Technology News
Scientists just saw light coming out of a black hole for the first time
Digital Trends - 11 Jan 2016 02:47
Last week, for the first time ever, scientists observed visible light emanating from within a black hole with naught more than a 20cm telescope. Forget everything you know -- science is always rewriting itself. The post ...
These 3D Shapes Look Superimposed but They're Actually Painted Surfaces
Twisted Sifter - 11 Jan 2016 02:43
Since 1979, artist Felice Varini has experimented with perspective, painting seemingly random surfaces that look fragmented and disjointed
Everyone is sharing a ridiculously cool 1970s mugshot of David Bowie
Mashable - 11 Jan 2016 23:32
In the aftermath of David Bowie's death on Sunday, people have found a variety of ways to pay tribute to the music icon. See also: David Bowie sent a sweet and cheeky response to an American fan letter in 1967 Celebritie...
Mathematicians Discover Bug That Causes Skylake Chips To Freeze In The Middle Of Complex Workloads
Tech Times - 11 Jan 2016 13:16
The community of mathematicians of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search found a bug that freezes systems while performing complex workloads on Skylake computers. Intel has confirmed the issue and released a BIOS upda...
DNA Sequencing Firm Illumina Wants To Fight Cancer With Grail, A 'Liquid Biopsy' To Detect Cancer
Tech Times - 11 Jan 2016 15:08
San Diego-based DNA sequencing company Illumina plans to build startup Grail to offer liquid biopsy to the market. This cancer blood test is promoted by CEO Jay Flatley as the "turning point" in the war on cancer.
Kia Telluride concept is a health-conscious luxury SUV
Slash Gear - 11 Jan 2016 21:22
With the North American International Auto Show or NAIAS well on the way, car makers all over the globe are rolling out their latest and greatest, both for future models as well as ideas for the future. Kia, of course, i...
Shooting with a 136-Year-Old Lens from 1880
PetaPixel - 11 Jan 2016 16:07"Robotic falcon" can capture, retrieve renegade drones
Phys.org - 11 Jan 2016 14:20
In January 2015, a Washington, DC, hobbiest accidentally flew his DJI Phantom quadcopter drone over the White House fence and crashed it on the lawn.
The coolest camera gear of CES 2016
PC World - 11 Jan 2016 13:30
Focus on cameras and photography gear Image by Thinkstock Most people nowadays snap pictures with a smartphone, but a stand-alone camera is still a vital tool with a big presence at this year's Consumer Electronics Show....
Export of Chinese-made drones increases
ZDNet - 11 Jan 2016 05:09
Recent data shows that China's drone exports were up by more than ninefold between January and November 2015.
Tailor In Hong Kong Uses 3D Scanner To Get Precise Measurements
Ubergizmo - 11 Jan 2016 04:56
Depending on the tailor that you go to, you may or may not walk away with a suit that fits you nicely. After all tailors are only human and sometimes there are human errors, or maybe some tailors just aren't skilled enou...
Elon Musk Predicts A Tesla Car Can Self-Drive Cross-Country In 2018
Ubergizmo - 11 Jan 2016 01:28
Very recently Tesla announced a new feature for its Model S car called Summon. Basically it's almost like a self-driving feature where at a press of a button, your Tesla car will be smart enough to figure out how to park...
Good Bacteria May Inhibit Growth Of Pathogen Causing Ear Infection And Pneumonia: Examples Of Food High In Good Bacteria
Tech Times - 11 Jan 2016 14:31
The harmless bacteria C. accolens was found to negatively affect the growth of the infection-causing S. pneumoniae. One can get a head start on getting good bacteria such as C. accolens by including probiotic food in one...
Hate iPhone? Apple might help you 'Move to Android'
BGR - 11 Jan 2016 13:50
Apple introduced last September a Move to iOS application to help Android users quickly switch to iPhone. The app ports contacts, photos and other personal documents from an Android device to an iPhone, and it has been q...
60 Percent of Women in Tech Say They've Been Sexually Harassed
Re/code - 11 Jan 2016 13:30
"Each woman I talked to had some set of stories they wanted to share. The guys didn't."
18 of the most-innovative connected-home products at CES 2016
PC World - 11 Jan 2016 13:00
No shortage of innovation on display at CES 2016 Image by Michael Brown Uncertainty as to which Internet of Things protocols and radios will ultimately prevail (AllJoyn, HomeKit, Thread, ZigBee, Z-Wave, and others are ba...
New high resolution NASA images show Pluto's 'lava lamp' landscape
The Verge - 11 Jan 2016 12:47
The New Horizons probe may have finished its Pluto flyby all the way back in July 2015, but NASA continues to receive new images from the spacecraft's slow, drip-feed data connection. The latest pictures add to our highe...
Infinite Loop: See the Sun's Yearlong Figure-Eight in the Sky (Photo)
SPACE.com - 11 Jan 2016 23:07
Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca took the image from Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy. The dots forming a curved figure-8 in the sky mark where the sun appeared every day at the same time in a pattern called an analemma.
What Google says to AWS price cuts: Our cloud is still way cheaper
ZDNet - 11 Jan 2016 15:39
Google argues it is still the price-performance leader in cloud after AWS cuts last week in on-demand and reserved instance pricing.
First Apple registers Apple.car - now Google nabs Google.car
ZDNet - 11 Jan 2016 14:35
In the past few weeks, Apple has registered several auto-related domains, adding to suggestions that it is planning a move into autonomous vehicles.
This Map Shows Power Outages Caused by Cyber-Terrorist Squirrels
Gizmodo - 11 Jan 2016 12:51
There's a dark and mysterious force out there that's intent on attacking the country's power lines, and this map shows exactly where the culprits strike. The culprits are, of course... squirrels.
Amazon To Stream President Obama's State Of The Union Speech
Ubergizmo - 11 Jan 2016 05:44
If you're into politics, or if you're just simply curious as to what President Obama could say in his speech for his final State of the Union, you might be interested to learn that Amazon will be teaming up with the Whit...