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• Adobe to undo Lightroom change after customer wrath

  17-10-2015 23:26 via cnet.com
  
  It's rare for major software companies to perform such abrupt U-turns, but Adobe decided to heed the advice of customers who didn't like a significant new alteration.
  
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• Hands-on: Trident Case Aegis Pro for Note 5 and Aegis for iPhone 6s Plus

  17-10-2015 22:56 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Many people wrap a protective case around their smartphone. Trident Case offers several models for popular smartphones and we wrapped a couple around our newest smartphones.
  
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• The full story behind the 'alien megastructures' scientists may have found (but probably didn't)

  17-10-2015 21:42 via cnet.com
  
  A story that went viral this week reported that astronomers finally found E.T., but those aren't the real facts. CNET's Eric Mack talks to the astronomers involved about what is still a very interesting star.
  
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• The Unseen uses chemistry to create reactive fashion

  17-10-2015 19:57
  
      Laura Bowker's clothes respond to environment and feelings.Continue reading...
  
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• Make an 'edible Snapchat' out of pond weed and rice paper

  17-10-2015 19:33
  
      Getting a gravy fountain working, it turns out, requires a fair bit of thinking. But that's the fun of experimental food science.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• TomSka thinks you suck (but that's okay)

  17-10-2015 18:51
  
      You suck, but that's absolutely fine.
  That's the inspirational advice that Tom Ridgewell, better known as YouTube star TomSka, gave the audience at WIRED NexGen today.
  The comedy video-maker has 3.8 million followers on his YouTube channel, and one of his early videos has more than 52 million views after ten years online -- despite it not being his best work, according to Ridgewell himself.
  And that's okay. Ridgewell gave five pieces of advice on finding su
  
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• Do you love or loathe high-end audio?

  17-10-2015 18:47 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac ponders why high-end audio polarizes people.
  
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• Amazing shot of pollen-covered honeybee eye wins Nikon competition

  17-10-2015 18:40 via cnet.com
  
  The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition lets us see the world up close. This year's winner turned his lens on the eye of a honeybee.
  
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• Marshmallow Laser Feast: augmented reality will overtake VR

  17-10-2015 18:39
  
      Augmented reality will soon overtake VR, says Robin McNichols of Marshmallow Laser Feast.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Why are Lego games so popular? The clue is in the bricks...

  17-10-2015 18:37
  
      The Lego video games are popular. Very popular.
  In fact 100 million copies have been sold worldwide -- enough, were they stacked on top of each other in DVD boxes, to reach seven hundred miles high.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• How to train for working in space

  17-10-2015 18:25
  
      You're in space, trapped in a module designed for two people for a 26-hour period. But there's three of you. And you'll be trapped for 96 hours. Eventually, the carbon dioxide you exhale will kill you all.
  That's what happened on the failed Apollo 13 Moon landing -- and it's also a great way to get kids excited, or terrified, about working in space.
  "This is a low-rent version of surviving in space," Dan Plane, an explainer and developer from London's 
  
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• VR flight, self-driving toys and drones are the future of fun

  17-10-2015 17:57
  
     What will having fun be like, in ten years time? If WIRED Next Generation is any indication, there'll be lots of virtual reality in it -- but robotic toy-cars and good, old-fashioned music will also hold their own.By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Why hardware needs to go open source

  17-10-2015 17:52
      Forget Apple's infamous secrecy: the key to better hardware is unlocking the designs and releasing them open source on the web, according to one tech founder.
  The rise of 3D printing led to concerns about copyright infringement spreading from digital goods to physical things, but there's little to be done about such theft -- and much to be won by sharing, according to Wevolver founder Bram Geenan.
  "People are still worried about it, but more and more people star
  
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• The Audiophiliac's top 10 (full-size) headphones for 2015

  17-10-2015 17:52 via cnet.com
  
  For those who crave the very best, take your pick from the Audiophiliac headphone list.
  
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• Beatie Wolfe wants to you look at music differently, literally

  17-10-2015 17:50
  
      What does music look like? It's a question many artists and innovators are struggling to answer. Does it look like a list of MP3 files? A page on a streaming music service? A -- horror of horrors -- Compact Disc?
  Or does it look like a deck of NFC-enabled cards? A gown woven with digital fabric, or a 3D hologram?
  If you're Beatie Wolfe, it's all of the above.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• The world's best headphones, period (pictures)

  17-10-2015 17:47 via cnet.com
  
  The Audiophiliac's picks the best-sounding headphones of 2015.
  
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• How sticky tape and plasticine are making robotics fun

  17-10-2015 17:40
  
  Give kids fifteen minutes, servos, an Arudino, some sticky tape and a block of plasticine and watch the robots start to evolve.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Saturn's moon Enceladus has a 'snowman' near its north pole

  17-10-2015 17:00 via cnet.com
  
  NASA's Cassini spacecraft cozies up to Enceladus and returns a set of lovely ice-packed images of its cratered and fractured northern region.
  
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• Saturn's icy moon Enceladus shows off for NASA (pictures)

  17-10-2015 17:00 via cnet.com
  
  The Cassini spacecraft dives in close to Saturn's fascinating cold and cratered moon Enceladus.
  
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• How to be a young entrepreneur (and cope with the paperwork)

  17-10-2015 16:54
  
      We learned there's a lot of admin to running a business at the WIRED NextGen "how to become an entrepreneur" workshop.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Start now' teen Google Science Fair winners tell WIRED NextGen

  17-10-2015 16:45
  
      Google Science Fair winners Emer Hickey and Ciara Judge: start nowBy: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• Gamers converge on New Orleans for MLG World Finals

  17-10-2015 16:45
  
  It was a tense moment in the opening rounds of Major League Gaming's World Finals. OpTic Gaming, arguably the best Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare team in the world, was losing to a relatively unknown European ...
  
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• ESA reveals what's next for comet-hunting Rosetta

  17-10-2015 15:51
  
      Mark McCaughrean from ESA gave WIRED NextGen a behind the scenes look at the Rosetta missionBy: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Fab Lab want to give every student Tony Stark's laboratory

  17-10-2015 15:28
  
      Matthew Shaw has wandered beneath ancient Rome and watched polar bears playing on Arctic ice floes, all because of his knowledge of one specific technology -- which the rest of us will soon get our hands on.
  That technology is laser scanning, or Lidar, which his company ScanLABS uses to create 3D digital images of Arctic ice floes, Science Museum exhibits, and even the coat Lord Nelson was shot in.By: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon could be working on augmented reality glasses, too

  17-10-2015 15:09
  
  Facebook has the Oculus Rift, Microsoft has the HoloLens, and Google still has Google Glass (just about) - most of the big names in technology are working on an augmented or virtual reality headset of some kind, and it looks like Amazon wants in on the action too.A filing just published by the US Patent and Trademark Office shows Jeff Bezos and his team are at least thinking about it: the patent application shows a pair of smart glasses that could potentially display video in front of the eyes o
  
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• Teen founder Erik Finman: 'I will never send my kids to school'

  17-10-2015 14:22
  
      A teenage entrepreneur who earned more than $100,000 as one of the early adopters of bitcoin and has since launched his own startup has told young innovators to "just be yourself" at WIRED 2015 Next Generation.
  And don't worry if you'd just rather not go to school.
  Erik Finman, 16, who is founder of Botangle, explained to attendees at London's Tobacco Dock how he switched schools several times due to bullying, over-work, or just finding himself unable to express his true
  
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• See the 2015 tech that 'Back to the Future Part II' predicted, and what it missed

  17-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Automated homes? Flatscreen TVs? The iconic 1989 movie made some astonishingly accurate predictions about tech in 2015 -- but there are some modern marvels we never saw coming.
  
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• Nethercutt Museum and Collection: Classic cars, trains, and more (pictures)

  17-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The Nethercutt Museum and Collection in Los Angeles features over 250 American and European cars from the dawn of the automobile to modern times, along with a steam locomotive, Pullman car, mechanical musical instruments and more. Here's a photo tour.
  
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• Is it time to ditch Verizon's unlimited data plan?

  17-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon helps a heavy data user figure out his options as Verizon hikes the price of its grandfathered unlimited plan.
  
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• How to speed up your PC for free

  17-10-2015 14:00
  
  Speed up your PC for freeAfter a while, every PC starts to show its age. Programs that used to be lightning fast suddenly start to go slow, tasks that used to take five minutes now take 10. Using your computer for anything in fact starts to feel like a chore. In short, a once-lovely machine becomes a liability, dragging your productivity through the dirt and wasting your precious time.Fortunately, there's always a way to speed up a PC, whether it's a seven-year-old clunker or last year's model t
  
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• Everything you need to prepare for 'Back to the Future' day

  17-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Want to get all caught up before "official" day of the filmic future, October 21? Start here: time travel not required.
  
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• Best tech predictions of 'Back to the Future Part II' and its biggest misses (pictures)

  17-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  Here's what the iconic time-spinning sequel got right about 2015, and the crazy real-life tech in use today that nobody could have predicted.
  
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• A tour of the Nethercutt Museum and Collection: From classic cars to self-playing orchestras

  17-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The Nethercutt Museum and Collection in Los Angeles is an amazing collection of classic cars, a train, self-playing, mechanical musical instruments, and more. Here's a full tour.
  
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• A good screen (and not much else) for a great price

  17-10-2015 14:00 via cnet.com
  
  The otherwise simple $200 tablet features a full HD 10-inch screen.
  
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• Want to be a super-hero? Start trespassing says Bradley Garrett

  17-10-2015 13:56
  
      If you want to be a superhero, start trespassing, Oxford geographer Bradley Garrett told the attendees of WIRED Next Generation at London's Tobacco Dock.
  Garrett is among the most famous advocates of urban exploration, or place hacking, which he defines as the craft of "researching, scoping, and accessing off-limits places" such as abandoned buildings or sewer tunnels-- and on which he published a book in 2013.By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading
  
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• The tech 'Back to the Future' predicted for 2015 -- and what it missed

  17-10-2015 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  How does today's tech compare to the alternate 2015 visited by Marty McFly, and which modern marvels could never have been predicted back in the '80s?
  
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• Lenovo Tab 2 A10 is the best movie-watching tablet for the price

  17-10-2015 13:50 via cnet.com
  
  For $199, the 10-inch tablet offers a 10-inch full HD screen and Dolby-enhanced speakers.
  
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• Bose's best-sounding in-ear headphone yet

  17-10-2015 13:45 via cnet.com
  
  Not only is the company's first noise-isolating in-ear headphone really comfortable, but it delivers clean, well-balanced sound.
  
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• How ScanLAB Projects creates 3D laser ghosts of Earth's hidden spaces

  17-10-2015 13:30
  
      Matthew Shaw has wandered beneath ancient Rome and watched polar bears playing on Arctic ice floes, all because of his knowledge of one specific technology -- which the rest of us will soon get our hands on.
  That technology is laser scanning, or Lidar, which his company ScanLABS uses to create 3D digital images of Arctic ice floes, Science Museum exhibits, and even the coat Lord Nelson was shot in.By: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• The Samsung Galaxy S7 will join the USB Type-C party

  17-10-2015 12:32
  
  When USB Type-C tipped up in the new MacBook earlier this year, it raised quite a few eyebrows - but the next-generation standard for ports and cables is quickly going mainstream, and it's not surprising that the next-generation wave of smartphones are all including it.That wave of smartphones includes next year's rumoured Samsung Galaxy S7, if a report from SamMobile is to be believed: the site says "sources" are tipping the S7 to drop microUSB for USB Type-C.Most of us would have predicted thi
  
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• 'I'm DNA man!': how Thought for Food are inspiring young people

  17-10-2015 12:20
  
     "This smells weird," says one young workshop attendant.
  He's pouring a solution of mashed up raspberries, salt, sugar and soap into a test tube as part of Thought for Food's biohacking session at WIRED NexGen. The workshop is intended to bring the work of organisations like the Human Genome Project to life for young people. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Even rats laugh!': Sophie Scott on the importance of laughter

  17-10-2015 11:49
  
      What makes you laugh? Sophie Scott thinks it goes deeper than comedy.
  Instead, she stresses the social impact of laughter. And Scott, a neuroscientist at University College, London, tells the WIRED NexGen audience that even rats laugh.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Don't let your age hold you back' says teen coder Jordan Casey

  17-10-2015 11:47
  
     Jordan Casey has been dubbed "the youngest app developer in Europe" -- and he wants to encourage other young people to get involved in technology.
  Casey is a self-taught programmer from Ireland. After buying an HTML handbook aged nine, he created his own Club Penguin fan site. And a few years later, seeking a new challenge, he decided to develop an iPhone app. With the help of a self-forged letter from an 'Apple executive' that he sent his own parents, they
  
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• Revisiting 'Pirates of Silicon Valley', the original Steve Jobs movie

  17-10-2015 11:00 via cnet.com
  
  This 1999 TV movie about the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft starred Noah Wyle as Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as a calculating Bill Gates. Does it hold up today?
  
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• Why technology could end the concept of disability

  17-10-2015 10:58
  
    The world 'disability' is no longer fit for purpose, 'bionic teenager' Patrick Kane told WIRED Next Generation at London's Tobacco Dock.
  "'Disability' will prevent certain people from doing the things they are capable of doing that this word will tell them they cannot," he said.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple ordered to pay huge damages

  17-10-2015 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US jury orders technology giant Apple to pay more than $234m in damages for patent infringement to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  
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• How to manage notifications in Windows 10

  17-10-2015 09:55
  
  Introduction and notification settingsAlerts and notifications should be a bit less annoying in Windows 10, and they can be much more than simple pop-up boxes. And if you don't want to be interrupted by alerts popping up on screen, you can send them to the Action Centre – that's the Windows 10 version of the Windows Phone notification centre, which will also seem familiar to iOS and Android users. You can turn off notification banners or just ignore them, and they'll be saved in the Action
  
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• Eye-popping winning pictures from Nikon's Small World contest

  17-10-2015 02:56 via cnet.com
  
  From a bee's eye to carnivorous plants and a mouse colon, Nikon's photomicrography competition brings the small details of our world into startling focus.
  
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