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GM Rips the Steering Wheel Out of the Self-Driving Car It Will Launch Next Year

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

After more than a century making vehicles for humans to drive, General Motors has ripped the heart out of its latest ride, and is now holding the grisly spectacle up for all the world to see: A car with no steering wheel.

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Facebook feed change sacrifices time spent and news outlets for “well-being”

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Facebook is making a huge change to its News Feed algorithm to prioritize friends and posts that spark comments between them at the expense of public content, news outlets, and importantly, the total time spent and ads you see on the social network.

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Intel CEO issues ‘security-first pledge’ following Meltdown, Spectre exploits

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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In an open letter released on Thursday, Intel chief Brian Krzanich outlined the company’s response to the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities while reassuring customers that his company views security as “an ongoing priority.

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Website Glitch Let Me Overstock My Coinbase

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Coinbase and Overstock.com just fixed a serious glitch that allowed Overstock customers to buy any item at a tiny fraction of the listed price.

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Facebook Tweaks Newsfeed to Favor Content from Friends, Family

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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In November, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg started sprinkling a new phrase, or perhaps a new idea, into his quarterly call with investors. “It’s important to remember that Facebook is about bringing people closer together and enabling meaningful social interactions,” he said.

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Mystery deepens over fate of super-secret $1 billion military satellite

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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On Sunday, SpaceX launched a secret satellite codenamed Zuma on its first flight of the new year. Since then, no one knows what has happened to it.

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Snapchat’s big redesign bashed in 83% of user reviews

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Confusingly jamming Stories in between private messages has sparked backlash amongst the first users of Snapchat’s sweeping redesign. In the few countries including the U.K.

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REVEALED: NASA’s 430,000mph machine that can travel from London to NYC in 28 SECONDS

Posted on January 12, 2018 by HeyJK

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Just a day after claims Google Earth has snapped the USAF’s 4,600mph hypersonic warplane, NASA has gone one better. The Parker Solar Probe’s extraordinary speed is almost too big to comprehend.

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What’s The Difference Between Children’s Books In China And The U.S.?

Posted on January 10, 2018 by HeyJK

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What are the hidden messages in the storybooks we read to our kids? That’s a question that may occur to parents as their children dive into the new books that arrived over the holidays.

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This stunning NASA video shows Ozone layer is healing due to human efforts

Posted on January 10, 2018 by HeyJK

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Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California have managed to show via direct satellite observations that the worrisome ozone hole in the Antarctic region is slowly healing back to suggest that the ozone-depleting chlorine levels are slowly declining.

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Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good

Posted on January 8, 2018 by HeyJK

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Should parents be troubled when their kids start to deceive them? Odds are, most of us would say yes. We believe honesty is a moral imperative, and we try to instill this belief in our children.

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Revealed: Self-styled ‘grammar vigilante’ corrects badly punctuated shop signs in dead of night

Posted on January 5, 2018 by HeyJK

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Wielding an ‘apostrophiser’ – a broom handle laden with two sponges and a number of stickers – the man has corrected tens of missing and misplaced apostrophes on shop banners across Bristol over the past 13 years.

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Orange County (FL) Public Art Secret Caches from 2012

Posted on January 4, 2018 by HeyJK

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A Pixel-Perfect CodePen logo

Posted on January 4, 2018 by HeyJK

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This is a guest post by David DeSandro. You might know David from his work at Metafizzy or right here on CodePen. We’ve worked with David in the past on code and UI work, and now he’s at it again with some branding work! Here’s David: SVG has renewed my love of viewing source.

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The State of Apple’s Design Mojo

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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For many Apple critics, the story ends right here. Siri’s not great, the Touch Bar’s kind of a mess, the operating systems are pretty but somewhat confusing, and the reassuring Home button has been killed … the list goes on. Apple’s far from perfect. Point made.

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Apple leads race to become world’s first $1tn company

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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Tech giants likely to pass record valuation if share price rises echo 2017 performance with Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Facebook in with a chance The race is on to become the world’s first trillion-dollar company, with all eyes fixed on tech giants such as Apple, Amazon, Facebook

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Woman receives bionic hand with sense of touch

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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Scientists in Rome have unveiled the first bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be worn outside a laboratory. The recipient, Almerina Mascarello, who lost her left hand in an accident nearly a quarter of a century ago, said “it’s almost like it’s back again”.

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Humans can spot small signs of sickness at a glance, research suggests

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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Humans may use a host of facial cues – visible just hours after an infection starts – to avoid contracting illnesses from others, study indicates Coughing, sneezing and clutching the stomach might be obvious signs of sickness, but humans can also spot if someone is healthy simply

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Streaming surge electrifies music industry

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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Streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music now account for the majority of music consumption, according to industry figures that also show a continuing vinyl revival.

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Voice interfaces beginning to find their way into business

Posted on January 3, 2018 by HeyJK

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Imagine attending a business meeting with an Amazon Echo (or any voice-driven device) sitting on the conference table. A question arises about the month’s sales numbers in the Southeast region.

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