Technology 
Deezer adds podcasts and talk radio to catalog with Stitcher buy
Music streaming service Deezer is going beyond music and adding podcasts in an attempt to attract more users. The company announced Friday that it had acquired Stitcher, the popular podcast and live radio streaming app available on Android and iOS, … Continue reading
Robotic through-the-cheek brain surgery now possible inside the all-seeing eye of an MRI
Responsible epilepsy surgery now demands precision control of surgical instruments to get up close to the cells that cause it. Faced with the impossibility of bringing a machine into the OR that transforms gas cylinders into missiles, researchers at Vanderbilt … Continue reading
RiteAid stores block Apple Pay, Google Wallet payments
Days after the launch of Apple Pay, Rite Aid has stopped accepting the payment system at 4,600 stores across the United States. The company, which is one of the biggest drug store chains in the country, said it is currently … Continue reading
Rite Aid stores block Apple Pay, Google Wallet payments
Days after the launch of Apple Pay, Rite Aid has stopped accepting the payment system at 4,600 stores across the United States. The company, which is one of the biggest drug store chains in the country, said it is currently … Continue reading
Senator wants anonymous app Whisper to explain how it tracks users, shares their data
Social media app Whisper, a supposedly anonymous way for users to post online confessions, is now facing privacy questions from a U.S. senator after reports that it tracks locations of users and has shared their information with other companies. Whisper, … Continue reading
Humanity sniffs its first comet: Sadly, it stinks of rotten eggs, cat pee, and stale beer
It turns out that comet 67P, the comet that is currently being stalked by the ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, stinks. If you just so happened to be in whiff range of the comet, you would be treated to a fantastic “perfume” … Continue reading
Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn released: Happy 10th birthday, Ubuntu!
Earlier today, the latest version of Ubuntu was released to the public. Version 14.10 — dubbed “Utopic Unicorn” — doesn’t bring much to the table in terms of new features, but it does mark an important anniversary. Ten years ago … Continue reading
iPad Air 2 teardown reveals the ‘magic’ of Apple’s thinnest tablet: A smaller battery
How undignified: The iPad Air 2 has only been officially released for a few hours, and already it has been torn down to find what lie within. Most notably, iPad Air 2 is thinner and lighter than the original Air … Continue reading
Twitter weaves Fabric, but will developers be drawn in?
To identity Twitter solely as a micro-blogging service could be to do it a disservice. The company wants to be much more to developers building mobile apps, and at its Flight conference on Wednesday it welcomed them in. Twitter unveiled … Continue reading
Cashiers don’t understand Apple Pay and it’s totally adorable
Apple Pay is so easy to use it’s almost not worth writing about. It’s laughably fast and stupidly simple. So simple it’s confusing the heck out of clerks and cashiers nationwide! Here’s how it works: You walk up to the … Continue reading
