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Intrepid Museum Honors Apollo Software Engineer Margaret Hamilton
SPACE.com - 29 May 2019 13:16
The Intrepid Museum in New York City kicked off a summer of Apollo events on May 23 by honoring software engineer Margaret Hamilton with the institution's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Review: The Brydge Pro Keyboard for iPad Offers a MacBook-Like Experience
Mac Rumors - 29 May 2019 22:51
Brydge, known for its line of keyboards for the iPad, recently debuted its newest keyboard, an updated model designed for Apple's 2018 11 and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models. The new Brydge Pro has been highly anticipated by i...
Xiaomi Mi 9T pops up in certification docs, could be Pro version of Mi 9
Pocket-lint - 29 May 2019 13:38
Xiaomi is planning to launch another handset in the Mi 9 range: the Xiaomi Mi 9T.At least, that's what it says on certification documents filed with communications
Uber will now deactivate riders with below average ratings
The Verge - 29 May 2019 18:14
Jerks of the world, listen up: for years, you've been misbehaving in the back seats of Ubers without consequence. Your drivers are sick of it. They give you low ratings, but it never seemed to matter. Now, those days are...
Energy drinks may increase risk of heart function abnormalities and blood pressure changes
Science Daily - 29 May 2019 14:48
Three to four hours after drinking 32 ounces of energy drinks, the heart's electrical activity was abnormal compared to drinking a placebo drink. Two different commercially available energy drinks produced the same resul...
Google Lens' new dining and translation features are now rolling out
Digital Trends - 29 May 2019 00:13
Google announced a series of new features for Lens at Google I/O 2019, and now some of the coolest of those features are finally rolling out. Notably, Google Lens is gaining the ability to recognize menu items at a resta...
Is the Pixel 3a what Google Pixel should have been from the start?
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Pokemon Sleep app: We want to turn sleep into entertainment
Sky News - 29 May 2019 20:35
A "Pokemon Sleep" app is being developed which will "turn sleep into entertainment", says Pokemon Company chief executive Tsunekazu Ishihara.
ARM Cortex A77 FAQ: Speed, efficiency, and AI coming in 2020
Android Central - 29 May 2019 03:13
ARM's latest processor will turbocharge next year's flagships. ARM's Cortex A76 CPU is at the heart of the latest mobile chipsets — Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 and HiSilicon's Kirin 980 use designs based on the core — ...
Soda Says, a curated consumer electronics retail platform, launches in the U.S.
TechCrunch - 29 May 2019 15:00
Grace Gould has spent her life thinking about the intersection of retail and tech. She started out in Apple Retail, and then moved on to Index Ventures where she worked on early stage investments. She then worked at PCCH...
'Fettuccine' may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers report
EurekAlert! - 29 May 2019 06:00
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rocks that look like pasta, researchers report in the journal Astrobiology. The ...
Finding the right fit for your company: 4 tips
TechRepublic - 29 May 2019 22:25
After speaking with SADA Systems leaders about their processes and future plans, Andy Wolber offers four lessons for hiring an employee or selecting a professional services partner.
Cersei Lannister Rose to the Top of a Crumbling Kingdom
Gizmodo - 29 May 2019 19:15
All Hail Cersei Lannister, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, and Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. Well...not anymore.
Microsoft Modern OS: What we know about the anti-Windows
Slash Gear - 29 May 2019 17:55
Microsoft gave some hints about their next operating system during this year’s Computex conference. It could still be called Windows, maybe Windows Lite, but probably (and hopefully) it’s got a name that’s complete...
CloudApp Raises $4.3 Million to Expand Visual Communication
ReadWrite - 29 May 2019 17:37
Video has long been talked about as the medium that you NEED to be on as a business. According to Cisco, 79% of all internet traffic was video as of 2018. Video streaming, video conferencing, video content are shaping th...
Army Project Develops Agile Scouting Robots
Medical Design Technology - 29 May 2019 15:15
News In a research project for the U.S. Army, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley developed an agile robot, called Salto that looks like a Star Wars Imperial walker in miniature and may be able to... Co...
Tools and tunes: 14 unique, geeky, affordable Father's Day gifts for 2019
ZDNet - 29 May 2019 14:25
Our theme this year is tools and tunes. We've got cool tools and rockin' audio gear that any dad is sure to love (and that you can't find at your local big box store).
Ancient Rocky Structure Found Beneath Antarctica. And It's Messing with the Ice.
Live Science - 29 May 2019 08:35Doctoral thesis contributes to further study of incurable Wolfram syndrome
EurekAlert! - 29 May 2019 06:00
(Estonian Research Council) In the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tartu, the first animal testings were conducted using antioxidant peptides designed and synthesised by scientists in Tartu, which may reduce oxi...
HGF-inhibitory macrocyclic peptide -- mechanisms and potential cancer theranostics
EurekAlert! - 29 May 2019 06:00
(Kanazawa University) Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is involved in cancer progression through MET receptor signaling. Here, HiP-8, a 12 amino-acid macrocyclic peptide, was identified to selectively recognize active HGF....
Society for Endocrinology & British Thyroid Association issue statement against new treatment recommendation
EurekAlert! - 29 May 2019 06:00
(Society for Endocrinology) The Society for Endocrinology (SfE) and British Thyroid Association (BTA) have issued a statement challenging recommendations made in a clinical practice guideline on managing subclinical hypo...