Sunday, March 19, 2017

Facebook Heads To TVs: Apps For Apple TV And Amazon Fire TV To Launch 'Soon' and other top stories.

  • Facebook Heads To TVs: Apps For Apple TV And Amazon Fire TV To Launch 'Soon'

    Facebook's next target platform is everyone's TVs, after staking a firm foothold in both desktop and mobile spaces. Yes, the world's largest social networking site is pushing to inch its presence toward a platform it postdates, which is odd, if slightly amusing. Facebook Arrives On Your TV The company said on Tuesday it has built a connected video app for TVs, promising that the new app will roll out in a few weeks for a slew of devices, including the Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TVs..
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  • Forget eggs. 245 million years ago, this long-necked sea creature gave birth to live babies.

    Forget eggs. 245 million years ago, this long-necked sea creature gave birth to live babies.
    Artist’s conception of a pregnant Dinocephalosaurus. (Dinghua Yang) A quarter of a billion years ago, when a shallow sea covered what is now southwest China, a large, long-necked aquatic reptile got pregnant. That is an unusual fact by modern standards — many reptiles, such as birds, turtles and crocodiles, do not get pregnant, which is to say they do not incubate embryos within their bodies and give birth to live young; instead they lay eggs, as the average American, who eats 250 chicken eg..
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  • India lofts a record 104 spacecraft on a single rocket

    India lofts a record 104 spacecraft on a single rocket
    Credit: ISRO An Indian rocket deployed 104 spacecraft into orbit 300 miles above Earth on Tuesday, the largest flock pack of satellites ever launched on a single booster. The satellites from India, the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Israel, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates will take pictures of planet Earth, monitor the environment, validate new technologies, and serve as tools in the education and training of future aerospace engineers. The smooth flight notched 38 straigh..
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  • Twitter Reverts Latest Anti-Abuse Feature After Criticism

    Twitter Reverts Latest Anti-Abuse Feature After Criticism
    Twitter Reverts Latest Anti-Abuse Feature After Criticism Twitter reverted its latest anti-abuse feature mere hours after introducing it on Monday due to a lot of negative feedback from users. The feature was related to Twitter Lists as the San Francisco-based company introduced a change that prevents users from knowing when they’re added to a List. Given how Lists can feature offensive titles and be created by anyone, the social media giant thought it would be helpful if people weren’t..
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  • How to choose an unlimited mobile data plan

    How to choose an unlimited mobile data plan
    With all the unlimited mobile data plans out there these days, it's easy to feel a little lost. Between the varying offers and the fine print, choosing a data plan in 2017 may seem like an exercise in frustration.The good news is, you're not alone. Today, we're going to flesh out the details of each plan to help you make a better decision. If you're wondering whether these newfangled plans are a good deal, read on for everything we know. Do you even need an unlimited plan?This is the first qu..
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  • Pokemon Go Adding 80 New Pokemon, More Gameplay Features

    Pokemon Go Adding 80 New Pokemon, More Gameplay Features
    It's going to be a big week for Pokemon Go. Niantic today announced that a further 80 Pokemon will start appearing in the game later this week. The Pokemon come from Pokemon Gold and Silver's Johto region and include Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile.In addition to the new creatures, a new update for Pokemon Go adds "encounter gameplay, new Evolution items, two new Berries, and expanded outfit and accessory options for their Trainer avatars.""Today is a momentous occasion for our team here at ..
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  • An Enormous Exoplanet Is Having a Strange Influence on Its Star

    An Enormous Exoplanet Is Having a Strange Influence on Its Star
    Illustration: ESO/L.Calcada There’s a star about 370 light-years from here that’s pulsating in response to its unusually heavy planetary companion. It’s the first time that astronomers have seen this sort of interaction between a planet and its host star. “We thought that planets cannot really excite their stars, but we find that this one does.”A new study published in Astronomical Journal Letters is the first to document planet-induced pulsations in a stellar object. The star, dubbed HAT-..
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  • Industrial pollution has contaminated even the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean

    Industrial pollution has contaminated even the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean
    Industrial pollution has reached even the most remote corners of Earth: the deepest part of the sea.Scientists have discovered “extraordinary levels” of polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in the Mariana and Kermadec trenches, two of the deepest ocean chasms on the planet. “Trenches have been considered as pristine environments, but also (given their locations and topography) as likely sinks for contaminants that enter the marine environment,” Alan Jamieson, a marine ecologist at Newcastle Uni..
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