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Days Gone review
Digital Trends - 25 Apr 2019 14:01
Days Gone's predictable story is littered with repetitive missions, shoddy stealth and gunplay, and needless survival mechanics. It's riddled with performance issues, like janky animations and consistent framerate drops....
Apple Maps Gains Detailed Terrain Features for Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada US States
Mac Rumors - 25 Apr 2019 12:34
As part of its ongoing effort to rebuild Apple Maps, Apple has added detailed terrain features to the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico as well as the southern portion of Nevada, including the city of Las Vegas. The ...
Apple's new 2019 AirPods drop to a record low $139, plus $10 off the Wireless Charging Case
AppleInsider - 25 Apr 2019 16:38
While supplies last, Amazon has issued a double-digit price drop on Apple's new AirPods with Charging Case, bringing the price down to an all-time low $139.99. Apple's Wireless Charging Case is also on sale for $69.99 af...
A dark-web market implodes, and users expect the worst
Mashable - 25 Apr 2019 02:06Youth in foster care to get free smartphones, internet access in pilot program
USA Today - 25 Apr 2019 23:24
The pilot program will provide smartphones with an unlimited calling plan to more than 30,000 current and former foster youth between ages 13 and 26.
Study in mice uncovers an unknown pathway for breast cancer tumors to recur
Science Daily - 25 Apr 2019 18:23
Experimenting in mice, the researchers tracked a series of events that enable a small reservoir of treatment-resistant cancer cells to awake from dormancy, grow and spread.
The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised $3M
TechCrunch - 25 Apr 2019 10:59
The recent global campaign showing Malaria survivors speaking through David Beckham to help raise awareness around the Malaria Must Die initiative spooked a lot of people: The campaign has already exceeded 400 million im...
The link between antibiotics and heart attack risk in women
Slash Gear - 25 Apr 2019 03:59
Research recently published in the European Heart Journal details a link between increased stroke and heart attack risk in women and the long-term use of antibiotics. Long-term use, in this case, means a duration of at l...
#FeelingCute challenge: Texas prison guards fired after probe into 'inappropriate' posts
USA Today - 25 Apr 2019 03:55
The trend often involvesuniformed workers posting selfies coupled with captions joking about what their work day may entail.
Facebook Will Finally Pay--Billions--for Its Privacy Missteps
Wired - 25 Apr 2019 03:03
In releasing its quarterly financial results Wednesday, Facebook said it expects to pay a fine of $3 billion to $5 billion to the FTC for violations related to user privacy.
The NSA now thinks the phone surveillance program it once defended isn't worth it anymore
BGR - 25 Apr 2019 01:41
The National Security Agency appears to have done a complete about-face over the controversial electronic spying program that whistleblower Edward Snowden brought to light almost six years ago now, involving the bulk col...
Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business
TechCrunch - 25 Apr 2019 00:26
Even as its solar business declined in step with its overall earnings, Tesla is bullish on the prospects for the energy side of its business over the course of the year. The energy business is an unheralded part of Tesla...
Impeding white blood cells in antiphospholipid syndrome reduced blood clots
Science Daily - 25 Apr 2019 22:23
A new study examined APS at the cellular level and found that two drugs reduced development of blood clots in mice affected with the condition.
New Nanomaterial to Replace Mercury
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:44
News The nano research team has succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, from a nanomaterial that emits ultraviolet light. It is the first time anyone has created ultraviolet light on a graphene surface... C...
Researchers verify new method of HIV transmission among injection drug users and effective prevention technique
Science Daily - 25 Apr 2019 21:24
New studies have found for the first time that HIV can be transmitted through the sharing of equipment used to prepare drugs before injection and that a simple intervention - heating the equipment with a cigarette lighte...
Wristbands Do a Health Check While You Work Out
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:10
News Next-generation fitness sensors could give deeper insights into human health through noninvasive testing of bodily fluids. A stretchy patch developed at KAUST could help this approach by making it easier to analyze ...
Electronic Health Records May Pose Challenges for Chemotherapy Patients
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:09
News Electronic health records were originally supposed to make accessing patient data easier and more streamlined, but since they've taken off, health workers claim EHRs have only complicated the system. Additionally, E...
Army of Microrobots Can Wipe Out Dental Plaque
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:09
News A visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping. What if, instead, a dentist could deploy a small army of tiny robots to precisely and non-invasively remove that buildup? C...
Students Design and Build Devices to Improve the Lives of Individuals with Disabilities
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:08
News Students are making devices that help individuals who have different disabilities. This includes a device that enables blind archery shooters to shoot and other projects such as a modified exercise device that plays...
Scientists Develop Swallowable Self-Inflating Capsule to Help Tackle Obesity
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:08
News A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National University Health System (NUHS) has developed a self-inflating weight management capsule that could be used to treat obese pat...
A First in Medical Robotics: Autonomous Navigation Inside the Body
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:07
News Bioengineers at Boston Children's Hospital report the first demonstration of a robot able to navigate autonomously inside the body. In an animal model of cardiac valve repair, the team programmed a robotic catheter ...
Flexible Shaft Solutions for Medical Applications
Medical Design Technology - 25 Apr 2019 21:06
Product Announcement S.S. White Technologies, a company in the design and manufacture of flexible shafts, highlights their bespoke flexible shaft solutions for medical applications. Flexible shafts transmit rotary motion...