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QuietOn Advanced Noise Cancelling Earplugs
The Gadget Flow - 30 Jan 2016 16:00
Effectively drown out environmental noise with QuietOn, the advanced noise cancelling earplugs. Featuring sophisticated technology, these earplugs use acoustic noise attenuation to actually create silence from noise. The...
Is Time Dilation Real?
Forbes - 30 Jan 2016 22:51
Does time really slow and speed depending on how fast you're moving or how close you are to something very massive? How do we know?
New type of nanowires, built with natural gas heating
EurekAlert! - 30 Jan 2016 07:00
(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST)) A new simple, cost-effective approach that may open up an effective way to make other metallic/semiconducting nanomaterials.
Private gun sales are now banned on Facebook, Instagram
Digital Trends - 30 Jan 2016 05:30
Pushing back against anyone that was selling firearms on Facebook without a background check, representatives of the social network are now prohibiting the sale of guns through either Facebook or Instagram. The post Priv...
It's game over for Windows Phone as device sales hit an all-time low
BGR - 30 Jan 2016 02:30
Try as it may, Microsoft simply can't compete in a smartphone market still dominated by Apple's iPhone and an assortment of Android handsets. As part of the company's Q4 2015 earnings report, the company disclosed that i...
How to turn your iPhone's Health app into an essential fitness dashboard
Cult of Mac - 30 Jan 2016 19:00
Despite its heart-shaped icon, Health is an unloved app. It tends to gets relegated to a junk folder, along with other un-deletable Apple cruft, like the Stocks app. But when you get past its garish colors and clunky use...
Pulitzer prize-winning security expert denied White House clearance
USA Today - 30 Jan 2016 03:29
Ashkan Soltani was hired in Dec. by the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy
Sec. of Transportation: US Has a 'Responsibility' to Support Hyperloop Research
Motherboard - 30 Jan 2016 03:28
'I think we should lean into it,' US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx says.
Samsung's Galaxy S7 could look almost exactly like the Galaxy S6
Mashable - 30 Jan 2016 02:57
Samsung will likely unveil its next flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S7, at Mobile World Congress next month, but we may already know what it looks like. Surprise, surprise: It'll look very similar to the Galaxy S...
The FTC's New Tool Will Help You Fight Back Against Identity Theft
Tech Times - 30 Jan 2016 02:20
The FTC has released a new set of tools in the form of an upgrade to its identity theft website, essentially helping those who are victims of identity theft.
Facebook Easter Egg Turns Your Photos Into ASCII Art
Ubergizmo - 30 Jan 2016 02:14
If you used to chat on platforms like IRC back in the day, chances are you might be very familiar with ASCII art. For those who aren't familiar, ASCII art is basically where characters and symbols are put together in cre...
Feel the rhythm, feel the ride: Nissan debuts world's first seven-seat bobsled
Digital Trends - 30 Jan 2016 01:47
Nissan has unveiled the seven-seat X-Trail Bobsleigh. Inspired by the X-Trail crossover (the Rogue in the United States), the bobsled recently made its inaugural run at the Olympic Sliding Center in Innsbruck, Austria. T...
Bezalel Latitude Review: Charge Your iPhone Wirelessly With This Case For 6, 6s, 6 Plus And 6s Plus
IBTimes - 30 Jan 2016 16:54
Want to charge your phone wirelessly in a Starbucks? If you have an iPhone, you've been out of luck, but a special new case has come to the rescue. The Bezalel Latitude brings wireless charging to the iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plu...
Scientists Say They've Found The Elusive 'Holy Grail' Of Losing Fat And Gaining Muscle
Tech Times - 30 Jan 2016 13:33
A new study has found the 'holy grail' of losing fat and gaining weight. The process is gruelling but with disciplined weeks of correct diet and intense exercise, it can be done.
Google's virtual reality headset: What's the story so far?
Pocket-lint - 30 Jan 2016 05:26
You might've heard by now: Google is going big on virtual reality in 2016. We're in early-days territory still, so it's hard to be sure, but several reports about executive-level shakeups at the company, as well as VR ta...
Facebook is working on a clever ride-sharing feature for your Events page
BGR - 30 Jan 2016 05:25
A recent patent application from Facebook suggests that the social networking giant has interesting plans in store for its Events page. The patent filing specifically details how the site's Events page could also double ...
Facebook's Parse May Be Dead But It Continues To Live Within The FOSS Community
Forbes - 30 Jan 2016 05:04
The mobile developer community was up in arms with the news of Facebook shutting down Parse, the popular MBaaS platform. But the good news is that the source code for Parse is available on github.
4.5 million hours were spent transferring phone data over the 2015 holidays
Digital Trends - 30 Jan 2016 04:42
According to a recent report by a research firm, consumers spent about 4.5 million hours transferring their data from one phone to another in-store over the 2015 holiday season. The actual number depends on how fast the ...
Apple said to have secret virtual-reality team - CNET
CNET - 30 Jan 2016 04:25Forget about LTE hurting Wi-Fi and think about using it in your business
PC World - 30 Jan 2016 03:56
Controversial technology that lets LTE networks use unlicensed spectrum could become a trusted part of the enterprise IT toolkit in a few years. So-called unlicensed LTE has come under fire ever since the news about it f...
Innovative kid uses race car toy to help with his loose tooth problem
Mashable - 30 Jan 2016 23:45
Who needs the tooth fairy when you've got innovation on your side? This creative kid took matters into his own hands, using a motorized race car track to help remove his loose tooth His reaction leads us to believe he'll...
Twitter's week of beef is something we need more of
Engadget - 30 Jan 2016 23:43
Despite rapper beefs being an unofficial feature of Twitter practically since it launched, this week alone has taken things to a new level. Less than 24 hours after Neil deGrasse-Tyson tangled with B.o.B over (of all thi...