Hoverboard bursts into flames with rider still riding it

He said, I thought i would end up falling over and wanted to catch it on video. Over the last two months, stories of hoverboards bursting into flames have been widely reported. Many airlines, including Air Canada, have barred travelers from bringing them on board planes. source: www.techworm.net

January 15, 2016 · 1 min · 48 words · Lynn Lee

Netflix hates customers using VPNs and proxies, says it will block them all

To address this, we employ the same or similar measures other firms do. This technology continues to evolve and we are evolving with it. We are confident this change wont impact members not using proxies. The banning comes because many media companies are unhappy with Netflix for the delay in expanding to other countries. source: www.techworm.net

January 15, 2016 · 1 min · 56 words · Brandi Lewis

Wikipedia turns 15-year-old today, wishing it a very happy birthday

Look who has turned 15 years, Happy Birthday Wikipedia! This week online encyclopaedia Wikipedia celebrates its 15th birthday. Wikipedia is the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit is different from services like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. (Image Credits : Wikimedia) One of Internets most popular sites, Wikipedia has demolished institutions like the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Wikipedia was started by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in January 2001. The domain Wikipedia.com and Wikipedia.org both went live on January 15, 2001....

January 15, 2016 · 1 min · 144 words · Alyssa Clark

Brilliant MIT design could make Incandescent lightbulbs as energy efficient as LEDs

This works by heating a thin tungsten wire to temperatures of around 2,700 degrees Celsius. Thats why country after country has banned or is phasing out the inefficient technology. It recycles the energy that would otherwise be wasted, said Professor Soljacic. But this new two-stage incandescent the MIT team is working on could raise efficiency up to 40 percent. And it shows colours far more naturally than modern energy-efficient bulbs....

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 130 words · Victoria Wilson

Facebook Executive Predicts Phone Numbers Will Die By End Of 2016

Are phone numbers heading the way of pagers, fax machines and landlines that used to rely on them? David Marcus, head of Facebook Messenger thinks so. In ablog post, Marcus predicted that 2016 will mark the end of phone numbers. Telephone numbers came into existence in 1879 when a local doctor thought of them for the first time. He recommended the use of numbers instead. We use our phones so often or we choose a button that has it....

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 196 words · Rebecca Higgins

Fixstars launches world’s first 13TB SSD called the SSD-13000M

Fixstars SSD-13000M will more than double that capacity. The company expects the shipments for US customers to start in late February. This time with SSD=13000M, Fixstars hasnt mentioned the tech behind the capacity. The specs for the new drives, and earlier models in the range are availablehere. The SSD-13000M comes in 2.5-inch drives at 15mm and weigh 160g. They employ Toshiba 15nm MLC flash and connect via a SATA 6Gbps interface....

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 94 words · Sarah Taylor

Google Cardboard’s update adds support for 3D audio

All you need is a smartphone, a pair of headphones, and a Google Cardboard viewer. Spatial audio support will allow the user to hear the sound like the way real human ears do. So, if a person is listening to birds singing, then it will be above him/her. The addition of spatial audio will have minimal impact on the primary CPU. People tend to focus on visual quality in VR but audio is just as important, Martz said....

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 184 words · Harold Ramirez

How To Bring Apple’s live photos feature to your Android Smartphone/Tablet

People at Apple are never tired of introducing something cool with every update. Queries and app suggestions are welcomed. source: www.techworm.net

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 21 words · William Valdez

IBM looking to make computers humanlike with their latest patents

These predictions led to IBM being granted multiple patents surrounding more human-like computing technology in 2015. However, Kozloski said this is the not the exact goal of IBM. He added that IBM is not concentrating on designing some kind of Ex Machina human brain replica. Its an extreme vision of where human-computer interaction can go, Kozloski told Motherboard. Artificial intelligence has many meanings. Then it becomes a decision of where the research investment is made....

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 88 words · Jenna Torres

Muslim named man blocked from playing online video game – Ultimate discrimination?

Sheer discrimination! The elderly individual was blocked from signing up for Epic Games Paragon beta this weekend. If you have questions, just contact customer service at[email protected]. source: www.techworm.net

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 29 words · Stephen Hicks

New York bill will force Apple to decrypt its iPhones or face fine of $2,500 per device

Assemblyman Matthew Titone had introduced the bill last summer and referred it to committee on January 6. Enacting this bill would penalize those who would sell smart- phones that are beyond the reach of law enforcement. Of course they will do so. Simply stated, passcode-protected devices render lawful court orders meaningless and encourage criminals to act with impunity. source: www.techworm.net

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 60 words · Danielle Wagner

NVIDIA points fingers at Apple for Google Chrome Incognito mode leaking bug

This could only take place if you had an NVIDIA desktop or laptop chip present in your machine. The issue was initially found out by Evan Andersen, who launched Diablo III on his Mac computer. This allows the contents of one software to leak into another. Since it wasnt erased, it still contained the previous contents. Later on, Andersen wrote a program that would scan GPU memory for non-zero pixels and output the results....

January 14, 2016 · 1 min · 94 words · Cynthia Freeman

Russia to use cybernetically enhanced rats for counter-terrorism

Next Generation Warfare: Russia Unleashes Cyborg Rats To Fight Against Terrorists So far, countering terrorism is being done in various ways and while some have proven to be effective, it has resulted in several countries exhausting their monetary resources so you can do. However, the latest research being conducted by Russians shows that by implanting a microchip into the brain of rats, it will transform them into a cyborg operative who will be thoroughly capable of infiltrating the most impregnable facilities....

January 14, 2016 · 2 min · 362 words · Mrs. Kimberly Jenkins