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NOERDEN Mate2+ Hybrid Smartwatch measures your physical activity and sleep
The Gadget Flow - 2 Jan 2020 17:00
Sometimes, you don’t want a typical smartwatch. You might want the health tracking benefits without your messages and calendar alerts popping up on on the screen. If you’re looking for a classic men’s watch with al...
Music Streaming Jumped to 80 Percent of the U.S. Market by the End of the Decade
Gizmodo - 2 Jan 2020 00:00
Music streaming made a killing this decade as far as U.S. market domination--and more and more users are willing to pay for it too, according to statistics from the Recording Industry Association of America.
LG and Samsung's lavish smart fridges get smarter for CES 2020
Slash Gear - 2 Jan 2020 19:37
No kitchen is safe from the IoT: the smart fridges are back and this time they’re more high-tech than ever, with Samsung and LG both revealing upgrades on their connected refrigerators. Both appliance-makers have been ...
Study hints at the surprising benefits of drinking whole milk
BGR - 2 Jan 2020 06:17
Lots of us would love to cut an inch or two off our waistlines, but just how to go about it can be a struggle. Cutting calories is obviously top of the list, but when it comes to milk, the tendency to opt for reduced-fat...
NASA's aging Hubble telescope offers gorgeous glimpse at churning galaxy
BGR - 2 Jan 2020 03:07
The Hubble Space Telescope, which is operated by both NASA and the European Space Agency, is one of the most trustworthy tools for observing distant objects in space. It's been sending back stunning images for over 29 ye...
EPA scientists warn the EPA against proposed regulation rollbacks
Engadget - 2 Jan 2020 00:34
The Environmental Protection Agency's Scientific Advisory Board isn't down with the organization's proposed regulatory rollbacks. In the draft reports the panel has published, it warned that the rollbacks are based on we...
Sampling oscilloscopes get built-in 53-Gbaud clock recovery units
Medical Design Technology - 2 Jan 2020 23:01
A Clock Recovery Unit (CRU) option is now available for the BERTWave MP2110A scope that supports trigger clock generation from a 53-Gbaud PAM4 optical signal. When combined with existing oscilloscope functionality, the n...
Exercise Has Many Health Benefits. Weight Loss Isn't Really One of Them
Discover - 2 Jan 2020 22:45
It's harder than you might think to lose weight through exercise alone.
IRS drops longstanding promise not to compete against TurboTax
Ars Technica - 2 Jan 2020 22:02
Tax-software makers can't hide free services from Google search, IRS says.
Ultimate Telemedicine: Expert helps treat astronaut's blood clot during NASA mission
Science Daily - 2 Jan 2020 21:34
An astronaut aboard the ISS had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) -- or blood clot -- in the jugular vein of the neck and had it treated while on the mission.
Half the amount of chemo prevents testicular cancer from coming back, new trial shows
Science Daily - 2 Jan 2020 21:34
Testicular cancer can be prevented from coming back using half the amount of chemotherapy that is currently used, a new clinical trial has shown. The new trial showed that giving men one cycle of chemotherapy was as effe...
Health ranks as top concern for veterans immediately after military service
Science Daily - 2 Jan 2020 21:34
In a survey of nearly 10,000 veterans newly separated from military service, most were satisfied with their work and social well-being, but more than half reported chronic physical health problems, and a third reported c...
Snake-like proteins can wrangle DNA
Science Daily - 2 Jan 2020 21:33
Theoretical simulations suggest structural maintenance of chromosome proteins coil not only around each other but also around the strands of DNA they help manipulate. These strands are formed into loops that regulate tra...
Do Men Lose Weight More Easily Than Women?
Discover - 2 Jan 2020 20:00
There are a number of factors that cause men and women to lose weight differently.
Flexible photonic crystal from liquid thin-film metasurface
Phys.org - 2 Jan 2020 19:08
Photonic crystals are predicted to be one of the wonders of the 21st century. In the 20th century, new understanding of the electronic band structure-the physics that determines when a solid conducts or insulates-revolut...
What California's New Privacy Law Means For You
Motherboard - 2 Jan 2020 19:06
The CCPA is America's first big internet privacy law, designed to give power back to consumers.
Finding new physics will require a new particle collider
The Economist - 2 Jan 2020 17:50
DEEP UNDER the countryside north of Geneva, straddling the Franco-Swiss border, one of the most advanced scientific machines ever built has been banging subatomic particles together for more than a decade. This device, t...
GMRT discovers a gigantic ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy
Phys.org - 2 Jan 2020 17:44
A team of astronomers at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune, India have discovered a mysterious ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The r...
The Universe May Be Flooded with a Cobweb Network of Invisible Strings
Live Science - 2 Jan 2020 16:51
We may soon find out whether we live in an axiverse.
Google Duo now lets you react to video messages with emoji
Android Central - 2 Jan 2020 16:46
There are eight different emoji to choose from. What you need to know Duo will now let you react to video messages with emoji. There are only eight emoji to choose from at this time, with the last one changing depending ...
Razer bets on youth base in bid for Singapore digital bank licence
ZDNet - 2 Jan 2020 16:45
Games hardware maker has applied for a digital bank licence, leading a group that comprises partners from various verticals including supermarket chain Sheng Siong and automotive marketplace Carro, and will target the yo...
Keep exercising: New study finds it's good for your brain's gray matter
Science Daily - 2 Jan 2020 16:43
A study provides new evidence of an association between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain health, particularly in gray matter and total brain volume -- regions of the brain involved with cognitive decline and aging.