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The FBI Wants To Crack Another Dead Terrorist's Locked iPhone
Wired - 7 Oct 2016 05:49
Minnesota knife attacker Dahir Adan's iPhone remains locked---just like the one that sparked a feud between the Bureau and Apple earlier this year. The post The FBI Wants To Crack Another Dead Terrorist's Locked iPhone a...
NO.1 G6 Smartwatch
The Gadget Flow - 7 Oct 2016 14:55
Combine the beauty of a high-end fashionable design with your sports analysis through the No. 1 G6 Smartwatch. It comes with powerful functions and has a polymer Lithium-ion battery capacity of 380 mAh. The multi-functio...
How to Make Sure You Never Get Locked Out of Your Facebook Account
Gizmodo - 7 Oct 2016 14:51
Whether someone's stolen your credentials or you really can't remember your password, if you're ever locked out of your Facebook account, there are a number of routes you can take to get back in. One of the most effectiv...
Is This One Company To Blame For Cameras Exploited In Record Web Attacks?
Forbes - 7 Oct 2016 14:30
515,000 devices made by Chinese company Hangzhou XiongMai Technologies are vulnerable to simple hacks. Many were exploited to launch record DDoS attacks, researcher claims.
Snapchat reportedly planning IPO in March that would value it at $25B
Digital Trends - 7 Oct 2016 06:01
Snap Inc., the company formerly known as Snapchat, is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering with an expected $25 billion valuation, making it the biggest company to go public on the U.S. exchange since 2014...
Researchers Night
ESA - 7 Oct 2016 16:50
ESA 2016 European Researchers' Night in Italy, 30 September
Google's self-driving car T-boned by a reckless driver in California
Digital Trends - 7 Oct 2016 16:03
There's not a lot Google's self-driving cars can do to avoid reckless drivers. An autonomous prototype was recently T-boned in California by a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van that ran a red light at 30 mph. The post Google’...
Within Seconds Cozmo Supersedes Other Robot Toys
Forbes - 7 Oct 2016 15:29
Anki's robot toy, Cozmo, brings Pixar-style animation to physical tech and character interactions to toys unlike anything I've seen before.
Robot Bartender
Scientific American - 7 Oct 2016 13:00
Silicon Valley chipmaker Intel teamed with Japanese robot builder Vstone to create Sota II, a bow-tied bartender bot that responds to spoken commands. Sota II uses Intel’s recently introduced... --
Electronic stick-on notes make paper Post-its obsolete
Slash Gear - 7 Oct 2016 22:07
Post-it and other sticky notes that you can quickly scribble a note on are great, and that’s probably why they’re not obsolete yet. Yes, you can set a reminder on your phone or tablet; it’s easy to sweep those noti...
Verizon reportedly asks for $1B discount on Yahoo sale - CNET
CNET - 7 Oct 2016 06:08
The wireless company, set to buy Yahoo for $4.8 billion, reportedly wants the price lowered after Yahoo was caught in recent controversies.
Watch snakes turn a swimming pool into a fight ring - CNET
CNET - 7 Oct 2016 21:31
Snakes in a swimming pool! Two male pythons battle over a female snake in a woman's backyard in Australia.
New NIST test bed makes the 'digital thread' accessible
Phys.org - 7 Oct 2016 20:33
Researchers at the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have launched the Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) Test Bed. The test bed is an innovative model factory that will faci...
IBM And Lenovo Data Center Strategies, Two Years After The Sale
Forbes - 7 Oct 2016 15:10
IBM and Lenovo closed on the sale of IBM's x86 server business to Lenovo two years ago. It's hard to find examples where the transfer of assets between two direct competitors work out well for both, but here we are, two ...
What Pilots See When They Fly Into Hurricane Matthew
Gizmodo - 7 Oct 2016 14:59
The Hurricane Hunters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are perhaps the ballsiest pilots on this terrifying and vengeful planet.
Researchers prevent quantum errors from occurring by continuously watching a quantum system
Phys.org - 7 Oct 2016 14:41
A team of scientists led by Tim Taminiau of QuTech, the quantum institute of TU Delft and TNO, has now experimentally demonstrated that errors in quantum computations can be suppressed by repeated observations of quantum...
DEA Reducing Amount Of Opioid Medication Manufactured In The US By 25 Percent In 2017
Tech Times - 7 Oct 2016 14:36
DEA reduced the amount of opioid pills that may be produced in the country in 2017. Ongoing opioid epidemic and decrease in the prescription of such pills by doctors in recent days are claimed to be the reasons behind th...
New report claims there are 12 million mobile developers, and that's not nearly enough
TechRepublic - 7 Oct 2016 14:30
Comparing mobile usage data with mobile developer numbers shows a big deficit. Here's why that matters.
Prisma's Awesome Photo Filters Can Now Be Used On Video
Life Hacker - 7 Oct 2016 14:00
Prisma is a sweet little app that lets you add some pretty crazy filters to your photos. Now, you can add those same filters to your videos. iOS users can try it out now, with Android on the way.
Google Assistant: How Google is making the OS irrelevant
Slash Gear - 7 Oct 2016 13:58
Days before the Google Pixel finally broke cover, there was a lot of talk about the possibility of a certain Andromeda OS being revealed as well. Andromeda was an intriguing though highly debatable idea, a true unificati...
Samsung might actually be facing a second Galaxy Note 7 recall
BGR - 7 Oct 2016 13:45
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 recall problems are far from over, as replacement units keep exploding. The first such incidents were reported in China a few weeks ago, just as the rest of the world was receiving safe Galaxy Not...
A layer of diamond can prevent high-power electronic devices from overheating
Phys.org - 7 Oct 2016 13:40
Powerful electronic components can get very hot. When many components are combined into a single semiconductor chip, heating can become a real problem. An overheating electronic component wastes energy and is at risk of ...