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SpaceX aims to reuse rockets within 24 hours by 2018

Posted on July 20, 2017 by HeyJK

Elon Musk shared more of SpaceX’s plans to get its rockets to full reusability today at the International Space Station R&D conference. Those plans include faster turnaround for recycled Falcon 9 rockets and recovery of the rocket’s nose cone.

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Fill in PDFs – No Sign Up Required

Posted on July 20, 2017 by HeyJK

Download or print your filled-in document. They are deleted from our servers after 24 hours You don’t need an account to fill-in PDFs using our secure editor. Saving PDF Templates and filling them in by API or CSV require an account.

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Human stock pickers at hedge funds are actually beating their computer competition so far this year

Posted on July 20, 2017 by HeyJK

Before computers completely take over the hedge-fund industry, they need to overcome one tiny obstacle: investment returns. In the first half of the year, computer-generated strategies, or what they call in the business, systematic strategies, returned 3.17 percent, according to data by Preqin.

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Amazon Spark curates an Instagram-like shopping feed

Posted on July 19, 2017 by HeyJK

If you’ve ever found yourself wishing that Amazon would just advertise its products in a social media-like format that looks and functions a lot like Instagram with maybe a touch of Pinterest, then oh boy are you in luck. Amazon just launched a new feature called Spark and it’s exactly that.

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Desktop Metal gets $115 million in funding to deliver metal 3D printing for manufacturing

Posted on July 19, 2017 by HeyJK

Desktop Metal has already earned a number of fans with its 3D printed metal technology — Lowe’s, Caterpillar and BMW were all among its earliest clients.

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Want to escape Sao Paulo’s traffic? Take a flying taxi

Posted on July 19, 2017 by HeyJK

Airbus’ subsidiary Voom gives an alternative for those willing to avoid Sao Paulo’s heavy car traffic, offering a helicopter service similar to the car service offered by Uber.

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iPhone Prelude

Posted on July 18, 2017 by HeyJK

iPhone 8 will simply let Apple impress in a different way — by including technologies that don’t yet reach iPhone scale. In other words, by bringing tomorrow’s iPhone to market today.

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How to backup, wipe and restore your Mac before selling it

Posted on July 18, 2017 by HeyJK

Planning to sell your Mac? AppleInsider covers the step-by-step process of backing up your files, wiping the hard drive and restoring everything on a new machine in this video. For more reviews, news, tips, features and more, subscribe to AppleInsider on YouTube.

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Honda says Apple CarPlay coming standard on 2018 Accord 2.0T, optional on other trims

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

Honda has announced that the 2018 Accord, launching this fall, will once again offer Apple’s CarPlay, which allows iPhone owners to bridge Siri and select apps with a car’s dash interface. CarPlay —and Android Auto —will come standard on the 2.0T trim, and optional with the 1.

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The Latest in Web Design? Retro Websites Inspired by the ’90s

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

To navigate the website for Arcade Fire’s coming album, “Everything Now,” users need to click through a cluttered cascade of Windows 98-style pop-ups. Balenciaga’s new website looks as stripped down as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, with plain black boxes and no-frills Arial font.

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What the world would look like if all the ice melted

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

If the world keeps burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon emissions indefinitely, climate change will eventually melt all the ice at the poles and on mountains, according to National Geographic.

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Artificial sweeteners linked to weight gain, finds new research

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

Artificial sweeteners are found in a plethora of products from cough syrups to salad dressings, but new research claims that the sugar alternative could actually lead to weight gain.

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Flat microscope for the brain could help restore lost eyesight

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

You’d probably prefer that doctors restore lost sight or hearing by directly repairing your eyes and ears, but Rice University is one step closer to the next best thing: transmitting info directly to your brain.

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Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

The worst kept secret is that employees are making less on average every year. There are millions of reasons for this, but we’re going to focus on one that we can control.

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Disney’s immersive ‘Star Wars’ hotel is a Jedi dream come true

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

No, you’re not dreaming: Walt Disney World plans to open an insanely ambitious immersive Star Wars hotel that sounds like something out of Westworld.

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Amazon is reportedly working on a messaging app called Anytime

Posted on July 17, 2017 by HeyJK

Amazon.com is reportedly working on launching its own messaging app called Anytime, according to a report from AFTV News. The retail giant has begun to survey its customers about potential features, although it’s not clear what form the final product will take.

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RFID tech expansion in iOS 11 allows Apple iPhone to authenticate goods, buy on the spot

Posted on July 16, 2017 by HeyJK

With the introduction of iOS 11, security company WISeKey’s WISeAuthentic solution for brand protection will be compatible for the first time with Apple’s iPhones.

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Drip Irrigation Design Guidelines – Basics of Measurements, Parts, and more

Posted on July 16, 2017 by HeyJK

If you wish to print out the entire Drip Guidelines Package for reading off-line, print this page and each of the ones listed in the links above. Drip irrigation is the most efficient method of irrigating.

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The Hyperloop Just Completed a Major Test. But the Real Challenges Lie Ahead

Posted on July 15, 2017 by HeyJK

The test vehicle only reached 70 miles per hour, a tenth of the company’s eventual target speed. But the firm felt assured enough to set another phase of testing for later this year, when they hope to reach 250 miles per hour.

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Sweetgreen iPhone app applies meal calorie counts to Apple Health

Posted on July 14, 2017 by HeyJK

Organic food restaurant Sweetgreen has added the ability to apply calorie counts for take-out dishes to Health data when orders are placed through an app —and it appears to be among the first of its kind.

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Google Tech

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