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Google patents device that you inject into your eyeball

Google patents device that you inject into your eyeball

Up next in “terrifying things I don’t ever want to have done”: Google has filed a patent for a vision-correcting electronic device that has to be injected directly into your eye.

The device, Forbes reports, is designed to help the focusing of light onto the retina, resulting in the correction of poor vision. It will contain its own storage, radio and lens and will apparently be powered wirelessly…

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Young people prefer an Internet connection to daylight

Young people prefer an Internet connection to daylight

I know this because I’ve just read the results of a survey that asked young British people to name the five most important things that ensured their quality of life.

As The Huffington Post reported, their first choice was freedom of speech.

This is odd, as in Britain it’s far easier for rich people to sue people who say things they don’t like than it is in, say, the US.

What you might find most…

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Sony's new A6300 camera adds better autofocus and 4K video

Sony’s new A6300 camera adds better autofocus and 4K video

Stressing “curiousity” and “creativity” and timing the launch to avoid the noise of CES in January, Sony today announced the replacement for its immensely popular APS-C sensor-based A6000, the A6300, and a new line of flagship lenses, called G Master.

The A6300 incorporates a new 24.2-megapixel sensor and new 425-point phase-detection autofocus. It uses on-sensor phase detection so it works with…

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Microsoft gives Windows 10 upgrades a boot up

Microsoft gives Windows 10 upgrades a boot up

Microsoft made good Monday on its promise to give Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users a shove toward Windows 10.

The shove arrived in the form of Windows 10’s shift from an “optional” upgrade to a “recommended” upgrade.

Microsoft’s move comes as the Windows 10 operating system finally passed Windows XP and Windows 8.1last month in terms of market share. Windows 10, which was released six months ago,…

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Molten aluminum, meet raw steak

Molten aluminum, meet raw steak

There are many ways to cook beef. You can toss it in a frying pan, throw it in the smoker, slap it on the grill or fire it up in an oven. It probably never occurred to you to cook it using molten aluminum, however. That exact thought did occur to YouTuber the Backyard Scientist and resulted a “Molten Aluminum Vs Steak” video that went up Thursday.

The reason for this odd-sounding experiment? The…

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Elon Musk worries third World War would ruin Mars mission

Elon Musk worries third World War would ruin Mars mission

President Donald Trump becomes very upset because Mexico won’t pay for the wall, so he presses the nuclear button.

Vladimir Putin’s troops invade Norway because their GPS malfunctions.

Switzerland decides it’s tired of being beige and attacks Liechtenstein.

Please forgive me, I’m merely imagining scenarios for the start of World War III. I’ve been moved to such thinking by Tesla and Space X CEO…

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Twitter users, government spies may be hacking you

Twitter users, government spies may be hacking you

Twitter is warning some users that they may be the target of security breaches by “state-sponsored actors.”

The microblogging service sent emails to an unknown number of users warning that hackers may be trying to obtain phone numbers, email addresses and IP addresses, according to Twitter users who have received the emails. The emails warn that while Twitter is not certain recipients’ personal…

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CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications.

Who says it wasn't always there. They just got found out, just sayin'

Written by Declan Mccullagh of C|Net