GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	Whirlpool's Microwave Listens to Popcorn Popping. No Burning!
	Putting a bag of popcorn in the microwave is easy, but knowing not to set it too long might not be. This new model from Whirlpool is smart. It listens to the popcorn as it pops to make sure your snack never gets scorched. The microwave's AccuPop Cyc...
	This Secret Persuasion Mind Trick Might Just Work [VIDEO]
	Richard Wiseman of In 59 Seconds demonstrates a simple, yet powerful, persuasion mind trick. It is pretty clever, actually. Researchers discovered when volunteers were asked for a large favor immediately, most refused. But when asked for smaller...
	Your Phone's Wi-Fi Hotspot Can Be a SOS Beacon During a Disaster
	Imagine the horror of being trapped under a rubble. You can't move, and the chances of you surviving depend on people finding you. Now, your odds are going to increase. The Wi-Fi hotspot on your phone may be able to act as an SOS beacon. Engineer Am...
	You're Looking At a Silicon Piece That Contains 1.75 Billion Transistors
	It is pretty hard to believe you're looking at 1.75 billion transistors. The sheer fact that the number is in billions is just crazy. Measuring just 8 inches in diameter, it is etched with 35 replicas of five different chips. They are going to be se...
	British Spies Spied on Millions and Captured Webcam Images from Yahoo Users
	There really isn't any point in trying to secure your privacy these days. So you're probably not going to jump out of your chair when you hear that the British counterpart to NSA ran a program called "Optic Nerve" from 2008 to 2010 that involved cap...
	Apple Explains Its Touch ID Security in Detail
	Apple has finally explained most of its security details behind its Touch ID technology. Could this be a knee jerk reaction to people's wow reaction to Samsung Galaxy S5's fingerprint scanner? Apple has released a new white paper about iOS security,...
	Google's Modular Ara Phone Might Cost as Cheap as $50
	Google's Ara modular smartphone platform aims to sell a simple version of the phone for as little as $50. That spells lots of profits for poor countries! Time took a dive into Google's modular smartphone, revealing some interesting details along the...
	Apple's "I'm A Mac" Ads Created a Long Lasting Effect on Fanboys
	The "Hello, I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" ads were one of the most memorable ad campaigns of our time. The ads showed Justin Long as the hipster embodiment of Mac users while John Hodgman was the stiff generalization of PC users. The point of the ads pr...
	Can Offshore Wind Farms Help Prevent Hurricanes?
	A new study done by researchers from Stanford and University of Delaware claims that offshore wind turbines could be redesigned in such a way in order to prevent major hurricanes from ever forming in the first place. The idea basically inverts wha...
	This is Why You Should Always Order a Large Pizza
	The next time you order a pizza, go LARGE. It is the cheapest price per square inch. How do we know this? Mathematics confirmed this. Check out this graph that Quoctrung Bui over at NPR made by crunching the pizza price data from over 74,000 pizzas ...

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