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A war is brewing in the new trailer for HBO's fantasy series His Dark Materials
The Verge - 19 Jul 2019 03:09
Image: HBO The BBC and HBO unveiled a new trailer for their upcoming TV series, His Dark Materials, showing off a fantastical world where a war is brewing between an authoritarian Church and those who resist it. Based of...
The best photo collage apps for iOS and Android
Digital Trends - 19 Jul 2019 20:30
Today's collage apps combine images and videos into a crafted presentation complete with fonts, stickers, memes, and other elements that tells a story, instead of relying on a single iconic representation of a place or e...
Pedestrian collision puts Vienna's driverless bus trial on hold
The Verge - 19 Jul 2019 13:14
Image: Wiener Linien A self-driving bus trial taking place in Vienna, Austria, has been paused after an incident occurred between a pedestrian and one of the vehicles, reports Bloomberg. On Thursday morning a 30-year-old...
Philips Hue Bluetooth + Zigbee smart bulbs review: The best smart lighting just got better (but no less expensive)
PC World - 19 Jul 2019 12:00
Adding Bluetooth eliminates the need to buy a Philips Hue Bridge. But you can run only 10 bulbs without it, and you'll be cut off from the broader Hue ecosystem.
Chinese space station Tiangong-2 is about to burn up over the Pacific
TechCrunch - 19 Jul 2019 02:47
The final hours for China's Tiangong-2 space station are at hand, as the 8-ton piece of hardware will fall to earth, or rather sea, some time in the next 20 hours or so in a controlled deorbit manuever. But unlike with i...
Drink Away Your Sadness With a 'Bitter Tears'
Life Hacker - 19 Jul 2019 21:00
My favorite nightcap is an ounce or so of Fernet, over ice, with a pinch of salt, but that drink signals the end of a good evening, not the start (or even the middle) of one. But I want to be salty all night long--from b...
Listening to Music Before Getting Anesthesia Can Help You Stay Calm
Gizmodo - 19 Jul 2019 23:20
A dose of music might be enough to calm your worries before certain medical procedures. According to a new study out this week, patients who listened to music before having anesthesia injected into them had their level o...
China's Tiangong-2 Space Lab Falls to Earth Over South Pacific
SPACE.com - 19 Jul 2019 22:51
China carried out the controlled deorbiting of its Tiangong-2 space lab into the South Pacific, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) announced Friday.
Taking out the Protein Garbage Becomes More Difficult as Neurons Age
Neuroscience News - 19 Jul 2019 21:58
In aging mice, the number of autophagosomes is significantly decreased, and pronounced defects in the structure of autophagosomes increased. Turning on the WIPI2B protein restores autophagosome formation in aged neurons.
Fed's Bullard sees cryptocurrencies shifting U.S. financial system
Reuters - 19 Jul 2019 17:23
Cryptocurrencies are changing the U.S. currency system in ways that may facilitate illegal activity and instability in prices, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Friday.
UK delay on Huawei 5G decision harming ties, lawmakers say
Reuters - 19 Jul 2019 15:49
A powerful committee of British lawmakers on Friday urged the next prime minister to decide quickly on the role China's Huawei will have in next-generation 5G telecommunications networks to avert more damage to Britain's...
More support emerges for idea that 2020 iPhones will use 5nm chips
9 to 5 Mac - 19 Jul 2019 14:10
There has been a steady stream of reports suggesting that the 2020 iPhones will use 5nm chips, and a statement by A-series chipmaker TSMC provides further support for the idea. Apple made much of the fact that the A12 ch...
4G is coming to the London Underground's tunnels next year
The Verge - 19 Jul 2019 10:53
Photo by Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images The London Underground will get 4G access in its tunnels and stations starting next year. The rollout will start with the eastern half of the Jubilee line between Westminste...
In Honor of Apollo 11, Orbitrack Will Be Free on July 20th
The Mac Observer - 19 Jul 2019 23:20
Southern Stars Group, LLC has released the following: On the 50thanniversary of Apollo 11's first manned moon landing, a new iOS app - Orbitrack - lets you explore the universe of spacecraft in orbit around our home plan...
Barbie, the OG influencer, hits up Grand Canyon, Instagrams her way around Arizona
USA Today - 19 Jul 2019 22:03
The BarbieStyle Instagram account, with more than 2 million followers, is promoting Arizona's most popular sites this week.
Trump repeatedly asks NASA administrator why we can't go straight to Mars
The Verge - 19 Jul 2019 21:55
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On Friday, President Trump commemorated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 with a photo opportunity in the Oval Office, where he spent a lot of time questioning his administration's ...
The 9 Best Hacks to Make Your Internet Feel Faster
Gizmodo - 19 Jul 2019 15:30
Your time is precious, and you spend a lot of it inside a web browser--so shaving off seconds and minutes that you don't need to waste can give you back a chunk of time in your day. These are the best ways to speed up yo...
Certification training on the Google Cloud Platform is just $15
Android Authority - 19 Jul 2019 15:08
The Google Cloud Platform is Google's answer to AWS, and uses machine learning to tackle Big Data. Here's your way in.
If you can identify what's in these images, you're smarter than AI
The Verge - 19 Jul 2019 14:47
From top to bottom and left to right, these images are misidentified as "digital clock," "lighthouse," "organ", "syringe," "toucan," "Persian cat." Computer vision has improved massively in recent years, but it's still c...
AI, quantum computing and 5G could make criminals more dangerous than ever, warn police
ZDNet - 19 Jul 2019 13:32
Law enforcement needs to be innovative and act now in order to keep face with near future criminal threats, warns 'Do criminals dream of electric sheep' paper.
Tiny UK startup takes on Google's Wing in the race to a drone traffic control system
TechCrunch - 19 Jul 2019 13:07
A future where drones can easily and cheaply do many useful things such as deliver packages, undertake search and rescue missions, deliver urgent medical supplies, not to mention unclogging our roads with flying taxis se...
AI Controlled Robots Are Training Alongside U.S. Marines
Motherboard - 19 Jul 2019 13:00
The military's mad scientists are training autonomous robots alongside troops in the deserts of California