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World's first fully digital valves open up engine possibilities:
British company Camcon Automotive has built the first fully electronic engine valve system, uncoupled from the crankshaft, that offers unprecedented control over the combustion cycle.
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11 August 2018.
This Week In Techdirt History: August 5th - 11th:
Five Years Ago
This week in 2013, we learned that lots of government agencies were trying to access that sweet, sweet NSA data — and that the DEA was not only getting it, but being instructed to cover up where it came from.
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11 August 2018.
Mentor relationships can help female athletes deal with discrimination, bullying:
When female athletes have strong mentors, the relationship helps them combat issues of sexism and helps them navigate problematic behaviors, according to a study by two University of Kansas researchers.
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12 August 2018.
How One Woman Is Helping Vulnerable Communities Through Digital Identities:
When blockchain technology was first introduced in 2008, it was designed as a secure public database where you could trade.
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12 August 2018.
Why Shower Filters are Good for Your Health:
Shower Filter The best shower filter performs multiple functions of water filtering, hardness removal, disinfection, energizing, and natural medication.
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26 June 2018.
Voatz: a tale of a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad idea:
Let’s get the fish in the barrel out of the way.
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12 August 2018.
Artificial intelligence may put private data at risk:
Machine learning models, which use data to help computers learn for themselves, are vulnerable to privacy leaks and malicious attacks, Cornell Tech researchers have found.
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02 August 2018.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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10 August 2018.
Why YouTubers are feeling the burn:
From fashionistas to popular scientists, YouTube’s top video stars are crumbling under the relentless pressure of producing new content for the siteWhen Lucy Moon sat down with her therapist to discuss why she was feeling so low, she was on top of the world.
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12 August 2018.
Parker Solar Probe: last-minute hitch delays flight to the sun:
US space agency postpones launch of fastest object ever made on journey to Earth’s nearest starA last-minute technical problem has delayed Nasa’s unprecedented flight to the sun.
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12 August 2018.
Moment announces Note 9 photo cases supporting new lenses, including anamorphic:
Along with the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 comes the plethora of accessories from third parties.
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12 August 2018.
Parker Solar Probe: Nasa launches mission to 'touch the Sun':
The US space agency launches a probe that aims to travel closer to the Sun than ever before.
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12 August 2018.
Police Departments Need to Stop Posting Mugshots on Twitter:
Opinion: When police departments post photos of protestors on social media, it puts them at risk of harassment, or worse.
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12 August 2018.
Election Security Becomes A Political Issue In Georgia Governor's Race:
The Republican candidate, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, is the state's top election official.
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12 August 2018.
Farmers in war-torn Afghanistan hit by worst drought in decades:
After his wheat crop failed and wells dried up, Ghulam Abbas sold his animals and joined thousands of other farmers migrating to cities as Afghanistan's worst drought in living memory ravages the war-torn country.
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12 August 2018.
Inside Twitter’s Struggle Over What Gets Banned:
Twitter has been embroiled in internal conversations about how to evolve and explain its policies for what can and cannot be posted on its site.
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11 August 2018.
What Was It Like When We First Made Protons And Neutrons?:
In the earliest stages of the Universe, before there were protons or neutrons, we had a quark-gluon plasma.
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08 August 2018.
Lawsuits accuse Tesla's Musk of fraud over tweets, going-private proposal:
Tesla Inc and Chief Executive Elon Musk were sued twice on Friday by investors who said they fraudulently engineered a scheme to squeeze short-sellers, including through Musk's proposal to take the electric car company private.
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11 August 2018.
Moment announces Note 9 photo cases supporting new lenses, including anamorphic:
Along with the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 comes the plethora of accessories from third parties.
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12 August 2018.
Parker Solar Probe Launches on NASA Voyage to ‘Touch the Sun’:
A Delta IV Heavy rocket carried NASA’s Parker Solar Probe into space on Sunday.
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12 August 2018.
Families Choose Empathy Over 'Tough Love' To Rescue Loved Ones From Opioids:
Families are starting to adopt an approach that stresses compassion instead of harsh consequences for loved ones with addiction.
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10 August 2018.
Face value: Australians seek free portraits of Queen Elizabeth:
Australians by the dozen are demanding portraits of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, after a news item drew attention to an obscure rule entitling them to such articles from local politicians.
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10 August 2018.
Will the Food Industry Botch the Introduction Of Gene-Edited Foods?:
We've reached a milestone in gene-edited food, according to the Washington Post.
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01 January 1970.
Tech companies ban Alex Jones for hate speech:
Facebook, YouTube, Apple, and Spotify all removed content from right-wing conspiracy theorist and "Infowars" host Alex Jones.
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01 January 1970.
Would a U.S. Space Force Be Legal? Get the Facts.:
As the Trump Administration calls for a new military branch, get the plan's pros and cons and learn the rules governing off-world soldiers.
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09 August 2018.
Facebook and Google urged to set up independent regulator to avoid internet laws:
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25 January 2018.
These Psychedelic Drugs Show Promise for Treating Mental Health Disorders:
In recent years, a number of small studies have explored the potential for psychedelic drugs to treat certain mental health conditions.
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11 August 2018.
Magic Leap’s headset is real, but that may not be enough:
It’s taken years of work and billions of dollars in venture funding to build a working mixed-reality headset for developers.
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12 August 2018.
Tips And Tricks For Picking A Quality Fort Collins Fence And Gate Contractor For Your Requirements:
Don't simply presume a fence and gate repair work setup specialist is reputable if he appears nice when giving you an estimate.
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12 August 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.
Longer term weather forecast
