmo - 17 Dec 2015 02:07
ISIS, the radical terrorist organization that has certainly committed a whole lot of atrocities over the past year, making Al-Qaeda look as though they were little kids, have been said to be purportedly placing small amo...
Linux exploit allows machines to be hacked with just one key
Slash Gear - 17 Dec 2015 21:58
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. Well, as it turns out, hitting the same key over and over again can actually produce an interesting result...
Cancer More Than Just Bad Luck: Study Finds Nine In 10 Cancers Caused By Environment, Lifestyle
Tech Times - 17 Dec 2015 15:52
Nine out of 10 cancers are caused by environmental and lifestyle risk factors, a new study found. Contrary to previous scientific claims that cancer development is due to bad luck, researchers discovered that cancer risk...
Philips Brilliance LCD Monitor is a portable wonder
Coolest Gadgets - 17 Dec 2015 15:00
Philips might not be at the forefront of computing technology, but this does not mean that they are far from being left behind, either. In fact, the all new Philips Brilliance LED-backlit LCD monitor (also going by the r...
How Carpool Karaoke became a late night must-watch in 2015
Mashable - 17 Dec 2015 10:01
LOS ANGELES — It was 2011, when James Corden took a car ride with George Michael that four years later would help him make a mark in the American late night TV game at a time when it was incredibly tough to stand out. ...
Here's what we searched for the most on Google in 2015
Android Central - 17 Dec 2015 07:42
Google has released its annual "Year In Search" website that offers a look at what people searched for most in 2015. Globally, the attacks on Paris witnessed the most amount of search traffic, with over 897 million queri...
This insane earthquake-proof bed looks like a high-tech coffin
Mashable - 17 Dec 2015 23:45
A video concept for an earthquake-proof bed recently emerged on the internet, but it's deeply weird and raises many questions. Gizmodo highlighted the video in a Wednesday post, though The Independent points out that the...
Discover a whole new microscopic world with uPeek, the pocket-sized microscope
Digital Trends - 17 Dec 2015 22:56
With uPeek, you can have a professional-grade microscope that fits in your wallet. The device is credit-card sized and connects wirelessly to your smartphone, allowing you to "discover the microcosm in all its facets whe...
In Fine Detail: Canon EOS 5DS / 5DS R In-Depth Review
DP Review - 17 Dec 2015 22:53
Preview based on pre-production Canon EOS 5D S & SR Canon has added to its EOS 5D range with the launch of two 50MP cameras, the 5DS and the 5DS R. Both cameras are high resolution full frame models, primarily aimed at s...
N.W.A., Deep Purple, Chicago among 2016's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
Digital Trends - 17 Dec 2015 22:49
Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the full list of 2016 inductees, including N.W.A., Deep Purple, Chicago, Cheap Trick, and Steve Miller, with a ceremony set for Brooklyn in spring. The post N.W.A., De...
io9 Round-Table: What Does Star Wars Mean to You?
Gizmodo - 17 Dec 2015 21:41
You have heard a little something about a new Star Wars movie being released today. While The Force Awakens conquers theaters, we thought we'd examine how this scifi franchise has conquered the world--by discussing what ...
Kids Who Can Taste Sugar At Lower Concentration Likely To Be Overweight
Tech Times - 17 Dec 2015 17:14
A Monell Center study found that overweight or obese children had a greater sugar sensitivity than other kids. This broke the prevailing belief that the obese would need higher sugar amounts to achieve the same sweet ple...
Razer Leviathan Mini Review
Slash Gear - 17 Dec 2015 17:00
Inside the Razer Leviathan Mini you're going to get some deep, booming sound. That's for certain. If you connect this speaker to your Android device, you'll be able to say "OK Google" to it just fine - it uses what Razer...
Hubble Telescope captures cosmic 'lightsaber' slicing through space
Mashable - 17 Dec 2015 17:00
A young star's golden "lightsaber" shoots into space 1,350 light-years from Earth in a new image released from the European Space Agency. While the jets shooting from the star do appear to resemble a double-bladed lights...
Flipboard Overhauls Publisher Pages With Verified Badges, 'End Card' Links And Ad Tech
TechCrunch - 17 Dec 2015 17:00
Flipboard, the mobile and web app with some 82 million monthly active users who use the app to read content from around the web in a magazine-style layout, is today taking the wraps off a new version of its profile pag...
I Played With an X-Wing in Microsoft's HoloLens and It Was Fantastic
Time - 17 Dec 2015 16:51
It's very different from virtual reality
Tech Tip: Getting Gmail Verification Codes Without a Smartphone, or a Phone at All
The New York Times - 17 Dec 2015 16:40
Google has devised several ways besides text messaging to provide its 2-step security codes.
Samsung Pay Expands Again, Adds 19 More MasterCard And Visa Issuers
Tech Times - 17 Dec 2015 16:09
Even if Samsung Pay only works on a few handsets, more cards issuers are joining the party. 19 new financial institutions that issued Visa and Mastercard cards in the US just joined the mobile payment service, widening i...
Physicists solve 40-year mystery, proving that the elusive "spin liquid" does exist
Phys.org - 17 Dec 2015 15:53
Takashi Imai has managed to crack a mystery of matter that has eluded other top physicists, even Nobel winners, for decades.