Technology News
NASA boasts record number of astronaut applications
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2016 22:45
NASA says it has received a record number of astronaut training applications, with more than 18,300 people submitting their bid to become one of the nation's next space travelers. In comparison, only 8,000 applications w...
Galaxy S7 Vs Galaxy S6 Vs Galaxy S5: Should You Upgrade?
Forbes - 25 Feb 2016 04:00
Samsung has delivered a blend of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S5, but is the Galaxy S7 worth your money?
Sleep Shepherd Blue - A Tracker That Helps You Sleep
The Gadget Flow - 25 Feb 2016 16:00
The Sleep Shepherd Blue is a comfortable, adjustable headband containing thin speakers and conductive fabric electroencephalograph (EEG) sensors. The Sleep Shepherd Blue helps you optimize your sleep patterns with a pate...
Test Marks Milestone for Deep-Space Gravitational Wave Observatory
Scientific American - 25 Feb 2016 19:30
The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft successfully fields technology for future one-billion-euro mission --
Nissan Leaf app deactivated because it's hackable
USA Today - 25 Feb 2016 07:00
The app let Leaf owners control their cars' heating and cooling system via smartphone
Apple is said to be trying to make it harder to hack iPhones
The Loop - 25 Feb 2016 06:20
This is the logical next step for Apple even if this fight with the FBI hadn't come up. But, given the climate Apple finds itself in, these new measures will come under even greater scrutiny from the government and the p...
Fidelio
The Economist - 25 Feb 2016 17:41
Sing up, dear THE lovey-dovey monogamy which the untutored eye may perceive in pairs of songbirds, raising their young together in nests constructed by joint endeavour, has long been exposed by zoologists as a fantasy. E...
Londoners with Apple Pay can ride the Tube free for three days
The Verge - 25 Feb 2016 17:35
London residents who are MasterCard customers and use Apple Pay will be able to ride the Tube for free over the next three Mondays, as part of a promotion by the credit card company to incentivize its users to ditch thei...
Pass the popcorn: Popcorn Time relaunches following shutdown
Digital Trends - 25 Feb 2016 16:23
After being shuttered last year as a result of legal action from the MPAA, PopcornTime.io has returned, but the team behind it is being careful to remain hidden, and says it is "a little diminished." The post Pass the po...
Facebook donates servers to speed up research into AI
Phys.org - 25 Feb 2016 17:13
Facebook announced Thursday it was donating computer servers to a number of research institutions across Europe, starting with Germany, to accelerate research efforts in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Leaked schematics show us what Apple's next new iPhone will look like
BGR - 25 Feb 2016 17:08
Though Tim Cook once promised to "double down" on product secrecy, details surrounding Apple's upcoming iPhone 5se haven't left much to the imagination. Recently, schematics and drawings of Apple's soon to be unveiled 4-...
Ericsson and Apple 'Need Each Other,' Says CEO Hans Vestberg
Re/code - 25 Feb 2016 16:54
Though next-generation networks are still years off, CEO Hans Vestberg says the push for early testing is warranted.
Why ransomware is on the rise
Phys.org - 25 Feb 2016 16:10
A California hospital recently had its patients' records held hostage. But the perpetrators did not commandeer a room full of paper files. They were in fact hackers who restricted access to the electronic records and dem...
VizorX - The All-Season Helmet Visor
The Gadget Flow - 25 Feb 2016 16:01
Protect your face all year round with VizorX, the all-season helmet visor. Easily attaching to virtually any bicycle helmet, this innovative visor keeps you protected from anything you may encounter on your ride. Great f...
Braven Mira Portable Wireless Weatherproof Speaker
The Gadget Flow - 25 Feb 2016 15:59
Pump the tunes rain or shine with the Braven Mira Portable Wireless Weatherproof Speaker. Ticking all of the boxes for a convenient and portable speaker, this one comes with a built in kickstand as well as a plastic hook...
See the cosmos with X-ray vision--Japan's new Hitomi space telescope
Phys.org - 25 Feb 2016 15:50
In June 1962, an Aerobee 150 sounding-rocket blasted above the Earth's atmosphere from the White Sands Missile Range in the United States of America. During its five-minute flight, the small research craft aimed to detec...
Passive WiFi uses 10,000 times less power than normal WiFi
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2016 15:30
A group of researchers at the University of Washington has made a WiFi breakthrough that could result in wireless networks that consume much less power. As it is now WiFi, enabled devices give up a significant amount of ...
Apple Is Fixing That 1970 Bug In the Next iOS
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2016 05:00
The 1970 bug is a slightly annoying and mostly entertaining software glitch that bricks any iPhone by setting the date back before May 1970. Unsurprisingly, Apple's correcting that glitch in the next version of iOS.
Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 launch for PS4, Xbox One this year
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2016 23:50
Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 will be arriving on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 this year, starting with the 6th installment and working backwards as the year progresses. The first game will be avai...
The Craziest Line in Apple's Motion to Throw Out the iPhone Case
Gizmodo - 25 Feb 2016 23:06
Apple just took its next swipe in the fight over unlocking a terrorist's iPhone : a court order to vacate. The company is invoking the First and Fifth Amendments to argue that the court order it received to create a back...
Tesla will now tow your car up to 500 miles
Slash Gear - 25 Feb 2016 22:35
There's really nothing worse than being on a road trip, only to have your car break down a few hundred miles from home. You're pretty much stuck paying whatever mechanic is nearby to do the work. If you don't have the ca...
Chagas disease: A wake-up call to accelerate the diagnosis, treatment and research
Science Daily - 25 Feb 2016 22:34
Without a more efficient treatment, more than 200,000 people living with Chagas disease will die from heart disease in the next five years.