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02/28/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Whoops, you dropped something: Man’s rectum falls out after sitting on the toilet too long, playing games on his mobile phone

A man who lived in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province in southeast China was rushed to the hospital around midnight of Sunday, February 4 after he saw a mysterious ball-sized lump dangling from outside his anus. The Chinese man sought medical attention after “a big lump slipped out of his anus.” After examining him, the doctors said […]

11/27/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

New tattoo-like wearable sensor detects alcohol levels in sweat, sends updates to smartphone for private use

Engineers that are closely working with the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have created a small monitoring device, worn on the skin, that identifies alcohol levels in perspiration. The new wearable monitor has the incentive of being non-invasive and unseen by other people, making it more applicable in settings where one would […]

11/09/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Want to spy on your ex? There’s an app for that

You just had a really bad breakup and now refuse to take calls from your ex. You refuse to text. You even refuse to respond to Facebook messages. Unluckily for you though, your ex might still be able to know exactly what you’re doing and where you are — especially if you’re an iOs user. […]

09/12/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Real-time language translation device whispers into your ear in real time as it’s listening to the person speaking

Traveling abroad? Nervous that you will find yourself in a place where no one speaks your language? You might find yourself quickly becoming grateful for a new artificial intelligence device; an earpiece called Translate One2One that can translate spoken conversations in a matter of seconds. Translate One2One, which was set to launch in international markets by July, […]

09/08/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Addiction to technology is creating digital slaves who can’t think for themselves

It would amaze you to know that a lot of people nowadays are turning to the Internet for answers to life’s simplest questions; then again, maybe not, maybe you’re doing it yourself. According to Mountain View, California-based multinational tech company Google, people from around the world have been asking for instructions on seemingly self-evident things […]

08/05/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Bitcoin money laundering ringleader arrested, facing years in U.S. prison for running popular Bitcoin exchange

Greek authorities have captured 38-year-old Russian national Alexander Vinnik, who is wanted on United States soil for allegedly masterminding an illegal money laundering operation which involved at least $4 billion through bitcoin transactions. Following an investigation that was led by the United States Justice Department, Vinnik was brought into custody from a small beachside village […]

07/29/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

ATMs found to be easily hacked in minutes because they run on Windows

By just drilling a hole in a cash machine, you can have access to loads and loads of moolah – within minutes. A security expert with cyber company Positive Technologies, Leigh-Anne Galloway, said that since most automated teller machines (ATMs) are basically Windows XP computers that connect to a vault, it can be so easy to […]

06/28/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Video games really do alter the brain function of our youth

A study that was recently published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience entitled Neural Basis of Video Gaming: A Systematic Review showed that playing video games can alter behavioral patterns, especially those that deal with attention and spatial orientation. The team involved in the study analyzed 122 scientific research pieces: 22 of which looked at developments in […]

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