Month: May 2015
- News
Apple Watch’s Irregular Heart Rate Reading is a ‘Feature’, Not a Bug
Do you own an Apple Watch? Have you noticed the irregularities in heart rate monitoring pattern of the device? Apple says that it is not a bug in watch’s software, but it is a feature. The device measures your heart rate in an interval of ten minutes, but after the update…
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB Graphics Card Review
Introduction When you think of graphics cards and manufacturers, you automatically think of NVIDIA and the GTX range; regardless of what side of the fence you are on. Without a doubt, they produce some of the best graphics cards in the world, but that performance comes at a hefty price,…
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Bill Nye’s Solar Sail Back In Touch After Reboot
We’ve all had the problem, something’s gone wrong and all of a sudden you panic! In my case, it’s normally something goes wrong with the wireless and you rush around checking your computer and your router making sure they are both working fine and you can connect to the internet…
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Uber Drivers Can Track You if You Agree
Uber, the car sharing phenomenon that has taken the world by storm; has recently updated its terms and conditions to include a new tracking feature for the drivers. This new tracking will allow swifter and more efficient pick-ups as the driver will always know where you are; it will be…
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‘Injured’ Crash Victim Starts Using his Phone
Do you use your mobile quite often? Are you obsessed with your mobile phone? So obsessed that you won’t even think to pull it out and start playing on it after you have met an accident. Well, that is what happened in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China, last Tuesday.…
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The Witcher 3’s PC Patch 1.05 and 1.04 for Consoles Revealed
Have you faced the glitches and bugs while enjoying Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt, a role-playing game? The developers are right where they should be, fixing the game and that is how we get more information about the upcoming patch 1.05 for PC and 1.04 for consoles. Community Coordinator Marcin Momot mentioned that a…
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Origami Mini-drone Folds, Walks, Swims and Dissolves.
“Image courtesy of ieee.org .” At ICRA 2015, MIT researchers demonstrated an origami robot which self-folds, walks, swims and dissolves. From a flat sheet with centered magnet, it folds into action completing its final form in a matter of seconds, ready to take on land or sea. After pushing its…
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ZOTAC Reveal GTX 980Ti Launch Products
With the launch of NVIDIA’s GTX 980Ti graphics card just around the corner, manufacturers are starting to show off what they will be offering to consumers. This time around, it is the turn of ZOTAC. ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti (ZT-90501-10P) ZOTAC GeForce GTX 980 Ti (ZT-90501-10P) Specifications: 2816 CUDA…
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Netflix is Killing BitTorrent Traffic
Forget DMCAs, DRM, fines, and lawsuits: the best way to tackle piracy, as those in the know have been screaming for years, is to make content affordable and easily accessible. iTunes proved it was true for music back in 2003, and a new report from Sandvine shows that Netflix is…
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Is Microsoft Set to Rescue Silent Hills?
Could it be? It is true? Will the greatest game never made really be resurrected? According to the Rooster Teeth YouTube channel: “We can report through an anonymous source that Microsoft is currently in talks to purchase Silent Hills from Konami, and have project as an Xbox One exclusive,” in…
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‘Handful of Senators’ Blocking Patriot Act Extension
US President Barack Obama has blamed a “handful of senators” for blocking the USA Freedom Act, designed to extend the mass surveillance legislated by section 215 of the infamous Patriot Act, which expires on 1st June. Obama has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he expects senators who are…
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Florida Public Schools to Spy on Students’ Social Media
The Orange County Public Schools District have chosen to monitor people’s social activity in their area, the district announced on Thursday that it has signed up with a service called Snaptrends, which bills itself as “Pioneering Location-Based Social Media Discovery.” It promises to “quickly identify actionable insights.” The public schools…
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- Peripherals
SteelSeries Siberia V3 Gaming Headset Review
Introduction Today is a great day, as I finally get to take a look at the latest entry in the ever-popular Siberia gaming headset series. The original Siberia was widely regarded as a great headset, the V2 was and still is thought of as one of the best price…
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Hola Founder Confirms VPN Sells Users’ Bandwidth
The operator of 8chan says the bandwidth of millions of Hola users is being sold for reuse, with some of it even being used to attack his site. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Hola founder Ofer Vilenski says that users’ idle resources are indeed utilized for commercial sale, but that has been…
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Mad Max’s Insane Vehicles Look Awesome in Lego
No pop culture phenomenon is complete until it gets made in Lego form. Thankfully for fans of Mad Max: Fury Road, that moment has arrived. A Flickr user has uploaded a massive photo gallery of his collection of Lego inspired by the movie’s incredible array of outlandish vehicles. He’s recreated…
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