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If You Haven't Given Up On Your New Year's Resolutions, Amazon's Having a Supplement Sale
Life Hacker - 18 Jan 2016 16:32
Continuing a string of deals that can help with your new year's resolutions, Amazon's offering a Gold Box deal today on a variety of Optimum Nutrition protein powder and pre-workout supplements.
Carnival Of Space #441
Universe Today - 18 Jan 2016 21:04
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Joe Latrell at his Photos To Space blog.
App Store prices increasing in Canada, Mexico and more thanks to exchange rates
The Loop - 18 Jan 2016 21:24
iMore: Apple will soon be increasing the prices of paid apps and in-app purchases in a handful of countries due to exchange rate changes. App Stores affected by the change will be those in Canada, Israel, Mexico, New Zea...
Google, Facebook Urge Supreme Court to Take Up Samsung-Apple Patent Dispute
Re/code - 18 Jan 2016 19:00
Tech companies and law school professors argue the design patent laws are outdated.
Robots Will Replace 5 Million Workers By 2020: Report
The Huffington Post - 18 Jan 2016 16:32
DAVOS, Switzerland
Report identifies positive news on kidney disease in the US, yet challenges remain
Science Daily - 18 Jan 2016 15:41
The annual data report from the United States Renal Data System reveals both positive and negative trends in kidney disease in the US. Medicare spending for patients with chronic kidney disease aged 65 and older exceeded...
UK politicians set to debate banning Trump from the country
Mashable - 18 Jan 2016 14:37
LONDON — Members of Parliament are to debate the issue of banning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from the UK at Westminster Hall on Monday afternoon. The three-hour session, which kicks off at 4:30 p.m....
TSRI scientists solve 3-D structure of protein that guides the immune system
EurekAlert! - 18 Jan 2016 07:00
(Scripps Research Institute) In a new study, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute and Duke University Medical Center reveal the three-dimensional structure of a crucial ion channel. Their findings shed light o...
Watch Biohackers Surgically Implant LEDs (Fairly NSFW)
Motherboard - 18 Jan 2016 22:23
Not for the faint of heart.
Someone is launching cyberattacks against Ukrainian infrastructure
The Verge - 18 Jan 2016 19:22
The new year has brought a sustained campaign of cyberattacks against Ukrainian infrastructure. This week, malware was discovered on networked systems in Ukraine's largest airport, according a new report from Reuters. Th...
The 62 richest people in the world now own as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion
The Loop - 18 Jan 2016 19:07
MIC: The most shocking statistic in the report, released Sunday, is this: In 2015, a mere 62 people held the same amount of wealth as "the bottom half of humanity" -- 3.5 billion people. Identifying the reasons why this ...
AMD confirms high-end Polaris GPU will be released in 2016
Ars Technica - 18 Jan 2016 15:57
The overall target is still "console-class gaming on a thin-and-light notebook."
Re/wind: Media's Really Bad Week, Jawbone and Foursquare Raise Downward
Re/code - 18 Jan 2016 15:00
Plus, a new podcast from Re/code.
Microsoft will launch a phone on 1 February, but it will only be the Lumia 650
Pocket-lint - 18 Jan 2016 11:44
As rumours ramp up about prospective new Lumia 750 and possibly 850 launches during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month, it seems that Microsoft will indeed launch a new phone in February. However, that phone i...
Elon Musk shares SpaceX landing on Instagram, proving even failures can be epic
Mashable - 18 Jan 2016 06:18
Space is hard, and humility in the face of major failures can be just as hard. But SpaceX founder Elon Musk nailed both on Sunday when he gave us a new look at the almost-a-complete-success landing of the Falcon 9 rocket...
Justice Department Says Chinese Cyberespionage Is a 'National Security Emergency'
Gizmodo - 18 Jan 2016 06:15
Stories of Chinese government organizations hacking American corporations are not new . But in a segment aired on 60 Minutes tonight, business leaders, government officials and security experts paint a picture of a parti...
Woman Faces Possible Jail Time With Facebook Tag
Ubergizmo - 18 Jan 2016 03:13
Just because it's online and we aren't actually talk to another person face-to-face, it does not mean that we get to do what we want. We've seen how some people have gotten into trouble just by what they post or share on...
Pick furniture as a family (or just play air hockey) on this 40-inch tablet table
Digital Trends - 18 Jan 2016 23:15
Cima NanoTech wants to make coffee tables that are interactive by putting large touchscreens in them. Instead of fighting over a tablet, kids could collaborate over the coffee table. The post Pick furniture as a family (...
Polymorphing pop: a conversation with Chairlift
The Verge - 18 Jan 2016 20:00
When Chairlift released "Ch-Ching" last October, it felt less like a typical lead single than an announcement: things were about to change. Slinky, brassy, and bold, it sounded more assertive than anything else in the ba...
Make Productivity Your 2016 Resolution and Trim Your Inbox Fat
The Huffington Post - 18 Jan 2016 19:53
It's that time of year again. We've already eaten too much turkey, and as holiday cookies spread throughout offices, our bulging waistlines remind us that New Year's resolutions are right around the corner. Every year, "...
The Dangerous Rise of Online Child Pornography
The Huffington Post - 18 Jan 2016 19:20
Today's children live in a digital world that has embraced sexuality. Images of sex abound on the internet, and are freely accessible to children in with the simple click of a computer button, or downloading an image on ...
The Lumia 650 may be Microsoft's only Lumia release of 2016
Digital Trends - 18 Jan 2016 15:58
Rumors say Microsoft will only announce one Lumia phone in 2016, and it'll be the Lumia 650. This puts the Lumia 750 and Lumia 850's announcement in to doubt, which were previously expected at MWC 2016. The post The Lumi...