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Einstein Was a Genius, But Was He Always Right?
Singularity Hub - 30 Oct 2017 16:00
Einstein was a genius, there's no debating that. He was a Nobel Prize-winner who changed our understanding of nature more than anyone since Newton. Einstein is famous for his theory of relativity, his pioneering work in ...
Twisted photons may give the speed of fiber optics with the conveniences of Wi-Fi
Digital Trends - 30 Oct 2017 03:28
Fiber optics are great for those who can afford them and live in areas where the service is available, but researchers have discovered a means of twisting light that could give us wireless data that is as fast as fiber o...
NBA star asks NASA, Bill Nye to explain damaged plane
CBSNews - 30 Oct 2017 02:30
Oklahoma Thunder basketball team was flying from Minneapolis to Chicago when its chartered plane suffered serious damage Friday
Top Apple insider says shares new details about next year's iPhone X successors
BGR - 30 Oct 2017 17:23
It took less than four minutes for the iPhone X to sell out on Friday, but that's only because Apple couldn't make enough units for launch. Various reports have revealed that that the TrueDepth camera that makes Face ID ...
Skype's chat-focused desktop redesign is available to everyone
Engadget - 30 Oct 2017 17:21
If you've wanted to check out Skype's huge desktop redesign without living on the bleeding edge, now's your chance. Microsoft has released the finished version of its big overhaul for Linux, Mac and Windows users. As in ...
The Farms of the Future Will Be Automated From Seed to Harvest
Singularity Hub - 30 Oct 2017 17:00
Swarms of drones buzz overhead, while robotic vehicles crawl across the landscape. Orbiting satellites snap high-resolution images of the scene far below. Not one human being can be seen in the pre-dawn glow spreading ac...
Follow our Sony PlayStation Showcase liveblog at noon ET!
Engadget - 30 Oct 2017 17:00
In 2015, Sony took the unusual step of doing its PlayStation Showcase, featuring some of its biggest upcoming PlayStation 4 games, at Paris Games Week. After a year off, it's back again in Paris, where we're expecting to...
Meet the new accessory that lets you actually feel virtual reality
BGR - 30 Oct 2017 16:58
The team behind a new accessory for virtual reality headsets that will create wind and synchronize it to VR events, immersing users even deeper into the VR content, came up with the idea for their gadget by happenstance....
NASA evaluates coin-sized thermometer to characterize comets and earthbound asteroids
Phys.org - 30 Oct 2017 16:51
Two NASA teams want to deploy a highly compact, sensitive thermometer that could characterize comets and even assist in the redirection or possible destruction of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
How Russian trolls lie their way to the top of your news feed - CNET
CNET - 30 Oct 2017 16:34
Propaganda campaigns are more than fake news. Trolls have learned to game social media algorithms and create their artificial viral moments.
Industrial robots weave a metal bridge as they move in mid-air
Mashable - 30 Oct 2017 16:10'Instant replay' for computer systems shows cyber attack details
Phys.org - 30 Oct 2017 15:51
Until now, assessing the extent and impact of network or computer system attacks has been largely a time-consuming manual process. A new software system being developed by cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institu...
Brain's response to mid-life surge in cell aging starts or ends a path to dementia
Science Daily - 30 Oct 2017 15:28
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown characteristic of brain-cell aging that could help detect late-onset Alzheimer's disease decades before symptoms begin.
Fitbit is toast because smartwatches like Samsung's Gear Sport now exist
Mashable - 30 Oct 2017 15:00Bitcoin price smashes through $6,300 to hit another record high
USA Today - 30 Oct 2017 14:42
The price of bitcoin broke through $6,300 for the first time to hit a new record high. Investors appear to be shrugging off negative sentiment.
Alpine iLX-107 CarPlay review: Siri goes wireless
Slash Gear - 30 Oct 2017 13:30
CarPlay isn't new. Introduced in 2014, it was Apple's first foray into the automotive space. It might be the precursor to Titan, or a standalone product meant as a stopgap for the time we're in, where Apple's own automat...
All of these faces are fake celebrities spawned by AI
The Verge - 30 Oct 2017 13:05
One of the more unexpected outcomes of the contemporary AI boom is just how good these systems are at generating fake imagery. The latest example comes from chipmaker Nvidia, which published a paper showing how AI can cr...
Chinese investors are making moves to increase their spending in Silicon Valley
Re/code - 30 Oct 2017 04:48
China's leading sovereign wealth fund is eyeing an office in California. Leading Chinese financial institutions are slowly increasing their physical footprint in Silicon Valley, mirroring the moves made by Middle Eastern...
Apple Park visitors center complete, slated to open before end of 2017
AppleInsider - 30 Oct 2017 18:35
The visitor's center on the new Apple Park is complete, with a travel-oriented publication detailing the facility scheduled to open before the end of the year.
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards 2017 Outstanding Achievement Prizes
EurekAlert! - 30 Oct 2017 06:00
(Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation honored nine scientists with its 2017 Outstanding Achievement Prizes for their work in schizophrenia, mood disorders, child and adolescent p...
Use This Hidden Feature When Your iPhone's Buttons Are Broken or Hard to Access
Life Hacker - 30 Oct 2017 03:49
A few years ago when the home button on my iPhone broke, I ended up enabling the button on-screen instead. It wasn't the optimal way to use the phone, but I was traveling a lot at the time and didn't really have the time...
Google CEO promises to address cheeseburger emoji 'if folks can agree'
USA Today - 30 Oct 2017 03:08
Google CEO Sundar Pachai promised to "drop everything" to fix what's wrong with the Google cheeseburger emoji.