LG has just revealed its new flagship curved OLED screen—the largest one in existence—ahead of next January’s CES convention. Because why wouldn’t you you want 105 inches of curved OLED goodness? Oh right, you can’t afford it. Read more…
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LG’s 105-Inch Curved OLED Is Just Bonkers
Remember that super-realistic telemarketing chatbot who denies she’s a robot ? Turns out “Samantha West” may not a robot after all — but the real story is just as bizarre. Read more…
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Robot-denying telemarketing robot may not actually be a robot
Binary lies at the heart of our technological lives: those strings of ones and zeroes are fundamental to the way all our digital devices function. But while the invention of binary is usually credited to German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz in the 18th Century, it turns out the Polynesians were using it as far back as 600 years ago . Read more…
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Polynesian People Were Using Binary 600 Years Ago
You might not realize what a great engineer DeLorean was — until you look at these never-before-seen sketches for a next-generation engine. Which included laser ignition, and something that looks curiously like a flux capacitor. Read more…
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DeLorean’s Next Radical Idea: An Engine that Starts Using Lasers
This is a 2, 400-year-old baby bottle . This recently discovered terracotta pig was used as a toy and a baby bottle by the Messapii people of what is now southern Italy. These vessels, called guttus, had narrow necks and small openings from which liquids could be poured slowly, even in drops . Read more…
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This is a 2,400-year-old baby bottle.
We can’t even pretend we’re not enamored with Google here at Lifehacker, but there is life on the other side. While the quality of search results is largely subjective (contrary to what the Bing Challenge would have you believe), there are some things that are definitely better in Microsoft’s garden. Read more…
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Five Things Bing Does Better Than Google
There’s no doubt that 3D printing is going to play a huge part in the future of manufacturing, especially now that researchers at Cornell University have managed to print every component of a fully functional speaker —including the cone, the wiring, and even the magnet. Read more…
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You Can Now 3D Print a Fully Functional Speaker
Obama hasn’t had a great time with all things technological recently: Healthcare.gov is still struggling , and he was embarrassingly forced into posing for a selfie with Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt last week. This Saturday Night Live video takes an amusing look at it all. Read more…
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Saturday Night Live Hilariously Riffs on Obama’s Recent Tech Troubles
msm1267 writes “Users of Apple’s Safari browser are at risk for information loss because of a feature common to most browsers that restores previous sessions. The problem with Safari is that it stores session information including authentication credentials used in previous HTTPS sessions in a plaintext XML file called a Property list, or plist, file. The plist files, a researcher with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team said, are stored in a hidden folder, but hiding them in plain sight isn’t much of a hurdle for a determined attacker. ‘The complete authorized session on the site is saved in the plist file in full view despite the use of https, ‘ said researcher Vyacheslav Zakorzhevsky on the Securelist blog. ‘The file itself is located in a hidden folder, but is available for anyone to read.'” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Safari Stores Previous Browsing Session Data Unencrypted
Even after 40 years of service, X-ray computed tomography (better known as CT scans) can be a challenge to capture. If the patient moves even a nudge, the image will come out blurry. But with GE’s new Revolution CT, doctors will be able to image the entirety of your innards in the span of a single heartbeat. Literally. Read more…
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GE’s New Fast CT Scanner Captures Insane Images in a Heart Beat