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Firefox OS 1.3 Arrives: Dual SIM Support, Continuous Autofocus, Graphics Boost

An anonymous reader writes “Mozilla today released Firefox OS version 1.3 to its partners for implementing in their smartphones. There are many new features for both users and developers, and the first phone to feature them is the ZTE Open C, which is available for sale as of today on eBay. First and foremost, Firefox OS users can expect dual-SIM dual-standby (DSDS) support, which gives you two lines on compatible phones, a popular feature in emerging markets. DSDS lets dual-SIM devices individually manage two different SIMs for calling, texting, or data through the ‘SIM Manager’ interface.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Bitly Accounts Hacked, Change Your Passwords And Disconnect Accounts

URL shortening service Bitly announced a security breach regarding account credentials today. Here’s what you need to know. Read more…

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The Cave Church of Garbage City

Large Christian communities are not abundant in Muslim-dominated Egypt, but one of the more populace groups are the garbage scavenging Zabbaleen who have retained their Coptic beliefs and established the largest Christian church in the Middle East at the Monastery of Saint Simon. Read more…

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Single Gene Can Boost IQ By Six Points

ananyo (2519492) writes “People are living longer, which is good. But old age often brings a decline in mental faculties and many researchers are looking for ways to slow or halt such decline. One group doing so is led by Dena Dubal of the University of California, San Francisco, and Lennart Mucke of the Gladstone Institutes, also in San Francisco. Dr Dubal and Dr Mucke have been studying the role in ageing of klotho, a protein encoded by a gene called KL. A particular version of this gene, KL-VS, promotes longevity. One way it does so is by reducing age-related heart disease. Dr Dubal and Dr Mucke wondered if it might have similar powers over age-related cognitive decline. What they found was startling. KL-VS did not curb decline, but it did boost cognitive faculties regardless of a person’s age by the equivalent of about six IQ points. If this result, just published in Cell Reports, is confirmed, KL-VS will be the most important genetic agent of non-pathological variation in intelligence yet discovered.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Capture Full 3D Models In Seconds With Just Your Phone

Just a few months ago, we go our first look at the 3D photo-app Seene. But now, instead of just turning photos into a parallax party trick, the app’s next update will let you make full fledged, textured 3D models. And judging from the preview below, it looks positively awesome. Read more…

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How to Make Sure Facebook Doesn’t Filter Out Page and Friend Updates

Facebook doesn’t automatically show you all the content shared by your liked pages or even friends, and recently Facebook page owners have been experiencing extreme declines in audience reach . If there are pages or friends you always want to see updates for, here are the settings you should change. Read more…

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Google Announces "Classroom"

theodp (442580) writes “Meet your new ‘Room Mom’, kids! On Tuesday, Google announced a preview of Classroom, a new, free tool in the Google Apps for Education suite. From the announcement: ‘With Classroom, you’ll be able to: [1] Create and collect assignments: Classroom weaves together Google Docs, Drive and Gmail to help teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly. They can quickly see who has or hasn’t completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback to individual students. [2] Improve class communications: Teachers can make announcements, ask questions and comment with students in real time—improving communication inside and outside of class. [3] Stay organized: Classroom automatically creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student. Students can easily see what’s due on their Assignments page.’ Addressing privacy concerns, Google reassures teachers, ‘We know that protecting your students’ privacy is critical. Like the rest of our Apps for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes, and is free for schools.’ After the recent torpedoing of Bill Gates’ $100M inBloom initiative, Google might want to have a privacy pitch ready for parents, too!” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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A Drag Racing Icon Just Set a 184 MPH World Record for Electric Cars

Don “Big Daddy” Garlits is one of the Old Masters of drag racing . The first driver to officially break the 170, 180, 200, 240, 250, and 270 MPH barriers on a 1/4 mile drag strip, his name is plastered across racing’s many halls of fame. Last week, at 82 years old, Garlits earned another record, driving the world’s fastest electric-powered drag racer to a record-shattering 184.01 MPH on a 1/4 mile drag strip in Florida. Read more…

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First video of the US Army flying truck in action

Remember that crazy-looking helicopter-drone-truck we showed you a few months ago? Now it is real and it is here . Advanced Tactics has released the very first video showing the Black Knight Transformer flying through the desert. Read more…

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Police Departments Using Car Tracking Database Sworn To Secrecy

An anonymous reader writes “Vigilant Solutions maintains what they claim is the nation’s largest database of license-plate tracking data, ‘LEARN’ (Law Enforcement Archival and Reporting Network). But when a law enforcement agency signs up to use the database, they are sworn to keep it secret. The reason? They are quite clear about that: ‘to prohibit users from cooperating with any media outlet to bring attention to LEARN or LEARN-NVLS.’ So, they’re tracking you (they’re tracking everybody)… but they don’t want you to know. The agreement, uncovered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, states: You shall not create, publish, distribute, or permit any written, electronically transmitted or other form of publicity material that makes reference to LEARN or this Agreement without first submitting the material to LEARN-NVLS and receiving written consent from LEARN-NVLS. This prohibition is specifically intended to prohibit users from cooperating with any media outlet to bring attention to LEARN or LEARN-NVLS. Breach this provision may result in LEARN-NVLS immediately termination of this Agreement upon notice to you.” Immediately after WIRED published the story, though, the agreement mysteriously changed. The secrecy provision is still there, but the statement that it’s ‘specifically intended’ to prevent the media attention has vanished.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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