Barclaycard steps up its contactless game with three new NFC devices
If
you didn't know, Britain now prefers cashless payments to notes and
coins. Contactless cards play a big part in the shift away from cash,
but as technology evolves, smartphones and wearables are beginning to
influence matters too. Barclaycard has ... Read More ...
Researchers have broken the capacity limits of fiber optic networks
You
can allay those fears that the fiber optic network of that delivers
your internet is going to overload. At UC San Diego's Qualcomm
Institute, engineers not only broke the supposed limits of fiber optic
data transmission — they utterly smashed it,... Read More ...
Floating robots will find out what keeps the Indian Ocean healthy
Believe
it or not, scientists don't know a lot about how the Indian Ocean
works. Without many samples, researchers are frequently left in the dark
about the ways that fish, plankton and other aquatic life flourishes in
the area. That won't be a chall... Read More ...
Startups can ask investors for cash through Twitter
Your
favorite internet startup might not just be using Twitter for business
news and sales pitches in the near future -- the US Securities and
Exchange Commission has greenlit using the social network to drum up
interest in future stocks and debt off... Read More ...
Stretchy conductive ink puts computing power on your clothes
Those
dreams of having computers in your clothing might be more realistic
than you think. Japanese researchers have developed a printable
conductive ink that maintains a circuit even when you stretch fabric to
three times its usual length -- you coul... Read More ...
Telescope filter helps spot Earth-like alien worlds
In
the hunt for planets around distant stars, the stars themselves are
often the worst enemy. They're so bright that you rarely spot anything
smaller than a gas giant, which isn't much help when you're trying to
find habitable worlds. An alliance of ... Read More ...
Here's how Google checks for lag on your Android phone
Yes,
Google hates lag on smartphones as much as you do -- enough so that the
search giant has a robot dedicated to spotting that delay between your
finger input and what happens on screen. Meet the Chrome TouchBot, an
OptoFidelity-made machine that g... Read More ...
Facebook wants to give your photo uploads a Snapchat-like flair
Facebook
may be not as in tune with the teen crowd as Snapchat, but that isn't
stopping it from trying to fit in. TechCrunch has discovered that
Facebook is testing an iOS photo uploader that lets you overlay
Snapchat-like filters, stickers and text ... Read More ...
Apple Music will play on Sonos speakers by the end of the year
When
Apple Music showed up, one of the biggest questions was whether or not
it would get at least the same level of third-party hardware support as
Beats. Will you have to chuck your Sonos speakers in favor of some
Apple-blessed streaming audio gear?... Read More ...
Formula E's first season of electric racing comes to a close
After
several months of occasionally intense competition, Formula E's first
season of all-electric racing is over. Virgin Racing's Sam Bird has won
the second race of the London ePrix, while NEXTEV TCR's Nelson Piquet
managed to do just well enough (... Read More ...
Google-powered beer fridge translates thirst in 40 languages
Better
brush up on your language skills... they might just get you a free
drink. Google and Thinking Box have teamed up to create Molson's Global
Beer Fridge, an appliance that depends on Google's real-time voice
translation to serve cool refreshment... Read More ...
Apple Music arrives June 30th at 11AM Eastern, Beats 1 an hour later
Determined
to try Apple Music and its accompanying Beats 1 radio the very moment
they're available on June 30th? The streaming service's senior director,
Ian Rogers, is happy to help those early adopter impulses. He says that
iOS 8.4 (and thus Apple ... Read More ...
Ryan Seacrest's iPad keyboard is surprisingly good, but expensive
It's
hard to expect much from Typo, a company that was co-founded by Ryan
Seacrest and whose legal tango with BlackBerry has forced it to stop
selling phone keyboards. But with its new iPad keyboard, Typo has at
least proven it's worth keeping an eye... Read More ...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket breaks up shortly after launch (updated)
Today
is not a good day for private spaceflight. SpaceX and NASA have
confirmed that a Falcon 9 rocket broke up shortly after launching on a
resupply mission for the International Space Station. It's not clear
what caused the failure at this stage, b... Read More ...
Inhabitat's Week in Green: hoverboards and a 3D-printed car
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.A working hoverboard has been the elusive dream of Back to the Future fans and transportation nerds for d...
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Fitbit tracking data comes up in another court case
When
you wear Fitbit or any other fitness tracker and smartwatch, you not
only monitor your physical activities, you also collect data about
yourself -- data that can apparently be used against you in
investigations. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania cops r... Read More ...
Uber's latest service takes you across continents in a speed boat
Never
mind using ridesharing services to get across cities -- Uber wants to
take you across continents. The company has launched a permanent version
of its UberBoat service in Istanbul that shuttles you between Asia and
Europe (that is, both sides of... Read More ...
Samsung's next-gen tech would nearly double your phone's battery life
Don't
like that your Galaxy S6 conks out before you're finished for the day?
Samsung might offer some relief in the future. Its scientists have
developed lithium-ion battery technology that promises much
longer-lasting power packs. They use a silicon... Read More ...
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