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Rechargeable batteries with almost indefinite lifetimes coming, say MIT-Samsung

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @09:38AM
from the kurzweilai.net dept.

http://www.kurzweilai.net/rechargeable-batteries-with-almost-indefinite-lifetimes-coming-say-mit-samsung-engineers

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iOS 9 content blocking will transform the mobile Web: I’ve tried it

Posted by gmatty on Monday August 24, 2015 @11:15AM
from the thenextweb.com dept.

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/08/24/ios-9-content-blocking-will-transform-the-mobile-web-ive-tried-it/

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Steve Jobs’ office at Apple is still exactly how he left it

Posted by gmatty on Saturday September 13, 2014 @01:56AM
from the qz.com dept.

http://qz.com/265208/apple-steve-jobs-office-is-still-exactly-how-he-left-it/

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The Hacker’s Guide to Getting Press

Posted by gmatty on Thursday February 06, 2014 @12:12AM
from the austenallred.com dept.

http://www.austenallred.com/the-hackers-guide-to-getting-press/

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Darpa publishes all its open source code in one place

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @10:43PM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/4/5377492/darpa-publishes-all-its-open-source-code-in-one-place-open-catalog

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Ukraine's Capital is literally revolting (Livestream)

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @03:20AM
from the ustream.tv dept.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/euromajdan/pop-out

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AMC movie theater calls FBI to arrest a Google Glass user

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @03:11AM
from the the-gadgeteer.com dept.

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2014/01/20/amc-movie-theater-calls-fbi-to-arrest-a-google-glass-user/

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Cyber attack that sent 750k malicious emails traced to hacked refrigerator

Posted by gmatty on Monday January 20, 2014 @02:52AM
from the smh.com.au dept.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/cyber-attack-that-sent-750k-malicious-emails-traced-to-hacked-refrigerator-tvs-and-home-routers-20140120-hv96q.html

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The strange, shady world of $1,000 iOS apps

Posted by gmatty on Saturday January 11, 2014 @01:22AM
from the tuaw.com dept.

http://www.tuaw.com/2014/01/10/the-strange-shady-world-of-1-000-ios-apps/?a_dgi=aolshare_reddit

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Re:Ask HN: what chair are you using for coding and how comfortable is it? on Thursday January 09, 2014 @05:38PM (#7033788)

Thanks! Appreciate it!

Re:Ask HN: what chair are you using for coding and how comfortable is it? on Thursday January 09, 2014 @04:42AM (#7029561)

Does the dealer you went to happen to have a website? I was thinking of picking up a new chair myself.

Senators introduce bill to prevent state from helping NSA mass surveillance

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @01:47AM
from the talkingpointsmemo.com dept.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/nsa-nullification-california

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Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth's magnetic field

Posted by gmatty on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @10:36PM
from the frontiersinzoology.com dept.

http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/80/abstract

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Texting Made Our Plainest Punctuation Aggressive

Posted by gmatty on Monday November 25, 2013 @03:52PM
from the mashable.com dept.

http://mashable.com/2013/11/25/texting-transformed-period/

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High-Tech Window Cling is Like a Volume Knob for Real Life

Posted by gmatty on Monday October 28, 2013 @08:14PM
from the gajitz.com dept.

http://gajitz.com/high-tech-window-cling-is-like-a-volume-knob-for-real-life/

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Legally blind Grade 4 student sees with high-tech glasses

Posted by gmatty on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:36PM
from the cbc.ca dept.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/legally-blind-grade-4-student-sees-with-high-tech-glasses-1.2186517

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YouTube launches library of royalty free music

Posted by gmatty on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @08:20PM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/25/4769332/youtube-audio-library-launches-150-royalty-free-songs

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Office Hours: Alexis Ohanian (reddit cofounder) AMA[about your business]

Posted by gmatty on Saturday September 21, 2013 @08:37PM
from the reddit.com dept.

http://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1mv2xe/office_hours_alexis_ohanian_reddit_cofounder/

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Data driven explanation on why health care costs so much

Posted by gmatty on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @02:15AM
from the youtube.com dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qSjGouBmo0M

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Light stopped completely for a full minute inside a crystal

Posted by gmatty on Monday September 16, 2013 @07:48AM
from the extremetech.com dept.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/162289-light-stopped-completely-for-a-minute-inside-a-crystal-the-basis-of-quantum-memory

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Re:The NSA information dominance center is a mockup of the Starship En... on Sunday September 15, 2013 @09:21PM (#6391064)

More pictures here: http://www.dbia.com/portfolio/us-army/

The NSA information dominance center is a mockup of the Starship Enterprise

Posted by gmatty on Sunday September 15, 2013 @09:20PM
from the theverge.com dept.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/15/4732930/nsa-information-dominance-center-redesigned-as-starship-enterprise

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JBQ shares his opinion on 64-bit mobile devices

Posted by gmatty on Friday September 13, 2013 @02:27AM
from the plus.google.com dept.

https://plus.google.com/112218872649456413744/posts/Gbdj4XnE2QK

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Boat stabilizes with the help of internal waves

Posted by gmatty on Friday September 13, 2013 @02:22AM
from the youtube.com dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVIFRscJY4A

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Huge water reserve discovered in Kenya

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @09:48PM
from the itv.com dept.

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-09-10/kenya-water-aquifer-found-in-lotikipi/

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Error in Apple's Siri illustrates what may be biggest problem with existing AI

Posted by gmatty on Monday September 09, 2013 @05:54PM
from the plus.google.com dept.

https://plus.google.com/100209651993563042175/posts/ct1MX5xn9WY

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A War Game for Coders

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @06:35PM
from the codeandconquer.co dept.

http://codeandconquer.co/

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Bill Gates Will Grant You $100,000 to Invent a Next-Gen Condom

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @05:59AM
from the betabeat.com dept.

http://betabeat.com/2013/03/bill-gates-will-grant-you-100000-to-invent-a-next-gen-condom/

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87% of the US population is identifiable with only a zip code, DOB, and gender

Posted by gmatty on Monday September 02, 2013 @05:35AM
from the dataprivacylab.org dept.

http://dataprivacylab.org/projects/identifiability/paper1.pdf

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NYC Programmer Begins Coding Lessons With Homeless 'Genius'

Posted by gmatty on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @08:49AM
from the mashable.com dept.

http://mashable.com/2013/08/26/programmer-coding-homeless/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link

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