GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	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 ...
	This "Self-Destructing" Smartphone Is Perfect For Spies
	Disposable phones have nothing on this design. Introducing the Boeing Black, a new secure smartphone that is being designed with government employees in mind. The phone will self-destruct whenever tampered or taken apart. While it'll look roughly li...
	Don't Want to Wait? There's a Knockoff Samsung Galaxy S5 Now
	Love the S5 so much you want it now but you're an impatient fella? You can get a smartphone that's pretty close now, but of course, buyer beware. Dubbed the Goophone, it comes straight from China and it looks exactly the same as Samsung's latest fl...
	This Zero Training Speed-Reading App Wants to Help You Read a Novel Faster
	The average reader reads at 220 words per minute. And most of us read from left to right and we often circle back for context because we might be thrown off by the sheer number of words on a page. This sort of habit waste lots of time. So here's an ...
	Woman Got Robbed and Assaulted for Wearing Google Glass in a Bar
	Sarah Slocum claims she was assaulted and robbed in a bar for wearing Google Glass. Is society rejecting wearable tech in public places already? Slocum is a contributor at Newsdab, and she arrived at Molotov's Bar, early Saturday morning around 1:4...

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