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How bulletproof is an iPhone? You’ll need this many to save you from an AK-47

"How many iPhones does it take to stop an AK-47 bullet?" The answer is "five, sometimes six," because not everything can be an exact science.
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Light painting with a 3D printer produces awesome, hologram-like artwork

Artists Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi and Daniel Canogar have discovered how to paint with light using 3D printers.
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“We screwed up,” Reddit CEO Ellen Pao admits in an apology post

Reddit CEO Ellen Pao is offering an abject apology for the series of grievances faithful Reddit users have leveled against her, saying, "We screwed up"
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Rubicon wants to pick up your trash the way Uber picks up its passengers

Our garbage is a nasty business, but Rubicon has been working to make it more sustainable and less costly, both financially and environmentally speaking.
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Forget IcyHot — This silver nanowire mesh relieves muscle soreness without chemicals

A team of researchers have created a silver mesh sleeve made of nanowire that produces heat and stays on your joints, no matter how much you bend them.
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Battle of the bots: American MegaBot to face off against Japanese Kuratas next year

In the real life version of a Transformers fight, the Japanese robot Kuratas has accepted the challenge for a duel from American MegaBot.
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Delectable is turning everyone into a wine connoisseur

Delectable is a wine tasting app that has been steadily climbing the charts since it was first released in 2012.
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Hell hath no fury like China facing bloatware: Chinese agency sues Samsung and Oppo

The Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission is taking Samsung and Oppo to court over the bloatware the companies load on their phones
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Dangerous baby blues: new study suggests link between eye color and alcoholism

It's all in the gaze -- according to a new study, determining risk for alcoholism may be as easy and obvious as looking into a patient's eyes.
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Could this be the worst iPhone case ever invented?

In attempts to teach that guns are not toys, this iPhone gun case is setting the cause back considerably.
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Want stronger, more flexible robots? Check out sea horses and their tails

New research has suggested that the sea horse and its tail may provide the inspiration for engineers to build more flexible, long-lasting robots.
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A nation obsessed: Porn Time hits 1 million downloads

After less than a month on the market, Porn Time has hit 1 million downloads.
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UberPOP is suspended in France after weeks of protest

After a series of violent and effective protests, car service giant and bad-PR magnet Uber has announced that it will suspend UberPOP services in France.

The Internet is not a human right, FCC commissioner says

The Federal Communications Commission announced on Wednesday that the Internet is not a human right.
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3D imaging of plants will help build the next generation of cars, planes, and sports gear

A new engineering methodology uses 3D imaging of plant structures to see how these hardy, natural organisms are able to cope with stress and strain.
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Vandalism of fiber-optic cables in California points to deeper problem with Internet security

Following a string of nearly a dozen vandalism incidents of fiber-optic cables in the area, the FBI is conducting an investigation of the situation.
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Assembly line robot fatally injures a worker in Volkswagen factory

A 21-year-old car factory worker in Baunatal, Germany, was fatally injured by an assembly line robot on Tuesday
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You can finally immortalize your White House tour on social media with selfies

On Wednesday, overturning a 40-year-old rule, the White House finally allowed tour goers to use social media and take photographs on tours
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India will unseat the U.S. as the 2nd largest smartphone market in the world by 2017

According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, India will unseat the United States as the second largest smartphone market within the next two years
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Liquid nicotine poisonings have surged across the country, and the FDA is doing something about it

In recent months, emergency cases of liquid nicotine poisoning have increased across the country, prompting an FDA probe into the substance.
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Be more anonymous with ProxyHam, the box that puts a mile between you and your IP address

ProxyHam is a “hardware proxy” that can put quite a bit of distance between you and your traceable IP address.
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Twitter throws major shade at 50 Shades author E.L. James in Twitter Q&A

E.L. James decided to participate in a Twitter question and answer session, which ended in tweets filled with more shade than James’ entire trilogy.
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Siri gets sassy when you ask, ‘What’s zero divided by zero?’

Siri gives us a rare glimpse of her sassy personality when asked, "What's zero divided by zero?"
Twitter may eliminate its 140-character limit on direct messages

Twitter is the newest investor platform for startups looking to share relevant info and attract VC funding

Now, with the blessing of the SEC, startups can tweet information about their stock or debt offering.
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Google is playing dirty, skewing search results in its own favor, study finds

A new study authored has provided new, damning evidence that Google is skewing search results in their own favor.
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The human genome may be the next big API to hit the market

Soon, scientists may develop an API for our genetic code, making interactions with our DNA faster, easier, and more robust.
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Go shopping from the comfort of your own home with your virtual reality headset

Software developers are looking into using virtual reality headsets to allow eager consumers to go shopping from the comfort of their own homes.
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The Global Beer Fridge speaks 40 languages and opens on command

A partnership between Google and Canadian beer company Molson has resulted in quite the lovechild -- the Global Beer Fridge
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The HBO Now app is the most profitable app on the iTunes store despite its high price tag

According to App Annie, the HBO iOS app is the most profitable in the market, despite being launched only two months ago.
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The slowest Internet in the country can be found in four very surprising cities

If you think your Internet is slow, you may be correct if you live in one of four major cities that suffer from some of the worst Internet connections.
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Conductive ink ushers in the next generation of wearable technology

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a new conductive ink that would allow electronics to be printed on stretchable fabrics.
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Ovuline is responsible for over 350,000 pregnancies

Described by CNN as the man "responsible for 350,000 pregnancies," Paris Wallace certainly sounds like a busy fellow. But it's not in the way you'd think.
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Google is saving the environment, one renovated coal plant at a time

In the ultimate victory for environmental activists, Google will spend $600 million on a server farm that will be 100 percent powered by green energy.
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What happens when two self-driving cars meet? They avoid one another

A Delphi Automotive car and a Google self-driving car managed to avoid one another when they came into close quarters with one another in Palo Alto.