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iPhone 6 with LTE

Stuck with iOS 8.0.1? Here’s how to fix it by reinstalling iOS 8

Yesterday, proving it is far from infallible when it comes to both hardware design and software development, Apple released a faulty version of iOS 8.0.1. For many iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users, updating to iOS 8.0.1 completely killed … Continue reading

iPhone 6 with LTE

How to reinstall iOS 8, if you’re stuck with iOS 8.0.1

Yesterday, proving it is far from infallible when it comes to both hardware design and software development, Apple released a faulty version of iOS 8.0.1. For many iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users, updating to iOS 8.0.1 completely killed … Continue reading

How to customize the Google Now swipe-up gesture

The on-screen navigation buttons on Android devices are usually impossible to alter without root access. The bottom of the screen is not completely off limits in terms of customization, though. All Android devices with on-screen buttons (and even some with … Continue reading

Comcast

Comcast calls its critics extortionists, backlash ensues

Earlier this week, Comcast and Time Warner Cable released a massive 300 page rebuttal to criticism of their proposed merger. Not only are these two telco giants extraordinarily defensive in this missive, but they actually go as far as claiming … Continue reading

Instagram’s Hyperlapse hurriedly adds time-lapse selfies to keep up with iOS 8

Apple’s pair of new iPhones and upgraded iOS have had a rocky launch, but there’s zero cause for complaint with the photography features in iOS 8 and the cameras on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. One of the coolest … Continue reading

HTC ‘ReCamera’ to challenge GoPro

HTC is building a “lifestyle” camera that will compete against the popular GoPro line of shooters designed for documenting outdoor adventures. According to a report company is behind a Twitter account and web site teasing the ReCamera. The site loops … Continue reading

GrapheneSensor

Researchers create ultra-sensitive graphene sensor that can detect cancer biomarkers

A new graphene detector has just been developed which can potentially determine who has cancer and perhaps even in some cases, what kind. The secret to building it lies in a radical new method for processing graphene on silicon carbide … Continue reading

Windows Phone Insteon

Insteon’s new Windows Phone home-control app adds voice commands via Cortana

Tired of tapping on icons on your phone to manage your home-control system? Insteon’s new app enlists the aid of Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant so that you can talk to your devices. Forget to close your garage door? Ask Cortana. … Continue reading

Ratwalk

We can now remotely control paralyzed rats, letting them walk again: Humans are next

In the void left by the anticlimactic World Cup exoskeleton adventure, other efforts to make the paralyzed walk again are recapturing the spotlight. Chief among them is Grégoire Courtine’s research group at the EPFL in Switzerland, who have achieved tremendous … Continue reading

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Hands on with Seek Thermal, the snap-on camera that gives your phone Predator vision

Whether you’re a hunter in the woods or a frequent camper who often gets up in the middle of the pitch black night to go to the bathroom, there are gadgets out there that can help. Not all of them … Continue reading