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acool Modern Car Ventilator
The Gadget Flow - 11 Jan 2019 08:00
Keep your parked car cool and fresh with the acool Modern Car Ventilator. Featuring an innovative design, this device draws in outside air and expels hot air out. Using a four fan system, acool replaces all of the air in...
First-Generation iPod Shuffle Turns 14 Today
Mac Rumors - 11 Jan 2019 17:25
Today marks the 14th anniversary of the unveiling of the first-generation iPod shuffle, presented by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs on stage at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. On January 11, 2005, Apple debuted the firs...
Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint to Not Sell Google Fi Customers' Location Data
Motherboard - 11 Jan 2019 15:47
Google's phone, text, and data service relies on infrastructure provided by T-Mobile and Sprint. A Motherboard investigation found both telcos selling customers' location data that ultimately ended up in the hands of bou...
VISTA checkpoint implicated in pancreatic cancer immunotherapy resistance
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2019 07:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Researchers have identified a new potential immunotherapy target in pancreatic cancer, which so far has been notoriously resistant to treatment with immune checkpoint bl...
Trump's Pointless Border Trip
The New Yorker - 11 Jan 2019 01:42
Eric Lach on President Donald Trump's trip to the border town of McAllen, Texas, in the midst of a partial government shutdown over border-wall funding.
Protect Your Privacy From Your Own Cloud Security Cameras
Life Hacker - 11 Jan 2019 23:40
How many people put a sticky note over their laptop webcams because they're worried about someone spying on them? Rumors of hackers accessing webcams and USB microphones are ever-present in today's technological world, b...
Microneedle Contraceptive Patch Could Empower Women Worldwide
Medical Design Technology - 11 Jan 2019 22:29
News Innovative microneedle technology is being developed as an effective, pain-free and discreet method of delivering contraception across the world's poorest countries, thanks to a new research consortium... Contribute...
Windows 10 Expert's Guide: Everything you need to know about BitLocker
ZDNet - 11 Jan 2019 17:26
Encrypting every bit of data on a Windows 10 PC is a crucial security precaution. Every edition of Windows 10 includes strong encryption options, with business editions having the best set of management tools. Here's a h...
Activision shares down after split with Bungie
ABC News - 11 Jan 2019 17:00
Shares in video game publisher Activision slide after split with 'Destiny' collaborator Bungie
Elon Musk posts first glimpse of SpaceX's finished Starship test vehicle
Mashable - 11 Jan 2019 07:00AT&T to end all location-data sales to data brokers
ABC News - 11 Jan 2019 04:29
AT&T will stop selling customer location data to third-party brokers, even if that information was used in helpful circumstances such as roadside assistance
A DNS hijacking wave is targeting companies at an almost unprecedented scale
Ars Technica - 11 Jan 2019 03:15
Clever trick allows attackers to obtain valid TLS certificate for hijacked domains.
Google Shareholders Sue Over Andy Rubin's Reported $90 Million Golden Parachute
Gizmodo - 11 Jan 2019 00:29
A bombshell report by the New York Times in October revealed that Google, like many companies, was willing to bury inconvenient sexual harassment complaints against its executives. In the case of Andy Rubin, a veteran as...
Connection of Children to Nature Brings Less Distress, Hyperactivity and Behavioral Problems
Neuroscience News - 11 Jan 2019 21:26
A new study reveals spending time connecting with nature helps to reduce behavioral problems and anxiety in children, as well as improving overall health.
A citizen of the universe? Dutch startup wants to deliver a baby in space
Digital Trends - 11 Jan 2019 21:06
Netherlands-based startup SpaceLife Origin plans to be the company responsible for delivering the first baby born in space. And it wants to do it by 2024. Because, you know, science. The post A citizen of the universe? D...
Pretend to be a Movie Hacker with eDEX-UI Terminal Emulator
OS X Daily - 11 Jan 2019 20:19
Sci-fi movie fans have undoubtedly seen countless scenes where a character is interacting with some unique looking computer interface, making a mundane task like issuing a shutdown command appear far cooler than it would...
Apple Rumored to be Planning iPhone with Triple-Rear-Camera System
The Mac Observer - 11 Jan 2019 20:16
Apple reportedly plans to launch three new iPhone models in fall 2019 one of which could have a device with a triple-rear-camera system.
The Shirk Report - Volume 508
Twisted Sifter - 11 Jan 2019 20:01
Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting
What are the risks of dying from having the yellow fever vaccine?
New Scientist - 11 Jan 2019 19:43
The vaccine is very unlikely to cause serious side effects but not all travellers need it as there's also a very low risk of getting the disease
Facebook cybersecurity exec victim of swatting call
ZDNet - 11 Jan 2019 18:03
Prankster claimed exec had shot his wife, tied up his kids, and planted pipe bombs around the house.
Under pressure to change, Ford is reinventing itself
Phys.org - 11 Jan 2019 12:58
Struggling with a sagging stock price and sluggish sales, US car giant Ford took steps to regain its footing this week with the announcement of a massive restructuring effort in Europe--even as it prepared for an imminen...
Windows Virtual Desktop on iPad could be the computer Apple never wanted
Slash Gear - 11 Jan 2019 06:14
Ever since the debut of the iPad Pro, Apple has been talking about how its tablet could pretty much replace the long-standing definition of what computers are. But while countless of iPad Pro owners have been able to ind...