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BitTorrent Is Launching a Livestreaming Service
BitTorrent, the biggest name in file sharing, is already responsible for a huge chunk of internet traffic every day. Now the company has decided to double down with a nearly real-time livestreaming...
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Mega-Publisher Elsevier Is Buying an Open Research Site. That's Bad for Science
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is an open access repository of scientific papers that's treasured by academics, journalists and researchers—and it's easy to see why. For years the site has...
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The Tiny Hands Review of the iPhone SE
For the past three weeks, I’ve been using an iPhone SE.I’m an Android user. I like my widgets and my Google apps, and I always felt the iPhone was too fancy and breakable for me. This was my first...
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Your Mom and Dad Are Key to Making VR a Success for Facebook
Two things happened when I placed a Samsung Gear virtual reality headset on my face at Facebook’s New York City office last week: One, my glasses smudged (I hate when that happens), and two, the demo I...
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A Single Satellite Image Couldn't Capture All of the Fort McMurray Fire
An infrared satellite image of the Fort McMurray fire from 12 May 2016. Image: Landsat/Orbital InsightData scientists attempting to capture the spread of Canada’s Fort McMurray fire from satellite...
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OnePlus 3 gets the leaked press render treatment
Following the leak showing us the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7 active in a new (and strange) hue, it's now time for the OnePlus 3 to get the leaked press render treatment. This is once again happening...
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Samsung Galaxy S7 active now leaks in a new color version
By now you probably know that a Samsung Galaxy S7 active is in fact in the works and it's coming soon to AT&T. The extremely rugged handset has been spotted in some live images already, and a...
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Newly-unveiled Xperia XA Ultra landing in Canada this summer
Sony has announced that the newly-unveiled mid-range Xperia XA Ultra smartphone - which features 6-inch full HD display, Mediatek Helio P10 SoC, 3GB RAM, and Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow - will be...
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Asus teases ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Deluxe, and ZenFone 3 Max ahead of May 30...
Asus has started teasing the three smartphones that it's going to make official at its grand event on May 30. The first teaser for the ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Deluxe, and ZenFone 3 Max comes in the form...
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Samsung may supply 60% of AMOLED displays for new iPhones
Information continues to trickle out that Apple is looking to switch from LCD to AMOLED displays, starting with the larger iPhone Plus model.
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Wikipedia Editor Says Site’s Toxic Community Has Him Contemplating Suicide
(Editor's note: The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is toll-free in the US and available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255, while suicide.org has a list of international suicide hotlines, including Canada and...
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NYC rolls out their first WiFi-enabled buses
When you're in a big city, sometimes it's hard to get a good cell phone signal. Between the sheer number of people, and the skyscrapers, it can be frustrating to even try and load a webpage on your...
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Hillary Clinton Declares Victory in Kentucky
Tuesday night, the Associated Press declared Kentucky’s Democratic primary too close to call, reporting a margin of less than one-half of 1 percent between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton with...
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BitTorrent Live tries to fix live streaming woes with P2P
BitTorrent, or simply "torrent", may now be more easily associated with piracy, but the technology originated from a desire to distribute files, especially large ones, more efficiently, without being...
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Facebook patents system that turns your face into emoji
Emoji are the spices with which you flavor your chats and texts. They add a bit of unspoken context to otherwise plain sentences. Are you saying something in a humorous way? Stick your tongue out at...
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Google’s mobile image search will soon have shopping ads
Google is going to add shopping advertisements to its image search, presenting related products to browsers and giving them a way to click-through and buy. The advertisements will show up for users on...
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Scientists Gave Depressed Patients Psilocybin in a First for Psychedelic Therapy
In a recent UK trial, 12 patients with major depression took a pill quite different to commonly prescribed antidepressants: 25mg of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms.Though...
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Cadillac killed the ELR in February to clear path for CT6 Hybrid
Cadillac has quietly pulled the plug on the ELR, its clever but slow-selling hybrid alternative to Tesla's EVs. The coupe's demise actually came in February this year, it's been confirmed, with...
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Growing Up In Canada’s ‘Chemical Valley’ Convinced Me We Need to Ban Asbestos
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the Liberal government’s first public commitment to place a ban on importing asbestos in Canada at a trade union conference on Tuesday.
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August Doorbell Cam gets integration with Nest Cam
The August Doorbell Cam now works with Nest, marking the second “Works with Nest” announcement today (Belkin’s Wemo Switches have also added support). In this case, the August Doorbell Cam will work...
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