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Apple will finally let you cash in your broken iPhone
Mashable - 5 Feb 2016 04:02
The dreaded cracked iPhone screen may soon become a thing of the past Until recently, Apple Retail stores have accepted only undamaged older iPhone models for upgrade credit through the company's Reuse and Recycling trad...
The Neutrino exploit kit has a new way to detect security researchers
PC World - 5 Feb 2016 03:45
The developers of the Neutrino exploit kit have added a new feature intended to thwart security researchers from studying their attacks. The feature was discovered after Trustwave's SpiderLabs division found computers th...
Nintendo nixes its 'Quality of Life' sleep tracker project
Slash Gear - 5 Feb 2016 00:49
Think back to the fall of 2014, and you might remember mention of a sleep tracker Nintendo had in the works. The company had announced plans to develop a device that would track someone's sleep data and how fatigued they...
Report: Apple Will Take Your Broken iPhones as Trade-In
Gizmodo - 5 Feb 2016 06:55
According to Apple shaman Mark Gurman, Apple will soon be expanding its iPhone trade-in program to include busted handsets.
Google found a new way to keep you safe in its latest Chrome update
BGR - 5 Feb 2016 03:15
Exploring the sketchier regions of the Internet, you've undoubtedly run into sites so full of ads that it's nearly impossible to tell which buttons or links will actually take you to the content you're looking for. Yes, ...
Feerless app displays pop-up trigger warnings on Netflix to warn people with PTSD
Digital Trends - 5 Feb 2016 23:11
Feerless is a Google Chrome extension that displays pop-up trigger warnings on Netflix. People with PTSD can look away or fast forward through trigger scenes without going through the pains of flashbacks and anxiety, and...
Intern caught sleeping on his second day of work gets trolled by the entire Internet
BGR - 5 Feb 2016 17:52
What's the absolute worst way for an intern to make an early impression at work? Falling asleep during your second day on the job is certainly up there and that's what recently happened to one intern at a company whose s...
Artificial Pancreas Effective For Teens With Type 1 Diabetes
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2016 13:56
A newly developed closed-loop insulin delivery system has been shown to be more effective at keeping blood sugar levels low in young patients with type 1 diabetes. The device makes use of a smartphone app to monitor the ...
A robot golfer just nailed a hole-in-one in historic first
Digital Trends - 5 Feb 2016 13:45
A robot golfer called Eldrick - yes, it's name after Eldrick "Tiger" Woods - dazzled the crowd at a Phoenix Open event on Thursday with a spectacular hole-in-one over 163 yards, making it the first bot ever to achieve su...
Elon Musk has been seriously thinking about an electric jet
Mashable - 5 Feb 2016 03:31
We already know that Elon Musk is the king of electric cars. He's gunning to become the king of electric planes, too. The CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX spoke at the Hyperloop Pod Competition this week about his bigger p...
Insufferable Craigslist Guy Demands To Know Who Took A Shit On His Tesla Model X
Gizmodo - 5 Feb 2016 00:00
Everyone in Chicago, please, stop what you're doing right now. There's an emergency, and we need everybody's help. A man's Tesla Model X has been shat upon, and we must help find this rampaging car-shitter, who is still ...
Android Studio 2.0 reaches beta with new emulator and more
Android Central - 5 Feb 2016 23:32
Android Studio 2.0 is now available in the Beta release channel with a new Android emulator along with a host of improvements that should speed up app development time. Here's a quick rundown of what Android Studio 2.0 b...
Kids With Disabilities Become Superheros By Designing Their Own Prosthetics
The Huffington Post - 5 Feb 2016 16:11
Move over, Daredevil. A new generation of crusaders is in town. Thanks to the kid-friendly design firm, KidMob -- which teaches kids to tackle community-based issues with skills like 3-D modeling and printing, technical ...
Exceptionally Hot And Dry Temperature In Northeast Brazil May Have Set Off Zika Outbreak
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2016 15:05
Extreme weather conditions in Northeast Brazil may have possibly driven the sudden surge in Zika virus cases in the country. They may have also caused the rise of the population of aedes mosquitoes, researchers said.
The Alphabet Reorganization Made Google's Weekly Meetings a Little More Down to Earth
Re/code - 5 Feb 2016 15:00
It is Sundar's show now.
Plasma physicist discusses the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator
Phys.org - 5 Feb 2016 14:38
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) produced the first helium plasma in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator last December. Since then, they have cleaned the plasma vessel with many more helium ...
MIT's New AI Chip Could Make Skynet 10 Times Faster, Bring Deep Learning To Mobile
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2016 14:31
MIT researchers found that neural networks could be used on specially designed chips to quicken data transfers. The Eyeriss chip is important because its technology could lead to a significant leap ahead in mobile device...
How a 3-D Printer May Have Changed the Outcome of Super Bowl 50
Wired - 5 Feb 2016 14:00
All it takes to fix a broken arm is a plate, 12 screws, and a printer. The post How a 3-D Printer May Have Changed the Outcome of Super Bowl 50 appeared first on WIRED.
ADHD In GIrls Shapes Possibility Of Adult Obesity: Study
Tech Times - 5 Feb 2016 13:59
Girls diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have a higher chance of becoming obese later in life compared to those who do not have the condition, according to a new study by the Mayo Clinic. ADHD suffer...
You'd Never Spot This Skimming Device Found on a Safeway Checkout
Gizmodo - 5 Feb 2016 13:02
Skimmers have been growing ever more advanced in recent years. Do you think you'd be observant enough to notice that this checkout front-plate was about to gobble up your card details?
PayPal has a Super Bowl ad, too
Engadget - 5 Feb 2016 05:14
At the rate companies are releasing their Super Bowl ads prior to this Sunday, it's a wonder why they even spent the millions to air them during the big game at all. The latest in that YouTube-approved trend is none othe...