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If The Government Can Access Our Facebook Data, What Happens When We Have Computers On Our Faces?

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Wearables will follow a similar path as the smartphone market, Forrester analysts predicted in April 2012. ”Wearables will move mainstream,” they said. But will they? Do you believe this? Do I? Maybe? From fitness trackers to smartwatches to computers you wear on your face, this emerging market, enabled by the increasing miniaturization of hardware components and lightweight materials, has increasingly been piquing the interest of investors and early adopters alike. Futurist, artificial intelligence expert…

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Automotive

Tesla Shows Off A 90-Second Battery Swap System, Wants It At Supercharging Stations By Year’s End

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CHRIS VELAZCO Tesla teased electric motorheads earlier this week by announcing an event that would show off its curious battery-swapping system, and it wound up being even more impressive than most of us imagined. Long story short, Tesla can swap a Model S’s battery in just 90 seconds (that’s less time than it takes to fuel up a regular car), and you won’t even have to get out of your seat to…

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Mobile

Sony’s SBH52 Smart Bluetooth clip acts as your secondary handset

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lai HTC may have its Mini Bluetooth handset, but Sony thinks such implementation works best as a big clip without the numeric pad. Dubbed the SBH52, this splashproof device comes with FM radio, a headphone jack plus a small OLED display to show caller ID and text messages, so in a way it’s similar to its predecessors. What’s new is that you now get NFC as well as an earpiece — the…

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Games

OUYA hits retailers for $100, promptly sells out at Amazon

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon OUYA has unlocked a major achievement today: the teensy crowdfunded gaming console is now available at retail, after a slight delay from the June 4th date it promised earlier. That’s good news for everybody, except perhaps some of the original Kickstarter backers who’ve still not received their consoles — though founder Julie Uhrman said the firm is “working overtime” to resolve that issue. As for the retail OUYA package (which has had most…

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Mobile

Sony SmartWatch 2 unveiled: a water-resistant ‘second screen’ for Android devices

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As reported on Engadget. By Joseph Volpe Sony’s taking a second stab at the fledgling wearable category it helped pioneer with today’s announcement of the SmartWatch 2. The Android-powered wristwatch retains the familiar remote functionality of its predecessor (i.e., allowing users to answer calls, read email and texts, snap photos, etc.), albeit now from a larger, 1.6-inch (220 x 176) touch display. Sony’s packed all of this “second screen” functionality into a handsome, aluminum body design that’s crafted to be dust- and…

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Science

The Large Hadron Collider in pictures: using big technology to investigate tiny things

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As reported on The Verge. By Vlad Savov Proton beams, cryogenics, superconductors, and massive underground labs — welcome to CERN! “You’re pushing the Higgs too much.” Such has been Peter Higgs’ admonishment to the CERN communications department in recent times. The British theoretical physicist, who has contributed both his work and name to the prediction of an elementary particle called the Higgs boson, is unhappy to have the Large Hadron Collider so closely associated with the…

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Games Microsoft

Well Done, Microsoft

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS The reveal of the Xbox One didn’t go as Microsoft hoped. Gamers loved the system, but hated the absurd restrictions placed on the games. But Microsoft listened and just today reversed its stance on some of the more ridiculous policies. Good for them. Good for us. I mean, the outcry was hard to ignore. The memes, the tweets, the visceral anger was everywhere. Even the talking heads on nationwide morning talk shows were debating the…

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Business Hacking

LinkedIn Outage Due To Possible DNS Hijacking [Update: Fidelity.com Also Affected]

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU LinkedIn confirmed via Twitter that its site suffered an outage due to “a DNS issue.” According to Downrightnow.com, LinkedIn’s service outage began around 6PM PST yesterday and is still continuing, though service has gradually resumed for some users. Shortly after the outage began, App.net co-founder Bryan Berg wrote on his blog that the site’s DNS may have been hijacked–in other words, its domain name was redirected to a different IP address. In this case,…

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Article

Adafruit smart helmet guides bike riders with Arduino-based light shows (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Bike sharing systems like New York’s Citi Bike may be taking off, but it’s doubtful that many participants can find every station without checking a map. Thankfully, Adafruit has unveiled a smart helmet project that could help at least a few of those riders get to their destinations while keeping their eyes on the road. The DIY effort feeds locations to an Arduino-based Flora board and its positioning add-ons, which in turn use…

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Mobile

Samsung user manual confirms Galaxy S 4 variant with Snapdragon 800 chip

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Welcome to Samsung Day, 2013. While we wait on some big (and little) product launches this afternoon, here’s a quick bite to keep us going: an interesting processor spec mentioned in the user manual for the SHV-E330S, which we think will be the new LTE-Advanced variant of the Galaxy S 4 intended for South Korea. How the folks at RBmen spotted it we have no idea, but one of the pages (shown after the break) confirms the…

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