Stanford researchers 'cool' sunlight to improve solar cell efficiency
A team of researchers from Stanford University have devised an ingenious means of boosting the efficiency of solar panels by exploiting a fundamental physics phenomenon. Solar panels lose efficiency as they heat up. Just as the top of your head rad...
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Omate has a smartwatch that runs Lollipop and makes phone calls
Let's face it: deep down we probably all have wanted a smartwatch made by wearables company Omate that runs Android 5.1. Okay, that's an overstatement. But there are at least a few folks out there that fit this bill and they'll likely be pretty ple...
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BuzzFeed's Apple Watch app is a needy virtual pet
When you install an Apple Watch companion app, you typically expect something that reflects the experience you get on your iPhone. News on your phone means news on your wrist, for instance. That's definitely not the case for BuzzFeed's app, though...
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Google releases revamped Wallet for iPhones and iPads
Apple's mobile devices are never going to get Android Pay, but Google has released its repurposed Wallet app for iOS anyway. Just like its Android counterpart, the app is now decked in green (with the new logo!) and focuses on person-to-person paym...
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DoJ shells out $23 million for the President's body camera pilot program
The Department of Justice announced last May that it would fund a national pilot program for law enforcement body cameras, a plan first put forth by President Obama. On Monday, the DoJ made good on that promise by awarding $23 million in grants to...
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Google snaps up staff from Oyster's soon-to-close e-book service
Oyster's experiment with a Netflix-like subscription service for e-books appears to be coming to a close... at least, in its current form. The startup is warning customers that it will shut down its all-you-can-read service over the course of seve...
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Sony rolls out 'Dungeon Defenders 2' as a paid alpha on PS4
Dungeon Defenders 2 will be free when it launches as a full game on PlayStation 4, but fans who want to play it as soon as possible, pre-alpha bugs and all, can pay for the privilege starting next week. The pre-alpha version of Dungeon Defenders 2...
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Bitcoin Ponzi scheme operator pleads guilty to fraud
Digital currencies like bitcoin are still marking many firsts, and that unfortunately includes the first crimes. Case in point: Trendon Shavers has pleaded guilty to the first-ever US securities fraud charges involving bitcoin. The Texan was accuse...
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What's on your HDTV: 'Minority Report', 'FIFA 16', 'CSI' series finale
Now that the Emmy Awards have wrapped up (and HBO walked away with a ton of them), it's time for the fall TV season to kick off properly. Minority Report debuts on Fox in just a few hours, returning us to the world of the 2002 movie, after the pre-...
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WatchOS 2 hands-on: What Apple Watch should have had from the start
Ignoring the mixed reviews, common sense and the usually wise advice that you should avoid first-gen products at all costs, I bought an Apple Watch last June. Honestly, I'm still surprised by that. I backed the original Pebble crowdfunding campaign...
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Predator drones could soon hide under dielectric 'invisibility cloaks'
America's fleet of Predator UAVs could soon become even harder to shoot down (or even detect for that matter) thanks to a new kind of camouflage developed at UC San Diego. UCSD professor Boubacar Kante and his team published their findings last mon...
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Over 4 billion people will go without internet access this year
The tech industry likes to talk a lot about a connected world, but just how many people are online, really? Most of them aren't, unfortunately. The United Nations' Broadband Commission has released a 2015 report which estimates that 57 percent of...
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Samsung's bringing back the TV 'set' with the Serif TV
The humble television wasn't always the ultra-thin, wall-mounted "appliance" we know today -- it used to be a piece of furniture, wrapped in an elegant case of wood, plastics and metal. Now, Samsung is bringing the idea of a stylized 'TV Set' back,...
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Roland's 'Boutique' synth line leaks, ratchets up the nostalgia
Roland may have already teased its upcoming 'Boutique' line of synthesizers, but thanks to a leak, we now have a lot more info. The trio of instruments offers modern takes on the classic Jupiter 8, Juno 106 and JX-3P synths with the JP-08, JU-06 an...
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'Blood Bowl 2' gets medieval on the football field
Sony has debuted Blood Bowl 2's launch trailer ahead of the game's impending release on September 22nd. As with its Sega-based spiritual predecessor, Mutant League Football, BB2 allows players to control a ragtag team of orcs, humans, elves, goblin...
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Lumia 550 leak hints at the future of low-cost Windows phones
Sure, you may have an idea of what high-end Windows 10 phones will be like, but what about the cheap-and-cheerful models that people are more likely to buy? You might not have to wonder any longer. Both OneTile and WMPoweruser claim to have image...
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The new Apple TV works with your wireless headphones
The new Apple TV is still weeks away from launch, but that isn't stopping a few people from getting their hands on it... and discovering a few pleasant surprises in the process. Dom Esposito at 9to5Mac has learned that the device's improved Blueto...
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Apple car targeted to launch in 2019, says WSJ
Details have been rather scarce on Apple's rumored electric car project, but there's some new info today. Wall Street Journal reports that Cupertino is "accelerating" the codenamed Project Titan effort, internally calling it a "committed project."...
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The making of FiftyThree's beloved Paper app for the iPhone
By John Paul Titlow
This article originally appeared on Fast Company and is reprinted with permission.
FiftyThree could have launched its new iPhone app three years ago and quickly amassed millions of users. But the New York-based company decided...
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Apple releases watchOS 2 to put apps directly on your wrist
It's arriving a few days later than originally anticipated, but the first big Apple Watch software upgrade is here. watchOS 2 lets third-party developers create apps that run directly on the device itself, without relying on a connected phone. That...
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4chan sells to the founder of the site that inspired it
If you know your internet message board history, you know that Chris Poole's legendary 4chan was inspired by 2channel, a board dedicated to anime and other aspects of Japanese culture. Well, things are about to come full circle: Poole (aka Moot) j...
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The best iPhone and iPad accessories
This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a buyer's guide to the best technology. Read the full article here.
A huge ecosystem of accessories surrounds the iPad and iPhone, with options to handle pretty much any need. At The Wirecut...
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Dropbox Teams will offer a host of business features to free users
Dropbox for Business is an increasingly important part of the company's revenue stream -- there are more than 130,000 businesses using the service -- but there are many more people out there using the company's more consumer-focused free service an...
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NASA enlists student help with Mars mission design challenge
Are you a college student? Want to be a part of NASA's mission to send astronauts to Mars? Well, you're in luck. The space agency has announced the Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge that aims to get design help from u...
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Jaunt gets a ton of real money to build cinematic VR
With all the buzz around VR hardware from folks like Oculus and HTC, we still need immersive content to make those gadgets worthwhile. That's precisely what Jaunt is focused on with its "cinematic VR" platform, which consists of a 360-degree camera...
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