Source: Theguardian
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Buildings in France are now required to have solar panels
While many people in the United States are still fighting with local governments to even be able to equip their homes with solar panels in the first place, the French...
Next year's smartphones could be charged in about a minute
The fact that you have to charge your smartphone every day, or multiple times a day for power users, is an annoying chore that pretty much everyone could live without....
Police tracking apps are apparently dangerous spying tools
Google acquired Waze for nearly a billion dollars back in 2013 so that it could gets its hands on the company's unique combination of GPS navigation and social communities. One of the...
The GCHQ has intercepted emails from numerous media groups
The NSA may get the bulk of the criticism surrounding government surveillance and the disregard of our privacy, but lets not forget about the GCHQ. According to recent reports, the British...
Mark Zuckerberg is crowdsourcing his "personal challenge" for 2015
Mark Zuckerberg isn't sure what goals he should to set for himself in 2015, so he's turning to the 1.35 billion users on Facebook to help him crowdsource ideas. Setting these...
The FBI was warned of a cyberattack like Sony's back in 2013
The Sony Pictures hack and its resulting fallout may have caught many people by surprise, but not the FBI -- it apparently suspected for months that something like this might...
The discontinued iPod Classic is selling for up to $1000 right now
When Apple launched the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch in September, it also announced that the iPod Classic would no longer be sold. The iconic portable player...
Amazon'z Mechanical Turks demand to be treated like humans
Amazon's Mechanical Turk service is all about using humans to perform computer-like tasks, such as identifying objects and transcribing videos. However, those workers are tired of being treated like automatons, they've...
Skype co-founder backs a new messaging service called Wire
Backed by Skype co-founder Janus Friis and a team of tech veterans, the freshly launched Wire aims to be more than a regular chat service. It is a marriage of...
Even e-cigarettes can spread malware now
E-cigarettes are widely recognized as a healthier alternative for seasoned smokers, but they could pose a threat of a different kind. Some users have reported spotting suspicious activity on their...