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NASA to crash 13,500mph spacecraft into ASTEROID in mission to stop deadly strike on Earth

Posted on January 8, 2019 by HeyJK

The US space agency is working on the most fiery and crucial stage of its Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART. The experiment will be the latest in NASA’s mission to protect Earth from deadly asteroid strikes.

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The Apple I Knew…

Posted on January 7, 2019 by HeyJK

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I distinctly recall walking into an Apple Store several years back with some broken headphones. This was the age before AirPods, even before EarPods; I had bought those fancy (well, relatively expensive) Apple In-Ear Headphones.

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Apple’s Precarious and Pivotal 2019

Posted on January 7, 2019 by HeyJK

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The results are in. Actually, they’re not in. And that was a major problem yesterday for Apple. You see, the company had to do something they almost never do. They had to revise their earnings guidance.¹ Downward. The stock was halted. Yikes.

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Marc Andreessen: audio will be “titanically important” and VR will be “1,000” times bigger than AR

Posted on January 7, 2019 by HeyJK

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In a new a16z podcast with the venture firm’s founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, there’s a lot to enjoy, from Andreessen’s TV show recommendations to Horowitz’s secret to excellent barbecue. (It’s pretty much just “time,” as you might imagine.)

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Scientist explores the ‘7th sense’ — the link between the immune system and the brain

Posted on January 7, 2019 by HeyJK

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HAMPTON — The immune system is a marvel, working to keep the organs in the body healthy. Until recently, though, scientists thought the immune system was less proactive with one particular organ — the brain, or central nervous system.

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Apple’s Terrible No Good Very Bad Earnings Warning

Posted on January 2, 2019 by HeyJK

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Today we are revising our guidance for Apple’s fiscal 2019 first quarter, which ended on December 29. We now expect the following:

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a definition of blockchain : 1/02/19

Posted on January 2, 2019 by HeyJK

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“The simplest definition of a blockchain is a technology that allows for something digital to exist in only one place.

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This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task

Posted on January 2, 2019 by HeyJK

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Depending on how paranoid you are, this research from Stanford and Google will be either terrifying or fascinating.

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Band-Aid of the future? These high-tech bandages speed up the healing process

Posted on December 26, 2018 by HeyJK

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The reign of flesh-colored Band-Aids may soon be disrupted. Researchers have revealed a new high-tech competitor that might just revolutionize the healing industry: a self-powered bandage that generates an electric field over a boo-boo.

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Elon Musk reveals plans for SpaceX spaceship that could carry 100 humans to MARS

Posted on December 26, 2018 by HeyJK

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Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed plans for a spaceship that could ferry up to 100 people to Mars. The SpaceX boss posted images on Twitter of the “test hopper” prototype that is currently under construction in Texas.

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My Big Lessons from 2018

Posted on December 22, 2018 by HeyJK

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Five people who buy into your mission are better than a hundred people who don’t. This applies to clients, to personnel you’re hiring, to partners you’re going into business with, to allies you’re bringing in to a project. There is strength in numbers but there is also weakness.

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Waze sold to Google for $1 billion — but its CEO says the company owes more to Apple than anything

Posted on December 19, 2018 by HeyJK

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In 2012, one day after the launch of Apple Maps, CEO Tim Cook posted an open letter on the company’s website. But farther down in the letter was something that would change the fate of a small Israeli startup known as Waze forever: suggestions for better map apps.

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Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap

Posted on December 18, 2018 by HeyJK

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This might be my Magnum Opus. Go to https://NordVPN.com/MarkRober and use code MARKROBER to get 75% off a 3 year plan and an extra month for free.My buddy Sean posted a video with more details of the build: https://youtu.be/IpMxOmUcfOIHigh Speed camera courtesy of https://www.aimed-research.com/. T

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Remove Background from Image – remove.bg

Posted on December 17, 2018 by HeyJK

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Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer or selfie lover: Removing backgrounds has never been easier. Spending hour after hour separating foregrounds from backgrounds? There’s a better way now – and it’s FREE.

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20 web design trends for 2019

Posted on December 17, 2018 by HeyJK

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Discover the web design trends, techniques, and tools that will define website and digital product design in 2019 — and beyond. Designers have an … anxious … relationship with the idea of trends.

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Why Design Thinking Works

Posted on December 17, 2018 by HeyJK

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While we know a lot about what practices stimulate new ideas and creative solutions, most innovation teams struggle to realize their benefits. People’s intrinsic biases and behavioral habits inhibit the exercise of the imagination and protect unspoken assumptions about what will or will not work.

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Genius new uses for that old iPhone

Posted on December 16, 2018 by HeyJK

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USA Today contributor Jennifer Jolly shows us some absolutely genius ‘re-uses’ for an that old iPhone that you have lying around the house. USA TODAY The new iPhones are almost here, which means that the older iPhone in your pocket is probably not looking as fresh and fun as it once did.

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Just Exactly Where Is the Final Frontier?

Posted on December 16, 2018 by HeyJK

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There is no sign saying “Welcome to Outer Space” when a ship such as Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo arrives at its edge, as it reportedly did on Thursday. The atmosphere doesn’t abruptly end, but thins out gradually. The craft’s maximum altitude of 51.

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New media hit stumbling block, scaring away some investors

Posted on December 15, 2018 by HeyJK

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As legacy news companies suffered tremors over the past decade, money from venture capitalists poured into upstarts that promised to leverage a keener understanding of online reading habits to create a giant-killing class of new media ventures. Today, the money is starting to dry up.

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These People Are Not Real—They Were Created By AI

Posted on December 15, 2018 by HeyJK

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Computers are getting better at generating fake images and video of people saying or doing things they never did in real life.

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