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Alipay brand expands into Southeast Asia via Lazada
ZDNet - 20 Apr 2017 17:59
A year after Alibaba acquired a controlling stake in e-commerce operator Lazada, the latter's payment platform is rebranded to Alipay across four Southeast Asian markets including Singapore and Indonesia.
Bose allegedly collected and sold personal user data, including listening habits
Digital Trends - 20 Apr 2017 16:49
A lawsuit filed on Tuesday alleges that Bose is using its Bose Connect app to collect users' listening habits and preferences and sell that information to third parties without consent. The post Bose allegedly collected ...
Mastercard introduces a credit card with a built-in fingerprint reader
Android Central - 20 Apr 2017 16:09
Mastercard's latest credit card comes with a biometric zone that stores your fingerprints. Mastercard has rolled out a credit card that has an integrated fingerprint scanner, making it easier to authenticate purchases at...
Mizu Premium Chef's Knife
The Gadget Flow - 20 Apr 2017 15:01
Take your kitchen skills up a notch with the Mizu Premium Chef's Knife. Superbly balanced, this exceptional knife features an innovative design for maximum comfort and usability. The Mizu Chef's Knife features an 8-inch ...
Scientists are worried that humanity just keeps sending junk into space
BGR - 20 Apr 2017 04:02
Space is big and the hardware that humans keep sending into the great beyond is comparatively small, but our habit of letting random bits of space vehicles, boosters, and defunct satellites hang around in orbit is starti...
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Mashable - 20 Apr 2017 03:20China launches first cargo spacecraft on mission to test docking and refueling
Space News - 20 Apr 2017 16:34
It's the first in a new line of spacecraft designed to eventually support a Chinese space station. SpaceNews.com
Physicists Excited by Latest LHC Anomaly
Scientific American - 20 Apr 2017 16:30
A series of odd findings have theorists hoping for new particles --
Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 Sample Images
Photography Blog - 20 Apr 2017 15:25
Ahead of our full review, here are some sample images taken with a final production version of the brand new Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 lens. The Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8 lens is a fast short telephoto lens for Sony 35mm ful...
Neil Gaiman says he's too old to make anything in VR
Re/code - 20 Apr 2017 17:00
"I will come to this with a 56-year-old head and lots of ideas about the ways that other things are done." Before Neil Gaiman was a best-selling author or a TV producer, he wrote graphic novels, a.k.a. "comics for grown-...
American, Russian arrive at International Space Station
Phys.org - 20 Apr 2017 16:27
A Soyuz space capsule delivered an American astronaut making his first space flight and a veteran Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station on Thursday.
It's official: Everyone hates the iPhone 8 design that just leaked
BGR - 20 Apr 2017 16:08
Apple's next-generation iPhone 8 is slated to debut this coming September, and it should be released either later that month or sometime soon after. But new flagship iPhones always launch in September, right? While that ...
Why Do We Teach "Physics For Poets" But Not "Poetry For Physicists?"
Forbes - 20 Apr 2017 15:48
When we work hard to accommodate one type of mindset but not another, we may be compromising the point of liberal education, and sending a bad message to students of all majors.
Apple vows to end mining and use only recycled materials - CNET
CNET - 20 Apr 2017 06:21
The company cites concern for the planet's future as the chief motivation for the shift.
Electric Utilities Ignoring Trump's Changes To Climate Policy
Forbes - 20 Apr 2017 06:01
American electric companies are keeping a close watch on President Trump's unraveling of Obama Administration climate and clean-energy policies, but they do not appear to be changing course because of it.
Microsoft is trying to make passwords obsolete, and it might succeed
BGR - 20 Apr 2017 05:58
Passwords are annoying, clumsy, easily beaten (for the most part), and an absolutely antiquated form of security. They also happen to be the primary way we secure our most precious information today. Microsoft wants to c...
Scientists just unearthed an absolutely terrifying new sea creature
BGR - 20 Apr 2017 01:12
It's hard to imagine that, after thousands of years of cataloguing every living thing we come across, humans are still discovering new animals, but when it comes to the ocean there's just so much space to cover that it's...
Mary Ellen Mark and Helena Christensen Discuss Photography with Mark Seliger
The Phoblographer - 20 Apr 2017 00:00
Photographer Mary Ellen Mark and Supermodel/Photographer Helena Christensen joined Mark Seliger in an episode of reserve to discuss documentary and portrait photography that they have done over the years. "It takes a bra...
'Virtual Rick-ality' is a VR treat for 'Rick and Morty' fans
Engadget - 20 Apr 2017 17:00
Rick and Morty is one of the funniest shows on television -- and it's also one of the weirdest. Co-created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon (Community), the series is like a demented spin on the Doc Brown/Marty McFly rel...
iPhone Ownership Reaches All-Time High in United States
Mac Rumors - 20 Apr 2017 16:58
Apple currently has more iPhone users in the United States than at any point in history, according to market research firm comScore. There are now over an estimated 85.8 million iPhone owners aged 13 and older in the Uni...
Cutting through the Noise: Is It AI or Pattern Matching?
Dark Reading - 20 Apr 2017 16:30
Many vendors are fudging terms when trying to sell their artificial intelligence security systems. Here's what you need to know when you buy.
Verizon's unlimited data couldn't save worst quarter ever - CNET
CNET - 20 Apr 2017 16:27
While the introduction of its unlimited data plan stopped the bleeding, the company still ended up losing 289,000 phone customers.