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How our selfie obsession helped make eye recognition possible

Your pictures probably don’t look like you

According to scientists, "We are so poor a picking good likenesses of our face that strangers make better selections."
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Why aren’t women staying in computer science?

Women weren't always unicorns in the tech scene, comprising just 11 percent of engineers in the field (on a good day).
Can cell phones cause brain cancer? We asked the experts

Cell phones radiation is making headlines again with Berkeley’s Right to Know ordinance

Under the Right to Know ordinance, consumers must be told that carrying a cell phone may cause them to exceed the radiation limit suggested by government.
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Someone’s always watching: Hacker sends woman photos of her evening from her own webcam

A hacker sent a series of photos of a woman's evening with her boyfriend to her Facebook account, seemingly taken from the couple's built-in laptop webcam.
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According to Google, you do not have the right to be forgotten

Google insists that the European Court of Justice's 2014 decision supporting citizens' "right to be forgotten" does not apply to the rest of the world.
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Harvard scientists have developed a robot that can walk (and jump) on water

Researchers have developed an insect-inspired robot that can stand and then jump on water.
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Ruby is a breath of fresh air in the sex app world

Ruby is the app that is meant to address women's general sexual health, not just reproduction.
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Watson can now tell you if you’re at risk for diabetes, thanks to CVS partnership

Watson can add one more line to its staggering resume -- thanks to a new partnership with CVS, IBM's Watson can predict who is at risk for diabetes.
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WANTED: firefighter-interrupting drone operators

California is willing to pay $75,000 for information about those behind the drones that impinged upon San Bernardino firefighters' firefighting efforts.
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Watch Sonya Belousova play Mario Bros. themes on a Nintendo piano

Sonya Belousova's performances of Mario Bros themes, among others, have garnered her international acclaim and recognition.
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Never say never: NASA’s ‘impossible’ EM Drive shows promise in tests by German scientists

Thanks to the apparent confirmation of the scientific validity of the EM Drive, the research of British scientist Roger Shawyer may now be viable.
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Hackers can take over nuclear power plants thanks to Industrial Ethernet Switches

Industrial Ethernet Switches, which are responsible for maintaining the internal networks of nuclear plants, are vulnerable to hackers and cyberattacks.
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Don’t be fooled by Uber’s “real-time” car map — it’s not real

As it turns out, several of the cars that appear on Uber's maps are phantoms, simply part of the company's "visual effect."
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The MB4.0 origami bridge could save your life in a natural disaster

The intricate folds of origami have inspired what scientists claim to be "the world’s fastest, largest, strongest, and lightest expanding temporary bridge."
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CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is behind U2’s tour art

Say what you will about their last album, but U2's tour art may just make up for it, especially when you consider that it's derived from particle physics.
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Social acceptance of e-cigarettes is on the rise, and that may be a problem

Smoking is cool again, and it's all thanks to peer pressure. At least, when it comes to e-cigarettes.
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The world’s first e-ink traffic signs are now live in Sydney, Australia

New e-ink road signs have been introduced to the world in Sydney, Australia.
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Georgia is suing a man for an act of ‘terrorism’: publishing state laws online

The term “terrorism” is likely being applied a bit too liberally in conservative Georgia, where one man is being sued for publishing state laws online.
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Apple, Google, and other tech companies lead the way in fighting climate change

Tech giants Google, Microsoft, and Apple have joined the White House to launch the American Business Act on Climate Pledge, along with 10 other companies.
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Fake iPhone bust: police raid factory making $19 million worth of fake iPhones

A raid in China resulted in the seizure of some 41,000 fake iPhones, valued at over $19.7 million.
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Internet overtakes television as Comcast’s main business

While Comcast may have begun as a cable provider, its main business is now Internet service provision, boasting 22.5 million Internet subscribers.
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The NFL and GE are giving away $3 million to help fund concussion research

The NFL is teaming up with GE to give away $3 million to six different organizations doing research on identifying concussions and working toward recovery.
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Hot car deaths can be prevented with this new Evenflo car seat, a Walmart exclusive

This week, Walmart and Evenflo announced a new partnership that will yield a $149 carseat that warns parents when they've left a child in a hot car.
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DNA origami allows for 3D-printed DNA bunnies to deliver medication

Scientists have found that they can fold DNA into very particular shapes by way of a 3D printing method that could help deliver medication.
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The iFlex, an airless tire designed by Hankook, proves successful in initial tests

South Korean company Hankook is developing airless tires that never go flat, and while they're not ready for the road, initial tests have proven promising.
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Immigration is joining the digital age with new plans from the White House

It's taken nearly 300 years, but the American immigration system is finally joining the 21st century and going digital.
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My Surrey, the ‘Siri for cities,” is powered by IBM’s Watson

IBM's Watson is helping some city residents find out more information about their homes and environments in a program known as "Siri for Cities."

Bulletproof Coffee, the company behind buttered coffee, just raised $9 million

Bulletproof Coffee has just raised $9 million to help more Americans put butter in more of what they eat, and in this case, drink.
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Hornet, the high speed anonymous network, lets you have both security and speed

A new system named Hornet boasts speeds of up to 93GBps, making it one the fastest, if not the fastest, high-speed anonymous network to date.
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Shorten your doctor visit to 90 seconds with Bright.md

Bright.md wants to shorten your time at the doctor's to 90 seconds, and they've just raised $3.5 million to help turn your dream into a reality.
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This is the world’s first 3D printed smart oven, and it’s pretty cool

The 3D printed oven Pyra is a self-proclaimed "innovative new take on the modern convection oven"
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The world’s first bionic eye implant is a success

The world's first bionic eye implant has been successfully performed on an 80-year-old British man suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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In response to Donald Trump’s abuse of his phone number, Lindsey Graham destroys phone

Lindsey Graham decided to destroy his phone -- and show the world how to do it -- after Donald Trump gave out the South Carolina senator's phone number.
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Facebook tastes its own medicine, forced to hand over user information

In what may be viewed as a blow to civil liberties in the digital age, Facebook has lost its appeal seeking to block a number of New York search warrants.