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MP3 players had once been the de facto audiophile gadget, the thing you needed to have if you wanted on-the-go music sessions. Apple, in particular, has had a stake in the MP3 market for many years thanks to its continued refresh of the iPod line. Yet the most recent model, the sixth-generation iPod touch, was released as far back as 2015. That's because in recent times, MP3 players have lost their necessity. With smartphones able to play and, more importantly, stream music,

Oracle this week launched its API platform cloud service, a part of the Oracle Cloud platform that delivers "end-to-end capabilities for designing, prototyping, documenting, testing, and managing the proliferation of critical APIs," Oracle said in its

Elon Musk has an ambitious goal to decongest traffic through underground tunnels and he's now shared footage of the project, but tread lightly. The video comes with a warning that it might trigger seizures or cause motion sickness. It shows a test run of an electric sled that would swiftly move cars through the tunnels at 125 mph (200 km/h), automatically shifting from one tunnel to another. The video description further notes that with this sled, a commute from Westwood to

Is your iPhone or iPad feeling a bit sluggish? Has it lost that snappiness that it had when it was new?Here's the simplest way that I know of to speed up an iPhone or iPad.Wipe the

WannaCrypt/WannaCry ransomware has affected Windows XP systems across the globe.

Teen drinking has dropped in the last two decades, shows the latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, featured in May 12 issue of the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, revealed only one in three high schoolers reported drinking at least one drink per month in 2015, rounding up the total of teenage drinkers at just 32.8 percent. By comparison, almost half high school students reported the same thing back in 1991, when teen

2017: The year of the Linux desktop on the Windows desktop. Yes, Microsoft is making it much easier to run the Bash shell, based on Ubuntu, and soon SUSE or Fedora, on Windows 10.

The Minister of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of another Ebola virus outbreak in northern DRC. WHO has already deployed an investigation team to the affected area. Latest Ebola Outbreak WHO was informed of the latest Ebola outbreak in DRC on Friday, May 12, courtesy of DRC's Minister of Public Health, Dr. Oly Ilunga Kalenga. The said outbreak affects the Nambwa health district in the province of Bas-Uélé. Starting from April 22, nine

Better analysis of advertising metrics plus cross-device tracking will result in big savings on advertising costs and create more revenue for media sites with great content -- these were among the claims made this week at

If you've been having trouble with the Samsung Galaxy S8's fast-charging technology, you're not the only one but it's not a defect either. As it turns out, the Galaxy S8 can only fast charge when its screen is off, so if you're using the smartphone don't expect it to juice up quicker than with a normal charge. Samsung Galaxy S8 Fast Charging

Image: Microsoft NewsGoogle's autosuggest feature lets you know, sometimes with spooky accuracy, what other people are looking for when conducting queries similar to yours. So, with Google's help, we provide answers to a few of the

The life of an Android release, before Project Treble. Via Google.Google has unveiled a new system that aims to streamline vendor Android updates. It's called Project Treble, and Google says it's the "biggest change yet to

They then used laser scanning photo-stimulation to map the connections between subplate neurons in the brains of mouse pups. A week after being given birth, the mice that received VPA exhibited patterns of hyperconnected subplate neurons and there were too many connections in the brain. On the other hand, mouse pups that did not receive VPA showed normal connections in their developing cerebral cortex. After 10 days, researchers found that the hyperconnected subplate neurons among VPA-dosed mouse pups became increasingly

(Image: file photo)NEW YORK -- The Federal Communications Commission has refused to turn over the internet browsing history of its chairman Ajit Pai, weeks after he blocked rules that allowed internet providers to sell the browsing

A detailed study of an exoplanet reveals that it may have a primitive atmosphere composed mainly of helium and hydrogen. A new study shows the most detailed analysis of an exoplanet that's very close to our own Neptune in size. Exoplanets continue to be a relevant topic of interest when it comes to space exploration. Now thanks to a joint effort between NASA and a team of scientists from various universities such as the University of Maryland and University of Exeter, a

Corning employees in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Image via Apple.Apple announced Friday that glass supplier Corning will receive $200 million as part of the Cupertino tech giant's $1 billion Advanced Manufacturing Fund.

High schoolers who are extroverted, mature, highly intelligent, or interested in arts and sciences have a fighting chance against the robots and computers that will steal

NASA and the European Space Agency are not exactly pursuing a lander mission together. This was recently revealed by a NASA spokesperson to Fox News, following news from last month that the two space agencies were joining forces for a joint lander mission to Jupiter moon Europa when 2025 comes along. Not Teaming Up For Europa Lander Mission Dubbed the Joint Europa Mission, the proposal was revealed on April 24 by Michel Blanc of the Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology in Toulouse, France.

When developer Spike Chunsoft revealed plans to resurrect the long-running Fire Pro Wrestling series with the upcoming Fire Pro Wrestling World, a small but ridiculously passionate slice of the gaming community collectively lost its mind. I was a part of the madness. The last true Fire Pro title—ignoring the Japan-exclusive social game and the awful, avatar-focused Xbox Live Arcade title—was the PlayStation 2's Fire Pro Wrestling Returns in 2005. A decade is an incredibly long time to be deprived of that

The recently published study disproving the generally accepted notion that high-fat dairy products — such as cheese, butter and milk — are harmful to the heart has sparked a heated debate over the health benefits and disadvantages of saturated fat. The research, conducted by the Reading University in Great Britain in collaboration with Copenhagen University in Denmark and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, documents that full-fat dairy doesn't increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Despite the new evidence, some health experts remain

United Kingdom telecommunications provider BT has announced that broadband arm Openreach is now consulting with industry and consumers on potentially rolling out a full-fibre broadband network."We aspire to be the UK's digital champion. To achieve this,

Australian grocery chain giant Coles currently gains valuable data on its customers' purchasing habits, but only if they use the company's loyalty card upon checkout either online or on in-store. While the data aggregated at those

Tech Times reported in February that China has increased its budget for its planned space programs and that the country is already designing an advanced and recoverable spacecraft that will be capable of landing on the moon. Now China has already begun preparations for its planned lunar laboratory in collaboration with the European Space Agency by locking in eight volunteers to live and work in a simulated space environment inside the Lunar Palace 1. Lunar Palace 1 Structure Lunar Palace 1 or Yuegong-1 consists of a living

Pantech, Korea's third-largest handset maker, has suspended its smartphone business and will commence restructuring, a move that could see it end for good despite surviving a dramatic bankruptcy filing two years ago.In an email to employees,

Nuclear radiation concerns are up at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation facility in the United States where an underground tunnel collapsed. The site has been functioning as a depository of radioactive nuclear waste since 1980. The nuclear waste removal at the site has been costing more than $2 billion a year and is supposed to go on until 2040. The facility contains 56 million gallons of nuclear waste stored in 177 underground tanks. Hanford is known for providing the plutonium used in the atomic

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The future of the popular Hitman video game franchise seems uncertain for now, as Square Enix just announced that it has dropped developer IO Interactive. Square Enix broke the news upon announcing that it has booked an "extraordinary loss" in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017 and as a result, it's rethinking its strategy going forward. Square Enix Drops IO Interactive: What Now? Moving forward, Square Enix notes that it will focus its efforts and resources on key studios and

For IT executives and professionals, adoption of Agile and DevOps approaches is a no-brainer -- encouraging collaboration on software projects at all stages helps get projects out the door faster, with the blessings of the

Lexar's microSD reader for Lightning devices

Verizon had a bidding war with AT&T over Straight Path Communications and it just sealed the deal, acquiring the company for more than $3 billion. More specifically, Verizon outbid AT&T and agreed to pay $184 per share in an all-stock transaction, amounting to $3.1 billion in total. The bidding war started when AT&T offered $95.63 per share, but Verizon raised and AT&T folded. Verizon Outbid AT&T "[T]he Straight Path board of directors determined, in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and

Microsoft showed off the forthcoming return of OneDrive placeholders to Windows 10 at its Ignite conference earlier this year.The most eagerly awaited new feature in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update isn't new at all.

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution remains a controversial subject when related to the idea of intelligent design, but findings of a new study suggest that the English naturalist  may have been right about where life on Earth began. Water World Theory And Darwin's Warm Little Pond Most scientists today think that the first life-forms evolved in hydrothermal vents of the sea. Otherwise known as the "water world" theory, this concept posits that life may have started inside the warm and gentle springs of

The developer of an easy-to-use form of customisable ransomware has massively expanded their activities, expanding their arsenal of cybercriminal tools and making it even easier for would-be cyber crooks to set up operations. First spotted in