LG's leather-clad G4 flagship goes on sale this week

LG
is super-excited about the leather used in making its G4 (judging by
the video below), and hopes you are too as it goes on sale this week. We
certainly liked the new flagship, especially the screen, f/1.8 camera
and battery life, though we found t...
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Follow the world's mass transit on this live map

Sure,
it's not hard to learn when your bus is likely to show up, but have you
wondered where everyone else's bus is at any given moment? You now have
an easy way to find out. GeOps and the University of Freiburg have
rolled out TRAVIC (Transit Visual...
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Fujifilm outs the X-T10, an $800 interchangeable lens camera

If
you've been holding out for a cheaper model of Fujifilm's X-series
flagship, the X-T1, today is your lucky day. The company has just
revealed the X-T10 interchangeable lens camera, featuring a
16.3-megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor (with buil...
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The first trailer for 'Steve Jobs' is here

Ready
for another movie based on Apple's cofounder? Well, this one appears to
have a bit more gravitas behind it, and a little less Kutcher: Based on
the biography by Walter Isaacson, the screenplay's been written by
Aaron Sorkin, and directed by Dan...
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US Navy fighter jets will carry an autonomous anti-ship missile

The
US Navy may have a robotic ace in the hole when it fights enemy
warships in the future. It's planning to put Lockheed Martin's
autonomous LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) on the F/A-18 Super
Hornet by 2019, giving jet fighters a weapon that t...
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The US' drone pilots aren't getting enough training

The
US is increasingly relying on drones for recon and air support, but you
almost wouldn't know it from how little training those drones' pilots
get. A Government Accountability Office report has revealed that both
Air Force and Army crews frequentl...
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SpaceX gets the all-clear to launch most NASA science missions

After
three long years, SpaceX finally has approval to launch most of the US'
scientific missions. NASA tells Spaceflight Now that it recently
greenlit the use of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for "medium-risk" payloads,
which covers all but the most valu...
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Fingerprints will soon tell cops if suspects are on cocaine

A
research team from the University of Surrey in the UK has reportedly
developed a new, noninvasive drug test for cocaine that accurately
detects its presence in your system through your fingerprints.
Specifically, it looks for two common cocaine met...
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The internet risks hitting peak capacity soon, but it can be saved

The
internet has more than one capacity problem to worry about, apparently.
Researchers met in London this week to tackle growing concerns that
fiber optic cables, which represent the internet's backbone, are hitting
their physical limits. An Alcatel...
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Apple bought a company focused on super-accurate GPS

Apple
has snapped up more than a few companies that know how to deal with
your location data, but it now appears to be focused on improving the
accuracy of that data from the get-go. MacRumors has discovered evidence
that Apple recently acquired Cohe...
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Inhabitat's Week in Green: folding cars and an R2-D2 van

Each
week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green
developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
Tesla's on a roll lately -- it's planning to reveal a $35,000 electric car next year, and it just unvei...
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Plex brings photos, music and video streaming to TiVo June 8th

After
a number of leaks and hints, this week Plex and TiVo announced their
products will start working together soon. Plex media server gives users
a way to easily stream photos, music or video files to devices like
Roku and Chromecast, and pulls con...
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Microsoft study shows that tech is shortening your attention span

Think
the abundance of technology in your life is making it harder to
concentrate for long periods? Microsoft might just have some evidence to
support your theory. It recently published a study (conducted using
both surveys and EEG scans) suggesting ...
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Wounded turtle can return to the ocean thanks to a 3D-printed beak

Look,
we know this sea turtle's prosthetic beak has a tragic backstory, but
it sure makes the reptile look like it has a future as a badass
pizza-loving mutant. According to 3D Printing Industry, Turkish animal
rescuers found it almost lifeless at se...
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