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The rise of clicky mechanical keyboards is a very unsubtle reminder the accessories we choose have a real impact on the people around us. If you're looking to go full incognito on your coworkers, Logitech just announced two new mice at IFA that are basically the opposite of a mechanical keyboard. Logitech M220 Silent MouseEnlarge ImageThe new Logitech mice are so quiet they've eaed the Quiet Mark seal of approval from the UK Noise Abatement Society Logitech The company engineered the M220 Silent and the M330 Silent Plus to register the same clicking tactility but with over 90 percent noise reduction. Granted, the feature benefits your neighbors more than yourself, but who doesn't want to bring a little peace and quiet to the workplace anyway?In fact, the new Logitech mice are so quiet they've eaed the Quiet Mark seal of approval from the UK Noise Abatement Society, a group dedicated to improving the, ...ادامه مطلب

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageKliff Kingsbury, on the right, appearing on the podcast. The HawkCast/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET College athletes live an interesting life.They're suddenly placed on a higher plane and asked to perform daily.They're fawned upon when they win and vilified when they lose. In some cases, it's said that colleges are so desperate to persuade these young men to join their athletic programs that schools hire attractive young women to increase the attraction of the school.Once athletes are on the team, though, might they continue to enjoy the attention of women? On social media, for example.Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury believes in pretending to be an attractive woman. Just to see what his players are tweeting and posting on Twitter and Facebook.As CBS Sports reports, he recently,college football coaching jobs,college football coach salary,college football coaches,college football coaches poll,college football coaching changes,college football coaches on the seat,college football coach game,college football coaching rumors,college football coach rankings,college football coach app ...ادامه مطلب

Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holographic" Joe Namath, host of the newest exhibit, "A Game for Life," at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Pro Football Hall of Fame "It will give the fans goose bumps," Namath, a hall of fame quarterback himself, promised in a recent phone interview. "They will be blown away." The exhibit, which fans see first on entering the hall, debuted late last month, just in time for Saturday's player enshrinement ceremony and Sunday's Hall of Fame game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts to literally kick off the league's preseason. "A Game for Life" also includes holographic images of actors portraying legendary coaches George Halas and Vince Lombardi. Both deliver motivational speeches that Namath says will make fans want to strap on shoulder pads and hit the field.Holographic appearances are becoming increasingly popular at exhibits, concerts and other events. A hologram of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, popped up during this year's NBA All-Star technology summit in Toronto. Fans attending the Coachella music festival in 2012 were stunned to see a hologram of the late rapper-actor 2Pac take the stage with fellow rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. A hologram of pop superstar Michael Jackson performed during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio, is already one of sports' sacred shrines. It's a whirling tour of displays, bronze busts of the 303 elite players who have been inducted and video highlights of the game's greatest moments. "A Game for Life," which was completed in two years, is part of a $500 million renovati, ...ادامه مطلب

Check out "Broadway Joe" Namath's latest role: virtual host of the newest exhibit inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame.A hologram of the football great introduces "A Game for Life," a 3D display set in a state-of-the-art theater designed to resemble an NFL locker room.Meet "Broadway," um, "Holographic" Joe Namath, host of the newest exhibit, "A Game for Life," at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Pro Football Hall of Fame "It will give the fans goose bumps," Namath, a hall of fame quarterback himself, promised in a recent phone interview. "They will be blown away." The exhibit, which fans see first on entering the hall, debuted late last month, just in time for Saturday's player enshrinement ceremony and Sunday's Hall of Fame game between the Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts to literally kick off the league's preseason. "A Game for Life" also includes holographic images of actors portraying legendary coaches George Halas and Vince Lombardi. Both deliver motivational speeches that Namath says will make fans want to strap on shoulder pads and hit the field.Holographic appearances are becoming increasingly popular at exhibits, concerts and other events. A hologram of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, popped up during this year's NBA All-Star technology summit in Toronto. Fans attending the Coachella music festival in 2012 were stunned to see a hologram of the late rapper-actor 2Pac take the stage with fellow rappers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. A hologram of pop superstar Michael Jackson performed during the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. The Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio, is already one of sports' sacred shrines. It's a whirling tour of displays, bronze busts of the 303 elite players who have been inducted and video highlights of the game's greatest moments. "A Game for Life," which was completed in two years, is part of a $500 million renovati, ...ادامه مطلب

[embedded content]In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the surface of the moon. Today, to commemorate that anniversary, Aldrin made his first delightful foray into Facebook Live to share his memories of that momentous occasion.In the one-hour session, he and his daughter Jan shared anecdotes and memories, and his hopes for the future.Highlights include Jan recounting how she couldn't hug her father when he came home because the astronauts had been quarantined; her faith in the space program; paparazzi climbing over the fence to photograph the Aldrin family; Buzz revealing that the reason there are so many photographs of him on the moon is because Armstrong had the camera; and detailing his hopes for humans travelling to Mars in the future."You ain't seen nothin' yet," he said.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

The astronauts all carried Duro-brand felt-tip pens (pictured is Michael Collins' pen), and if not for these the mission would not have made it home. In the cramped environment, someone had broken off the switch to the circuit breaker that activated the ascent engine. This is where Aldrin had a flash of ingenuity."Since it was electrical, I decided not to put my finger in, or use anything that had metal on the end," he wrote in his 2016 memoir "No Dream is Too High." "I had a felt-tipped pen in the shoulder pocket of my suit that might do the job. After moving the countdown procedure up by a couple of hours in case it didn't work, I inserted the pen into the small opening where the circuit breaker switch should have been, and pushed it in; sure enough, the circuit breaker held. We were going to get off the moon, after all." Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

This year's follow-up to the iPhone 6S may not entice a lot of buyers, according to a new poll. Sarah Tew/CNET The next iPhone may not exactly shoot up the sales charts, according to a new poll conducted by online magazine Quartz.Just 10 percent of US iPhone owners said they would be likely or very likely to upgrade this year if Apple doesn't redesign its marquee product, according to a survey of 525 US iPhone owners. That's a significant difference from the 25 percent of respondents either extremely interested or very interested in upgrading with each new iPhone redesign.iPhone sales sank for the first time in the first quarter of 2016 and are expected to show another drop in the second quarter. A new design on the phone, likely to be called the iPhone 7, might spur interest. But many reports say this year's model will have only minor physical changes and that next year's version will be the one to thrill consumers with enticing enhancements.Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.Back to the poll results: Around 46 percent said they wouldn't "at all be likely" to upgrade to this year's iPhone if it didn't get an overhaul. Around 33 percent said they wouldn't "be so likely" to do so. And 11 percent said they would be somewhat likely to upgrade. Altogether, 90 percent of the respondents essentially said "meh" to a new iPhone without major new features.A report that popped up in May from Japan's Nikkei newspaper said Apple might switch to a three-year cycle for each major new iPhone upgrade instead of the current two-year cycle. How might the respondents react to that move? A hefty 70 percent said they would be somewhat, very or extremely likely to change their upgrade habits to match Apple's three-year cycle.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge Image Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) The Milky Way has dominated the night sky for as long as there has been a night sky. Yet for a third of humanity, it's obscured by fog of light, caused by the artificial illumination used at night in towns and cities. And for Americans, it's even worse: Around 80 percent of the country can't see the Milky Way at night."We've got whole generations of people in the United States who have never seen the Milky Way," said Chris Elvidge, a scientist with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental, who co-authored an update of a global atlas of light published in the joual Science Advances. "It's a big part of our connection to the cosmos -- and it's been lost." Light pollution can also harm wildlife, which can become disoriented by the artificial light.The team used satellite data and sky brightness measurements to build the atlas. They discovered that it's most prevalent in Singapore, Italy and South Korea, while Canada and Australia are the darkest (although it's worth noting that most of Australia's population is concentrated around its edges). You can play with an interactive map to find out how heavily your home is light polluted here.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Amazon@Penn probably doesn't look like any store you've ever visited. The brightly lit space includes no shelves, no standing inventory and no checkout. It's likely debatable the location is even a "store" at all. Yet this 3,500-square-foot space, which hosted a grand opening Friday at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, serves as another example of Amazon's evolution, as the world's biggest e-commerce company starts building physical locations to draw itself even closer to its millions of customers. "We see lots of opportunities with this model," Ripley MacDonald, director of Amazon's student programs, said in the store's media center, which includes couches, conference tables and TVs set up with game controllers so students can play "Tetris" on Amazon Prime Video. "We're very excited with the engagement, and we're continuing to invest in it."Eddie Perez, site manager for Amazon@Penn, explains how his "store" works. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Call it a feeder system for future Amazon customers. Colleges provide a densely populated group of educated, wealthier individuals, just the kinds of folks who are most likely to join Prime. Amazon already tries to pull them in by offering six-month free trials of Prime Student memberships, which are just $49 annually after that. Campus stores could fully convert them before they even graduate. "They just want to hook you when you're 20," Michael Pachter, a Wedbush analyst, said. Penn benefits because its mail processing operations have struggled to keep up with the growing piles of e-commerce boxes being delivered to the 25,000-student school. Amazon accounts for 40 percent of those boxes, said Marie Witt, vice president of Penn's business services. "It's definitely been a strain on the system," she said Friday. Amazon@Penn serves as a pickup and drop-off hub for students, faculty and workers. They can order anything from textbooks t, ...ادامه مطلب

Click on this image to be taken to the full infographic. RAD Campaign, Lincoln Park Strategies and craigconnects From Donald Trump GIFs to "Birdie Sanders" memes, your Facebook and Twitter feeds are no doubt full of opinions about the upcoming presidential election. But a new poll suggests, when it comes to politics, the social media environment is increasingly hostile. More than 50 percent of Americans have recently expressed opposition to a 2016 presidential candidate on social media, according to the poll, which was conducted by Rad Campaign, Lincoln Park Strategies and craigconnects. When it comes to who's behaving the worst, 57 percent of respondents ranked Trump supporters as being very aggressive or threatening online. "In a free country like the US, everyone gets a chance to say who runs things," said Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects, in a blog post Wednesday. "When we see 93 million eligible voters staying home, we know something's broken. The electoral system has big problems; let's fix them instead of picking a fight." Other highlights from the poll:63 percent of Democrats and 50 percent of Republicans polled believe campaigns should rein in their most aggressive supporters.Between 15 and 20 percent of respondents have "unfriended" someone because of their political opinions.14 percent of respondents under age 35 said their jobs could be at risk for expressing their political preferences online. The poll is based on 1,017 interviews among likely voters and was conducted online March 2-9.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

LinkedIn's new app is focused on getting college kids employed. LinkedIn Graduation is coming. You're worried you wasted a lot of money on a fancy piece of paper because you'll never find a job. LinkedIn wants to calm your nerves.The professional social network on Monday will release an app dedicated to helping college kids find their first job out of school. The app, called Linkedin Students, has students enter their school, major and expected graduation date. It then connects you with alumni and resources to help your job search. The app takes you through a 5-step process, where you swipe from screen to screen. (Yes, kind of like the dating app Tinder.) It does things like show you the median salary in your field, tells you what kind of work people who had your major at your school are doing now, and gives you a few actual jobs to apply to. The first time you use the app, it will show you only one job posting. That's by design. "Students find the job search daunting," said Ada Hu, the app's product manager. "We never saw them wanting to be in an app that long." The goal is for students to use it in little chunks, like while you are going from class to class. Apparently, college kids need all the help they can get. For young college graduates in 2015, the unemployment rate is 7.2 percent, compared with 5.5 percent in 2007, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.With the launch of the new app, LinkedIn will shut down some other resources it had for students, including its university rankings and school finder. The company will kill those services on May 16. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageArtistic impression of the nanobots in action. American Chemical Society Humans are pretty effective at messing up everything. Look at all the tech we use. It doesn't come without a cost. Manufacturing electronics and batteries produces contaminants such as lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic and chromium, none of which is particularly good for living organisms.To help combat this destructive effect, an inteational team of researchers has developed a school of tiny microbots, each smaller than the width of a human hair, which is capable of removing lead particles from contaminated water more efficiently than previously developed methods.The robots are shaped like tiny tubes, in three layers. Graphene oxide on the outside absorbs lead particles from the water. The middle layer is nickel, which allows exteal control of the robots using a magnetic field. The inner layer is platinum, which gives the robots self propulsion by adding hydrogen peroxide to the water. This interacts with the platinum, which decomposes the hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen, propelling the microbot forwards.The team writes in their paper, published in the joual Nano Letters, that a swarm of the microbots can reduce the amount of lead in water from 1,000 parts per billion to just 50 parts per billion, a reduction of 95 percent, in just 60 minutes. Obviously this is dependent on the amount of water and number of microbots, but what makes it even more impressive is that the robots can be reused. The same magnetic field that controls the microbots can be used to retrieve them. They can then be cleaned and used again.Moreover, the lead ions that have been cleaned off the microbots can be reused too. "This is a new application of smart nanodevices for environmental applications," co-author Samuel Sánchez of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany told Phys.org."The use of self-power, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageThis lens has been to the moon and back. RR Auction You can pick up a vintage Zeiss 500mm telephoto lens for less than $1,000 on eBay. So what would possibly make a such a lens worth closer to $600,000? A trip to the moon would do it. RR Auction is putting a rare piece of NASA history up for auction when a telephoto lens used on the moon's surface goes on sale later this month. The Zeiss Tele-Tessar comes from the personal collection of former astronaut Dave Scott, the spacecraft commander of the 1971 Apollo 15 moon mission.Apollo 15 was NASA's fourth manned lunar mission and the first to explore an area that included the Hadley Rille channel and the Apennine mountain range at the edge of the Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains). The lens helped document the mission, with 293 photos attributed to it and the Hasselblad Electric Data Camera it was attached to. Memorable moon photos from NASA and beyond... , ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageNew York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. reaches out for a tough catch over Atlanta Falcons coerback Robert Alford. Duncan Williams/Zuma Press/Corbis This is the sports programming equivalent of a spectacular catch by Odell Beckham Jr. Twitter has signed a deal with the National Football League to show 10 Thursday night games online during the upcoming season, making a splashy play for the attention of millions of NFL fans. The games will be screened for free to a global audience on any device with Inteet access. It's not exclusive, though. The games will also be available on NBC, CBS and the NFL Network, meaning viewers will have the option of watching games via traditional, cable or digital broadcast. Still, the deal, announced Tuesday, marks a big first down for Twitter, the debut foray of the social media service into live sports streaming. Twitter has long hosted conversations around sporting events and has more recently introduced replays and curated "moments" following those contests. Consider it a kind of online sports bar. "Twitter is where live events unfold and is the right partner for the NFL as we take the latest step in serving fans around the world live NFL football," said league commissioner Roger Goodell, who was amped up enough about the deal that he tweeted for the first time since September 2014. In August, the NFL and the social network signed a two-year deal to show in-game highlights, custom game recaps, breaking news, analysis and archival videos to fans. The relationship between the NFL and Twitter actually goes back to 2013. And it just so happens that Twitter CFO Anthony Noto was previously the chief financial officer for the NFL. Terms of the deal were not announced. A Twitter spokesman said the company has nothing to say yet on how exactly the games will work within the service. Twitter will also be the home of in-game highlights an, ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageNFL games are Twitter's latest trick. Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire/Corbis Twitter is getting into online programming, starting with a deal that will allow it to show Thursday night National Football League games online.NFL games will be screened for free to a global audience using any device for the duration of the 2016 season. The games will also be available on NBC, CBS and the NFL Network, meaning that viewers will have the option of watching matches through digital, cable or traditional broadcast means.It's the latest step in the NFL and Twitter's partnership, forged in 2013, and marks a leap for the social network as it gets into live sports streaming for the first time. Twitter has long hosted conversation around matches and has more recently introduced replays and curated "moments" following matches, but is now making itself a go-to place for watching a game -- a kind of online sports bar."Twitter is where live events unfold and is the right partner for the NFL as we take the latest step in serving fans around the world live NFL football," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Twitter will also be the home of in-game highlights and pre-game Periscopes, ensuring it stays with viewers from the build-up to a game through to post-match commentary. All Thursday Night game content will be available to registered and nonregistered Twitter users, of which the social network says it has 800 million.For Twitter, which has been struggling over the past six months to prove its potential for continued growth, streaming Thursday Night Football may well help it attract new users and engage new audiences all around the world -- including those outside of the US who do not already have easy access to games. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he also hopes it will continue to cement the loyalty of NFL viewers by "transforming fan experience."Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب