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Are naked, no holds barred 3D printed action figures the next big thing?
Pocket-lint - 7 Mar 2016 12:00
Following on from the success of its 3D printed superhero action figures, which sport your own face, Firebox has taken the idea one step further. Now you can get a 3D printed model of yourself in the buff, letting it all...
You'd Never Spot These Hidden Card Skimmers That Are on the Rise
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2016 14:07
Watch where you put your card. The ATM security organization EAST has published a new report pointing out that the use of s0-called Throat Inlay Skimming devices--which are hidden within the card slot--is rising.
Riva S Bluetooth speaker review: A portable, wireless speaker for music lovers
PC World - 7 Mar 2016 13:00
The market is awash in Bluetooth speakers, so a new model has to offer something extra special or really different to capture our attention, especially when that new speaker is from a new company. Riva Audio promises tha...
Microbes That Cause UTIs Use Hooks to Hold On While We Pee
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2016 19:17
Urinary tract infections are typically caused by a bacterium that somehow manages to creep its way into the bladder, despite the intense pressures exerted by urination. It turns out these microbes use hooks to cling on i...
Quantum mechanics is so weird that scientists need AI to choose the experiments - CNET
CNET - 7 Mar 2016 03:39Scaling up tissue engineering
Science Daily - 7 Mar 2016 22:27
A method has been created for 3-D bioprinting thick vascularized tissue constructs composed of human stem cells, extracellular matrix, and circulatory channels lined with endothelial blood vessel cells. The resulting net...
Apple's Craig Federighi writes op-ed in opposition to FBI on iPhone security
Mashable - 7 Mar 2016 06:03
Since the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the most charismatic member of the company's public-facing team has been senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi On Sunday, Federighi used some of t...
Mac Users Targeted By Ransomware Campaign
Ubergizmo - 7 Mar 2016 02:48
There are many who are inclined to believe that Mac computers are less susceptible to hacks or viruses compared to Windows, which unfortunately isn't particularly true. In fact just over the weekend, it has been reported...
Verizon's "Zombie Cookies" Will Finally Be Easier to Kill
Wired - 7 Mar 2016 22:41
The FCC says Verizon crossed a line by tracking customers' online behavior without their permission. The post Verizon's "Zombie Cookies" Will Finally Be Easier to Kill appeared first on WIRED.
Total Solar Eclipse: How to Watch the Spectacle
ABC News - 7 Mar 2016 20:50
When the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun, it creates an eclipse.
Both Alternative Covers For 'DOOM' Are Way Better Than The Actual Box-Art
Forbes - 7 Mar 2016 19:59
The reverse cover-art for 'DOOM' is far superior to what we're getting on the front of the box.
Gogo buys more satellite capacity after lawsuit over slow in-flight Wi-Fi
PC World - 7 Mar 2016 19:42
In-flight Internet provider Gogo plans to boost access speeds after a legal spat with customer American Airlines over slow service. Gogo plans to add bandwidth in two stages, first by buying more capacity on geostationar...
Death by gamma-ray bursts may place first lower bound on the cosmological constant
Phys.org - 7 Mar 2016 16:30
(Phys.org)--Sometimes when a star collapses into a supernova, it releases an intense, narrow beam of gamma rays. Gamma-ray bursts often last just a few seconds, but during that time they can release as much energy as the...
NYC District Attorney Conducts Biased, Unsecured Survey About How Encryption Hurts Police
Gizmodo - 7 Mar 2016 16:04
Cyrus Vance, Manhattan's District Attorney, thinks that encryption is a murderer's tool. He has testified before Congress about how encryption hurts law enforcement. At the same time, his office is running a wildly biase...
Are the Constants of Physics Constant?
Scientific American - 7 Mar 2016 15:00
So far, they seem to be—but nobody really understands why --
Plasma processing technique takes SNS accelerator to new energy highs
Phys.org - 7 Mar 2016 14:20
A novel technique known as in-situ plasma processing is helping scientists get more neutrons and better data for their experiments at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laborat...
What I've Learned Working as a Black Person in Silicon Valley
The Huffington Post - 7 Mar 2016 07:00
I'm considered a relative rarity in the world of high tech: I'm a black woman. An August 2015 article in The Verge on diversity at major internet-driven companies cited research showing that at Google and Facebook, only ...
Iowa State engineers develop flexible skin that traps radar waves, cloaks objects
EurekAlert! - 7 Mar 2016 07:00
(Iowa State University) Iowa State engineers have developed a 'meta-skin' that uses liquid-metal technology to trap radar waves and cloak objects from detection. By stretching the flexible meta-skin, the device can be tu...
Apple shuts down first-ever ransomware attack against Mac users
PC World - 7 Mar 2016 03:51
With the help of security researchers, Apple over the weekend quickly blocked a cyberattack aimed at infecting Mac users with file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. The incident is believed to be the first Apple-fo...
The Founder of Email, Ray Tomlinson, Dies
Time - 7 Mar 2016 03:38
Tomlinson was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012
First Mac ransomware: Am I infected?
Slash Gear - 7 Mar 2016 23:39
If you want to see your files again, cough up one Bitcoin. That's the message some unwitting Mac owners faced after accidentally installing malware on their computers, with the so-called ransomware encrypting their perso...
Funimation launches its all-in-one anime destination site
Engadget - 7 Mar 2016 23:30
Funimation Entertainment announced today that its FunimationNow platform is now live. The site, which we first saw back at CES, will make the studio's expansive archive of shows -- including DBZ, Attack on Titan and Assa...