GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	Apple Awarded Patent for Curved Touch Displays
	Apple has been awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for a new breed of curved touch surfaces. Patent No. 8,603,574 —or "Curved touch sensor", describes a manufacturing technique for curved touch surfaces aimed at minimizing problem...
	The Auto-Speed System For Trains Needs to be Implemented to Prevent Tragedies
	We've heard of trains going off their tracks before. Can tragedies like these be avoided? The Precision Train Control system may be able to prevent all of this. The system is an automated train speed control system, and it tracks a train's location ...
	Have Scientists Found Dark Matter Already? [VIDEO]
	Dark matter may have already been detected with superconducting circuits, according to researchers. Still, the whole thing remains a mystery. The invisible substance, thought to take up five-sixths of all matter in the universe has been elusive. Th...
	Facebook's Major Redesign Stalled
	Facebook announced something about the platform's redesign back in March, but it looks like it may not happen just yet. A story by Mike Isaac of AllThingsD claims that the redesign has stalled and won't be rolling out as originally planned. In Tuesd...
	Square Reader Receives a Design Update. Slimmer Body, No Battery
	Square Reader, the gadget that turns an iPhone, iPad and Android smartphone into a credit card accepting device got a sleek design update on Tuesday. This time it is slimmer and no battery required. The device provides an easy way to complete transa...
	Twitter Users Can Send and Receive Images via DM Now
	Twitter has unveiled a new feature in an update to versions of its iOS and Android apps on Tuesday. Users can now share and receive images in direct messages.Users who update the app will be able to send and receive images through DM on both mobile...
	Boys And Girls Cannot Be 'Just Friends', According to Science
	Can boys and girls really be "just friends"? According to an in-depth study, maybe not. Research by Professor Emma Renold at Cardiff University, has highlighted the pressure to turn a close boy-girl friendship into a boyfriend-girlfriend relationsh...
	The NSA Has Agents in the World of Warcraft
	According to a new document provided to The Guardian by whistle-blower Edward Snowden, the NSA has been sending virtual undercover operatives into online gaming platforms like Second Live, Xbox Live and World of Warcraft, since at least 2007. The ag...
	Google Glass Gets Unofficial WordPress Plugin [VIDEO]
	Publishing an article in the future could be as easy as using your voice. Google Glass users now have access to a plugin app that works with the WordPress publishing platform. Will every reporter wear this in the future? The wpForGlass plugin — de...
	Facebook Has Big Plans for Artificial Intelligence
	Facebook is dabbling in artificial intelligence. Yann LeCun, a New York University professor of computer and neural sciences, posted about the new laboratory on Facebook and Google+. He added that Mark Zuckerberg would announce the new laboratory o...

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