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The Lost In Mobile 2017 Survey Results
I guess that there is a slant on Lost In Mobile towards Apple, but I didn’t expect macOS to be so far ahead of Windows. The Apple number ties in nicely with the very first question, but I am surprised… Read More ›
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Apple Watch 97% Accurate In Diagnosing Irregular Heartbeat
Around 200 of the subjects had been previously diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation – abnormal heartbeat. The DNN then separated this data from the rest. The DNN was then pitted against in-hospital cardioversions –a process that restores normal heartbeat to… Read More ›
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Forgotten Media Formats
We remember the format wars in the vein of “Two men enter; one man leaves.” Think VHS vs. Betamax, or HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray. But in the cracks in between, some media formats came and went with hardly any notice, or… Read More ›
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Smartphones that charge in five minutes ‘could arrive next year’
Smartphones with batteries that fully charge in five minutes could be available to consumers next year. The technology was first shown off in 2015, when Israeli start-up StoreDot demonstrated its FlashBattery at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Chief… Read More ›
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The child being abused in a cobalt mine…
The kid in the middle of this photo is 8 years old, his name is Dorsen, and the man next to him is threatening to hit him if he screws up again. They are both standing in the pouring rain,… Read More ›
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Why did eBay side with the buyer?
I sold a non-working Apple MacBook on eBay for spares for repairs. With a lot of bids it went for £460. After I sent the item off, the buyer asked for a return and refund as, he said, it did not… Read More ›
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Diving into 1000 Mousetraps
One of the most (choose your word) things I have ever seen.
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F**k Photojournalism
Let me take you back to 2016, when it was revealed that Steve McCurry had been manipulating images for an astoundingly long time. And these were no small manipulations; entire people were being removed from photos. Like Datta, McCurry was… Read More ›
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ExoMount CD Car Mount
More and more states are passing laws prohibiting holding phones while driving, making car mounts all the more necessary. Your GPS just isn’t something you’re all that likely to give up, and sometimes you really do have to make calls… Read More ›
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FilmLab lets you digitise analogue film with your phone
When you first point FilmLab at some film, it automatically detects the photos, and gives you a real-time preview of what negatives will look like as positives. You can tap a frame, and it will zoom in to fill the… Read More ›
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