According to The Verge , Microsoft is planning to unveil the consumer preview of Windows 10 at an event in late January. We’ll apparently see new consumer features, including a touch interface, and get more news on Microsoft’s phone and tablet lines. [ The Verge ] Read more…
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According to The Verge, Microsoft is planning to unveil the consumer preview of Windows 10 at an eve
Keen not to be outdone by Apple, perhaps, Sony is said to be making a new watch whose surfaces are entirely made from e-paper. It will, according to Bloomberg , “emphasize style, rather than trying to outdo more technological offerings.” Read more…
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Bloomberg: Sony Is Making a Watch Entirely Out of E-Paper
It used to be that scientists all agreed that it was impossible to achieve temperatures below absolute zero, but now they realise that’s not entirely true. This video explains how you can reach temperatures below absolute zero. Read more…
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How You Can Get Temperatures Below Absolute Zero
Earlier this year, Thom Yorke released his new album on BitTorrrent , selling it in a package that had to be paid for. Now, BitTorrent will let any artist release an album as a paid-for bundle. Read more…
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BitTorrent Now Lets Anyone Release an Album as a Paid-For Bundle
Did you know there’s a proper way to eat sushi that doesn’t involve completely soaking the rice in soy sauce? You’re only supposed to dip the fish, which can be tricky if you’re not skilled with a set of chopsticks. So Fukuma, a Japanese soy sauce manufacturer, is now packaging the salty brown side in tiny spray bottles so you can perfectly spritz your sushi. Read more…
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Spray-On Soy Sauce Ensures Your Sushi Isn’t Soaked In Salt
Philae, the probe that landed on a comet as part of the Rosetta mission, has detected organic molecules in the comet’s atmosphere. We don’t know exactly what the molecules are yet, but they could hold a key to early life on Earth. Hell, this is a big reason we sent Rosetta all the way to a lonely comet in the first place. Read more…
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Rosetta’s Lander Has Found Organic Molecules on a CometÂ
Well, here’s a cooooool finding. Take any piece of electronic equipment you can think of and its circuits are powered by, yes, electrons. But a new experiment takes us one step closer to “atomtronic circuits” made of supercold quantum matter that can be reconfigured on the fly. Read more…
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How Do We Make Transforming Quantum Circuits? Lasers and Ultracold Atoms
Last month, Mayor De Blasio announced a push to fund green spaces in New York’s poor neighborhoods. This probably isn’t exactly what he meant: Very wealthy power couple Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg have announced plans to fund a giant park in the Hudson River. Read more…
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Some Billionaires Want To Give NYC a $170 Million Floating Park
iOS 8.1.1 is here, and while it’s a pretty minor update, Apple says it should increase performance for the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S, two of the oldest devices that make the leap to iOS 8. Go grab it now, especially if you have some more elderly devices. Read more…
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iOS 8.1.1 is here, and while it’s a pretty minor update, Apple says it should increase performance f
Fancy creating a little more distance between your social and professional facades on Facebook? Well, the Financial Times is reporting that Zuckerberg & Co. are working on a new site, called “Facebook at Work, ” that will do just that. Read more…
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Report: Facebook’s Working on a New "Facebook at Work" Site