Apple Inc just announced that they will be allowing users to blocks ads on iPhones and iPads once devices with their new iOS 9 start rolling out into stores. It’s a surprising and controversial decision that could seriously damage the company’s relationship with advertisers. After all, Apple isn’t just any old company manufacturing smartphones and […]
New Instagram Web Design Comes with Bigger Photos and Smoother Interface
An overdue update on Instagram’s webpage design will improve the user’s experience with bigger pictures and a smoother interface. The new desktop design will soon be available on mobile as well, and reports claim it will clean up the page by focusing on what’s important for this photo-sharing platform: bigger pictures, an improvement from the […]
Cats Linked to Schizophrenia According to Epidemiologic Experts
According to several epidemiologic studies, it appears that infectious agents can sometimes become triggers of schizophrenia. Infecting animals with Toxoplasma gondii can cause dramatic changes in behavior and alters neurotransmitter function. But on the other hand, triggering an acute infection in humans with T. gondii, or the cat virus as it was dubbed, has the […]
SEAL Team 6 – The Spy Who Went Beserk
An in-depth report published Sunday in the New York Times takes on the issue of one of the most secretive black ops outfits in the world, the SEAL Team 6. The special forces team responsible for assassinating Osama Bin Laden has reportedly had its focus shifted in the last decade from high-profile espionage to a […]
Facebook Launches Its Lite Version For Developing Countries
On Thursday Facebook has released a Lite version of its app. The tool is especially designed for places where the wireless data bandwidth is poor or where the phones used are outdated. The low-resolution of Facebook’s Android app uses much less data than the traditional app. This makes it perfect in areas with weak network […]
Next Google Chrome Version Reduces Hit on Laptop Battery Life
A beta build of the Google Chrome 43 version released yesterday defaulted a feature which identifies and pauses unimportant features which use Adobe Flash – which could end up reducing consumption of a laptop’s battery while using the browser. The logic of Chrome’s feature is the following: more content which is displayed on a web […]
The DARPA Robotics Challenge Aims to Make The World A Safer Place
Humans find alternative ways to improve life, this time with the help of technology and artificial intelligence. This week, students from all around the world, along with engineers will present and enjoy a show performed by robots of all shapes, sizes and capacities. No less than 25 teams are set to compete in what is […]
Scientists Hail New Cancer Treatment. Immunotherapy Works
A team of researchers meeting in Chicago are on their way of revealing what is believed to be a powerful new weapon in the fight against the gruesome cancer. Apparently, the disease can be beaten with the body’s own immune system, through a new drug combo. Ipilimumab and Nivolumab are two presctiption treatments that help […]
Oregon Coast Shaken by Seven Earthquakes, Not Stirred by Tsunami Fears
Seven earthquakes have hit the Northwestern Pacific coast in the Oregon area, the most severe reaching 5.9 on the Richter scale. However, experts state that there are no risks of tsunami wave formation, since the earthquakes had a telluric, not tectonic character. A String of Earthquakes The first earthquake to shake the Oregon coast occurred […]
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