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Water is one of the quintessential “ingredients” if life were to be sustained, and in its undeniable role in making sure that life continues, there is every possibility that nations in the future might actually go to war over water instead of other resources. Researchers at MIT’s School of Engineeri
A lot of technology was probably developed with the best intentions, but at the same time have also shown that it can also be abused. Facial recognition is such a technology, and in a recent report by The New York Times, it seems that one of the pioneers of facial recognition technology has expresse
Raise your hand if you remember that anime from the ’90s called Sailor Moon – now put that hand down and fire up Hulu if you want to see the show’s female warriors kick ass on screen again. Apparently, the company recently cut a deal to stream a remastered version of all 200 Sailor
After removing his smash iOS hit Flappy Bird from the App Store, developer Dong Nguyen has remained largely quiet, though he recently broke his silence to offer his Twitter followers an image of a new game he’s currently developing. “I am making a new game,” Nguyen tweeted, alongsi
Tom Clancy’s The Division won’t be reporting for duty in late 2014, as Ubisoft originally announced. The delay to 2015 was confirmed by CEO Yves Guillemot during the publisher’s latest earnings call. “As you have noticed, The Division is not included into our full-year guidance. It will now be relea
It’s official: AT&T just went big. Detailed in a report yesterday afternoon by USA Today, terms between the telecommunications juggernaut and the nation’s largest satellite provider, DirecTV, were agreed upon for a merger that would see AT&T purchase DirecTV for a reported $48.5 billion. The
If you’re in the market for a 3D printer, you can now buy one from one of the Web’s favorite discount vendors. Monoprice has announced its Dual Color Extrusion 3D Printer. Available for preorder now, the $1,200 unit is available to ship by the end of the month. It’s the Web retaile
Square Enix is collaborating with Valve to release Left 4 Dead: Survivors, a version of the zombie shooter reconditioned for play in arcades over in Japan. This week, the YouTube channel for Taito released this video showing what it looks like. Left 4 Dead: Survivors appears to blend elements of bot
Members of the United States House of Representatives responsible for sending letters to the Federal Communications Commission over net neutrality concerns have received more than double the average campaign contributions from telecommunication companies over a two-year window. The contributions, tr
Last month a Samsung device carrying model number SM-T2558 popped up online. The form factor caused some confusion as it appeared to be a 7-inch tablet that actually looked like a phone. The company has launched phablets with 6-inch plus displays in the past, look no further than the Galaxy Mega, bu
In a new study, researchers from the University of Southampton, working with the National Vector-borne Diseases Control Program in Namibia, have demonstrated how mobile phone data helps combat malaria. The data helps disease researchers and public health officials by giving them a better idea of pop
Getting a parking ticket sucks, but paying for it shouldn’t have to be. That’s what the folks at Boston’s Terrible Labs think anyway — they built an app called TicketZen to take the trouble out of giving the state your money. Here’s the gist of it: once you’ve ins
