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Online Shoppers Learn Their Own Tricks for Outwitting Sellers
Wall Street Journal - 23 Dec 2019 14:00
While many online retailers successfully employ a range of marketing strategies to persuade shoppers to spend more money, some savvy consumers have begun gaming the system.
The Year That Measles Returned
Discover - 23 Dec 2019 20:00
#27 in our top science stories of 2019.
Audiophiles Share the Five Best-Sounding Gifts of the Year
Wall Street Journal - 23 Dec 2019 15:31
Members of the Black Keys and Maroon 5, as well as Grammy-nominated audiophiles and engineers, sound off on industry-approved speakers, headphones, recording gadgets and more
Cisco Australia profit wiped out by AU$45m income tax adjustment
ZDNet - 23 Dec 2019 03:08
Networking giant paid a total of AU$86.2 million to ATO during 2019 fiscal year.
8 Philips Hue deals on Amazon that are better than anything from Black Friday
BGR - 23 Dec 2019 20:39
Philips Hue is almost always a best-selling brand each year around Black Friday. If we had written that sentence in 2018, we wouldn't have had to say "almost," but for some reason Philips Hue was a total no-show during B...
Electronics at the speed of light
Phys.org - 23 Dec 2019 18:50
A European team of researchers including physicists from the University of Konstanz has found a way of transporting electrons at times below the femtosecond range by manipulating them with light. This could have major im...
Boeing fires CEO in wake of 737 Max crisis
Mashable - 23 Dec 2019 17:45Massive gas disk raises questions about planet formation theory
Phys.org - 23 Dec 2019 16:09
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) found a young star surrounded by an astonishing mass of gas. The star, called 49 Ceti, is 40 million years old and conventional theories of planet...
Stadia Achievements have finally been unlocked, past game time counted
Slash Gear - 23 Dec 2019 16:01
Google’s strategy when it comes to Stadia features is both reassuring but also mildly frustrating. On the one hand, the steady flow of new features and fine-tuning gives some confidence that Google is actively working ...
Uninstall ToTok, an Alleged Emirati Spy App, From Your Phone Now
Wired - 23 Dec 2019 02:52
A messaging app called ToTok had scores of positive reviews, particularly from users in the UAE. US intelligent officials say it may be spying for that government instead.
How to Tell If Your Body Is In Ketosis
Discover - 23 Dec 2019 20:00
It can be harder to enter ketosis than you might think, but there are telltale signs your keto diet is working.
A false start for foldables in 2019
TechCrunch - 23 Dec 2019 19:38
A year from now, this is likely to have all blown over. A year from now, the Samsung Galaxy Fold's turbulent takeoff may well be a footnote in the largest story of foldables. For now, however, it's an important caveat th...
New rules illuminate how objects absorb and emit light
Phys.org - 23 Dec 2019 19:38
Princeton researchers have uncovered new rules governing how objects absorb and emit light, fine-tuning scientists' control over light and boosting research into next-generation solar and optical devices.
Super-resolution at all scales with active thermal detection
Science Daily - 23 Dec 2019 19:29
A research team found the temperature increase caused by the probe beam could be utilized to generate a signal per se for detecting objects. Notably, this so-called 'active thermal detection' enables super-resolution ima...
Gone fishin' -- for proteins
Science Daily - 23 Dec 2019 19:28
Casting lines into human cells to snag proteins, a team of researchers has solved a 20-year-old mystery of cell biology.
Moms' obesity in pregnancy is linked to lag in sons' development and IQ
Science Daily - 23 Dec 2019 19:28
A mother's obesity in pregnancy can affect her child's development years down the road, according to researchers who found lagging motor skills in preschoolers and lower IQ in middle childhood for boys whose mothers were...
Scientists chilled Lego bricks to near absolute zero to see what happens - CNET
CNET - 23 Dec 2019 19:12
That's 2,000 times colder than deep space.
Artificial intelligence tracks down leukemia
Science Daily - 23 Dec 2019 16:53
Artificial intelligence can detect one of the most common forms of blood cancer - acute myeloid leukemia -- with high reliability. Researchers at the DZNE and the University of Bonn have now shown this in a proof-of-conc...
Development of a stretchable vibration-powered device using a liquid electret
Science Daily - 23 Dec 2019 16:53
Researchers developed a liquid electret material capable of semi-permanently retaining static electricity. They subsequently combined this material with soft electrodes to create the first bendable, stretchable vibration...
Pixel 4 December update brings dual-frequency GNSS, improved Face Unlock
Android Central - 23 Dec 2019 16:23Wild Marvel Rumors About Just Who Could Take on Moon Knight
Gizmodo - 23 Dec 2019 16:05
Mission: Impossible 7 and 8 cast an intriguing new addition. Sony's Bloodshot movie is arriving a touch later than previously planned. FX may try to bring Carrie to the small screen. Plus, a tiny sneak peek of Locke & Ke...
The worst part about shopping at Amazon is its awful mobile app
Android Central - 23 Dec 2019 16:00
For a company this big, its app shouldn't be this bad. Growing up in a rural town of about 1,000 people where going to a grocery or superstore required a 15-45-minute drive, online shopping has been my go-to for a good p...