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Firefox finally takes fuller advantage of your iPad
Engadget - 23 Mar 2019 00:47
Your choices for iPad-friendly web browsers just got ever-so-slightly larger. Mozilla has released an arguably overdue version of Firefox that aims to take better advantage of the iPad's extra screen real estate. It supp...
Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order 'Hundreds of New Computers'
Motherboard - 23 Mar 2019 04:05
It appears that LockerGoga, the same ransomware that hit aluminum manufacturing giant Norsk Hydro this week, also infected American chemicals companies Hexion and Momentive, leaving employees locked out of their computer...
FEMA shared personal information of 2.3M disaster victims with contractor - CNET
CNET - 23 Mar 2019 02:55
The agency gave an outside firm unnecessary information, according to an inspector general report.
The best Game of Thrones cosplay in all the seven kingdoms - CNET
CNET - 23 Mar 2019 19:00
You can see the passion they all have for Game of Thrones, soon starting Season 8
Indian state open for talks with Uber rival Ola over ban
Reuters - 23 Mar 2019 17:21
The southern Indian state of Karnataka kept the door open on Saturday to talks with local ride-hailing service Ola to avoid a ban that could help rival Uber build market share.
Netflix expands mobile-only plan test, but you probably can't get it
Slash Gear - 23 Mar 2019 03:45
Netflix has expanded tests of its inexpensive mobile-only plan, according to sources, underscoring its exploration of other business models. News of the tests first surfaced out of Malaysia late last year, and according ...
The damage of defaults
TechCrunch - 23 Mar 2019 19:00
Apple popped out a new pair of AirPods this week. The design looks exactly like the old pair of AirPods. Which means I’m never going to use them because Apple’s bulbous earbuds don’t fit my ears. Think square peg, ...
Here's everything Apple announced this week from AirPods to iMacs
AppleInsider - 23 Mar 2019 15:53
In the last seven days, Apple has revamped its iPad Air, iPad mini, iMacs, and AirPods and also introduced new Watch bands as well as iPhone cases. If that wasn't enough, the company has also announced a big update to it...
This Technology Can Make a Camera Resolve Terapixels, Not Megapixels
The Phoblographer - 23 Mar 2019 06:00
It's possible very soon that a technology called Quantum dots could be implemented into making camera sensors significantly better than they currently are. For photographers, that means that higher end cameras with inter...
Neon Genesis Evangelion Finally Hits Netflix June 21
Gizmodo - 23 Mar 2019 04:00
It's time to get in the robot.
Scientists find abundance of 500,000-year-old fossils in China
BGR - 23 Mar 2019 03:03
The thing about fossils is the older they are, the rarer they are. Earth doesn't keep anything around forever, and the farther you go back in time the less likely you are to find evidence of the plants and animals that w...
Watch two NASA astronauts work on ISS power system during spacewalk - CNET
CNET - 23 Mar 2019 00:23
They replaced batteries during a more than six hour spacewalk.
Breast cancer may be likelier to spread to bone with nighttime dim-light exposure
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:52
Exposure to dim light at night, which is common in today's lifestyle, may contribute to the spread of breast cancer to the bones, researchers have shown for the first time in an animal study.
Eating later in the day may be associated with obesity
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:52
Eating later in the day may contribute to weight gain, according to a new study.
Improved PCOS symptoms correlate with gut bacterial composition
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:52
Symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) improved with exposure to healthy bacteria in the gut, according to a study in a mouse model of this common women's endocrine disorder.
Bisphosphonates increasingly prescribed to the women most likely to benefit
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:51
In recent years, women who start taking bisphosphonates (BPs) to treat osteoporosis and prevent fracture have trended from younger to older and from having osteopenia to having osteoporosis, researchers report.
In healthy young women, sleep quality varies throughout the menstrual cycle
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:51
Young women are more likely to experience sleep disruption in the days leading up to their menstrual period, according to a new study.
Another possible consequence of the opioid epidemic: hormone deficiencies
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:51
Many people who use opioid medications long term do not produce enough testosterone or another important hormone, cortisol, according to a new study.
Sperm DNA damage may contribute to repeated miscarriages
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:51
Some cases of recurrent pregnancy loss may be caused by sperm DNA damage in the male partner, rather than by a problem in affected women.
Ovary function is preserved in transgender men at one year of testosterone therapy
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:51
Transgender men preserve their fertility potential even after one year of treatment with the male hormone testosterone, according to a new study.
Levothyroxine treatment in women with thyroid antibodies may not increase live birth rate
Science Daily - 23 Mar 2019 20:51
Treating women with thyroid antibodies but a normal thyroid function with a medicine called Levothyroxine does not make them more likely to deliver a live baby, new research suggests.
Blink-182's Tom DeLonge wants to prove aliens exist in new History Channel show - CNET
CNET - 23 Mar 2019 18:51
DeLonge teams with former Pentagon and NASA officials to find definitive proof of UFOs.