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Hubble uses gravitational lens to look back at the early universe

Hubble can’t see quite well enough on its own, so it needs a little gravitational assist.

Redbox Digital starts selling videos in small scale test

Famed DVD rental kiosk distributor Redbox is moving ahead with its second attempt at a digital sales platform. A Redbox Digital app recently surfaced on Apple’s app store for iPad. The app is only open to a small subset of … Continue reading

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Machine learning is about to change how corporations are run

Google’s machine learning subsidiary, DeepMind, may be about to pay for its $500 million price-tag — again, and again, and again.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft lift off on the CRS-9 mission.
Credits: NASA/Frank Michaux

This week in space: dark matter, exoplanets, galactic superclusters, and a Dragon

It’s the 47th anniversary of the moon landing, so let’s watch Buzz Aldrin punch a moon landing denialist right in the face.

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Futuremark responds to accusations of bias in new DirectX 12 Time Spy test

After Futuremark launched its new Time Spy benchmark last week, controversy erupted as end users accused the company of unfairly biasing the benchmark in favor of Nvidia. We investigate the claims and the company’s response.

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NASA’s Kepler finds 104 new confirmed exoplanets

Kepler might have encountered some issues, but it’s still making big discoveries.

Roku Feed has become the best feature you’re not using

As I’ve written before, one of the biggest stumbling blocks for streaming video is that it’s too hard to keep track of TV shows across different services. If a cable-box DVR can organize shows regardless of channel, cord cutters shouldn’t … Continue reading

Carambar lance le "Service de la Blague" sur Twitter

Carambar n’est jamais à court de blagues. La preuve avec le lancement sur Twitter de son “Service de la Blague”, le 22 juillet.

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Microsoft faces French fines over Windows 10 data collection

The French have warned Microsoft to patch up its telemetry and data-gathering practices within three months or start paying fines. Many of the issues highlighted are problems US users have complained about, but it’s not clear what Microsoft intends to … Continue reading

50% off Vastar Professional Breathalyzer Digital Breath Alcohol Tester – Deal Alert

Vastar breathalyzer is used to measure concentration of the alcohol in human body. With sensitive semi-conductor sensor, it take 5 seconds to show a result that whether you can drive or not after drinking. It will show you high accuracy test result(up … Continue reading