After it was recently found that Google’s first search result for “did the Holocaust happen?” was a white supremacist site, Google has decided to change their search algorithm to remove Holocaust denial sites.Read more...
Lees meerWhile AirPods availability is certainly improving, the completely wireless headphones are still hard to find in Apple retail locations around the world. If you’re on the hunt to get yourself a pair, a new website launched just a few days ago aims t…
Lees meeriPhone more than twice as popular as Samsung over the holidays, according to Flurry. Metrics are metrics and the devil remains firmly in the analytics, so take these holiday 2016 numbers from Flurry for whatever you think they're worth: This …
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Lees meerSylvania announced Tuesday it was launching an LED smartbulb in its LEDVANCE product line with support for Apple’s HomeKit (yay!). Better yet, the Smart Multicolor A19 doesn’t require a hub—just plug it in, find it with Apple’s Home app, and you’re …
Lees meerTrying to replicate the sounds your car is making to the mechanic you're talking to is equal parts frustrating and embarrassing. But neural networks could put your best "worn out wheel bearing" impression into retirement. Israeli company 3D…
Lees meerIn a new report released today by Flurry Analytics, Apple has again once topped the charts this holiday season. Using a mix of phone and app activations, Flurry discovered that Apple saw more than double the number of smartphone activations as Sams…
Lees meerImage: Loren Kerns via FlickrUsually, the only thing I can tell from another person’s breath is whether they’re drunk (or the last time they’ve brushed their teeth). But an international team of scientists have created a system that can diagnose dis…
Lees meerHere’s a uselessly amusing idea to wrap your head around: what if history’s largest empire, the British Empire, still existed today? What would it look like? How many countries would it include? How many people? What would they look like? Would the …
Lees meerIf nothing else, Trump’s supporters are good at fighting. With their candidate’s inauguration celebration less than a month away they’re starting to turn on one another over a classically mean girls issue: who’s cool enough to be invited to the part…
Lees meerA male Perdita bee (left) has a surprisingly ant-like head, especially when compared with its female counterpart (right). Image: Zach Portman/Utah State UniversityDo not be alarmed, but the menfolk of two newly-identified species of desert bees look…
Lees meerWe tend to lose interest in things when we do them over and over again, even if they’re activities we enjoy. But this simple mental trick can make you less bored when you’re doing something for what feels like the 100th time.Read more...
Lees meerApple will add a third form factor to its iPhone lineup in 2017...
Lees meerApple’s artificial intelligence efforts are starting to come to light thanks to a just published white paper. The document describes a way to use artificial images to train computers to recognize real world objects, and is also a bit of a good faith…
Lees meerApart from the odd leak, we still don't know a lot about Nintendo's next game console. We know it has NVIDIA graphics. We know it can convert from a traditional TV set-up to a more portable one. Unfortunately, that's about where our verifia…
Lees meerIt may have been a rough year, but Kickstarter has soldiered on regardless. Here’s our picks for the top Apple Kickstarter projects funded in 2016. DoBox DoBox is a Swiss Army knife of storage and extensibility for Apple devices. It wirelessly conne…
Lees meerImages taken from the Instagrams of Anish Kapoor and Stuart SempleVantablack is an incredible material. It’s so dark it reflects nearly no light. This has made it appealing to black light fans, scientists, and very clever artists. But a disagreement…
Lees meerImage: Carlos Poveda / FUSIONThe gene drive is quickly becoming one of the most controversial technologies of our time. Its possibilities are at once spectacular and alarming: by using genetic engineering to override natural selection during reprodu…
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