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Dyson's $600 Daylight Tracking Light Is the Only Lamp I've Ever Had to Reboot
Gizmodo - 17 Apr 2019 17:26
Best known for its vacuums, in recent years Dyson has expanded its lineup with products that have nothing to do with cleaning. The Lightcycle smart lamp ventures furthest from the company's typical products. It's a maste...
Beats Powerbeats Pro initial review: These are the AirPods you've been waiting for
Pocket-lint - 17 Apr 2019 17:25
On the whole, the Powerbeats Pro essentially seem like a better pair of AirPods. They're better fitted to the ear, they sound better and last longer.
What the critics are saying about the first Tim Cook biography
Cult of Mac - 17 Apr 2019 02:10
The first ever biography on Apple CEO Tim Cook hits bookstores today and its written by none other than CultofMac founder, Leander Kahney. I haven't heard from Leander in god knows how long while he's been writing this b...
Bacterial therapy in a dish
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 23:10
Biomedical engineers have developed a system that can study 10s to 100s of programmed bacteria within mini-tissues in a dish, condensing study time from months to days. The speed and high throughput of their technology a...
OWC's Aura Pro X2 offers faster speeds and higher capacities for your Mac
TechRepublic - 17 Apr 2019 15:28
OWC's newest aftermarket SSDs have increased capacities and speeds, while lowering the operating temperatures.
Kindbody raises $15M, will open a 'Fertility Bus' with mobile testing & assessments
TechCrunch - 17 Apr 2019 01:54
RRE Ventures has backed the New York-based fertility startup.
FCC Chairman Rejects China Mobile USA Bid, Citing Security Concerns
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 20:49
News The FCC stance follows review and recommendations from Executive Branch agencies in 2018 to reject the application, also determining that national security risks could not be fixed through a voluntary mitigation agr...
Universities lead effort to help Appalachians trapped by opioid epidemic
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2019 06:00
(Virginia Tech) With a new grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, universities led by Virginia Tech will unite scientists, a range of health-care and service providers, and communities, including in...
Earth may have been struck by an interstellar meteor way back in 2014
BGR - 17 Apr 2019 05:07
It was late 2017 when the astronomy world was buzzing over what appeared to be the first-ever interstellar visitor observed by mankind. It was a long, cigar-shaped object which its discoverers named Oumuamua, and it swoo...
NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter found its first Earth-size planet, but you wouldn't want to visit
BGR - 17 Apr 2019 03:03
NASA's TESS exoplanet hunting telescope has been on the job for less than a year, but it's already racking up some impressive discoveries. Following the announcement of a new "Hot Saturn" back in March, NASA just reveale...
OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro differences detailed
Slash Gear - 17 Apr 2019 02:27
OnePlus seems to be mixing things up this year. In the past, it would launch a flagship in the first half of the year followed by a “half step” iteration in the latter half. It did warn that it wasn’t a pattern set...
Watch: Police responding to an alleged buglary find a Roomba, not a robber
Digital Trends - 17 Apr 2019 02:10
Police officers in Washington County, Oregon responded to a call of a potential burglary and were surprised to find the perpetrator was actually just a Roomba. Body cam footage of the encounter has been released. The pos...
Hackers unleashed 40 million cyberattacks on Ecuador after Julian Assange's arrest
BGR - 17 Apr 2019 02:08
Julian Assange's arrest at the end of last week by British officials who finally snatched him at the London embassy in Ecuador where he'd been living for years did not, in turns out, put the matter to rest for Ecuadorian...
With its 2020 Outback, Subaru bets on turbo engines and big screens
Engadget - 17 Apr 2019 23:28
It didn't take long after walking through the faux-wood gates Subaru erected at the New York Auto Show before I saw the 2020 Outback. I couldn't miss it. Perched atop a large outcropping of fake rock, the Outback looked ...
Novel antibody may suppress HIV for up to four months
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 23:10
Regular infusions of an antibody that blocks the HIV binding site on human immune cells may have suppressed levels of HIV for up to four months in people undergoing a short-term pause in their antiretroviral therapy (ART...
Researchers use gene editing with CRISPR to treat lethal lung diseases before birth
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 23:10
Using CRISPR gene editing, researchers have thwarted a lethal lung disease in an animal model in which a harmful mutation causes death within hours after birth. This proof-of-concept study showed that in utero editing co...
Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 23:10
A small clinical trial has shown that gene therapy can safely correct the immune systems of infants newly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening inherited disorder in which infection-fighting immune cells don't develop ...
Galaxy Fold screens are reportedly breaking already for some early users - CNET
CNET - 17 Apr 2019 22:39
Don't remove that protective layer.
Heart patch could limit muscle damage in heart attack aftermath
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 21:38
Guided by computer simulations, an international team of researchers has developed an adhesive patch that can provide support for damaged heart tissue, potentially reducing the stretching of heart muscle that's common af...
Three-dimensional imaging identifies nutrient exchange in the human placenta
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 21:37
New three-dimensional imaging of the human placenta has been developed to help understand the reasons for fetal growth restriction.
New software aims to reduce variability in ELISA biomarker tests
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 21:37
A new computational approach has been developed to reduce variability in common research biomarker tests, a promising step in improving the ability of biomedical researchers and basic scientists to reproduce data and fac...
Critical errors in inhaler technique common in children with asthma
Science Daily - 17 Apr 2019 21:37
In the first study to evaluate inhaler technique in children hospitalized for asthma -- the group at highest risk for complications and death from asthma -- researchers found that nearly half of participants demonstrated...