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Tim Cook on Apple Car: 'It's going to be Christmas Eve for a while'
Pocket-lint - 27 Feb 2016 04:07
Is Apple working on a vehicle? Who knows. But the company's CEO has just majorly teased us about it. Although Tim Cook hasn't said much to date about Apple's so-called "Apple Car", for whatever reason he felt more loose-...
Court tosses Apple's $120 million patent win over Samsung - CNET
CNET - 27 Feb 2016 03:22Siri interrogation video makes a difficult issue hilarious
Cult of Mac - 27 Feb 2016 00:54
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show thinks the government is going about this privacy battle with Apple all wrong. Instead of going through court orders and CEO Tim Cook, why not just ask Siri? In a clip from last night’...
Super Lice Outbreak: How To Treat And Protect Your Kids From Head Lice
Tech Times - 27 Feb 2016 15:33
Super lice, which are now resistant to commonly used over-the-counter drugs, can be spread to one person to another. Since kids are often victims, parents are advised on ways to protect their kids.
Scientists built a book-sized, protein-powered biocomputer
Engadget - 27 Feb 2016 06:53
Supercomputers are absurdly impressive in terms of raw power, but it comes at a price: size and energy consumption. A multi-university team of researchers might've sidestepped that, though, with protein-powered biocomput...
10 Surprising Ways NASA Technology Has Improved Life On Earth
The Huffington Post - 27 Feb 2016 05:20
NASA's primary focus is the cosmos, but the space agency has a surprising and significant impact on everyday technologies we use on Earth. NASA, in many ways, is America's research laboratory. Since 1976, the NASA public...
Apple's upcoming 4-inch iPhone will have a different name than we first thought
BGR - 27 Feb 2016 03:30
In just about 3 weeks, rumor has it that Apple will hold a special media event where the company will unveil a trio of new products, including a revamped iPad, some minor additions to the Apple Watch, and more importantl...
Piers Morgan Doesn't Really Seem to Understand How iPhones Work
Gizmodo - 27 Feb 2016 03:20
There have been a ton of melodramatic statements made about Apple's current disagreement with the FBI--many of them from Apple itself ! But a tweetstorm from Piers Morgan this evening might take the cake.
Shareholders Back Apple CEO Tim Cook in Fight against FBI Overreach
The Mac Observer - 27 Feb 2016 03:08
Shareholders of Apple, Inc. largely backed Apple and CEO Tim Cook in the company's decision to fight a court order to create tools that would bypass security measures in iOS. According to The New York Times, Apple's annu...
Most anticipated tech of 2016 - CNET
CNET - 27 Feb 2016 02:07Snapchat adds face swap tool, horror ensues
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2016 01:34
Forget the geofilters and birthday lenses -- Snapchat has added a face-swapping feature, making it possible for two users to trade faces. The feature works exactly the same as all the face swapping apps dotting the respe...
How The Revenent made that brutal bear mauling so wincingly realistic
Digital Trends - 27 Feb 2016 01:15
The visual-effects team responsible for the most memorable scene in Alejandro González Iñárritu's frontier epic The Revenant explains how they created the film's terrifying bear attack. The post How The Revenent made ...
Physicists May Have Discovered a New "Tetraquark" Particle
Scientific American - 27 Feb 2016 00:30
Data from the DZero experiment shows evidence of a particle containing four different types of quarks --
6 high-tech refugee shelters that can be deployed in an instant
Engadget - 27 Feb 2016 21:30
By Cat DiStasio Each year, tens of thousands of people around the world are displaced from their homes by natural disasters, war and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. When this happens, emergency-response tea...
Waiting for 'Apple Car' will be like a long Christmas Eve, teases Tim Cook
Slash Gear - 27 Feb 2016 21:00
It's true that we still know next to nothing about Apple's plans for its car-related project, whether it's a full-on vehicle decked out with iPads and built-in Apple Music streaming, or just an infotainment system beyond...
If Apple loses, your home could be the next thing that's unlocked
Engadget - 27 Feb 2016 20:30
In a recent interview about Apple's ongoing legal battle with the Department of Justice, Tim Cook said that our smartphones have more information about us and our families than any other device we own. He's right. And if...
Why I Won't Purchase the New Galaxy S7 (or Edge)
Engadget - 27 Feb 2016 19:45
Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge at Mobile World Congress 2016 for release on March 11, 2016. Along with some other Android devices, namely the LG G5, these new models came with a lot of hype. A dee...
Discogs' vinyl-tracking app goes wide February 29th
Engadget - 27 Feb 2016 18:39
Whether you call it "vinyl," "wax," "black crack" or something else entirely, we can all agree that poring over shelves for new records can be a time-consuming, but ultimately rewarding, process. And now, the folks at Di...
Antidepressants Boost Decision-Making, Suppress Inflammation In HIV Patients
Tech Times - 27 Feb 2016 15:55
Popular antidepressant paroxetine can suppress inflammation and improve decision-making and reaction time in patients with HIV-related cognitive damage. A small, controlled trial tested the effects of paroxetine and yiel...
Malignant Brain Tumors Top Cause Of Cancer Deaths Among US Adolescents, Young Adults
Tech Times - 27 Feb 2016 13:25
Malignant brain tumors are the top cause of cancer-related deaths in adolescents and young adults in the U.S. Diagnosis in this age group can be particularly disruptive and cruel given many are starting careers, finishin...
Samsung Galaxy Smartphones Are Finally Getting The Middle Finger, Taco And Unicorn Emojis With Release Of Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Tech Times - 27 Feb 2016 13:00
New emojis are coming just in time for Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. Galaxy smartphones will finally be getting the middle finger, unicorn and taco with the release of Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.
Sony Pictures Hacked By 'Well-Resourced' Group, Not Rogue Hacktivists, Says Kaspersky
Tech Times - 27 Feb 2016 11:35
The cybercriminals who carried out the Sony hack are a 'well-resourced' group, according to the findings of Kaspersky, Novetta and AlienVault. The three companies refer to the hackers as the Lazarus Group.