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Philips Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor review: A must-have accessory for Hue smart lighting owners
TechHive - 5 Mar 2019 13:00
Any smart floodlight will have a motion detector that will turn on its light when someone enters its detection zone. What makes the Philips Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor special is that it can trigger multiple Philips Hue sm...
The Game of Thrones Final Season Trailer Is Preparing Us for a Lot of Death
Gizmodo - 5 Mar 2019 18:05
It's the beginning of the end for Game of Thrones. And if our heroes fail, it might be the beginning of the end for Westeros full stop.
RSAC 2019: Joomla! Mail Flaw Exploited to Create Mass Phishing Infrastructure
Threatpost - 5 Mar 2019 16:00
The Jmail Breaker attack leverages an old vulnerability in Joomla! along with a newly found flaw in the mail module.
iPhones With Third-Party Batteries Now Eligible for Official Apple Repairs
The Mac Observer - 5 Mar 2019 21:45
If you got a battery replacement from a repair shop, it’s now eligible for official Apple repairs at Genius Bars and Apple Authorized Service Providers.
GaN Systems Debuts Suite of Low Cost, High Performance GaN Power Transistors
Medical Design Technology - 5 Mar 2019 21:31
Product Announcement GaN Systems, the global leader in GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, today announced the availability of the GS-065 low current (3.5A to 11A) transistor line. The product suite, developed fo...
Quantum Monism Could Save the Soul of Physics
Scientific American - 5 Mar 2019 19:00
The multiverse may be an artifact of a deeper reality that is comprehensible and unique --
Recode Daily: China's Huawei prepares to sue the US government; its CFO has already sued Canada
Re/code - 5 Mar 2019 17:14
Plus: Congressional Democrats unveil legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules; with an all-star slate of creators, the Luminary app wants to be the Netflix of podcasts; the AI diet. Chinese electronics giant Huawei ...
RSAC 2019: Microsoft Zero-Day Allows Exploits to Sneak Past Sandboxes
Threatpost - 5 Mar 2019 13:00
Researchers say that Microsoft won't issue a patch for the issue.
Scientists levitate particles with sound to find out how they cluster together
EurekAlert! - 5 Mar 2019 07:00
(University of Chicago) Scientists from the University of Chicago and the University of Bath used sound waves to levitate particles, revealing new insights about how materials cluster together in the absence of gravity -...
Controversial NSA phone data collection program shut down, aide says - CNET
CNET - 5 Mar 2019 04:30
Program that analyzed Americans' calls and texts hasn't been used in six months, according to a senior Republican congressional aide.
Apple's newest patents hint at constant, AI-based user recognition
BGR - 5 Mar 2019 03:15
Technology giants, thankfully, are increasingly moving us toward a future with less of a reliance on passwords via technologies like face authentication, Touch ID and the like. Apple, for its part, may have had something...
'Broken Heart Syndrome' Actually Begins In Our Brains
Discover - 5 Mar 2019 23:45
Emotions might come from the brain, but they often hit us in the heart. That's particularly true for grief, especially the shattering, life-altering kind; the tsunami of anguish that follows a loved ones' death can feel ...
Genetic 'usual suspects' identified in researchers' new list
Science Daily - 5 Mar 2019 23:20
After analyzing tens of thousands of data samples, researchers have created a list of genes that ranks them based on how frequently they are implicated in specific diseases. The list may prove invaluable for future resea...
More immediate concerns beat heart health in the priorities and behaviors of young women
Science Daily - 5 Mar 2019 23:20
Although it is the leading cause of death in women, more than 75 percent of young women worry little or not at all about getting heart disease. Most young adult women have taken some actions to preserve their health, suc...
Soda, sugar-sweetened beverages linked to more severe symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis
Science Daily - 5 Mar 2019 23:20
For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), drinking around 290 calories per day of soda or other sugar-sweetened beverages, or the equivalent of about two cans of non-diet soda, may be tied to more severe symptoms and a hi...
Volvo Unveils Driverless Electric Bus In Singapore
Medical Design Technology - 5 Mar 2019 23:09
News Volvo and a Singapore university have unveiled a driverless electric bus that will soon undergo tests in the city-state, the latest move towards rolling out autonomous vehicles for public transport... Contributed Au...
Teledyne LeCroy Looks Forward to USB 4 With Compatible Protocol Analyzer
Medical Design Technology - 5 Mar 2019 22:55
News Test equipment supplier Teledyne LeCroy has announced and demonstrated the first protocol analyzer program for testing USB4 and Thunderbolt™ 3--a stanadard with the same maximum 40 Gbps speed... Staff Author: Spen...
Drones are helping to save lives during natural disasters
USA Today - 5 Mar 2019 22:41
Drones can help rescuers search for missing people, provide cell phone service and look for hotspots during wildfires.
First experimental evaluation of pharmaceutical industry-led access program
Science Daily - 5 Mar 2019 22:36
A new study is the first to use a randomized trial design to generate rigorous evidence on the impact of a pharmaceutical industry-led medicines access program.
HIV remission achieved in second patient
Science Daily - 5 Mar 2019 22:36
A second person has experienced sustained remission from HIV-1 after ceasing treatment, reports a new article. The case report comes ten years after the first such case, known as the 'Berlin Patient.'
CERN approves hunt for new cosmic particles at the Large Hadron Collider
Phys.org - 5 Mar 2019 22:35
The CERN research board has approved the Forward Search Experiment, giving a green light to the assembly, installation and use of an instrument that will look for new fundamental particles at the Large Hadron Collider in...
Microsoft's 'All-Digital' Xbox One could launch in May
Engadget - 5 Mar 2019 22:33
Those rumors of Microsoft releasing a disc-free Xbox One in 2019 are gathering steam. Windows Central sources claim the system will be named the "Xbox One S All-Digital Edition" (a very Microsoft-like name if we've ever ...