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How to shoot 360-degree panos with Google Street View
Digital Trends - 15 Jun 2019 21:30
Google Street View encourages you to explore the great outdoors, including landmarks, natural wonders, and even your own neighborhood. Learn how to create 360-degree imagery using your smartphone camera to add locations ...
Your Roomba takes a weird path to clean the floors in your home. Here's why it matters - CNET
CNET - 15 Jun 2019 14:00
A robot vacuum might navigate with lasers, electronic eyes or simple bumpers, and the difference affects how well it will clean. Our brand-new test room helps us show the difference.
Security News This Week: Telegram Says China Is Behind DDoS
Wired - 15 Jun 2019 15:00
Voting machine security gets a boost, Have I Been Pwned is for sale, and more of the week's top security news.
After Losing His Parents, an Author Wonders: Who and What Is Real?
The New York Times - 15 Jun 2019 12:00
In "Picnic Comma Lightning," Laurence Scott combines a memoir about grief with an investigation into the ways technologies blur the line between public and private.
FDA warns fecal transplants may contain deadly drug-resistant bacteria
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2019 04:06
The FDA has issued a new advisory that reveals one patient has died as a consequence of an investigational fecal microbiota transplant (FMT). Though the agency doesn’t oppose these investigational studies into the pote...
Alligator With Knife Stuck in Its Head Seen in Lake in Texas
Gizmodo - 15 Jun 2019 03:05
A Texas woman says she recently witnessed an alligator with what appeared to be some kind of knife stuck in its head swimming in a local lake, a situation she says she believes may have been a purposeful act.
Modified protein can prevent Alzheimer's disease in mice
Neuroscience News - 15 Jun 2019 02:06
Researchers injected a modified segment of the amyloid precursor protein into mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. The treatment appeared to reverse a number of the cognitive and memory problems associated with the neuro...
This neural network detects whether faces have been Photoshopped
TechCrunch - 15 Jun 2019 01:52
Using Photoshop and other image manipulation software to tweak faces in photos has become common practice, but it's not always made clear when it's been done. Berkeley and Adobe researchers have made a tool that not only...
Got $400 million to burn? The world's largest airplane is up for sale
Digital Trends - 15 Jun 2019 01:09
Stratolaunch, the world's largest airplane, is up for sale. All it'll cost you is $400 million dollars. The brainchild of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the plane was supposed to make space travel more accessible ...
Adobe AI can spot facial manipulations in Photoshop - CNET
CNET - 15 Jun 2019 00:23
Adobe and UC Berkeley say their artificial intelligence tool can spot doctored images 99% of the time.
If you think most TV shows are too long, check out these 7 excellent half-hour series
BGR - 15 Jun 2019 20:07
The modern TV landscape is starting to generate something of a first world problem among some harried viewers increasingly faced with a perplexing dilemma. Shows with runtimes of less than an hour seem to be few and far ...
Know the Difference Between 'Premium Economy' and 'Economy Plus'
Life Hacker - 15 Jun 2019 16:00
If you're not a frequent flyer, the mired of seat choices on an airplane can be pretty confusing.
Space Photos of the Week: Salt of the Jupiter Moon
Wired - 15 Jun 2019 16:00
Plus: gamma rays, InSight's claw, and the Milky Way's chill black hole.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Will Launch NASA Probe to Study Space Radiation
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2019 13:59
NASA's SET mission will test the effects of radiation on satellites to learn how to better protect them in space.
Hackers behind dangerous oil and gas intrusions are probing US power grids
Ars Technica - 15 Jun 2019 13:50
Group responsible for safety tampering Triconex malware has expanded, researchers say.
Will Apollo Nostalgia Help NASA Get Its Artemis Moon Money?
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2019 13:38
The wave of Apollo 11 nostalgia that's building in the public consciousness ahead of the landing's 50th anniversary certainly won't hurt the Artemis project's funding prospects.
What Happens If You Don't Take Out a Splinter?
Live Science - 15 Jun 2019 13:29Identifying the risk of recurrence of developmental disorder in future pregnancies
EurekAlert! - 15 Jun 2019 06:00
(European Society of Human Genetics) A new study aims to provide healthy couples who have a child affected by a developmental disorder with a personalised pre-conception risk evaluation, in order to determine the likelih...
Southwest passenger 'bombarded by inappropriate photos' from stranger on her flight
USA Today - 15 Jun 2019 03:35Amazon quietly shuts down its shopping social network Spark - CNET
CNET - 15 Jun 2019 03:03
Spark appears to have vanished from Amazon.
Pixel 4 appears in the wild days after Google shares official image
Slash Gear - 15 Jun 2019 02:57YouTube TV is giving away free Showtime subscriptions to longtime users
BGR - 15 Jun 2019 02:08
They say that nothing in life is free, but Google would beg to differ, as select YouTube TV subscribers are now being offered a free subscription to Showtime from now through September 5th. The subscription typically cos...