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K231 Stereo 3-Way Active Crossover
The Gadget Flow - 9 Aug 2018 15:00
Give your sound system a massive boost in sound quality with the K231 Stereo 3-Way Active Crossover. This gadget improves the sound from your sound system by replacing the passive crossovers in your speakers with high-qu...
Epson FastFoto FF-680W Scans One Photo Every Second
Photography Blog - 9 Aug 2018 11:30
The Epson FastFoto FF-680W scanner is the world's fastest personal photo scanner, scanning photos as fast as one photo per second at 300dpi at up to 36 photos per batch. The Epson FastFoto FF-680W scanner is now availabl...
Facebook Apologizes For Adding Balloons and Confetti to Posts on the Deadly Indonesia Earthquake
Time - 9 Aug 2018 07:46
Facebook's feature misinterpreted some comments as messages of congratulations
Does Samsung's Galaxy Home stand a chance?
Engadget - 9 Aug 2018 22:31
After more than a year of rumors and vague comments from Samsung leadership, the Galaxy Home, Samsung's Bixby-powered smart speaker, is finally official. Sort of. Samsung briefly showed off the device at today's Galaxy N...
Galaxy Home is Samsung's HomePod competitor
TechCrunch - 9 Aug 2018 17:58
It was just a matter of time, right? We knew Samsung had to be working on a Bixby-based Amazon Echo/Google Home competitor. Welp, the Galaxy Home was announced at today’s big Note 9 event, and the device is going right...
Samsung's Galaxy Note 9 is bigger and more powerful than ever
Engadget - 9 Aug 2018 17:20
After more than a few leaks (including from Samsung itself), the Galaxy Note 9 is finally official. Samsung's new flagship is an evolution of the Note 8 that promises to "never slow you down or let you down," according t...
This Interactive Map Tracks White Supremacist Hate Crimes in America
Motherboard - 9 Aug 2018 16:22
The Anti-Defamation League documented and mapped 4,500 hate-related incidents.
Google Assistant getting Smart Display smart home UI
Slash Gear - 9 Aug 2018 05:53
Smart speakers are all the rage when it comes to smart home products and its pioneers are trying their best to build up on that new cash cow. Back at CES early this year, Google revealed its roster of Smart Displays to t...
Deutsche Telekom again lifts core profits guidance
Reuters - 9 Aug 2018 07:27
Deutsche Telekom raised its profit outlook for the second time this year as it reported second-quarter results which showed underlying growth, although this was offset by a drag from the weaker U.S. dollar.
NASA explains why its mission to 'touch' the sun is basically insane - CNET
CNET - 9 Aug 2018 06:59
I mean, I kinda thought it was self explanatory, but sure. Thanks, NASA.
170 Years Ago, Eta Carinae Erupted Dramatically. Astronomers Now Think They Know Why
Universe Today - 9 Aug 2018 06:26
170 years after the star Eta Carinae erupted and became the second brightest star in the galaxy, astronomers now have a theory for what caused this. The post 170 Years Ago, Eta Carinae Erupted Dramatically. Astronomers N...
Report: The White House Is Using California Wildfires as a Pretext to Seize Control of State Waterways
Gizmodo - 9 Aug 2018 05:40
Donald Trump's administration has moved to have the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration take control of California water management under the official rationale of fighting the state's rampaging fires, saying...
Google Maps is almost perfect, so of course Google had to find a way to ruin it
BGR - 9 Aug 2018 05:34
I've said it a bunch of times already, but it's always worth repeating: Google Maps is one of the must-have apps right now, even on iPhone where an alternative from Apple comes preinstalled. Google is still miles ahead o...
Scientist begins developing instrument for finding extraterrestrial bacteria
Phys.org - 9 Aug 2018 17:20
A NASA scientist wants to create a planetary robot that would mimic what biologists do every day in terrestrial laboratories: look through microscopes to visually identify microbial life living in samples.
People in Florida are paying thousands of dollars to be 'buried' in an underwater graveyard
BGR - 9 Aug 2018 17:16
Making plans for what will happen to you after your death is always kind of weird, whether you believe in an afterlife or not. Where your earthly remains end up is something that is often discussed with your closest fami...
This Robot Uses Computer Vision to Find Waldo In 4.5 Seconds
Motherboard - 9 Aug 2018 17:15
An arm-and-camera pointer uses Google AutoML to spot Waldo way faster than a kid can.
Comparing the Core i9 and graphical performance of the 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro with Dell's XPS 15
AppleInsider - 9 Aug 2018 17:11
The 15-inch MacBook Pro's Core i9 processor is fast, but how does it stand up against another notebook packing the same chip? AppleInsider pits the new high-specification MacBook Pro against the Dell XPS 15 to see how Ap...
Mourning orca mother still carrying dead calf more than two weeks later on 'tour of grief'
Fox News - 9 Aug 2018 17:00
An endangered orca was spotted Wednesday still clinging to her dead and decomposing calf, more than two weeks after her newborn died in what scientists have said is an "unprecedented" showing of grief.
Neuroscientists get at the roots of pessimism
MIT - 9 Aug 2018 17:00
Stimulating the brain's caudate nucleus generates a negative outlook that clouds decision-making.
New Samsung smartphone expected at NYC event Thursday
Phys.org - 9 Aug 2018 16:59
Samsung is expected to unveil its next major smartphone at a New York event on Thursday.
Mini antimatter accelerator could rival the likes of the Large Hadron Collider
Phys.org - 9 Aug 2018 16:52
Researchers have found a way to accelerate antimatter in a 1000x smaller space than current accelerators, boosting the science of exotic particles.