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Camera Comparison: iPhone 11 Pro Max vs iPhone XS Max
Mac Rumors - 26 Sep 2019 00:30
Apple's new iPhone 11 Pro Max is similar in design to the previous-generation iPhone XS Max, with the exception of a significantly upgraded camera system. In our latest YouTube video, we went hands-on with the triple-len...
Researchers observe exotic radioactive decay process
Phys.org - 26 Sep 2019 17:49
Researchers from the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU) and TRIUMF (Canada's national particle accelerator) have observed a rare nuclear decay. Namely, the team measur...
Leaked Pixel 4 review reveals a feature that may be exclusive to Google's phone
BGR - 26 Sep 2019 01:06The best dry shampoos of 2019
USA Today - 26 Sep 2019 22:25
We tested the most popular dry shampoos on the market to find the absolute best.
AT&T vows to keep DirecTV despite losing millions of subscribers
Ars Technica - 26 Sep 2019 17:10
AT&T tries to quiet concerns about DirecTV after talks about divestiture.
What's your favorite note-taking app for the Note 10?
Android Central - 26 Sep 2019 14:39
Chatting with the AC forums. The Galaxy Note 10 is a phone that's capable of a lot of things. You can play graphically-intense games, capture great pictures/video, watch movies on the huge AMOLED screen, and — as its n...
Intel maps out Optane's future and says Penta Level Cell NAND is in the works
PC World - 26 Sep 2019 04:00
In a massive storage data dump, Intel laid out its Optane roadmap and claimed an edge in Penta Level Cell NAND technology. That's not even mentioning the company's plans for fatter SSDs, and how long it'll take to get pe...
Facebook Says It Isn't Fact Checking Politicians on the Social Platform
Time - 26 Sep 2019 00:51
It said it doesn't want to act as a "referee" for political debates
Ericsson Sets Aside $1.23 Billion for Foreign Bribery Settlement, Possible Monitor
Wall Street Journal - 26 Sep 2019 20:54
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson looks to close the chapter on a foreign bribery probe by U.S. authorities.
Facebook Has Banked Nearly $1.6 Million From SPLC Designated Hate Groups Since May 2018
Gizmodo - 26 Sep 2019 03:50
Facebook claims to be doing a lot to fight hate speech. But Facebook has also cashed nearly $1.6 million in ad money from organizations designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center between May 2018 and Se...
Facebook to face DOJ antitrust investigation, report says
AppleInsider - 26 Sep 2019 03:25
Less than a month after a group of state attorneys general opened an investigation into Facebook over potential antitrust violations, a report on Wednesday claims the U.S. Department of Justice will soon begin its own in...
FDA expands recall of blood pressure meds due to cancer-causing impurity
BGR - 26 Sep 2019 03:03
In the ongoing effort to determine the origins of a potentially cancer-causing impurity discovered in prescription blood pressure medications, the FDA has announced that Torrent Pharmaceuticals is expanding its own volun...
Fortnite Season 11 guide: Battle pass, skins, map changes, and more!
Android Authority - 26 Sep 2019 03:00
Fortnite Season 11 is drawing close, but it will be difficult to top this season's giant robot battle.
Scientists find the earliest signs of life from 3.5 billion years ago - CNET
CNET - 26 Sep 2019 01:32
Organic matter has been found in fossils in Australia.
Facebook Horizon is Oculus' new VR universe launching next year in beta
Pocket-lint - 26 Sep 2019 00:56
Facebook is making a new virtual reality sandbox universe, with an effort called Facebook Horizons, exclusively for Oculus headsets.Debuted at Oculus Connect
Fungus-Farming Ants Might Hold the Secret to Fighting Drug-Resistant Microbes
Discover - 26 Sep 2019 23:22
Leafcutter ants carry vegetation to their nests. The species farm fungi for sustenance. (Credit: Ivan Kuzmin/Shuttestock In 2017, a woman in Nevada died from a fairly common bacterial infection, Klebsiella pneumoniae. He...
Going with the (slow) flow: New technique could improve biotech, precision medicine
Science Daily - 26 Sep 2019 22:14
Researchers have developed an optical system that accurately measures the flow of extraordinarily tiny amounts of liquids -- as small as 10 billionths of a liter (nanoliters) per minute.
Discovery in gallium nitride a key enabler of energy efficient electronics
Science Daily - 26 Sep 2019 22:13
Gallium nitride, a semiconductor that revolutionized energy-efficient LED lighting, could also transform electronics and wireless communication, thanks to a new discovery.
Inflammation amps up neurite growth, gene expression involved in heat, cold sensitivity
Science Daily - 26 Sep 2019 22:13
Inflammation increases neuronal activity, gene expression and sensory nerve (neurite) outgrowth in neurons involved in thermal -- but not physical- sensations in mice.
Immune response against Toxocara roundworms helps explain disease
Science Daily - 26 Sep 2019 20:50
Neurotoxocarosis (NT) occurs in humans when larvae of the Toxocara roundworm migrate into the central nervous system. That infection is accompanied by a complex molecular signaling cascade, including changes to anti-infl...
Researchers uncover molecular changes associated with treating lymphatic filariasis
Science Daily - 26 Sep 2019 20:17
The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis delivers mass drug administration to 500 million people each year, and adverse events are common following treatment. Now, researchers have reported that certain chang...
Dog rabies vaccination programs affect human exposure, prophylaxis use
Science Daily - 26 Sep 2019 20:17
The World Health Organization has made it a goal to eliminate human rabies deaths due to dog bites by the year 2030. An increase in dog rabies vaccination rates decreases dog rabies cases, human exposure, and human death...