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Dutch glowing highway is going offline temporarily

Luminescent powder in paint has given a glow to 500 meters of Dutch highway, resulting in a trial section of glow-in-the-dark road. Designer Daan Roosegaarde, who won best future concept for...

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KMel Robotics creates a band out of flying drones

It turns out that hobby drones are good for more than just buzzing around tech shows and generally creeping us out. They can also play a pretty cool version of...

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Computer security researcher claims Apple left users open to threats

Notable computer security researcher Kristin Paget, who worked on Apple's security team before leaving for Tesla in early 2014, has taken to her blog to criticize Apple for fixing more than a...

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Ubuntu 14.04 will be coming to tablets in the near future

Has it truly been six months already? It feel like just yesterday we were kicking the tires on a fresh install of Saucy Salamander. Now Canonical is pushing out the latest...

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Over 35% of all purchased games on Steam have never been played

I’m a little guilty of admitting this, but I love buying games on sale. Who doesn’t? $2.49 for a copy of Riviera: The Promised Land for my PS Vita? Sure thing! $4.99...

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Raspberry Pi announces new open source modular hardware

Raspberry Pi plans later this year to ship new hardware in the form of a smaller board that plugs into a custom motherboard slot, which could appeal to a new...

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Google's internet balloon went around the earth in 22 days

Google's Project Loon Wi-Fi broadcasting balloons can feasibly circle the Earth in 33 days -- a feat Ibis-167 recently tried to pull off. Jumping onto swift air currents and quickly changing altitudes,...

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Researchers expose vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java Cloud Service

A security researcher has published technical details and attack code for dozens of security flaws claimed to affect Oracle's Java Cloud Service, including some that could allow an attacker to...

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Microsoft warns of unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word

Microsoft announced today that an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word is being exploited in the wild. All versions of Microsoft Word, both Mac and Windows, and several related programs like the Word...

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NSA reportedly hacked into Huawei servers

The NSA has sought to create back doors into the networks of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies in an effort to learn whether the company was spying on behalf of...

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