GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	Can A Robot Bartender Give You Better Bar Service?
	Do you sometimes find it difficult to get a drink at the bar? Here's the bad news. You are either: 1) Unattractive enough and 2) not flashing heaps of cash to attract attention or 3) stuck behind people who are just standing at the bar but not order...
	New Grand Theft Auto V Sold $800 Million On Its First Day
	Grand Theft Auto V released on Tuesday and it sold like hot cakes. It made an estimated $800 million in 24 hours and it was a larger first day record than any movie, game or album ever released. Blockbuster movies don't even come close. Not even the...
	IKEA's Super Low Cost $1,000 House For Refugees
	Flat pack technology is great. So IKEA is putting that to use to help others. IKEA's charitable arm the Ikea Foundation, has been working with the UN Refugee Agency to test new, better, easily assembled shelters for refugees. It addresses the issue...
	DARPA's XS-1 Program Is Developing Hypersonic Jets To Launch Into Space
	DARPA announced a project to launch space planes with hypersonic speed, able to reach orbit at a cost less than one tenth of current orbit-capable vehicles. The idea is still a concept, but DARPA is always on the edge of the future, and they've give...
	The Big Bang Theory May Not Be How The Universe Started
	We've always been told that it was the Big Bang that kickstarted the universe. But according to a paper posted on Arxiv, it may not have been what we think it is. In fact, there may have been no Big Bang at all. How did everything start then?The the...
	The HTC One Makes The Galaxy Note 3 Small. Are Your Hands Big Enough For This?
	HTC's Galaxy Note challenger - the One Max, is huge. It dwarfs the Note 3. How is that going to fit into your pocket? Leaked on Chinese social network Sina Weibo, Samsung's 5.7 inch Galaxy Note 3 is pictured next to what is allegedly the One Max. Yo...
	Scientists Design Lens That Mimic The Human Eye
	Designed by engineers at Ohio State University have come up with a new lens design that can focus on any object without having to be switched.The lens is made from a flexible polymer while the design resembles that of an insect’s compound eye. Tiny ...
	Facebook Apologizes For Ads That Had Photos Of Suicide Victim
	Two online dating ads featured on Facebook this week included photos of a teenager who committed suicide. The company has since apologized for the ads, which promoted a Canadian online-dating site by including images of Rehtaeh Parsons. Parsons, 17...
	Microsoft Says Internet Explorer 11 Is 30% Faster Than Others
	Firefox and Chrome have gained a whole lot of traction compared to Internet Explorer, but it still remains the most popular web browser. Microsoft wants to keep it that way so they've come up with Internet Explorer 11. The company released a "previe...
	Google May Ditch Cookies To Track Users
	Google is considering ditching cookies to track its users. They would instead "create its own anonymous identifier for each individual". The attempt is to make the Internet more secure. A Google spokesperson told the WSJ:"We believe that technologic...

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