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Nano-sized metal fish deliver targeted drugs to your body
Engadget - 12 Sep 2016 06:36
Doctors have long dreamed of delivering drugs to specific parts of your body, and they may soon have a clever way to do it: fish. UC San Diego researchers have developed nanoscale metallic fish (they're just 800 nanomete...
WikiLeaks Finally Admits It Did Something Wrong
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2016 04:45
WikiLeaks is no stranger to controversy. In July, the organization posted tons of Americans' credit card and social security numbers . In August, the "whistleblower site" published dozens of malware links in an email dum...
NASA plans to rejoin the ESA's gravitational waves project
Engadget - 12 Sep 2016 04:09
NASA was supposed to be the European Space Agency's partner in the quest to measure gravitational waves, but it had to drop out in 2011 due to budgetary constraints. According to Science, though, NASA officials changed t...
Tweetdeck adds location and date search filters
Engadget - 13 Sep 2016 00:35
Twitter spews an amazing volume of information into the world, yet its search function has never been precise. To be fair, it's faced far greater pressure to combat abuse, like it did releasing tools to cut trolls out of...
Electron microscope draws nano-sized patterns in metal ink
Engadget - 12 Sep 2016 07:58
One of the greatest challenges in designing electronics is drawing very fine details. You normally need lithography, which complicates the process by requiring masks. However, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has now found ...
There's No Technology That Will Make Your Wife Believe You Love Her
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2016 05:54
Expressing love is one of the most difficult and important things you can do as a human being. There is no correct way to tell someone you love them, to truly express how much they mean to you. Messages get lost in trans...
California energy standard could cut PC power use by a third
Engadget - 12 Sep 2016 05:18
Computers aren't the power hogs they used to be, but California's Energy Commission believes the industry can do better. It just revealed the likely final version of standards that would reduce PC and monitor energy use ...
Nobody Is Watching Kim Dotcom's Livestreamed Extradition Hearing
Gizmodo - 12 Sep 2016 05:14
Remember Kim Dotcom? He's the convicted fraudster-turned rich dude who ran MegaUpload, that file storage website that hosted a ton of pirated content. In January 2012, Dotcom was raided by New Zealand authorities and he'...
ACLU and Amnesty International ask Obama to pardon Snowden
Engadget - 13 Sep 2016 01:55
The American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International, two of the highest-profile human rights organizations in the United States, are calling for President Obama to grant clemency to Edward Snowden. The "Pardon S...
Jalopnik Amelia Earhart Maybe Didn't Die In That Plane Crash | Lifehacker How Far You Can Drive Your
Gizmodo - 13 Sep 2016 01:45
Jalopnik Amelia Earhart Maybe Didn't Die In That Plane Crash | Lifehacker How Far You Can Drive Your Car on Empty, In One Chart | io9 You May Never See a Better Video Than Mad Max: Fury Road Without Special Effects | Kot...
Oh great, now we're giving drones robot-claws
Slash Gear - 13 Sep 2016 01:38
Prodrone, a Japanese UAV company, has taken the wraps off its new PD6B-AW-ARM, a drone that contains a pair of robotic arms for grasping items from the air, among other things. The drone was recently showcased at InterDr...
MIT uses radiation to read closed books
Engadget - 13 Sep 2016 01:30
There are some books that are simply too delicate to crack open -- the last thing you want to do is destroy an ornate medieval Bible simply because you're curious about its contents. If MIT has its way, though, you won't...
Disney Almost Built a Park Based on the Myst Computer Game
Gizmodo - 13 Sep 2016 01:20
Do you remember Myst? That mysterious 3D computer game from the 1990s where you walked around solving puzzles? Well, believe it or not, the folks over at Disney were in talks with the creators of Myst to turn it into a t...
Sorry, bacteria is faster than the five-second food rule
Slash Gear - 13 Sep 2016 01:06
If you’ve always followed the so-called ‘five second rule’ for dropped food, you may want to rethink your dietary habits. According to newly published research from Rutgers University, it doesn’t really matter ho...
HTC teases 9/20 event (Nexus Pixel need not apply)
Slash Gear - 13 Sep 2016 01:04
Google will likely be involved with HTC’s next event, but only so far as they’re installed on the phone that’ll be revealed as Android. HTC’s next event will be taking place on 9/20/16, and it’ll be taking plac...
Libratone Q Adapt In-Ear earbuds kisses bulky batteries goodbye
Coolest Gadgets - 13 Sep 2016 01:00
When it comes to a name like Libratone, you can be sure that there will be plenty of devices under their brand that will deal with the audio realm, such as portable Bluetooth speakers. This time around, however, Libraton...
ING Bank's main data center was shut down by a loud noise
Engadget - 13 Sep 2016 00:51
Members of ING Bank found themselves unable to use their debit cards this weekend due to a completely unexpected technical failure: it was just too dang loud. More specifically, a loud noise caused by a fire extinguisher...
ZTE asked fans for new product ideas: These are the weird results
Slash Gear - 13 Sep 2016 00:45
Brave or foolhardy, ZTE’s attempt to crowdsource the next must-have mobile device has come up with a trio of oddball ideas it’s hoping fans will flesh out for a potential production version. Project CSX was announced...
Fix Apple's Wireless AirPods With This $10 Wire
Gizmodo - 13 Sep 2016 00:35
Apple's attempt to convince us that a headphone jack-less iPhone 7 wasn't a terrible thing created a whole new uproar when it became clear how easy it would be to lose the new $160 wireless AirPods. But don't worry, ther...
PlayStation 4 HDR patch arrives tomorrow
Slash Gear - 13 Sep 2016 00:24
When Sony announced the PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro last week, one major announcement it made was that all existing PlayStation 4 consoles, regardless of model, would be receiving firmware updates to enable high dynamic range (...
Razer launches its own venture fund to support VR and gaming
Engadget - 13 Sep 2016 00:21
Razer might be best known for high end gaming hardware and lightning fast peripherals, but the company is now ready to expand from its core business into everything from the Internet of Things, to Virtual and Augmented R...
Statement from Gawker Media Editorial Union on Univision's Deletion of News Stories
Gizmodo - 13 Sep 2016 00:20
Univision has said that it bought Gawker Media because it believed in the work that our publications do. That work, for well over a decade, was only possible because we knew that our company leadership would defend it if...