
On this dreary Tuesday at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., executives are on stage to share news and a glimpse of the new Xbox One console. Read the complete story.
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On this dreary Tuesday at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., executives are on stage to share news and a glimpse of the new Xbox One console. Read the complete story.
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Google revealed Sunday on YouTube’s eighth birthday that the video sharing website has reached new uploading heights with around 100 hours of video uploaded every minute by users. A year ago today, 72 hours of video were uploaded every minute. The site also has reached record-breaking viewership with more than one billion people...
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Tesla Motors might have scored its first-ever profit during the first quarter, but sales of plug-in vehicles are lagging below expectations, which analysts blame on the high price of battery-based vehicles as well as their limited range. nbc news
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A Georgia woman who lost both her hands and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria this past summer has been outfitted with prosthetic hands. And Aimee Copeland of Snellville, Ga., is learning to use them here at Touch Bionics in suburban Columbus, Ohio. “It feels amazing,” said Copeland, the first woman in the world with...
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Google I/O, the tech giant’s annual developer’s conference, kicks off today, with a keynote event taking place in San Francisco. We’re right here and ready to bring you all the news live, starting at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET, but for now, here’s what we expect. NBC News
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Are you sick of others riding shotgun in your car? How about passengers who constantly disobey the “no food in the car” rule? Well, Lamborghini has the perfect car for you – the Egoista, which quite literally means selfish in Italian. To commemorate its 50th anniversary, Lamborghini teased the supercar, something it says “is...
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If your smartphone is encrypted and protected by a long passcode, you’re going to keep most people from being able to get at the data stored on it. However, companies like Apple and Google are being asked by law enforcement officials to bypass these protections to aid in investigations, and the frequency of requests...
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After months of rumors, YouTube finally introduced a pilot program for paid channels on Thursday. YouTube will now let a few dozen of popular channels charge viewers a subscription fee of 99 cents or more per month, the company announced in a blog post. Each of these channels will offer two weeks of free...
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When Michael Gore stands, it’s a triumph of science and engineering. Eleven years ago, Gore was paralyzed from the waist down in a workplace accident, yet he rises from his wheelchair to his full 6-foot-2 and walks across the room with help from a lightweight wearable robot. The technology has many nicknames. Besides “wearable...
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Previously only available on Android devices, Google Now is finally available for iOS users. As an alternative to Apple’s own personal assistant, Siri, Google Now offers detailed updates and information custom-tailored to you. The service is included as part of an update to the Google Search App. ign read more
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The suspect, believed to be Dutchman Sven Olaf Kamphuis, has been arrested in Barcelona in relation to the cyber-attack on Spamhaus, which has been called the biggest in the history of the internet. Authorities have only addressed the 35-year-old suspect as SK; however, IBTimes UK understands the suspect in custody is Sven Olaf Kamphuis...
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Ella Fitzgerald, who would have been 96 on 25 April, had a career that spanned six decades and was known as ‘the queen of jazz’. Ella Fitzgerald, whose great vocal range and perfect pitch won her the monikers ‘the first lady of song’ and ‘the queen of jazz’, has been commemorated in a Google...
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With today’s doodle, the search engine Google supports this initiative. The UN established April 22 as the International Day of Mother Earth to “reaffirm our collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature at a time when our planet is threatened by climate change, unsustainable use of resources other natural and man-made problems “in the...
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After testing its new music-discovery app on the likes of Ryan Seacrest and Jason Mraz, Twitter #Music is now officially available to the public. On Thursday the company officially unveiled the app, which users can download via Apple’s App Store or on the Web at music.twitter.com. #Music helps you find jams that are trending...
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A fourth member of the LulzSec hacktivist group pleaded guilty to disrupting websites at Sony, Nintendo and News Corp. Ryan Ackroyd, 26, entered the plea at a hearing in London today after having previously denied his involvement in the cyber-attacks. He will be sentenced on May 14 along with the three other hackers, Judge...
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The U.S. Navy announced that it is preparing to deploy a new weapon that can disable a hostile boat and even destroy a surveillance drone overhead — all without dispensing any expensive ammunition. It is the Navy’s Laser Weapons System (LaWS), a laser mounted on a ship that is so strong it can ignite...
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A computer can predict what you’re dreaming about based on brain wave activity, new research suggests. By measuring people’s brain activity during waking moments, researchers were able to pick out the signatures of specific dream imagery — such as keys or a bed — while the dreamer was asleep. NBC News
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Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects’ conversations, an internal government document reveals. An internal Drug Enforcement Administration document seen by CNET discusses a February 2013 criminal investigation and warns that because of the use of encryption, “it is impossible to intercept...
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Engineers have begun a major upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Their work should double the energy of what’s already the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Scientists believe the upgrade will enable them to discover new particles which will lead to a more complete theory of how the Universe works. BBC...
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President Obama will announce plans to set aside $100 million in federal funds toward an initiative to map the human brain, White House officials said on Monday. Called the Brian Activity Map, the project is designed to invent new tools to help diagnose and treat brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury....
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