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PetaPixel - 27 Jan 2017 19:10Audeze iSine 20 review
The Verge - 27 Jan 2017 15:00
It's not often that you see a new pair of headphones that upsets the basic taxonomy of personal audio gear, but Audeze's new iSine series is precisely that. The iSine 20 that I'm reviewing today are ostensibly in-ear hea...
Climate Scientists Launch Brainy Attack On Fake News
Forbes - 27 Jan 2017 07:01
Climate scientists have volunteered by the dozens to review the accuracy of stories about climate change. Now they're collaborating with computer experts to scan the internet for fake news and misleading stories about cl...
All electric trains in the Netherlands are entirely wind-powered
Mashable - 27 Jan 2017 16:17First hydrogen metal created on Earth draws critical doubt
Engadget - 27 Jan 2017 15:32
Scientists from Harvard University say they've ended an 80-year quest by compressing hydrogen into a potentially superconducting metal. Using a diamond-tipped anvil, the team squeezed a hydrogen gas sample to 71 million ...
Shortages of One Obscure Atom, Key to Medical Scans, Are about to Endanger Millions
Scientific American - 27 Jan 2017 15:30
Millions of patients depend on a rare radioactive form of one element to scan them for disease. But the old nuclear reactors that make it are shutting down --
Artificial intelligence could one day diagnose skin cancer from smartphones
Mashable - 27 Jan 2017 06:34Acer penalized $115k for leaving credit card info unprotected
Engadget - 27 Jan 2017 05:09
It wasn't nearly as bad as Yahoo leaking 500 million users' data, but Acer had its own hacking scare last year. Back in June, the Taiwanese computer manufacturer admitted that somebody stole credit card information for n...
Craig Newmark puts $500K towards reducing harassment on Wikipedia
TechCrunch - 27 Jan 2017 03:55
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has donated half a million dollars towards Wikipedia’s “Community health initiative,” aimed at reducing harassment and vandalism on the site and improve the tools moderators use eve...
This Victorian dream home can be yours ... in Lego - CNET
CNET - 27 Jan 2017 19:59
Build a Victorian house replica one brick at a time with this new project up for a vote on the Lego Ideas site.
Craigslist founder donates $500K to curb Wikipedia trolls
Phys.org - 27 Jan 2017 17:02
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is donating $500,000 to help curb harassment on Wikipedia.
New York greenlights massive 90-megawatt wind farm off Long Island
Digital Trends - 27 Jan 2017 16:43
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has approved a massive 90-megawatt wind farm that is to be built off the easternmost tip of Long Island. It will be the largest offshore wind farm in the United States. The post New York gr...
Apple issues reminder of Q1 2017 earnings call, company optimistic, analysts unsure
9 to 5 Mac - 27 Jan 2017 16:34Apple officially named as founding member of Partnership for AI, Siri founder named to board
AppleInsider - 27 Jan 2017 16:28
As expected, Apple has been formally inducted into the Partnership on AI as a founding member, naming Siri-founder and Apple exec Tom Gruber to the board of trustees for the group.
NASA Displays Apollo 1 Command Module Hatches 50 Years After Fatal Fire
SPACE.com - 27 Jan 2017 16:20
Half a century after a fire claimed the lives of three of its astronauts, NASA has placed on display the hatches from the flame-damaged Apollo 1 command module, marking the first time any artifact from the capsule has be...
It might be time to stop using antivirus
Ars Technica - 27 Jan 2017 16:16
Update your software and OS regularly instead, practice skeptical computing.
Apple joins Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft in AI initiative
TechCrunch - 27 Jan 2017 16:03
Following Bloomberg’s report, the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society (what a name) officially announced that Apple is joining other tech companies as a founding member of the AI initiative. Companies will ...
Trump aides' use of encrypted messaging verges on violating records law
ZDNet - 27 Jan 2017 15:30
Using disappearing messages in government could be a "recipe for corruption," says one expert.
Subscriptions nourish Microsoft while its hardware businesses go hungry
PC World - 27 Jan 2017 15:01
For several years, Microsoft truly believed that a fleet of hardware devices could carry its software into homes and businesses. Based on news around the company's fourth-quarter earnings report, though, it feels a littl...
Apoorva Mehta had 20 failed start-ups before Instacart
L.A. Times - 27 Jan 2017 13:00NCIIPC: It's Time to Step Forward And Protect Our Critical Infrastructures from Cyber Attacks
The Hacker News - 27 Jan 2017 08:21
The IT threat landscape has changed dramatically over the last three-four years. With no shortage of threat actors, from hacktivists to nation-states, criminals to terrorists, all of them are now after something new. It'...
Stock research moves past PDFs as customers demand more for their money
Reuters - 27 Jan 2017 08:06
(Reuters) - With investment firms cutting costs and portfolio managers combating a barrage of information, financial research shops around the globe are looking for new ways to keep their product relevant.