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Netgear Orbi promises to rid your home of WiFi dead zones

@ 2016/08/23 read/post comments(0)

One of the most frustrating first world problems today is not being able to connect to your home WiFi network in spots that are farther away from your router. Netgear believes it can get rid of that problem with its… Go To Full Article

Super-resilient ceramic could be the key to future spacecraft

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Vehicles like the Space Shuttle have used ceramic tiles to thwart heat during reentry, but it has its limits. It can only get so hot, which can force you to use different materials -- and you can forget about using… Go To Full Article

Intel concentates on 5G's backend

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Fresh after scoring a reasonably sized contract for the iPhone, Intel is getting more excited about its mobile business and is talking about its 5G plans. 5G is a good thing to talk about as… Go To Full Article

Kaby Lake motherboards to arrive in Autumn

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According to Tom’s Hardware, the motherboards had been expected earlier but failed to show up. Colorful is planning to release its Kaby Lake motherboardsin October. The first one is the the Z270 motherboards sometime in October although… Go To Full Article

Gene-modified soil bacteria promise eco-friendly computing

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You normally need non-renewable elements or minerals to create nanowires. However, the US Navy's Office of Naval Research may have a better solution: the life living in the dirt under your feet. Its sponsored researchers have crafted nanowires from... Go To Full Article

India to jail people for “looking” at a torrent

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The Indian government has capitulated to the powerful Bollywood Big Content movement and is going to jail anyone who looks at a movie torrent. The daftly autocratic pirate law is just what the US studios have always… Go To Full Article

ARM has a new chip for data centres

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A few weeks after Japanese company Softbank said it would buy ARM for $32 billion. ARM is expected to announce a design to crash into the server and Internet of Things market. The chip design is being… Go To Full Article

Xiaomi in no hurry to go to the US

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While there is some interest in Xiaomi’s smartphones in the US, the company is continues to drag its feet in a Western expansion. Go To Full Article

Reuters: Samsung to sell refurbished high-end phones

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Samsung is preparing an official refurbished phone program, according to Reuters, which could launch "as early as next year." The scheme would offer premium handsets -- think the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note line -- at a discount for customers… Go To Full Article

Gene editing records 'memories' in human DNA

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Scientists have been recording data in DNA for a while, but it has usually involved bacteria and other simple organisms. MIT, however, just took a big leap forward. Its researchers have used the CRISPR gene editing technique to record histories… Go To Full Article

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