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Can SD card tech keep up with new DSLRs? Nikon is next to confirm a glitch
Digital Trends - 12 Jul 2016 17:43
A week after Canon confirmed a card glitch, Nikon is releasing firmware as a temporary fix to an SD card error of its own. So why are the new DSLRs seeing errors? Both companies say the cards, not the cameras, are at fau...
How much mobile data does Pokémon Go use?
Android Central - 12 Jul 2016 20:02
How much of my monthly mobile data is being used up by Pokémon Go? Pokémon Go is a really fun game, and part of what makes it so interesting is the fact that you need to go outside and move around to play it effectivel...
Why Does Synthetic Marijuana Make People Act Like Zombies?
Live Science - 12 Jul 2016 12:15
Users of increasingly popular street drugs called synthetic cannabinoids are showing some incredibly strange behaviors.
Potentially Deadly Superbug Once Thought Gone Reemerges In The US
Tech Times - 12 Jul 2016 16:01
Researchers have revealed that a potentially deadly superbug that caused a little panic earlier this year was also discovered in a sample of human bacteria back in 2015.
How to level up your trainer in Pokémon Go
Android Central - 12 Jul 2016 19:00
How do I level up my trainer in Pokémon Go? You can't expect to be the best trainer in your city -- let alone the world -- if you're stuck at level one! In Pokémon Go it's not only important to raise the Combat Power (...
Which Pokémon Go team should you pick?
Android Central - 12 Jul 2016 21:00
Instinct, Mystic and Valor. Three teams from which you'll choose. And you'll want to choose wisely. So you've finally reached Level 5 in Pokémon Go. That opens up an entire new world of gameplay. Gyms are now a huge dea...
'Pokémon GO' Players Say Game Has Mental Health Benefits
Tech Times - 12 Jul 2016 11:47
The 'Pokémon' franchise has a massive fan base, so it wasn't surprising that 'Pokémon GO' was a big hit. What many didn't expect, however, was that the mobile game would also offer mental health benefits for them.
Do not fake your location in Pokemon Go
Android Central - 12 Jul 2016 10:00
That random dude on the internet does not care if you get banned. Pokemon Go is a location-based game, where you have to go to a physical location in the real world in order to accomplish a task and do better in the game...
SwRI's Spencer selected for AGU's Whipple Award
EurekAlert! - 12 Jul 2016 06:00
(Southwest Research Institute) Dr. John Spencer, an Institute scientist at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), is receiving the 2016 Planetary Sciences Section Whipple Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Th...
Discovery could lead to treatment to better regulate insulin
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2016 15:33
A recent discovery holds promise for those who are obese or diabetic and do not benefit from medications to regulate their glucose and insulin levels.
New antidepressant target discovered
Science Daily - 12 Jul 2016 15:33
Scientists have shown how manipulating a novel target in the brain using gene therapy could lead to new treatments for depression. Decreasing a set of proteins in the hippocampus reduced depression-like behavior in mice....
Pokemon Go's gaping privacy flaw is now being fixed
Slash Gear - 12 Jul 2016 05:00
It might soon be safe to go out in the wild again and hunt for Pokemon. At least if Pokemon GO's recently revealed privacy problem was the reason you stopped playing, and not, you know, the dangers of getting mugged or c...
MIT's anonymous online communications protocol Riffle could beat Tor at its own game
TechCrunch - 12 Jul 2016 03:24
Tor has been the go-to for anonymous communication online for years now — and that has made it one of the juiciest targets possible to the likes of the NSA and FBI. A new anonymizing protocol from MIT may prove more ...
CVS tipped to be testing Apple Pay
Slash Gear - 12 Jul 2016 23:29
CVS said in a tweet that it is "evaluating mobile payment options" for its customers, and word has surfaced that Apple Pay is included among those tests. Though Apple Pay isn't officially available in the stores, there h...
Black hole makes material wobble around it
Phys.org - 12 Jul 2016 22:58
The European Space Agency's orbiting X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has proved the existence of a "gravitational vortex" around a black hole. The discovery, aided by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) ...
NASA to Televise Prelaunch Briefing, Launch of Next Commercial Resupply Mission to International Space Station
NASA Breaking news - 12 Jul 2016 22:48No Big Bang --"Our Universe Was Formed From an Older Collapsing Universe"
The Daily Galaxy - 12 Jul 2016 22:43
A new study of the early universe reveals how it could have been formed from an older collapsing universe, rather than being brand new. The universe is currently expanding and it is a common theory that this is the resul...
ESA Discovers Where All The Missing Socks Have Been Going
Universe Today - 12 Jul 2016 22:12
We here at Earth are fortunate that we have a viable atmosphere, one that is protected by Earth's magnetosphere. Without this protective envelope, life on the surface would be bombarded by harmful radiation emanating fro...
NASA eyes first-ever carbon-nanotube mirrors for CubeSat telescope
Phys.org - 12 Jul 2016 21:45
A lightweight telescope that a team of NASA scientists and engineers is developing specifically for CubeSat scientific investigations could become the first to carry a mirror made of carbon nanotubes in an epoxy resin.
Black Hole Makes Material Wobble Around It
PTTU - 12 Jul 2016 21:26
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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View
PTTU - 12 Jul 2016 21:07
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Pokemon GO update fixes security hole
Slash Gear - 12 Jul 2016 20:04
This morning the folks at Niantic appear to have fixed the security hole on the iOS version of the app, making this fix available to the masses on iTunes. Users will also find a variety of other fixes in the mix, suggest...