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The invention of dynamite and the first private computers
14 July 1867 Alfred Nobel first demonstrated dynamite. The first tests took place in the quarry Redhill, Surrey in the UK. According to the legend, Nobel invented dynamite by accident. Bottles of explosive nitroglycerin was being transported for the security of diatomaceous earth, one bottle burst and the substance was mixed with the rock. Alfred…
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The frameless smartphone Xiaomi showed in video
The network has the opportunity to see the design of upcoming smartphone Xiaomi Mi 3 Mix until submitted by the manufacturer. Rendered realistic renderings and a video was published by the Science and Knowledge channel on YouTube. Of course, this is only a concept, based on the recent leaks, including live photos. However, it allows…
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Two Cancer Drugs Found to Boost Aging Immune Systems
Image: annca (Pixabay) Drugs that can lengthen life have long been a hallmark of speculative science fiction—many hope for an invention that could extend average lifespans well into the triple digits in the distant future. But the timeline of these drugs could be shorter than we think. A new clinical trial published Wednesday in Science…
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Face Recognition ‘Tickets’ Are Coming to Baseball Games
Photo: AP MLB and Clear announced a partnership on Thursday that will soon let baseball fans enter stadiums using fingerprints, and eventually, just their face, instead of tickets. Clear, which offers similar biometric fast-tracking for participating airports, says it will let baseball fans link their Clear and MLB.com accounts. By sharing fingerprint data, visitors can…
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New South African Telescope Releases Epic Image of the Galactic Center
The black hole at the center of the Milky Way and filaments.Image: (Credit: SARAO) You’re looking at the center of our galactic home, the Milky Way, as imaged by 64 radio telescopes in the South African wilderness. Scientists released this image today to inaugurate the completed MeerKAT radio telescope. But these scopes form part of…
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Vaping Pilot Trying to Hide E-Cig Cloud Accidentally Sends Passenger Flight Plummeting
Photo: Getty An Air China flight crew had to enact emergency protocols during a flight from Hong Kong to the city of Dalian on Tuesday, all because a co-pilot tried to sneak in a vape break. China’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) began investigating the alarming incident and found that the co-pilot tried to turn off…
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YouTube Says Sorry for Ruining Your World Cup Moment
Photo: Tom Grimbert YouTube got a lot of crap earlier this week when its budding cable TV substitute, YouTube TV, went down during England and Croatia’s World Cup semi-final match. At 3pm ET, YouTube acknowledged the screw-up, saying “the timing is horrible but we’re working to be up and running again ASAP!” Fans predictably lost…
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No, ‘Shit-Post’ Does Not Appear in Mueller’s New Russia Indictment
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Some Senators Want to Know if Smart TVs are Spying on Us
A visitor looks at a display of Smart TV televisions at the Thomson stand at the IFA 2011 consumer electonics and appliances trade fair on the first day of the fair’s official opening on September 2, 2011 in Berlin, Germany.Photo: Getty Two US senators have some suspicions about smart TVs, and they’re asking the Federal…
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Looks Like Facebook is Getting Serious About Making Its Own Chips
The Facebook logo is displayed at the Facebook Innovation Hub on February 24, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.Photo: Getty It’s been rumored for months that Facebook might be interested in building its own, in-house processing chips. Now it appears the social network company is really going for it. Bloomberg reported Friday that Facebook managed to snag…