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Gillette's Heated Razor Warms Your Face While You Shave
Wired - 18 Sep 2018 14:30
Costing $150 and launching on Indiegogo, the Heated Razor isn't anything like what you're used to.
Tim Cook talks iPhone XS, Apple Watch, China tariffs on 'Good Morning America'
AppleInsider - 18 Sep 2018 16:35
In an interview with Robin Roberts from New York, Apple CEO touted the new iPhones and also spoke about some policy questions.
iOS 12.1 beta includes support for Face ID in landscape mode, likely for iPad Pros
AppleInsider - 19 Sep 2018 01:56
The first iOS 12.1 beta, released earlier on Tuesday, appears to include support for Face ID authentication while a device is in landscape mode, though the option is likely to be reserved for upcoming iPad Pros.
Orion's first Service Module integration complete
ESA - 18 Sep 2018 18:35
Last week at the Airbus integration hall in Bremen, Germany, technicians installed the last radiator on the European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecraft marking the module's finished integration. ESA's European se...
It's not the jobs AI is destroying that bother me, it's the ones that are growing
ZDNet - 18 Sep 2018 18:06
There are tragedies in a new list prepared by LinkedIn. Some of them, you might think, are in the section that shows which jobs have grown in the AI era.
Just $100 buys you this super tough -- and very cool -- G Shock fitness watch
Digital Trends - 18 Sep 2018 15:48
Casio has announced a new Bluetooth connected fitness watch in its G Shock line. The GBD-800 has an all-new digital display, fitness tracking technology, a classic G Shock look, and an attractive price. The post Just $10...
The cyberpunk bartending sequel to 'VA-11 HALL-A' arrives in 2020
Engadget - 18 Sep 2018 18:00
The expert mixologists at Venezuela's Sukeban Games invented the cyberpunk "booze-em-up" with VA-11 HALL-A, combining William Gibson with a dash of Charles Bukowski -- which Engadget's Jessica Conditt lovingly described ...
Punkt made an LTE version of its super-minimalist phone
The Verge - 18 Sep 2018 21:40
We were introduced to Swiss company Punkt's MP01 phone during the recent minimalist phone trend, which brought us the new wave of "dumbphones" that do nothing but call and text. Now the company has responded to customer ...
iPhone XS camera design proves even more impressive than we thought
Cult of Mac - 19 Sep 2018 00:15
The new camera sensors on the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max could be worth a $1000 upgrade all their own. Early reviews of the new cameras are overwhelmingly positive. Even though we already knew Apple made the pixels larg...
SpaceX's billionaire moon trip is all about building a luxury brand
New Scientist - 18 Sep 2018 15:35
The first passengers to fly to the moon on SpaceX's BFR rocket will be artists, in an effort to widen the company's appeal beyond governments and satellite firms
E.T. Hunters Join Forces to Probe the Heavens
Wired - 18 Sep 2018 14:00
SETI Institute cofounder Jill Tarter doesn't want her former intern to forget about intelligent aliens.
Google will retire the YouTube Gaming app in March 2019
Android Authority - 18 Sep 2018 23:03
The existing functions of YouTube Gaming will be melded with the regular YouTube site and app.
Mars Argo, Poppy lawsuit dismissed
The Verge - 18 Sep 2018 19:09
A judge has dismissed the lawsuit between YouTuber Mars Argo, real name Brittany Sheets, and Poppy creator Corey Mixter. According to court documents obtained by The Verge, parties will settle outside of court. The case ...
Neutron star spitting out infrared radiation has unseen features
USA Today - 18 Sep 2018 05:18
Strange emissions picked up by the Hubble Telescope indicate a neutron star's unusual features.
Apple's new iPhones a slight notch above the X: reviewers
Reuters - 18 Sep 2018 19:38
The absence of a striking new feature left major tech blogs and newspapers lukewarm on the new XS range of Apple Inc's iPhones in the first batch of reviews on Tuesday, although most praised the improvements to a wide ra...
Cloudflare's new 'one-click' DNSSEC setup will make it far more difficult to spoof websites
TechCrunch - 18 Sep 2018 17:00
Bad news first: the internet is broken for a while. The good news is that Cloudflare thinks it can make it slightly less broken. With “the click of one button,” the networking giant said Tuesday, its users can now sw...
U.S. tech giants eye AI key to unlock China push
Reuters - 18 Sep 2018 14:52
U.S. technology giants, facing tighter content rules in China and the threat of a trade war, are targeting an easier way into the world's second largest economy - artificial intelligence.
Google holds competition to help its algorithm tell bikes from birds
USA Today - 18 Sep 2018 05:20
What’s the difference between a bird and a bike? There’s a million answers but Google might not know the difference. Buzz60's Mercer Morrison has the story.
Dogecoin creator helps Elon Musk fix his Twitter scambot problem - CNET
CNET - 18 Sep 2018 05:15
Weirdest buddy cop movie ever.
Elon Musk's SpaceX to name first passenger for moon voyage
Reuters - 18 Sep 2018 02:24
SpaceX, Elon Musk's space transportation company, was set on Monday to name the first private passenger who will take a trip around the moon aboard its forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket spaceship, taking the race to commerci...
Hackers behind Mirai botnet could be sentenced to working for the FBI - CNET
CNET - 19 Sep 2018 01:41
This comes after more than 18 months of already helping the FBI stop cyberattacks.
How to Help Trans Children, According to Pediatricians
Life Hacker - 18 Sep 2018 23:00
The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released a new policy statement about how to support children and teens who identify as transgender or who fall under an umbrella they call "gender diverse."