Author Archives: HeyJK

Why A Third Of Antidepressants Are Prescribed For Something Else

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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Doctors often use medicines “off-label” to treat people with conditions that these drugs haven’t been tested on. Leah Shaffer explores how uncovering the secret life of antidepressants in particular could open up a host of new treatments.

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2018 Is the Last Year of America’s Public Domain Drought

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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Happy Public Domain Day, every-some of you! In New Zealand and Canada, published works by artists who died in 1967—Rene Magritte, Dorothy Parker, John Coltrane, and many others—have entered the public domain; Kiwis and Canadians can now freely distribute, perform, and remix a wealth o

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Fingerprinting with Zero-Width Characters

Posted on January 2, 2018 by HeyJK

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Journalists watch out—you may be unintentionally revealing sources. In early 2016 I realized that it was possible to use zero-width characters, like zero-width non-joiner or other zero-width characters like the zero-width space to fingerprint text.

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China’s Tiangong-1 space station is out of control and will soon fall to Earth

Posted on January 1, 2018 by HeyJK

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The tail end of 2017 was packed with interesting asteroid sightings and near-misses that gave skywatchers a reason to look up, but the biggest threat from above in 2018 might be manmade.

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is Vertical on the Launchpad for the First Time

Posted on January 1, 2018 by HeyJK

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A D.J. Could Save Your Life Tonight

Posted on December 31, 2017 by HeyJK

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On New Year’s Eve, you’ll be dancing, one hopes. If you’re lucky you’ll be dancing to an honest-to-God disc jockey — not to someone’s Spotify playlist or the musings of the latest demi-celebrities to fancy themselves party conductors. A real D.J.

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Apple apologizes for battery slowdown

Posted on December 29, 2017 by HeyJK

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Apple released a statement on Thursday addressing the company’s controversial decision to slow down older phones to protect battery stability. “We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize.

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Self-healing glass: a cracking discovery from Japan

Posted on December 28, 2017 by HeyJK

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A Japanese researcher has developed — by accident– a new type of glass that can be repaired simply by pressing it back together after it cracks.

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Future Apple Watch models could get EKG heart monitoring

Posted on December 22, 2017 by HeyJK

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We’ve already seen an EKG band for the Apple Watch, but now Apple is reportedly working on bringing the feature directly into its smartwatch, Bloomberg reports.

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The Can’t-Lose Way for Your Business to Pop: Add Bitcoin to Its Name

Posted on December 22, 2017 by HeyJK

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It’s clear that a business idea is hot when companies that have nothing to do with the idea get involved. It’s clear that the idea has turned into a mania when investors reward companies for doing this.

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REPORT: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes are Being Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

Posted on December 22, 2017 by HeyJK

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TV viewership has completely changed for children. While most families have watched plenty of television ever since its invention and mass adoption, the ways in which we consume entertainment continues to evolve.

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The Atlantic to Install Paywall, Joining Wave of Publishers Diversifying Revenue

Posted on December 21, 2017 by HeyJK

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Nearly 10 years ago, the Atlantic tore down its paywall in an effort to grow its digital audience. Next year, it’s putting it back up again.

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Hundreds ‘Rickrolled’ in Mysterious Campus Prank at Cornell

Posted on December 21, 2017 by HeyJK

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Did you hear that? For more than a week, students and staff in at least four campus buildings heard a five-second tune, but couldn’t pinpoint exactly where it was coming from.

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Navy Pilot Says UFO He Saw Off California Was ‘Not of This World’

Posted on December 19, 2017 by HeyJK

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A former Navy pilot has opened up about an otherworldly experience he says he experienced in 2004. His testimony comes just days after the Pentagon officially revealed the existence of a secret office investigating the existence of UFOs. Cmdr.

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10 years of professional blogging – what I’ve learned

Posted on December 19, 2017 by HeyJK

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Building your personal bat signal I want to cross-pollinate a tweetstorm on lessons I’ve learned from a decade of professional writing. In a way, it’s a followup to some more general life lessons from 10 years of living in the Bay Area.

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Artificial Sweeteners Stimulate Fat Growth, Harmful To Metabolism, Study Finds

Posted on December 13, 2017 by HeyJK

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WASHINGTON — Artificial sweeteners have an effect on the body’s metabolism and can lead to excessive fat accumulation in people, especially those who are already obese, according to a recent study.

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How ‘Rogue One’ Brought Back Familiar Faces

Posted on December 12, 2017 by HeyJK

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Making a new “Star Wars” movie can be like gaining access to a toy collection that has been amassed over four decades.

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Putting a price on Bitcoin

Posted on December 12, 2017 by HeyJK

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SCENE: A pet shop with a bored looking proprietor. A customer approaches CUSTOMER: I’d like to buy a parrot.

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Apple buys music-recognition app Shazam

Posted on December 12, 2017 by HeyJK

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For nearly 10 years, Shazam has been something of a one-trick pony. Its app has a single purpose: identify a song that’s playing and connect users to a service to download or stream it.

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You Will No Longer Lease a Car. You Will Subscribe to It.

Posted on December 2, 2017 by HeyJK

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A curious trend has taken hold of the automotive community. Until recently, your only options with vehicle ownership were to purchase the car outright or to lease it from a dealership. But in a growing number of metropolitan areas, a third option is emerging: car subscriptions.

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