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Engineers: lives lost in Mexico quake could have been saved
Phys.org - 10 Oct 2017 09:02
Warm lighting would enhance the wood floors' natural glow, the developer promised, so when all the custom lightbulbs burnt out, Anahi Abadia and her husband grudgingly drove to Home Depot to replenish supplies for their ...
Twitter finally gets around to developing a save-for-later feature
Digital Trends - 10 Oct 2017 10:55
Twitter is developing a save-for-later feature to let you save notable tweets in a private space for later reference. Those on the service have been using a variety of workarounds, but a bookmarking button should prove p...
Apple's facial recognition tech could be coming to iPads next
Mashable - 10 Oct 2017 00:53Send Your Name to Mars Aboard NASA's InSight Lander!
SPACE.com - 10 Oct 2017 17:21Ikea on Amazon? Furniture giant to use online retailers
ABC News - 10 Oct 2017 17:11
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea says it will start selling its furniture through third-party web sites as a test "but no decisions made regarding what platforms/markets will be in the pilot."
US tax reform, if it passes, predicted to drive Apple toward $1 trillion market cap
AppleInsider - 10 Oct 2017 16:50
While details on President Trump's proposed tax reform plan remain light, investors are hoping changes could allow Apple to bring some of its overseas cash back to U.S. shores, helping to push the company's stock price t...
Velodyne quadruples LiDAR production to meet self-driving demand
TechCrunch - 10 Oct 2017 16:41
Velodyne, largely considered the current leader in LiDAR tech for autonomous vehicle development, announced today that it has increased its production capacity by more than 400 percent in order to meet growing global dem...
Nokia pulls out of OZO VR hardware, lays off 310, steps up in health and patents
TechCrunch - 10 Oct 2017 09:18
Nokia, the once-mighty phone maker that eventually retreated to a business based around networking equipment and targeted verticals like health and imaging, is thinking its business strategy once again. Today, the compan...
Zuckerberg taps VR to detail relief efforts in Puerto Rico - CNET
CNET - 10 Oct 2017 03:05
Facebook is using artificial intelligence and satellite imagery to identify areas of need on the island.
U.S. governors, hackers, academics team up to secure elections
Reuters - 10 Oct 2017 02:10
(Reuters) - Hackers are joining forces with U.S. governors and academics in a new group aimed at preventing the manipulation of voter machines and computer systems to sway the outcome of future U.S. elections, a source f...
Waymo is launching a campaign to teach people about self-driving cars
Mashable - 10 Oct 2017 01:15What Filthy Old Birds Can Tell Us About Air Pollution
Gizmodo - 10 Oct 2017 17:27
By analyzing sooty birds housed in museum collections, scientists have been able to track patterns of US air pollution over the last 135 years. As the new study shows, air at the turn of the 20th century was even dirtier...
Apple becoming America's favorite company, as 64% own iPhone, Mac, iPad, iPod or watch
AppleInsider - 10 Oct 2017 17:20
A new survey suggests that the average American household has expanded over the last five years to own 2.6 Apple-made products -- with 64 percent of all Americans owning an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, or iPod product...
Backyard Brains helps your plants open up - CNET
CNET - 10 Oct 2017 17:00
A cool new device uses electrodes to key into a plant's behaviors.
Best Wireless Charging Pads for LG V30
Android Central - 10 Oct 2017 17:00
What's the best charging pad for LG V30? The LG V30 supports wireless charging. Simply place your V30 on a Qi wireless pad and your phone will start charging instantly. LG doesn't have fast wireless charging like Samsung...
Fake AdBlock Plus Chrome extension got 37,000 downloads before takedown
Android Authority - 10 Oct 2017 16:52
A fake AdBlock Plus extension made its way to Chrome's official Web Store and was downloaded 37,000 times before Google removed it.
Cortana will now interrupt your Skype chats
TechCrunch - 10 Oct 2017 16:51
Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana has finally arrived in Skype. Announced at last year’s Microsoft Build 2016 event, the assistant’s integration was also previewed when the company released an overhauled, Snapc...
That Wild Chinese Telescope Is Already Discovering Its First Pulsars
Gizmodo - 10 Oct 2017 16:40
By now, you may have seen the incredible pictures of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope or FAST, an enormous telescope in the Guizhou province of China that just turned on last year. You've also pr...
Sony Cyber-shot RX10 IV sample gallery updated
DP Review - 10 Oct 2017 15:00
Where better to take a 24-600mm equivalent superzoom than on a trip to the mountains? With a zoom range ideal for travel, our Sony RX10 IV review unit headed north to Whistler, BC almost as soon as it arrived. Take a loo...
AI Is Easy to Fool--Why That Needs to Change
Singularity Hub - 10 Oct 2017 17:00
Con artistry is one of the world's oldest and most innovative professions, and it may soon have a new target. Research suggests artificial intelligence may be uniquely susceptible to tricksters, and as its influence in t...
Gesture control technology turns any object into a TV remote
Springwise - 10 Oct 2017 07:10
The technology could change the way people interact with their day-to-day objects by turning almost anything into a controller. The post Gesture control technology turns any object into a TV remote appeared first on Spri...
AI algorithm spots electricity theft
Springwise - 10 Oct 2017 07:05
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can spot electricity theft with much greater accuracy. The post AI algorithm spots electricity theft appeared first on Springwise.