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Light, thin VR gloves put wearers in touch with virtual objects:
Virtual reality motion controllers work pretty well at syncing up the movements of digital digits with your real ones, but they aren't all that good at recreating the sense of touch.
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16 October 2018.
African Nations Rife With Illegitimate Collection Societies: Nigeria Files Criminal Complaint Against COSON:
You may recall that we have discussed the complete chaos that is copyright collection societies in Kenya over the past few years.
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16 October 2018.
Higher temperatures could help protect coral reefs:
A new study in the journal Behavioral Ecology suggests that higher water temperature, which increases the aggressiveness of some fish, could lead to better protection of some coral.
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16 October 2018.
Uber And Lyft Plan To Offer Free And Discounted Rides On Election Day:
The rideshare companies are going the extra mile to drive more Americans to the polls.
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15 October 2018.
Grow Taller Using Insole Gadgets:
Research indicates a possible link between height and confidence.
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28 August 2018.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks publicly for the first time about its censored China search engine:
Commenting publicly for the first time about Google’s censored search engine for China, CEO Sundar Pichai said onstage at the WIRED 25 summit in San Francisco that the company is taking “a longer-term view” about the country.
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16 October 2018.
Using smartphone cameras to track alertness:
Cornell researchers developed a tool that tracks alertness by measuring pupil size, captured through a burst of photographs taken every time users unlock their smartphones.
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15 October 2018.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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12 October 2018.
Microsoft Surface Pro 6 review: a fantastic tablet PC you shouldn't buy:
It looks, feels and works great, is cheaper than the previous version and lasts longer on a charge, but it still doesn’t have USB-C or Thunderbolt 3The new Surface Pro 6 the latest version of Microsoft’s category-defining detachable tablet PC, but do a price cut, faster chips and a new paint job make it worth buying?From the outside it looks like very little has changed, and that’s because the Surface Pro 6 is practically identical to its predecessor.
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16 October 2018.
Countries where smacking children is banned 'are safer to grow up in':
Research reveals that fighting between youths – particularly females – is less common where corporal punishment has been outlawedCountries that ban the smacking of children appear to be safer for young people to grow up in, according to research revealing that fighting between youths – particularly females – is less common where corporal punishment has been outlawed.
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16 October 2018.
Line lists cryptocurrency on Bitbox exchange:
Japanese tech vendor puts its digital token Link on its recently launched exchange Bitbox, making it available for trade with three cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether.
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16 October 2018.
The 'ugly duckling' fossil from the deep:
Meet the baby reptile that is shedding new light on the giants that lived at the time of T.
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16 October 2018.
Google’s CEO Says Tests of Censored Chinese Search Engine Turned Out Great:
At WIRED's 25th anniversary festival, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company would be able to serve more than 99 percent of queries.
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16 October 2018.
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies At 65:
Paul Allen, who co-founded tech giant Microsoft with Bill Gates, has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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16 October 2018.
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01 January 1970.
Higher temperatures could help protect coral reefs:
A new study in the journal Behavioral Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, suggests that higher water temperature, which increases the aggressiveness of some fish, could lead to better protection of some coral.
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16 October 2018.
Why Some Amazon Workers Are Fuming About Their Raise:
Katy Iber, an Amazon warehouse worker near Minneapolis, said a highly publicized pay raise could actually cost her money because she is losing bonuses and stock grants.
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09 October 2018.
5 Ways a Calendar Tool Helps You Set Realistic Expectations for Your Day:
It’s how we manage our expectations that can keep us productive, focused, and content.
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03 September 2018.
TomTom earnings beat expectations on digital mapping sales:
TomTom , the Dutch navigation company, said third-quarter earnings beat expectations, helped by sales of higher margin digital mapping products.
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16 October 2018.
Line lists cryptocurrency on Bitbox exchange:
Japanese tech vendor puts its digital token Link on its recently launched exchange Bitbox, making it available for trade with three cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether.
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16 October 2018.
Profiles in Science: How Do You Find an Alien Ocean? Margaret Kivelson Figured It Out:
Margaret Kivelson in her office at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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08 October 2018.
If Your Medical Information Becomes A Moneymaker, Could You Get A Cut?:
Sometimes discoveries derived from patients' medical data become the foundation of new profit-making companies.
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15 October 2018.
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01 January 1970.
She came, she saw, she conquered, British woman claims conker crown:
Standing in a rain soaked English village, more than 200 competitors armed with horse chestnuts dangling from shoelaces faced off for the World Conker Championship.
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16 October 2018.
Google's CEO Says Tests of Censored Chinese Search Engine Have Been Very Promising:
At Wired's 25th anniversary summit, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's internal tests developing a censored search engine in China have been very promising.
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01 January 1970.
Why does Wikipedia (mostly) work?:
In an era of misinformation, the free online encyclopedia remains largely above the fray.
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01 January 1970.
A running list of how President Trump is changing environmental policy:
The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.
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15 October 2018.
Facebook and Google urged to set up independent regulator to avoid internet laws:
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25 January 2018.
Last Man to Walk on the Moon Mistaken About Climate Change on Earth:
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt saw Earth from space, but doesn't see that human activity is shaping climate change.
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15 October 2018.
The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself:
Analyzing the way you type and scroll can reveal as much as a psychological test.
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16 October 2018.
Try A Few Of These Excellent Ideas For Home Improvement:
A number of home improvement projects are not difficult to complete, even if a person has little experience in home improvement.
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16 October 2018.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
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