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"Business," by Gregory Fraser
The New Yorker - 20 May 2019 11:00
Poetry by Gregory Fraser: "The world / is my business, and the world is none of my business."
The best iOS games you can play offline on your iPhone and iPad
Digital Trends - 20 May 2019 22:34
Even though we're always glued to our phones, we don't always have access to Wi-Fi or have steady service. Whether you're on a flight, riding the bus, or sitting in a waiting room, you can always play these excellent iOS...
There's a Brand-New Kilogram, And It's Based on Quantum Physics
Live Science - 20 May 2019 10:10Contact Info for Millions of Instagram Influencers, Celebrities, and Brand Accounts Leaked Online
Mac Rumors - 20 May 2019 22:52
A database that contained contact information for millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities, and brand accounts was recently leaked online, reports TechCrunch. The database, which was hosted by Amazon Web Services a...
Iron selenide revealed as 'garden-variety iron-based superconductor'
Phys.org - 20 May 2019 21:43
In the pantheon of unconventional superconductors, iron selenide is a rock star. But new experiments by U.S., Chinese and European physicists have found the material's magnetic persona to be unexpectedly mundane.
Why This Character's Game of Thrones Ending Was the Most Satisfying
Gizmodo - 20 May 2019 23:05
The final episode of Game of Thrones gave us closure for many beloved characters, with some of them getting to fulfill a destiny they may not have even known they had. None of them stood out more than the person who star...
Pandora's new native Mac app streams music, not podcasts
TechCrunch - 20 May 2019 18:00
Pandora is rolling out new desktop apps for its streaming music listeners, starting with Mac. This morning, the company announced the launch of a native desktop app for Mac, with a Windows version to soon follow. The app...
FileShadow review: 100GB of free online storage plus local data backup and consolidation
PC World - 20 May 2019 13:07
FileShadow is a free backup program that's grown up. It started as a very nice cloud storage consolidator with advanced search and sharing abilities. It could transfer from various online storage services such as Dropbox...
Voigtländer Nokton 21mm F1.4 Aspherical lens for E-mount officially announced
DP Review - 20 May 2019 18:54
Voigtländer has officially announced its 21mm F1.4 Nokton lens for the Sony E mount after showing the concept at the CP+ show in February. The company says the lens will have electronic contacts to transfer EXIF data to...
New Finnish study: Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke
EurekAlert! - 20 May 2019 06:00
(University of Eastern Finland) A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol or consumption of up to one egg per day is not associated with an elevated ris...
Melbourne students are guinea pigs for NEC's facial recognition fraud tech
ZDNet - 20 May 2019 03:11
NEC's NeoFace facial recognition software will be used by Melbourne-based Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessments in a bid to ensure those sitting tests are those enrolled.
Young children willing to punish misbehavior, even at personal cost
Neuroscience News - 20 May 2019 22:32
Children as young as three enact costly punishments. Additionally, findings reveal a sense of authority can foster group regulatory behavior amongst children of various different age groups.
How valuable is Android without Google?
Android Central - 20 May 2019 22:30
Would you buy any product that limited your access to Google's services? The dust-up between the U.S. and Huawei has pushed the idea of how dependent on Google a phone manufacturer can be. Huawei is one of the biggest co...
Google just launched the second version of Google Glass Enterprise Edition
Mashable - 20 May 2019 21:54Protein that hinders advancement of prostate cancer identified
Science Daily - 20 May 2019 18:57
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered that blocking a specific protein, may be a promising strategy to prevent the spread of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Weird physical illusion makes you think objects are impossibly light
New Scientist - 20 May 2019 17:16
Around 90 per cent of people are fooled by this physical illusion. It tricks the mind into thinking that three objects together are lighter than one on its own
What Happens When the FBI Raids a Biological Testing Startup
Motherboard - 20 May 2019 17:14
When the FBI raided the offices of at-home microbiome testing startup uBiome, it likely took with it data about a Motherboard reporter's health.
Toy Transformers and Real-Life Whales Inspire Biohybrid Robot
Medical Design Technology - 20 May 2019 16:00
News Drawing inspiration from biology and the toy shelf, researchers have developed a swimming robot with a light-controlled cellular engine that can perform highly-targeted drug delivery... Contributed Author: Dartmouth...
Sandia's Robot Rodeo: Timed Scenarios Challenge Bomb Squads
Medical Design Technology - 20 May 2019 16:00
News Bomb squad teams from New Mexico and beyond are converging at Sandia National Laboratories for a five-day Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise where emergency preparedness skills will be put to the test... Contribute...
Why only 18% of data scientists are women
TechRepublic - 20 May 2019 15:51
While data scientist is one of the most in-demand jobs in America, 11% of data teams have no women, according to a Harnham report.
Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy -- and it's hard to delete
The Loop - 20 May 2019 15:40
CNBC: Last week, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote a New York Times op-ed that said "privacy cannot be a luxury good." But behind the scenes, Google is still collecting a lot of personal information from the services you use, such...
Poll: Is the permanent social Internet dying? Should it?
9 to 5 Mac - 20 May 2019 13:52
New York Times staff writer Mike Isaac has written a blog post in which he argues that ‘the permanent social internet is dying.’ That we are increasingly abandoning platforms and formats that create a permanent recor...