Bears Ears (Image: Brewbooks/Flickr)President Obama has designated 1.65 million acres in Southwestern Utah and Nevada as National Monuments, protecting the land from private development and granting the federal government broad control to protect it…
Lees meerNew research suggests it’s possible to detect neurodegenerative disorders in artists before they are diagnosed. This 1931 painting from Salvador Dali exhibits a different “fractal fingerprint” compared to his later works—one indicative of Parkinson’…
Lees meerIf you've been staring wistfully at the many iOS folks who are playing Super Mario Run on your commute, wondering when your Android gizmo could get in on the action, maybe stop doing that. First up, it's a little creepy and, secondly, soon …
Lees meerPresident Barack Obama's administration has imposed sanctions on Russia's two top intelligence services and it's ejected 35 Russian intelligence officials from the US. This is in response to Russia's repeated, documented hacks of the US ele…
Lees meerIn the past few years, Google has used its so-called "knowledge graph" to make search results far more useful than just a list of links -- you can get lots of info on a variety of topics right in Google without having to click on any search…
Lees meerImage: AmazonThere are plenty of Amazon Prime benefits almost everyone knows about like streaming movies, faster deliveries, the Kindle lending library. Then there are some that aren’t quite as well known. You should make ake sure you’re getting the…
Lees meerDuolingo debuted chat bots to help you learn a new language back in October, but now the company is looking to offer a bit more human interaction. Today, it introduced a new feature called Language Clubs so you can band together with friend…
Lees meerThe Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) arrived in the '80s to help digital instruments communicate with each other. Nowadays, with much of the action on computers, a new breed of MIDI controllers have emerged. Many of today's desig…
Lees meerTranscend Gold BoxOne can never have enough flash storage, especially when Amazon’s selling it for this cheap. Today only, you can take your pick of Transcend storage products marked down to great low prices.Read more...
Lees meerYouTube isn't the only site record labels are taking issue with when it comes to copyright infringement. Financial Times reports that music publishers want Facebook to license music that gets posted on its site and take down any user-submit…
Lees meerThere are so many companies working on autonomous car tech that we're now seeing the inevitable next phase: partnerships and consolidation. Case in point is a tie-up between MobilEye, the sensor maker that supplied sensors to Tesla before a…
Lees meerIf there's one color guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of Windows users, it's blue. But as one Twitter sleuth has discovered, the iconic and always alarming "blue screen of death" is going green, and not because Microsoft is feeling…
Lees meerAncient Greek physicians figured that our breath was a strong health indicator, but researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology have proven just how true that is. They developed a device that uses nanoparticles to identify 17 diffe…
Lees meerMany people depend on Skype to chat with family, colleagues and clients throughout their working day. To help them stay connected while they're outside the office, Volvo has announced plans to integrate Skype for Business into its high-end …
Lees meerAmazon's drone-delivery plans apparently don't stop with using flying contraptions to ferry people's purchases to their homes. Based on a patent it filed with the USPTO, the e-commerce giant dreams of launching big floating warehouses near …
Lees meerSamsung has revealed the CH711, a curved quantum dot monitor built "with gamers in mind." It also appears to be targeting Mac users and designers with the model, judging by the sharp-looking white color scheme and marketing shots (above). T…
Lees meerPhoto: TwitterMany people would say that computers have been a boon to both science and society, facilitating calculations and communications unfathomable in the pre-digital age. President-elect Donald Trump, however, is not one of those people.Read…
Lees meerJust when you thought 2016 couldn’t get any more cruel. Debbie Reynolds—a Hollywood star since her teenage leading-lady debut in 1952's Singin’ in the Rain—died just one day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher. She was 84 years old.Read more...
Lees meerWhy does everyone want to kill Bruce Willis? Because Pierre-Alexandre Chauvat hilariously edited together 53 different movies to make it seem like various characters from movies like The Bourne Ultimatum, Pulp Fiction, Hot Fuzz, Mad Max: Fury Road a…
Lees meerPresident-elect Donald Trump said he was contacted by Sprint executives today and told that the company was making an investment in domestic jobs, according to Reuters and Bloomberg. "Because of what's happening and the spirit and the hope …
Lees meerUsually around the end of the year, I re-watch a few old movies I haven’t seen in a while to remind myself of how awesome they are. I’m not sure why I do this (probably because most new movies aren’t that great, and I get reflective as the year ends…
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