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Robot vacuum from Neato brings intelligence to housecleaning
Digital Trends - 23 Nov 2016 02:02
With consumers moving toward smart devices, Neato Robotics has launched a robot vacuum that can be connected to Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa. With the Neato vacuum, cleaning your home is as simple as saying, "Alexa, ...
Handy's Black Friday promo rewards contractors over customers
TechCrunch - 23 Nov 2016 18:17
Handy, the on-demand service for cleaners, handymen, and more, has today announced the Give > Get promotion for Black Friday. This Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, customers pay the same amount as they’d usually pay...
'Global Warming Hiatus' Not Good News For Planet Earth
Universe Today - 23 Nov 2016 22:39
The slowdown in the rise of the global mean surface temperature between 1998 and 2013 wasn't a slowdown at all. The oceans have warmed instead. The post ‘Global Warming Hiatus’ Not Good News For Planet Earth appeared...
Hubble spies spiral galaxy
Phys.org - 23 Nov 2016 14:03
Spiral galaxy NGC 3274 is a relatively faint galaxy located over 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion).
Yum! How Thanksgiving Meals for Astronauts Are Made (Video)
SPACE.com - 23 Nov 2016 13:55
The foil-clad portions of turkey, mashed potatoes and cherry/blueberry cobbler aboard the International Space Station might not look much like a traditional Thanksgiving meal, but they hearken back to the Earthbound feas...
This new smartphone antenna could boost your signal and battery life
BGR - 23 Nov 2016 05:23
In the never-ending quest to squeeze more power out of less space in our smartphones, researchers in Finland have developed a revolutionary antenna technology that could boost your signal and extend your battery life, an...
Samsung KS8000 SUHD TV review: Hitting the 4K HDR sweet spot
Pocket-lint - 23 Nov 2016 18:00
Say what you like about Samsung's recent fortunes, there's no shortage of top choices when it comes to choosing an excellent 4K HDR TV - that's ultra-high definition and high dynamic range, to hit the two televisual must...
Germany's Top Court Rejects Yahoo Case Over News Royalties
ABC News - 23 Nov 2016 11:44
Germany's highest court has rejected a case brought by Yahoo against a law designed to compensate news publishers for the use of their content
Scientists Discover Why Diet Coke Is Probably Undermining You
Gizmodo - 23 Nov 2016 06:31
Aspartame--the artificial sweetener found in drinks like Diet Coke--is not good for you. If you believe otherwise, I admire your commitment to self-delusion. A new study published by a team of investigators at Massachuse...
Google's AI translation tool seems to have invented its own secret internal language
TechCrunch - 23 Nov 2016 03:01
All right, don’t panic, but computers have created their own secret language and are probably talking about us right now. Well, that’s kind of an oversimplification, and the last part is just plain untrue. But there ...
Tiny 'Black Magic' Satellite Packs Origami-Like Radar Dish
SPACE.com - 23 Nov 2016 14:10
NASA challenged engineers to pack an entire satellite dish into a cereal box with Radar in a CubeSat (RainCube), a technology-demonstration mission scheduled for launch in 2018 that will measure rain and snowfall on Eart...
Ultra-Faint Satellite Galaxy is a Clue to Understanding Dark Matter
SPACE.com - 23 Nov 2016 13:58Twitter suspends CEO Jack Dorsey's Twitter account #awkward - CNET
CNET - 23 Nov 2016 06:35
Twitter got carried away with its latest push on account suspensions, shuttering @jack briefly before reinstating the account with some curiously messed up follower counts.
How to Remove the Enhanced Dictation 1.2GB Pack from Mac
OS X Daily - 23 Nov 2016 22:08
Dictation on the Mac is fantastic, and if you have chosen to use Enhanced Dictation then you’ve downloaded a 1.2GB voice recognition pack to your Mac locally so that it can improve the overall functionality of the feat...
"Hawking's Aliens" --Our Planet's Present and Future Search for Advanced Extraterrestrial Life ('Galaxy' Radio)
The Daily Galaxy - 23 Nov 2016 19:38
As our planet's technology continues to evolve, scientists like Stephen Hawking become more aware of the possibility that aliens might lurk in the darkness studying our behavior from afar. In this radio interview, the SE...
First 'Titanfall 2' DLC arrives November 30 with a dose of nostalgia
Digital Trends - 23 Nov 2016 18:01
Titanfall 2's first DLC pack brings back a classic map from the original 2014 game, and it also adds cosmetic items for sale via microtransactions. The map, Angel City, is available first to those who pre-ordered the gam...
48% off Satechi Portable Rechargeable Smartphone Speaker Stand - Deal Alert
PC World - 23 Nov 2016 17:21
The iFit-1 from Satechi is a sliding stand for your phone that also contains a high-fidelity speaker, so you can browse the internet, play games, or watch movies with louder, richer sound. It also features a generous 6 h...
The Fungi Timelapse Scene from Planet Earth II is Amazing
Twisted Sifter - 23 Nov 2016 16:16
Check out the amazing fungi timelapse sequence from Planet Earth II's third episode, 'Jungles'
Mars Is Going Through a Bit of a Dry Spell. How Do We Know? Rusty Meteorites.
Bad Astronomy - 23 Nov 2016 16:00
I love meteorites. I have quite a few myself; while I've never found one on a hunt I've bought them from collectors. There's a wealth of science in them; many are as old or even older than Earth, having formed in the ear...
DENSTERS! Toy Monsters That Build Blanket Forts & Dens!
The Gadget Flow - 23 Nov 2016 15:52
Meet the Densters, a set of playful and functional toy monsters, which connect and allow kids to build the most amazing dens and forts at home! There are six unique characters in the Densters family. Each of them is a un...
Adult diaper built for 'Outlast' gamers -- yes, this is really a thing
Digital Trends - 23 Nov 2016 15:45
Developer Red Barrels has launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking funds for a special adult diaper to wear when playing the two Outlast survival horror games. It was inspired by emails from players who ended up with dirt...
NASA selects launch services for global surface water survey mission
Phys.org - 23 Nov 2016 14:10
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. Launch is targeted for April 2021 on a Sp...