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How to follow someone on Pinterest
Digital Trends - 20 Jun 2019 15:55
Your first step as a new Pinterest user is to follow your friends and favorite influencers so your feed is full of awesome, interesting stuff you love. Here's how to follow someone on Pinterest.
Explaining Wizards Unite in Pokemon Go terms: What is a fortress, inn and spell energy?
Pocket-lint - 20 Jun 2019 23:26
If you've playing a lot of Pokemon Go and have jumped over to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, you'll probably be confused. While much of the game seems to
Phenols in cocoa bean shells may reverse obesity-related problems in mouse cells
Science Daily - 20 Jun 2019 22:46
A new study suggests that three of the phenolic compounds in cocoa bean shells have powerful effects on the fat and immune cells in mice, potentially reversing the chronic inflammation and insulin resistance associated w...
Aipower unveils Wearbuds, the first wireless earbuds in a fitness band
Android Central - 20 Jun 2019 20:00
Aipower® Unveils Wearbuds™, World's First True Wireless Earbuds Housed in a Fitness Band, Featuring Ultimate Convenience and Astonishing Sound New York, USA / 11:00 AM PDT, June 20th Aipower®, an innovative smart dev...
Apple Launches Recall and Replacement Program for Batteries in 2015 15-Inch MacBook Pro With Retina Display
Mac Rumors - 20 Jun 2019 18:43
Apple today announced the launch of a voluntary recall and replacement program for 15-inch MacBook Pro models with Retina display sold between September 2015 and February 2017 due to battery failure issues. Affected batt...
Cisco DNA Center Critical Flaw Opens Access to Internal Services
Threatpost - 20 Jun 2019 17:12
Cisco has patched a slew of critical and high-severity flaws in its DNA Center and SD-WAN.
Florida city pays hackers $600,000 in ransom to save computer records
USA Today - 20 Jun 2019 02:32
The hackers apparently got into the city’s system when an employee clicked on an email link that allowed them to upload malware.
Apple's Tim Cook to accept 'Champion' award from K-12 LGBTQ group
AppleInsider - 20 Jun 2019 17:19
GLSEN, an organization promoting LBGTQ-friendly spaces in K-12 schools, announced on Thursday that Apple CEO Tim Cook is receiving a "Champion" award for his efforts in promoting likeminded causes.
Top 5 programming languages experienced software engineers use
TechRepublic - 20 Jun 2019 17:08
These programming languages are among the most in-demand tech skills this year, according to Hired.
Robot traps ball without coding
Phys.org - 20 Jun 2019 16:46
Dr. Kee-hoon Kim's team at the Center for Intelligent & Interactive Robotics of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) developed a way of teaching "impedance-controlled robots" through human demonstrations ...
Why does the moon smell like gunpowder? (video)
EurekAlert! - 20 Jun 2019 06:00
(American Chemical Society) After walking on the Moon astronauts hopped back into their lunar lander, bringing Moon dust with them. They were surprised, and perplexed, to find that it smelled like spent gunpowder. This w...
Inflammatory mechanisms may underlie increased risk of prostate cancer among WTC responders
EurekAlert! - 20 Jun 2019 06:00
(American Association for Cancer Research) Inflammatory and immune-regulatory mechanisms were found to be altered in animal models and in archived prostate cancer tumor samples of responders exposed to dust from the Worl...
NASA engineer tells women in STEM: Don't be hidden figures - CNET
CNET - 20 Jun 2019 05:17
Poppy Northcutt shares lessons from being first woman in NASA's Mission Control Center.
Microsoft's reworked Edge browser is available to try on Windows 7
Engadget - 20 Jun 2019 04:02
Microsoft has expanded the reach of its Chromium-based Edge browser to one of its most important audiences: namely, people who have to (or want to) use older versions of Windows. The company has released Canary channel p...
Galaxy Note 10 Sound on Display could be its next big feature
Slash Gear - 20 Jun 2019 03:50
The Galaxy Note 10 will be breaking away from its predecessors in more ways than one. While it will thankfully still keep its iconic S Pen stylus, Samsung will be throwing out the headphone jack and possibly some other f...
Senate Banking Committee Schedules Hearing on Facebook's Massive Cryptocurrency Project
Gizmodo - 20 Jun 2019 03:30
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is set to scrutinize Facebook's cryptocurrency ambitions at a hearing set for July 16, Reuters reported on Wednesday, in yet another sign that legislators are extremely wary (to put it m...
macOS Catalina beta hints Apple is building Catalyst versions of Messages and Shortcuts
AppleInsider - 20 Jun 2019 02:56
Code discovered in the latest macOS 10.15 Catalina beta suggests Apple is employing its Project Catalyst framework to develop new versions of Messages and Shortcuts, the latter of which is currently limited to iOS device...
Google's Troubles Encroach on Alphabet's Shareholder Meeting
Wired - 20 Jun 2019 02:31
Shareholders proposed 14 resolutions, from Google's conduct in China to conditions for Google workers. Cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin didn't attend.
Baidu unveils its camera-based Apollo Lite self-driving suite - Roadshow
CNET - 20 Jun 2019 01:27
The company claims that Lite is capable of Level 4 autonomy as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Epilepsy and sudden death linked to bad gene
Science Daily - 20 Jun 2019 22:46
In sudden death in epilepsy, people stop breathing for no apparent reason and die. Now, a group of UConn neuroscientists have a lead as to why. Many neurologists argue that a bad seizure can travel through the brain to c...
Beats EP and Solo3 wireless headphones get price cuts from Amazon and Walmart
Digital Trends - 20 Jun 2019 21:46
Whether you're looking to score a pair for yourself or are planning to gift them to someone special, you may want to check out these Beats headphone models, now on sale at Walmart and Amazon.
Largest study of CTE finds it in 6% of subjects
Science Daily - 20 Jun 2019 21:35
Nearly 6% of athletes and non-athletes were found to have the neurodegenerative disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the largest, and broadest, study conducted of the disease to date. Kevin F. Bieniek, Ph.D...