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A Simple Machine to Make Potato Holes
Scientific American - 23 Jun 2016 17:00
A cutting-edge project from Science Buddies --
The Alienware Alpha R2 Is Obscenely Powerful For Its Size
Forbes - 23 Jun 2016 19:29
The Alienware Alpha R2 is small, light and can run most modern PC games on their ultra settings.
Protect your smartphone data with G Cloud Unlimited Backup - now over 90 per cent off
Pocket-lint - 23 Jun 2016 02:07
The cold panic of losing your phone is an all-too-familiar feeling, with so much of our data, contacts, memories and more packed into our devices. Worry no more with G Cloud Unlimited Backup, which allows you to safeguar...
Ethics: Frankenstein's paperclips
The Economist - 23 Jun 2016 16:41
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The return of the machinery question Fly Title: Ethics Main image: 20160625_SRD005_0.jpg Rubric: Techies do not believe that artificial intelligence will run out of cont...
Remains of the Day: Opera Takes Aim at Microsoft's Battery Life Claims
Life Hacker - 23 Jun 2016 00:30
Opera has offered up a rebuttal to Microsoft's claims that their Edge browse is your best bet for extending your laptop's battery life. Shocker: Opera claims that their battery-saving mode is the true battery savior. Hey...
Evidence mounts for a liquid ocean on Pluto - CNET
CNET - 23 Jun 2016 14:24Incredible AI app can 'repaint' your photos, make them look like they were composed by famous artists
Digital Trends - 23 Jun 2016 19:26
The free, Russian-made, photo app allows users to customize their images by feeding photos through an artificial intelligence that "repaints" them in the stye of great artists like Van Gogh, Munch, and Picasso. The post ...
Don't be surprised if Tesla makes a Google/Alphabet-style move
Digital Trends - 23 Jun 2016 14:58
Focus on short-term returns from Tesla's planned acquisition of SolarCity misses the point of CEO Elon Musk's long-term holding-company plan. Look for Tesla Motors, Tesla Energy, HyperLoop One, SpaceX, and SolarCity to s...
Shocker! Company that sued Apple over iPhone 6 is a patent troll
BGR - 23 Jun 2016 02:00
Late last week, reports began to surface indicating that Apple was being forced to halt sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in Beijing due to a patent infringement claim from a company called Schenzhen Baili. Specifi...
Apple says it intentionally left the iOS 10 kernel unencrypted for better software optimization
9 to 5 Mac - 23 Jun 2016 03:46We're editing human genes to kill cancer
BGR - 23 Jun 2016 03:00
Killing cancer is the ultimate goal for many researchers, and they're studying various ways of doing it. Some scientists are working on a vaccine that would kill tumor cells in a patient and stop cancer from spreading. O...
Archaeologists Are Spotting Ancient Ruins in Cold War Spy Photos
The Atlantic - 23 Jun 2016 17:27
The declassified images are a treasure trove for scientists who study the empires of antiquity.
CDC To Screen 80 Percent Of At-Risk Senior Adults For Colorectal Cancer: Can U.S. Facilities Handle The Job?
Tech Times - 23 Jun 2016 15:45
A CDC study finds that U.S. facilities' screening capacity can support the goal of getting 80 percent of people who belong to at-risk groups to undergo colorectal cancer screening by 2018. However, more work needs to be ...
How To Create Android Apps For Beginners? Google And Udacity Will Teach You
Tech Times - 23 Jun 2016 15:20
Google has partnered up with Udacity to lay out a straightforward path to Android development for those who have little or no programming experience. Anyone can work on their own time to earn the Android Basics Nanodegre...
Japan's pension fund sues Toshiba over accounting scandal
Phys.org - 23 Jun 2016 15:12
Japan's national pension fund, the world's biggest, said Thursday it is suing Toshiba over a profit-padding scandal that slashed the value of its stock, as its new boss pledged to overhaul the vast conglomerate.
Lasers carve the path to tissue engineering
Phys.org - 23 Jun 2016 15:10
Future medicine is bound to include extensive tissue-engineering technologies such as organs-on-chips and organoids - miniature organs grown from stem cells. But all this is predicated on a simple yet challenging task: c...
The Toronto Raptors Are Using IBM's Watson to Draft A Winning Team
Motherboard - 23 Jun 2016 15:00
On NBA Draft Day, the supercomputer is their not-so-secret weapon.
Computer models predict how the first clumps of matter formed - and what our universe's future holds
Phys.org - 23 Jun 2016 14:56
Our universe came to life nearly 14 billion years ago in the Big Bang--a tremendously energetic fireball from which the cosmos has been expanding ever since. Today, space is filled with hundreds of billions of galaxies, ...
Godless Malware Targets 90 Percent Of Android Devices: Here's What It Can Do
Tech Times - 23 Jun 2016 14:45
A new malware dubbed Godless reportedly affects over 850,000 Android-powered smartphones and tablets worldwide. The malware can leverage multi-fold rooting exploits, which renders the devices vulnerable.
Is Zika Infection Causing More Women To Get Illegal Abortions?
Tech Times - 23 Jun 2016 14:24
Abortion requests in countries with local Zika transmissions increased significantly. Is the global epidemic causing more women to get abortions in countries with banned or restricted access to abortions?
3-D Digital Modeling Can Preserve Endangered Historic Sites Forever
Scientific American - 23 Jun 2016 14:15
Before war and time destroy more of our important cultural sites, we need to save them in 3-D digital libraries --
Pancaked SpaceX Falcon pulls into port after trio of spectacular landings
Phys.org - 23 Jun 2016 14:10
The pancaked leftovers of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage from last week's successful commercial launch but hard landing at sea, pulled silently and without fanfare into its home port over the weekend - thereby ending a st...