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Facebook is going to start showing ads in the middle of its videos and sharing the money with publishers
Re/code - 9 Jan 2017 17:04
Mark Zuckerberg has been building a video empire. Time to turn it into a business. Facebook wants to show more ads to people who watch its videos and start making money for the people who supply it with those videos. Ind...
How to turn a Word table cell into a picture placeholder
TechRepublic - 9 Jan 2017 18:02
Limiting a picture to a specific size and position is as simple as resetting a few cell properties in a Word table.
The 10 Weirdest Gadgets of CES 2017
Time - 9 Jan 2017 23:52
Strange gear from the year's biggest technology show
Stop using the word 'trolling' when you mean harassment and abuse
Mashable - 9 Jan 2017 07:57Model sheds light on purpose of inhibitory neurons
MIT - 9 Jan 2017 07:00
Study suggests computational role for neurons that prevent other neurons from firing.
Amazon and online grocery services will soon accept food stamps
Engadget - 9 Jan 2017 06:58
Thanks to a pilot program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, families who rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy groceries will soon be able to use online services like Amazon and Fre...
Holy moly! Image of space shows a thousand black holes - CNET
CNET - 9 Jan 2017 06:39
It's the highest concentration of supermassive black holes ever seen.
Iranian Porn Filter Breaks the Internet for Innocent Sex Watchers From Russia to Hong Kong
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2017 06:20
A censor is haunting Asia--the censor of superbigcocks.com.
Canada ends two-year inquiry, finds Apple didn't violate anticompetition laws
Digital Trends - 9 Jan 2017 02:25
A 24-month probe finally ended on Friday after Canada's Competition Bureau on Friday said it was unable to gather sufficient evidence to prove Apple had taken part in anti-competitive practices. The post Canada ends two-...
BMW shows off what else you could be doing in a self-driving car
Engadget - 9 Jan 2017 01:41
The world is overflowing with autonomous cars. That's great because it breeds competition that will benefit everyone. The typical self-driving demo (while generally impressive), usually requires reporters to sit in the p...
Lief Wearable to Help Fight Stress
Medical Design Technology - 9 Jan 2017 23:50
News Lief will emit quiet vibrations to help guide a restorative and healthy heart rate and breathing pattern ... Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: Wearables
Obama Just Published an Article on Clean Energy in a Top Scientific Journal
Gizmodo - 9 Jan 2017 23:40
For the second time this month and the third time over the past year, President Obama has penned a policy commentary in a leading scientific journal. This time, he's not defending his signature health care law, but rathe...
This is the new 2018 Toyota Camry: You'll buy thousands of them
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2017 22:50
Nobody has ever felt their breath catch in their throat at the sight of a Toyota Camry, but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming the best-selling car in America for the past fifteen years. Now, Toyota is aiming to “s...
Older adults with arthritis need just 45 minutes of activity per week
Science Daily - 9 Jan 2017 22:00
Older adults who suffer from arthritis need to keep moving to be functionally independent. But in an examination of a goal that is daunting for most of this aging population, a new study found that performing even a thir...
Exploding Binary Stars Will Light Up the Sky in 2022
Universe Today - 9 Jan 2017 21:40
A team from Calvin College, Michigan have discovered a binary pair of stars that will eventually collide and explode in 2022, producing a Red Nova that we will be able to see from Earth. The post Exploding Binary Stars W...
Kodak 'Investigating What it Would Take' to Bring Back Kodachrome
PetaPixel - 9 Jan 2017 20:102018 Audi SQ5 and S5 Convertible hit NAIAS with high tech levels
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2017 19:16
Audi has brought two fast helpings of bright red car to the Detroit Auto Show 2017, with the 2018 SQ5 and 2018 S5 Convertible showing up in North America for the first time. In fact, it’s the new SQ5’s debut worldwid...
Astronauts spacewalk to replace International Space Station batteries
Space News - 9 Jan 2017 17:05
The walk took six and a half hours to swap out old batteries used by the station's power system. SpaceNews.com
Thief makes off with two Razer prototypes from CES booth
Slash Gear - 9 Jan 2017 17:05
Razer put on a pretty good show at CES 2017, announcing two new products that captured a lot of attention, but things turned sour for the company by the time the show wrapped up. According to Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, som...
Prep pro-quality meals in your own kitchen with Anova's $99 sous vide cooker
Digital Trends - 9 Jan 2017 17:04
You may not have a Michelin star (yet), but that doesn't mean you can't cook as though you do. Thanks to the Anova and its newest product, the Anova Nano, $99 is all you need to get a sous vide cooker. The post Prep pro-...
Cloud Elements scores $13 million in Series B to advance API integration tools
TechCrunch - 9 Jan 2017 17:01
Cloud Elements, a company that builds API integration tools aimed at developers, announced $13 million in Series B financing today. The round was led by Harbert Partners with participation from Rally Ventures, Access Ven...
How Machine Learning For Behavior Analytics & Anomaly Detection Speeds Mitigation
Dark Reading - 9 Jan 2017 17:00
By relying on artificial intelligence to identify suspicious network activity or behavior, machine learning can adapt to both business needs and new threats.