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Magnetic device lets smartphones test your blood
Smartphones equipped with portable devices that magnetically levitate cells might one day help diagnose diseases in the home, clinic or lab, researchers say.Nowadays, smartphones are incredibly powerful portable computers that include handy devices such as multimegapixel cameras, and they can be found in both…
Guns made of meteorite: Price tag $1 million
In the market for a gun that is out of this world? Then the Big Bang pistol may just be for you … provided you’ve got very, very deep pockets.Parts of the 4.5 billion-year-old Gibeon meteorite that landed in sub-Saharan Africa in prehistoric times…
Simple ways to save big money on a smartphone and cellular plan
Buying a new smartphone or cellular plan is a major headache, with smartphones released monthly and carriers continually adjusting their plans to entice consumers. You could spend a solid week visiting every carrier website looking at plans, working out costs, doing phone comparisons and hunting…
Intel nabs Guinness world record for flying a bunch of drones
Chipmaker Intel has another feather in its cap.The company last week was awarded a Guinness World Record for flying the most unmanned aerial vehicles at the same time. According to Guinness, Intel was able to fly 100 small, light-equipped drones simultaneously, creating an interesting…
Bollywood film on social media to soon go on floors
Filmmaker Anand Kumar, who directed "Zila Ghaziabad", will now produce a film titled "Viral", based on social media. It will go on the floors in February."'Viral' is based on social media. It's quite an unusual script. I am only producing this film and not…
Apple Music now boasts more than 10 million paying subscribersc
The cumulative number of Apple Music subscribers continues to grow and now exceeds 10 million users, this according to a recent report from the Financial Times. Since launching in over 100 countries in late June, Apple Music has had somewhat of a tumultuous existence. The…
Microsoft set to end technical support, security updates for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10
The big day is almost here - Microsoft will end technical support and security updates for older versions of its Internet Explorer browser on Jan. 12.“Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will…
New smart gun technology may help with gun safety in the US
The debate on guns is one of the most divisive in the country, and President Barack Obama's recent executive action has only deepened the rift between two sides that often seem to be speaking past one another. But on one aspect of the argument, everyone…
CES 2016: World's 1st passenger drone unveiled by Chinese manufacturer
A Chinese drone maker has unveiled what it says is the world's first personal autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) — a drone capable of carrying a human passenger.EHang Inc presented the drone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.The EHang 184…
Iceman Otzi's gut bug sheds light on human migration
He was brutally murdered over 5,300 years ago, but analysis of microbes from the gut of the "Iceman," a famous European glacial mummy, is now offering insights into historical human geography.The Iceman, also known as Otzi, is a mummified corpse that was discovered in…