Technology News
LG decides against curved OLED screen for G6 smartphone
Pocket-lint - 3 Oct 2016 13:05
We haven't heard much about the LG G6 smartphone, but we can be sure that LG will be making it. But even though we haven't seen much in the way of specs and features rumours, LG could be losing some before they've even b...
More information on how cancer and sugar-sweetened beverages are link
Science Daily - 3 Oct 2016 17:40
A study suggests that age is an important factor in the association between cancer and sugar-sweetened beverages and recommends that intervention programs to reduce consumption of added sugar be focused on lower socio-ec...
DT Giveaway: HTC 10
Digital Trends - 3 Oct 2016 21:15
Smartphone enthusiasts, meet the HTC 10. Featuring optically stabilized front and rear camera lenses, an optimized battery, and new BoomSound Hi-Fi edition speakers, there's something for everyone to enjoy. In honor of G...
HIV researchers edge closer to a cure
Engadget - 3 Oct 2016 02:02
Most recent news on the fight against HIV has focused on preventative medicine and suppression, but British scientists might be inching toward an honest-to-goodness cure. A 44-year-old social worker in London appears to ...
Chat app Telegram is now a gaming platform too
Engadget - 3 Oct 2016 21:56
If a company has a messaging app, there's a good chance that chat bots are headed its way. Case in point, today secure-chat service Telegram announced a bot-powered gaming platform. While the app has had text-based games...
British man may have been cured of HIV
Slash Gear - 3 Oct 2016 13:00
The medical community is abuzz after a new experimental therapy may have cured a 44-year-old British man of HIV. Scientists working on the experimental therapy say that the HIV virus is completely undetectable in the man...
Porn-Surfing Smart Fridge Is a Terrifying Look Into Our Horny Future
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2016 04:45
While almost nobody needs a panini press that can sign into Twitter, the powers that be clearly believe otherwise, adding internet connectivity to many of the pleasantly dumb devices that used to populate our homes. This...
Disney World's Hall of Presidents Will Be Shut Down in January to Install Robot Trump or Robot Hillary
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2016 22:30
When our family visited Disney World in the 1990s, my parents always insisted that we visit the Hall of Presidents for a little "education" on our vacation. The attraction is a stage show with audio-animatronic president...
Here's How Quantum Computing Will Change The World
Forbes - 3 Oct 2016 05:53
The quantum computing revolution may be even more profound than the digital computing revolution a half century ago and it will happen much faster.
Nobel Prize Awarded for Work on Cellular 'Self-Cannibalism'
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2016 15:16
This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Japan's Yoshinori Ohsumi for furthering our understanding of autophagy, the biological process wherein the body eats some of itself in order to surviv...
What happens when galaxies collide?
Phys.org - 3 Oct 2016 14:20
We don't want to scare you, but our own Milky Way is on a collision course with Andromeda, the closest spiral galaxy to our own. At some point during the next few billion years, our galaxy and Andromeda - which also happ...
Your Lonely Grandparents Can Now Get a Robot Retriever To Keep Them Company
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2016 14:10
Last year Hasbro wowed, and saddened us a little, with a new line of toys targeted at seniors in need of a companion, but without the need for all the mess that comes along with a pet. The first addition to its Joy For A...
What does Earth look like from Mars?
Phys.org - 3 Oct 2016 14:00
Modern astronomy and space exploration has blessed us with a plethora of wonderful images. Whether they were images of distant planets, stars and galaxies taken by Earth-based telescopes, or close-ups of planets or moons...
Blue Apron's meal kit service has had worker safety problems
Engadget - 3 Oct 2016 03:29
Popular internet companies have a tendency to devote relatively little attention to their warehouse workers, lavishing the most attention on their software engineers. It's their code that makes it all possible, right? Ho...
Simulation of hidden ocean tides could lead to better sonar
Engadget - 3 Oct 2016 00:31
There's a lot of tidal movement under the ocean's surface, but we haven't had a great understanding of it so far. Internal tides, created around continental shelf breaks, are far more difficult to predict than the ocean ...
Volkswagen I.D. concept car gets its own sci-fi short
Mashable - 3 Oct 2016 00:20WhatsApp lets you doodle on photos and videos
Engadget - 3 Oct 2016 23:49
Even a straightforward messaging service like WhatsApp isn't immune to the allure of adding Snapchat-style features. The Facebook-owned app is introducing the option to draw on photos and videos, including emoji. If you ...
X-Men: Apocalypse Deleted Scene Shows How Cyclops Got His Visor (and His Name)
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2016 23:30
We don't really get to see Scott Summers use his classic visor in Apocalypse--he gets it as part of his final, '90s-inspired costume near the end, but that's pretty much all we see of it. As this deleted scene shows, he ...
Figo Pet Insurance: Scaling while being nimble
ZDNet - 3 Oct 2016 23:23
Rusty Sproat, CEO & Founder Figo Pet Insurance, talks about scaling a business in the cloud, how to be a stackless business and targeting pet parents with insurance, document management and record keeping for your pet...
Watch the trailer for Netflix's spoof of YouTube stardom
Engadget - 3 Oct 2016 23:20
You're about to find out how Netflix tackles the rapid rise of YouTube stars. The streaming giant has posted the first trailer for Haters Back Off, its send-up of internet video success. As mentioned when Netflix bought ...
PowerEye drone is an aerial cinematography beast
Slash Gear - 3 Oct 2016 23:15
Aerial photography and videography have been made possible in whole new ways thanks to drones, but most of the drone solutions available to consumers are on the low-end of the spectrum (in order to keep price down). That...
Amazon Finally Bans Shady Practice That Messes Up Reviews
Gizmodo - 3 Oct 2016 23:01
In what should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Amazon reviews are often deeply biased because the product in question was given to a reviewer for free or at a discount. These handouts have a tendency to artifici...