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Description It was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the tragic story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the electorate,...
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Description Three bodies in a beautiful and luxurious bedroom. Billy Haey was bo to be a cop. The son of Chicago's chief of detectives, whose twin sister is also on the force, Billy plays it by the book. Alongside Detective Kate Fenton, Billy's tempestuous, adrenaline-junkie ...
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MIT recently unveiled Duoskin, and even though it looks like a simple fashion accessory, these faux tattoos have some cool functions: they're coected, and can receive input, coect wirelessly, and even light up with the right setup. We're also checking out a new HoloLens demo from N3S, an NES emulator team tuing 2D NES titles into slightly 3D experiences. The demo is in alpha, but it's another exciting showcase for what Microsoft's augmented-reality headset is capable of. ...
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIs this the hell of an IT manager? BigPanda Are all the notifications getting to you?Does your phone buzz, ping and ding with far too many deeply unimportant messages?Imagine, then, you work in an IT department.It seems that, at least for some IT people, their brains are being addled by a constant stream of alerts. Can so many things be going wrong with IT systems? Are at least some of these alerts false alarms? How can you tell?A startup called BigPanda says it talked to more than 1,700 IT professionals ...
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageWill it bomb? Samsung/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET It's a lot easier to just batter Apple if you're selling battery life.When Samsung accused iPhone users of being wallhuggers, there was a roar of approval from Galaxy types and calls to psychiatrists from Apple sorts.These days, the Korean company doesn't seem in the mood to Apple-bash, so it must resort to other marketing means.Its latest attempt to sell the Galaxy S7 Edge's battery life feels rather familiar. Here we have Day Glover as a ...
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RoadshowNewsElectric CarsNissan might be off-loading its battery-manufacturing outfit Close AutoComplete: Nissan reportedly looking to sell its battery operations Drag Outsourcing: Is there anything it can't solve? NurPhoto/Getty Images Vertical ...
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Jet.com has landed at Walmart. Jet.com Walmart is hoping its acquisition of startup Jet.com takes its own online presence to new heights. The retail giant said Monday it has acquired Jet.com in a stock and cash deal worth $3 billion. The deal underscores the competitive nature of the online retail business, where Amazon dominates and Walmart, the largest brick-and-mortar retail in the US, plays second fiddle. Walmart is apparently expecting that Jet.com, which saw early hype as a possible "Amazon-killer," can even the playing field. "Walmart.com will grow faster, the seamless shopping experience we're pursuin...
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[embedded content] Living in Florida during a summer heatwave can be brutal, but the Backyard Scientist is here to help, or at least make it more interesting by building not only a liquid nitrogen squirt gun but also a flamethrower. In his latest video "Liquid Nitrogen Freeze-Ray Vs. Flamethrower" -- posted on YouTube this past week -- the Backyard Scientist has some fun with liquid nitrogen.After filling a stainless-steel thermos with liquid nitrogen, the video maker shows how pressure from the liquid tuing into a gas makes the nitrogen come out the tube, which is attached on the top. The result is an impressive cloud of cold water vapor that c...
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Getting a tattoo can mark an important life moment, quite literally. But one thing that always seems awkward is having to make small talk with the tattoo artist as a painful needle scratches a design into your skin. With the latest advancements in robotics, human tattoo artists could be replaced with a giant robot arm that won't judge you for getting a portrait on your back of Benedict Cumberbatch eating a taco. In the video "World's First Tattoo by Industrial Robot" on Vimeo, French designers Pierre Emm and Johan da Silveira, along with Autodesk engineer David Thomasson, explain how the project came to be. "Our research is really focused on this more intimate relationship th...
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The battleship Mikasa. Embedded in the pier, it still looks impressive for a 114-year-old ship. You can see the crossroads of naval design, with aspects from the ships from the late 1800s, and some that would continue into the 20th century. For the full story behind the tour, check out Japan's 114-year-old battleship Mikasa: A relic of another time. Let's block ads! بخوانید...
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Athletes can't just focus on sticking the perfect landing or diving with flawless form at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. They'll also have to worry about Zika. Fortunately, it's not just athletes converging in Brazil. One organization is using mapping technology to track the spread of the infectious disease. Another is giving away smart thermometers to keep tabs on symptoms that might flare up. The World Health Organization launched a Zika app to provide information about the disease. After the Olympics, IBM will provide local authorities with ways to track weather, social media data and travel pattes. It's just the latest example where technology plays an increasingly critical role in ...
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An hour south of Tokyo, on the edge of the bay is a piece of history unique in the world. Embedded in concrete just a few feet from the water is the 114-year-old battleship Mikasa. It's the only surviving pre-dreadnought battleship, not to mention one of the only Imperial navy vessels still intact from that era. After 21 years in service, the Mikasawas decommissioned, but not scrapped. Instead she was preserved at the request of the Japanese govement, with her engines and armament removed, and her hull encased in concrete. After several extensive restorations, the Mikasa today is a museum ship, and a fascinating look back into tu-of-the-last century naval design. Here's a full tour. ...
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Stealing votes with software. It may have been a plot in the political thriller TV show "Scandal," but that doesn't mean it couldn't happen in real life, too. In fact, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Wednesday that it's a major conce.In light of the hacking attacks on the Democratic National Committee and another fundraising organization for the Democrats, the US govement should ask whether to treat elections as "critical infrastructure, Johnson said at a breakfast in Washington, DC sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.That official designation often refers to physical infrastructure, like the power grid and dams. But elections are critical to democracy, Johnson said, whic...
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The Great Wall of China is 5,500 miles long and took 1,700 years to build. But what were its creators trying to keep out...? That's the question posed by the first trailer for "The Great Wall", a big-budget 3D blockbuster combining Hollywood star power with Chinese visual spectacle. The largest movie shot entirely in China, the $135 million fantasy flick is the first English-language production from "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" director Zhang Yimou. Matt Damon leads the cast, along with Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau and Pedro Pascal from "Game of Thrones" and "Narcos". "World War Z" author Max Brooks helped with the story. Fresh from his appearance in "Jason Boue", Damon ...
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