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Vector Luna Smartwatch with 30-Day Battery Life
The Gadget Flow - 6 Feb 2016 16:00
Keep time, and tracking, for days on end with the Vector Luna Smartwatch with 30-day battery life. Although resembling a traditional watch on the home screen, this watch is actually super smart. Compatible with iOS, Andr...
The Mac "Startup Disk Almost Full" Message and How to Fix It
OS X Daily - 6 Feb 2016 22:31
Many Mac users will inevitably see the “Your startup disk almost full” error message show up in OS X, with a vague note to delete some files in order to make more space available on the Mac. While you can disregard t...
The Comet That Battered Jupiter, and Shook Congress
Scientific American - 6 Feb 2016 15:15
After Shoemaker–Levy 9 wrecked havoc on the solar system’s largest planet in 1994, for a rare moment on Earth politics were not parochial, but astronomical. Its political and scientific... --
Apple Files For Mistrial In $625 Million VirnetX Lawsuit
Ubergizmo - 6 Feb 2016 08:37
A couple of days ago, a court ruled against Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit, in which the company suing Apple, VirnetX, won. The court ordered Apple to pay the company an eye-watering $625 million in damages, a nu...
Cops nab man for crashing a drone into the Empire State building
Engadget - 6 Feb 2016 06:35
A New Jersey native's drone has recently crashed into the Empire State building, and unlike the person whose machine hit Seattle's Great Wheel, he didn't get away with it. Authorities have arrested the man an NBC affilia...
Twitter deleted 125k (mostly) ISIS accounts over last 6 months
Slash Gear - 6 Feb 2016 04:45
Twitter has at times been criticized for allegedly allowing extremists' accounts to remain live, though the company regularly squashes those accounts as they surface. In a statement today, Twitter got right at the heart ...
Watch a Magnet Inside a Sock Break Open a Safe in Seconds
Gizmodo - 6 Feb 2016 04:08
Safes and locks and other security measures of that nature? They're all eventually doomed because they're designed to open. It's just a matter of how long it takes. With the help of rare earth magnets, it takes just seco...
5 Best Minerals & Fossils To Buy With Your IRS Tax Refund
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 22:23
Whether you've got a sweet spot for trilobites, petrified wood, or any number of colorful minerals for sale we've got you covered
Google releases Android Studio 2.0 beta with improved developer tools
Slash Gear - 6 Feb 2016 15:00
Google has just announced that a beta of its Android Studio 2.0 software is now available for download, offering new and improved tools for Android app developers. As the latest version of the IDE (integrated development...
Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Have 5 Billion Users By 2030 Thanks To Solar-Powered Autonomous Planes
Tech Times - 6 Feb 2016 12:35
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the social network will have 5 billion users by 2030. Dubbed as Aquila, the solar-powered autonomous planes are expected to help achieve the huge increase that the company has s...
WhatsApp Group Chat Can Now Fit A Small Army
Tech Times - 6 Feb 2016 11:50
WhatsApp users will now be able to exchange messages with more than 200 people in a group chat. The latest update on the popular messaging service's chat feature is now available to iOS and Android users.
Polymer Coating Turns Contact Lenses Into Tiny Computer Screens
Tech Times - 6 Feb 2016 11:08
There's already proof-of-concept research on a polymer film coating that can turn contact lenses into computer screens. The ultra-thin film coating technology is hoped to offer medical benefits, such as featuring sensors...
Google To Counter Radicalization By Serving Anti-ISIS Ads As Results To Extremist Search Queries
Tech Times - 6 Feb 2016 10:08
Google has planned to launch pilot programs aimed at countering the online influence of extremist groups such as ISIS. Users who will be conducting online searches related to extremism will be shown anti-radicalization l...
Apple Launches Repair Program for Late 2013 Mac Pro Video Issues
Mac Rumors - 6 Feb 2016 07:15
Apple today launched a new Repair Extension Program that addresses video issues on some late 2013 Mac Pro models, according to an internal notice obtained by MacRumors. Apple has determined that graphics cards in some la...
Cheap USB Type-C Cords Can Burn Your Gadgets: Best USB-C Accessories To Buy Instead
Tech Times - 6 Feb 2016 04:56
News about cheap USB type-C cords frying up gadgets has been cropping up, and that's proof that it's better to spend a little more just to be sure your devices won't get burned. Here's a list of the best USB-C accessorie...
All Is Not Well In VMware's Cloudy World
Forbes - 6 Feb 2016 04:31
VMware is facing an uphill battle in driving vCloud Air’s adoption among enterprise customers. Launched with much fanfare in 2013 as vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS), the platform failed to take off. It’s quickly turning...
Google Wants To Wirelessly Charge Their Self-Driving Cars
Ubergizmo - 6 Feb 2016 04:27
Google's experiment with their self-driving car has certainly come a long way from being made legal in California a few years back, and it seems that the tech giant wants their autonomous vehicles (which have already bee...
New Air Force Satellites Launched To Improve GPS
TechCrunch - 6 Feb 2016 04:14
This morning, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched a Boeing-built satellite into orbit as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS). This $131 million satellite was the final addi...
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, 6th man on moon, dies in Florida
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2016 03:20
Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who became the sixth man on the moon when he and Alan Shepard helped NASA recover from Apollo 13's "successful failure" and later devoted his life to exploring physics, the mind, and u...
N. Korea says rocket launch early as Sunday
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2016 20:21
North Korea's widely-condemned launch of a long-range rocket could happen within a matter of hours, after Pyongyang shortened and brought forward the start of the launch window to Sunday morning.
Space Station Back At Dusk / See Orion's Curlicue and Five Dawn Planets
Universe Today - 6 Feb 2016 19:59
I hadn't been paying attention, so I was pleasantly surprised two nights ago to see the International Space Station (ISS) made a bright pass in the southwestern sky. A quick check revealed that another round of evening p...
Best Space Photos of the Week - Feb. 6, 2016
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2016 18:32
From cosmic creations and planets to technologic selfies and rocket launches, here are the best space images for this week.