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Review: Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM Sports Lens (Those Colors!)
The Phoblographer - 4 Feb 2020 13:00
The year 2019 was the year where I hope that DSLR lenses like the Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 DG OS HSM Sports will fade in place of smaller and lighter mirrorless lenses. This piece is being written in 2019 and published in 202...
Review: Arlo Video Doorbell excels where it needs to but lacks HomeKit
AppleInsider - 4 Feb 2020 22:02
Arlo, known for its wire-free whole-home cameras, has finally released a video version of its smart doorbell. With the smart doorbell space becoming ever-more crowded, we wanted to see how the Arlo Video Doorbell stacks ...
'Bizarre' Land Turtle Somehow Survived Mass Extinction That Killed the Dinosaurs
Gizmodo - 4 Feb 2020 20:45
Very few land turtles managed to survive the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, but at least one species of primitive turtle managed to fend off extinction in the northern hemisphere, according to new fossils found in ...
Scientists invented an 'anti-solar panel' that generates power in the dark
BGR - 4 Feb 2020 03:08
Solar power technology shows promise in helping humanity wean itself off of power sources that are far more damaging to the planet. It's already used for a variety of applications, from powering residential homes to fill...
Palforzia, the first peanut allergy treatment, finally gets FDA approval
Slash Gear - 4 Feb 2020 01:07
A few months after the FDA announced a major step toward the eventual approval of a peanut allergy treatment, the big day has finally arrived. Aimmune Therapeutics has announced that its Palforzia peanut allergy treatmen...
NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Took a Space Selfie, Capturing her Reflection in the Space Station
Universe Today - 4 Feb 2020 01:40
If there’s an award for “Selfie of the Year” NASA astronaut Jessica Meir just won it. Her Twitter account tweeted two images of her spacewalk shenanigans from January 26th, 2020. In one of the photos, she used one ...
Google bug causes backed-up video files to be sent to the wrong users
DP Review - 4 Feb 2020 19:47
Google has admitted in an email to affected users that a bug has caused some video files stored in Google Photos to be sent to the wrong users. If you've been using Google's Takeout tool to back up files from your Google...
SEX WEEK: 6 Gender-Neutral Sex Toys to Spice Things up for You and Your Partner this V-Day
Gizmodo - 4 Feb 2020 17:00
Remember when the only sex toy you could correctly identify was a gummy, highlighter-neon colored dildo that could feasibly pass for a dog's chew toy?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk warns Twitter followers about Bitcoin scams: 'This is not cool.'
USA Today - 4 Feb 2020 02:15
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told his Twitter followers to beware scammers seeking to defraud people of Bitcoin cryptocurrency on the social media platform.
Scientists Slam Congress's New Plan for NASA
Gizmodo - 4 Feb 2020 00:02
A recently proposed House bill that calls for NASA to send humans to Mars in 2033 is coming under fire from scientists who think it would be a mistake to assign secondary importance to a lunar mission and to neglect tech...
Peeking at the plumbing of one of the Aleutian's most-active volcanoes
EurekAlert! - 4 Feb 2020 07:00
(Carnegie Institution for Science) A new approach to analyzing seismic data reveals deep vertical zones of low seismic velocity in the plumbing system underlying Alaska's Cleveland volcano, one of the most-active of the ...
Disney+ reaches 28.6 million subscribers, will launch in India March 29
Android Central - 4 Feb 2020 23:54
The year ahead is looking bright for Disney+. What you need to know Disney announced that Disney+ had reached 28.6 million subscribers. ESPN+ is at 7.6 million paid subscribers and Hulu is at 30.7 million paid subscriber...
Google Photos bug sent private videos to strangers
Engadget - 4 Feb 2020 15:39
If you used Google Takeout to back up your Photos files from November 21st to 25th, 2019, a stranger out there may have a copy of your videos. The tech giant has started sending out emails, warning users about a bug that...
Google: Oops, we may have sent your private Google Photos videos to strangers
Mashable - 4 Feb 2020 12:31We just got a big clue that Samsung's next major foldable phone is coming soon
BGR - 4 Feb 2020 02:06
I can't tell if the folks working on Samsung's foldable phones have a sense of irony, if they're superstitious, a mix of the two, or maybe none of the above. Think back to around late March, early April of last year. Bac...
The Pentagon wants to catch rogue drones in nets
Engadget - 4 Feb 2020 01:35
The Pentagon already has permission to shoot drones out of the sky if they're deemed a threat, but it's not stopping there. The Department of Defense (DoD) has signed a contract with Fortem Technologies for what the comp...
Panasonic just made the world's most powerful blue laser: Here's why
Slash Gear - 4 Feb 2020 00:45
In a demonstration in Osaka, Japan, Panasonic demonstrated the new world’s highest brightness blue laser. They’ve done this with a couple of technologies/techniques, using wavelength beam combining (WBC) with a direc...
Tesla's Epic Rally Echoes Past Oil, Bitcoin Bubbles
Wall Street Journal - 4 Feb 2020 23:56
The car maker's outsize stock gains don't match its fundamentals, but they do share troubling similarities with past episodes of inflated prices that ended in tears.
Dopamine signals may guide migration of immune cells to infection sites
Neuroscience News - 4 Feb 2020 23:21
Dopamine may play a role in activating immune cells to migrate in the early stages of infection.
Fujifilm X100V initial review: The most capable fixed-lens compact camera, ever
DP Review - 4 Feb 2020 22:50
Introduction The X100V is Fujifilm's fifth X100-series camera since the original model debuted almost a full decade ago. Through each successive iteration, Fujifilm has made its large-sensor, prime-lens compact camera mo...
Secret Nazi World War II bunkers discovered near D-Day beaches
Fox News - 4 Feb 2020 20:13
Researchers have uncovered secret Nazi bunkers in Normandy that were used against U.S. forces at the D-Day landings during World War II.
Faze Clan will let six gamers compete to join their esports team on a Quibi show - CNET
CNET - 4 Feb 2020 19:00
To enter you have to subscribe to Quibi, the mobile video service launching April 6 for $5 a month with ads.