“There’s a lot of synergies between the Tinder audience and the audience we’re looking for,” said Bud Light’s Director of Marketing to Ad Week. And for that reason it’s selecting 1,000 swipe-righters — although you can also enter through Twitter and…
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These exoskeleton heels could help stroke victims walk again
It isn’t quite the soft exosuit that DARPA’s developing, but scientists have developed a lightweight exoskeleton that’ll take some of the work out of walking. Before you get too excited though, this is less Edge of Tomorrow and more along the lines o…
WSJ: EU is gearing up to file antitrust lawsuit against Google
Google might have avoided going to court over antitrust charges in the US, but it could still face a lawsuit in Europe. According to the Wall Street Journal, the European Commission has started asking companies that filed complaints against Google’s …
‘Thinking cap’ controls prosthetic arm with thoughts, not surgery
The ability to control prosthetics with only the power of your mind has been around for a while, but it typically requires control electronics implanted directly into the patient. With this new, non-invasive method developed at the University of Hous…
Todoist redesigns its iOS app to save you time, increase productivity
There are plenty of to-do list options out there, ready to equip your phone with software to help you meet deadlines. Todoist is one of those, and the iOS version of the app just got a massive redesign. First, instead of typing in an item, and then h…
Dyson’s new bladeless fan is also a powerful air filter
Dyson really hates dirt, to the point that it’s now come up with a new bladeless fan that can also filter out ultrafine airborne particles — including viruses, bacteria and pollens — that are as tiny as 0.1 microns. The aptly-named Pure Cool (AM11)…
US Supreme Court: GPS tracking could violate the Fourth Amendment
Forcing someone to wear a location tracker apparently constitutes a Fourth Amendment “search” – the Supreme Court effectively said so when ruling on a North Carolina case where a convicted sex offender was forced to wear a GPS monitor at all times in…
Liquid metal machines ‘eat’ in order to move
Robots typically rely on batteries to get power, but they may soon have to do little more than nibble on another material to start moving. Chinese researchers have developed simple liquid metal machines (not shown here) that zip around if they “eat” …
Halo 5 lands on Xbox One this October 27th
Ready for the next installment of Halo? The bad news is you still have a seven-month wait on your hands, but at least it’s a concrete release date, right? Right? The news coincides with a new in-game teaser for Halo 5, with Master Chief et al. attemp…
Native Instruments teases a portable, touch-sensitive DJ deck
Native Instruments has a full-fledged DJ deck and mixer combo, but it can be a big hassle — do you really want to lug a giant controller with you on tour, especially if you already have a preferred mixer? You won’t have to make that sacrifice for mu…
Hillary Clinton confirms she wiped her email server
Members of the US House of Representatives hoping to get a look at Hillary Clinton’s personal email server just got a big disappointment. Clinton’s attorney has confirmed to a House committee on Benghazi that, after handing over work-related email to…
The Windows 10 preview will work on more phones soon
If you’ve been itching to try out a technical preview version of Windows 10 on your phone but didn’t have a device on the short list, then we have good news. Microsoft just released a list of devices that it expects to support in the next “flight” an…
Daily Roundup: The best cheap WiFi router, Tim Cook donations and more!
In today’s Daily Roundup you can learn about the best cheap WiFi router from our friends at The Wirecutter, read about Tim Cook planning to donate his fortune to charity and how new memory technology may allow SSDs with up to 10TB of storage. Catch u…
Great, now 3D printed rifles can fire 7.62mm NATO rounds
In 2013, Defense Distributed created the world’s first 3D printed handgun, the .38-caliber Liberator. The following year, they unveiled an AR-15 receiver capable of firing hundreds of 5.56mm rounds without fail. This year, the team has been outdone b…
Nigerian telecoms to face jail time over shoddy cell service
Nigeria’s Consumer Protection Council (CPC), with the backing of the country’s government, is threatening to throw telecom executives in jail unless they improve their call quality. The African nation has seen mobile phone adoption rates soar over th…