New Update For Google Hangouts Features ‘Smart’ Location Sharing
Among a slew of updates available today in Android Hangouts app is what Google calls “smart suggestions.” For example, if a friend asks you where you are, Hangouts will give you the option of dropping.
December 10, 2014 at 08:28AM
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New cheap NFC sensor can transmit information on hazardous chemicals, food spoilage to smartphone
MIT chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone.
December 10, 2014 at 04:42AM
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How To Draw Mushrooms On An Oscilloscope With Sound
We know you’ve waited forever to find out.
December 9, 2014 at 11:35PM
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The Death Of The Password Starts Today
The FIDO Alliance — a non-profit composed of heavyweights like Microsoft, Google, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, and more — has published its final specification for a system to kill the password, hopefully for good.
December 9, 2014 at 10:00PM
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Uber sued over unlawful business practices; Lyft settles
Los Angeles and San Francisco district attorneys filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Uber on Tuesday, alleging that the popular ride-hailing company doesn’t go far enough to protect its passengers.
December 9, 2014 at 08:54PM
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My Three-Year-Old Just Wrecked Star Wars for Me
“My younger son and I have ongoing and endless discussions about Star Wars, the principal folktale in which he finds meaning. […] But lately, playing around with his toys, he’s been asking me a question I can’t really answer.”
December 9, 2014 at 08:54PM
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MIT Technology Review
Silicon Valley is “a sexist and racist wealth distribution mechanism that relies on cronyism, corruption, and exclusion to function.”
December 9, 2014 at 07:49PM
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Cycling’s Camera Arms Race Is a Fight for Millions of Dollars
Strapping a camera on the bikes of professional cyclists is more than just simple fanservice — it’s one of the few ways cycling teams can make money.
December 9, 2014 at 07:49PM
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The Sony Hacks Are Goddamn Terrifying
The real reason the Sony hack should keep you up at night isn’t because some marketing exec’s presentation made you giggle. It isn’t because the hackers wanted to kill a Seth Rogen movie. The scariest part of what happened is the collateral damage, the Sony civilians whose entire digital lives have been exposed to the world.
December 9, 2014 at 06:46PM
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Here’s the first line of code ever written by a US president
Barack Obama just became the first U.S. president to write a line of computer code (assuming George W. Bush never secretly indulged in PHP). At the White House yesterday, Obama sat down with students who were learning the fundamentals of JavaScript, the popular programming language used to create most web pages.
December 9, 2014 at 05:40PM
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