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Researchers 3D-printed a cell-sized tugboat

Posted: 26 Oct 2020 03:56 AM PDT

Physicists at Leiden University in the Netherlands have 3D printed what could be the world's smallest boat, a test object known as Benchy (via Gizmodo). At 30 microns long, it's a third smaller than the thickness of a human hair and about six times l...

LG unveils the first Tone Free wireless earphones with ANC

Posted: 26 Oct 2020 01:47 AM PDT

LG's latest Tone Free wireless earphones have a more useful feature to go along with the bacteria-killing UV charging case: active noise cancellation. Each earbud has three microphones that monitor and cancel out sound waves from all directions, lett...

Smart fabric can recognize the food you put on the table

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 02:49 PM PDT

Wouldn't it be helpful if a food tracking or recipe app could determine what you're eating just by detecting what's on your table? You might get your wish. Researchers at Microsoft and multiple universities have developed Capacitivo, a smart fabric s...

Newly signed law aims to limit the damage from space weather

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 01:56 PM PDT

Space weather like solar flares could seriously disrupt electronics and satellites, and the US government might soon mount a better defense. President Trump has signed the PROSWIFT Act (Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve...

Samsung, Stanford make a 10,000PPI display that could lead to 'flawless' VR

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 01:09 PM PDT

Ask VR fans about their gripes and they'll likely mention the "screen door" effect, or the gaps between pixels that you notice when looking at a display so close to your eyes. That annoyance might disappear entirely if Samsung and Stanford University...

Facebook will not ban Oculus owners with multiple VR headsets (updated)

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 12:14 PM PDT

Oculus' move to require Facebook accounts is creating serious problems for some of its biggest fans. Windows Central reports that Facebook is banning Oculus users who simultaneously use more than one VR headset linked to the same social network accou...

PayPal drops domain registrar Epik over its 'alternative' digital currency

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 11:20 AM PDT

PayPal may be friendlier to digital currencies, but that doesn't mean it's giving everyone a free pass. Mashable reports the payments giant has terminated the account for domain registrar Epik, known for serving right-wing havens like Gab and the Pro...

Freshly is the best option for healthy WFH lunches

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 10:55 AM PDT

Out of all the ways in which the pandemic has upended our lives, one of the most significant is that it's led us to abandon our usual office routine in favor of a much more relaxed (and oftentimes liberating) at-home work setup.But the freedom to wor...

Garmin smartwatches are on sale at all-time low prices at Amazon

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 09:39 AM PDT

You're in luck if you want a higher-end fitness smartwatch without paying a premium for it. A Garmin sale at Amazon has dropped the price of the 47mm Fenix 5 smartwatch to an all-time low of $250, a full 50 percent off the official $500 sticker. You...

After Math: Quibi keeping it short in every sense of the word

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 08:30 AM PDT

After a deluge of nonstop news for the past few months, we finally hit a bit of a lull last week with only a handful of crises happening each day. Like Quibi. After being valued at something like $1.75 billion even a few weeks ago, the short form str...

Samsung's influential chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

Posted: 25 Oct 2020 08:12 AM PDT

The tech industry has lost one of its most important figures. Samsung has revealed that Chairman Lee Kun-hee died on October 25th at the age of 78 after spending the past six years in hospital following a heart attack. The company didn't name his suc...
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