IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 7/30/2015

Twitter's user growth skids to a stop
The microblogger's executives say they have no idea when they could see "significant" additions to its monthly active users metric.

Doh! Teens sold iPhones that were Play-Doh bricks, police say
Technically Incorrect: In the latest attempt at fooling the unsuspecting and gullible, three Detroit area teens allegedly talk a MetroPCS store into buying fake iPhones.

Nokia jumps into virtual reality market with 360-degree Ozo camera
The camera taps eight synchronized shutters and eight microphones to capture 360-degree video and spatial audio.

The many faces of Cortana: How Microsoft's virtual assistant wants to woo the world
Virtual assistants have become commonplace in modern technology, but Microsoft thinks it knows how to push its Cortana a step beyond the rest.

Landscape of no fear: Sea turtles don't avoid hungry tiger sharks the way you'd think
Sea turtles don't alter their movements to avoid shark attacks, researchers find, which means sea turtles are tougher than most of us.

Internet mauls dentist accused of illegal kill of popular lion
Technically Incorrect: Walter Palmer, a dentist in Minnesota, has his Yelp entry attacked by those not fond of his allegedly illegal killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.

Prominent tech and science experts call for killer robot ban (Tomorrow Daily 216)
Ashley and Khail discuss a petition to ban autonomous weapons, one man's silly idea to load Half-Life 2 on his Android Wear smartwatch and Stanford University's AI program to teach robots to play games.

Your tattoo is permanent thanks to meddling macrophages
You can blame your immune system for the permanence of your tattoo of a unicorn doge saying "Wow."

Samsung Galaxy Note could sport Exynos CPU, 4GB RAM
A recent report from GSM Arena claims that Samsung's next big thing could include a homegrown processor and plenty of memory.

Moto Pulse and Moto Surround: Hands-on with Motorola's new wireless headphones
As part of its new Moto X and Moto G launch event, Motorola also introduced two new affordable Bluetooth headphones. So, how do they sound?

Cause of fatal 2014 SpaceShipTwo crash determined by NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board releases its final report on the October 31 crash that killed one of two pilots on the test flight over the Mojave Desert.

Video showing how to launch a nuke is equally captivating and chilling
Physicist Derek Muller walks through the process by which one of the world's most destructive forces could have been unleashed. It's frighteningly simple.

Twitter beats Wall Street's expectations
Social networking site's earnings exceeds investors' expectations as it continues to search for a new CEO.

Amazon proposes a slice of the sky for commercial drones
At a conference hosted by NASA, the e-commerce company calls for a high-traffic strip of the sky to support the wider use of robotic aircraft.

Qualcomm invents way to wirelessly charge mobile devices with metal bodies
The new technology will allow you to wirelessly charge a smartphone or other device with a metal exterior or case, a process that hasn't been possible with current charging systems.

This 'Walking Dead' zom-beer wants to intoxicate your brain
The folks behind "The Walking Dead" have teamed up with the Terrapin Beer Company to create a (blood) Red IPA for all you zombie fans out there.

Reddit's revolving door swings again as head of community departs
Jessica Moreno has become the latest in a growing number of women to leave Reddit in the last several weeks, as the company looks to pivot on its content policy.

Motorola wants to sell its next Moto X directly to you
The company will skip bringing its next flagship smartphone through carriers and go after consumers online. It has built a phone designed to work with every US carrier.

Heavy-metal band captchas will rock your face off
Turn your website security up to 11 with captchas that challenge you to identify heavy-metal band names based on their logos.

Facebook shares its diversity training course with all
As the tech industry eyes ways to improve its diversity, the social network publishes an internal training course on "managing unconscious bias."

Available Tags:Nokia , Samsung , Galaxy , wireless , Twitter , Amazon , Motorola , Facebook ,

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 7/30/2015

No comments: