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Muncie Star Press
Muncie Schools audits technology, plans update
Muncie Star Press
MUNCIE — Officials at Muncie Community Schools are working to upgrade the district's technology after running into problems. Earlier this year, Superintendent Steven Baule said one of the district's two Internet providers "went down." Steve Brookbank ...

Reno Gazette Journal
NCET Tech Tips: Gun range teaches firearm safety, technology
Reno Gazette Journal
Firearms may be considered by some to be a polarizing topic, but behind the industry is a universal truth: Guns, gun training and technology are inextricably linked. And at that intersection is the brand new Reno Guns & Range, which recently held its ...

USA TODAY
Kroger tests 'smart shelf' technology
USA TODAY
CINCINNATI — Imagine a trip to Kroger where your grocery list tells you where the nearest item is — and sends you an alert if you accidentally pass it by on the shelf. Next, you need a small item like a spice, and just as you approach the crowded ...

Ars Technica
Can we keep our technology from slipping out of control?
Ars Technica
A Dangerous Master is reminiscent of—and sometimes even references—about a million popular books and movies: Robert Heinlein's I Will Fear No Evil; Isaac Asimov's I, Robot; David Mitchell's The Bone Doctors; Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go; Neal ...and more »

Huffington Post
Linking Art, Culture, Commerce and Through Technology: The World
Huffington Post
Last week, a new effort called #CONNECTTHEWORLD was announced in full page ads in all the major newspapers. Founded by the Bill and Melina Gates Foundation, Facebook, and many others, CONNECTTHEWORLD said: The Internet is critical to ...

Royal Bank implements technology that can identify a client based on their voice
The Province
TORONTO - Phone passwords and security questions could soon become obsolete as financial institutions race to implement technology that can verify a client's identity based on the characteristics of their voice. After a successful pilot project last ...and more »

The study found that iOS users view videos in the Bondage and Fetish categories 105 per cent and 66 per cent more than Android users, who appear to prefer ebony and cartoon-themed content significantly more.

Some of the youths were offered money to smuggle in the devices, the official said.

The purported headset would create an augmented reality experience that would be more immersive and involving with a wider field of view.

Pew found 31 per cent of teens had sent flirtatious messages, 10 per cent had sent photos as part of flirting and seven per cent had made a video for potential partner.

Smartphones and other gadgets launched in India this week.

The centre, 75 km off Leh town towards Pangong lake, is poised to be the world's highest terrestrial R&D centre in the cold desert of Ladakh.

Over 8,400 high-res photographs taken by Apollo astronauts during their missions to the Moon have now been published in a Flickr gallery by the Project Apollo Archive repository.

TechCrunch
The Blockchain Might Be The Next Disruptive Technology
TechCrunch
To process a transaction, you need first to make sure the sender owns the asset he wants to transfer, and make sure he will not trade it twice. In the blockchain, information is stored in blocks that record all transactions ever done through the ...and more »

The main concept in the technology developed by researchers in Canada involves trapping these electrons that are released by blue-green algae.

Snowden was immediately inundated with followers, replies, favourites, DMs and re-tweets -- all of which came with individual alerts to the NSA whistleblower's email account.