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The Shirk Report - Volume 365
Twisted Sifter - 15 Apr 2016 17:10
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 25 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting
iPhone SE Vs iPhone 6S: What's The Difference?
Forbes - 15 Apr 2016 02:30
Comparing the iPhone 6S and iPhone SE reveals big differences and even bigger surprises...
This Diablo 2 Mod Was Made In StarCraft 2
Ubergizmo - 15 Apr 2016 02:03
While games like Warcraft and StarCraft are pretty great games on their own, sometimes people tend to forget that they both offer the ability to make mods and custom games using the map editor. In fact one of the most po...
Citee Map T-Shirts
The Gadget Flow - 15 Apr 2016 15:00
Citee is a collection of t-shirts printed with maps from all over the world. Each Citee is individually made to order, and carries a highly detailed printed all over the front of American Apparel’s super-soft, 100% pol...
How a Cam Girl Conspiracy Theory Sparked Masturbation Innovation
Motherboard - 15 Apr 2016 14:00
A cam girl and a hacker combined to improve the camming experience for users everywhere.
Swapping plaster casts for 3-D printing
Phys.org - 15 Apr 2016 14:57
NovaCast a device that prevents infections, ulcers and even amputation of limbs, is 10 times lighter than traditional materials and allows good ventilation.
Apple might finally be revamping the App Store
Engadget - 15 Apr 2016 05:54
Finding anything on the App Store is kind of a nightmare, but Apple apparently has a way to fix that. And the Cupertino company is considering taking a page from Google to do it: paid search results, according to a repor...
US government tells Windows users to uninstall QuickTime as Apple stops support
The Verge - 15 Apr 2016 05:47
The Department of Homeland Security has advised that PC owners uninstall Apple's QuickTime for Windows, after two vulnerabilities were discovered in its code. Because Apple is no longer updating the Windows version of th...
Apple may let developers pay for App Store search results, report says
Mashable - 15 Apr 2016 02:46
Apple may soon be radically changing the way it deals with developers in its App Store. The company is considering plans that would allow developers to pay for sponsored search results in the App Store, according to a ne...
Princeton graduate student creates program that helps stabilize fusion plasma
Phys.org - 15 Apr 2016 19:22
Imène Goumiri, a Princeton University graduate student, has worked with physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) to simulate a method for limiting instabilities that...
The genetic evolution of Zika virus
Science Daily - 15 Apr 2016 18:56
An analysis comparing the individual differences between over 40 strains of Zika virus has identified significant changes in both amino acid and nucleotide sequences during the past half-century. The data support a stron...
Record High: Vinyl Hits Its Highest Sales in 20 Years
NBC News - 15 Apr 2016 15:59
Sales of vinyl records have reached their highest level for 20 years and could be on track to return to the glory days of the Long Player in the late 1980s.
Police target hundreds of websites after Paris attacks
Phys.org - 15 Apr 2016 15:47
French police have targeted hundreds of websites suspected of "inciting or glorifying acts of terrorism" after the Paris attacks by ordering content removals, delisting sites from search engines or blocking access.
A new combination of materials allows state-of-the-art operating controls with elastic circuits
Phys.org - 15 Apr 2016 15:31
The research scientists at INM have succeeded in manufacturing circuit paths on thin, elastic foil made of silicone. Since these are relatively insensitive to compression and elongation strain, the electrical circuits ca...
Millions of kids used e-cigarettes last year
Engadget - 15 Apr 2016 07:03
Stephen Dorff is apparently more influential than we all thought -- if the youth of America even know who he is. Last year 3 million middle-schoolers and high-school students used e-cigarettes as their preferred method o...
Social media ban makes prison even worse for inmates in Texas
Digital Trends - 15 Apr 2016 04:11
Texas is banning the use of social media in prisons for inmates and their friends or family members that run accounts in their names. The rule, which has been criticized by some as "unconstitutional," is set to be enforc...
Samsung to Supply Apple With OLED Display Panels Starting in 2017
Mac Rumors - 15 Apr 2016 03:45
Samsung Display Co. will begin supplying Apple with OLED display panels starting in 2017, reports The Korea Herald. According to the terms of the deal, which is worth $2.59 billion, Samsung will provide Apple with 100 mi...
These graphene-based nanobots suck up lead contamination to clean our oceans
Digital Trends - 15 Apr 2016 03:16
These three-layered nanobots are a triple threat: Their graphene oxide exterior absorbs lead, their nickel middle allows researchers to control their movement via a magnetic field, and a coating of platinum on the inside...
Twitter Experiences Brief Service Disruption Across The Globe
Tech Times - 15 Apr 2016 03:05
Twitter experienced a temporary breakdown on April 13 when the users met with an error message citing technical problems upon trying to access the site. Coincidentally, the outage happened when Laker's basketball superst...
Impraise raises $1.6M seed to rethink how companies handle performance reviews
TechCrunch - 15 Apr 2016 13:14
Annual performance reviews are often more like an annual headache for both managers and employees. Impraise, a startup that wants to streamline the process with a mobile app, just raised $1.6 million in seed funding. I...
Apple is shutting down iTunes allowance for kids
Engadget - 15 Apr 2016 02:42
After May 25th, you'll have to come up with an alternative arrangement for your kids' iTunes purchases. Apple is killing iTunes allowance that day and even already stopped allowing new users to sign up for the feature on...
TaskRabbit names new CEO
USA Today - 15 Apr 2016 01:29
Stacy Brown-Philpot is one of the few black women leading a high-profile tech start-up in Silicon Valley.