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Apple iPhone 7 may censor your music to stop swearing
Pocket-lint - 7 Apr 2016 14:47
Apple is working on software capable of automatically censoring swear words out of music and audio books. The feature could appear in the next iOS update or with the launch of the iPhone 7. Apple has a patent for a smart...
The FreezTHAT tray makes ice in ten minutes
Coolest Gadgets - 7 Apr 2016 21:30
When you’re hosting a get-together, you want to be the entertainer with an unlimited supply of things to eat and drink while maintaining a calm environment. If you have the ambiance and snacks down, there is one item y...
How to read your 'secret' Facebook messages
USA Today - 7 Apr 2016 18:56Minisafe Wallet
The Gadget Flow - 7 Apr 2016 15:00
Never lose your wallet again with the Minisafe wallet. This is the first pocket size vault which comes with an integrated tracker to will protect your personal information, cards and money. The wallet is not just RFID sa...
LIGO researchers suggest background noise due to gravity waves may be much greater than thought
Phys.org - 7 Apr 2016 14:30
(Phys.org)--The research team working with the LIGO project has proposed that the data gleaned from the discovery of gravity waves last year allows for calculating the likely level of cosmic background noise due to gravi...
Anonymous' 'Hack Israel Day' Could Impact the Entire World
Re/code - 7 Apr 2016 14:00
Israel was hit by a massive cyber offensive today. But unlike other attacks, #OpIsrael was announced in advance.
Samsung expects solid first-quarter results as the Galaxy S7 enjoys strong sales
TechCrunch - 7 Apr 2016 07:05
After sounding a dour note in its last earnings report, Samsung Electronics issued unexpectedly upbeat quarterly guidance today. The company said it expects to report consolidated sales of about 49 trillion won and ope...
Ubuntu plugs code exec, DoS Linux kernel holes
The Register - 7 Apr 2016 05:58
This is kind of a big deal because the mess is in 14.04 LTS, expiry date 2019 Ubuntu has patched four Linux kernel vulnerabilities that allowed for arbitrary code execution and denial of service attacjs....
3D Printer Churns Out Instantly Working Robot
Ubergizmo - 7 Apr 2016 04:06
3D printing technology has become more and more affordable for just about everyone, and this augurs well for the industry overall as it means that we are now seeing a greater adoption base among users, who will then come...
Mishmi Takin - Get Wet, Stay Dry
The Gadget Flow - 7 Apr 2016 15:01
While delivering life-saving medicines to remote communities in Liberia, West Africa and in Eastern Himalayas, India, Kapil Dev Singh realized that his high-end, waterproof gear was not performing in the hot & humid trop...
Linking To Pirated Content Does Not Equal Copyright Infringement
Ubergizmo - 7 Apr 2016 14:49
Say you found a movie uploaded onto YouTube and you were to share that link on your blog or to your friends to said movie, would that count as copyright infringement? If we were to look at this logically, you are in some...
Samsung contact lens displays will put AR video and cameras in your eyes
Pocket-lint - 7 Apr 2016 10:43
The ultimate goal of augmented reality is to seamlessly blend the real world and the virtual, which is done best without a headset. Now Samsung has won a patent for a contact lens display that will do that and more. Sams...
Hacking Team's export authorisation hacked by Italian government
The Register - 7 Apr 2016 08:04
The ministry giveth, and the ministry taketh away The Italian government has revoked the blanket export license that allowed Hacking Team to ship its surveillance tools around the world....
NASA Just Made Almost 3 Million New Images of Earth Available for Free
PetaPixel - 7 Apr 2016 18:18Watch the first crewed flight of the world's first "flying car"
New Scientist - 7 Apr 2016 17:14
Billed as the future of urban personal transport by its makers, the Volocopter is easy to fly and could take off vertically from in front of your house
Maryland hospital group denies ignored warnings allowed ransomware attack
Ars Technica - 7 Apr 2016 16:12
MedStar denies ransom payment, denies earlier JBoss bugs played role.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Teaser Trailer
The Mac Observer - 7 Apr 2016 15:25
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" hits theaters this December and we can finally get a taste of the film because Disney released the first teaser trailer on Thursday. The movie follows a Rebel Alliance group as they try to ...
Fire And Ice Study Shows Similar Efficacy And Safety Of Radiofrequency, Cryoballoon Ablation
Tech Times - 7 Apr 2016 11:15
Atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm, could pose serious complications that is why urgent treatment is needed. There are two established treatment procedures for this condition and a new study suggests that they...
There's oil in that thar ... Chinese space probe?
The Register - 7 Apr 2016 07:29
What could possibly go wrong when sending oil into space at 500 times sea level pressure? China has announced the successful launch of its SJ-10 probe, which ascended into the heavens atop a Long March 2-D rocket overnig...
Remote code execution found and fixed in Apache OpenMeetings
The Register - 7 Apr 2016 07:02
Password token snatch might explain that unexpected weirdo in your next online meeting Recurity Labs hacker Andreas Lindh has found four vulnerabilities, including a remote code execution hole, in Apache OpenMeetings. Th...
A Convoy of Autonomous Trucks Just Drove Across Europe
Gizmodo - 7 Apr 2016 06:51
As much as everyone is getting excited about Google's cute little autonomous cars, self-driving trucks are the most obvious--and probably easiest--beneficiaries of autonomous tech. To prove this, a "platoon" of connected...
850 airports sign up for a drone notification system
The Verge - 7 Apr 2016 19:30
As small drones have become increasingly commonplace, so have reports of close calls by airliners. A recent FAA report tallied the average at four sightings a day, a five-fold increase from the year before. To help addre...