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Some Ring owners reconsider their doorbell’s intelligence
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Share In a world where people have access to some pretty amazing and useful devices, there will occasionally be problems, especially when so many of these are IoT gadgets. Owners of the Ring Doorbell Pro were in for a little confusion recently, when...

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  Smartwatches fail to keep time despite wearables growth - 09:30

  Share The wearables market has seen over 67 percent annual growth in the past twelve months, but the...
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  Truck tech startup Otto wants truckers to keep on reading - 16 May

  Share Founded by Google and Tesla vets, new long-haul trucking tech startup Otto wants to...

  Mashable!

  • • Police officer charged with murder 5 years after on-duty shooting in St. Louis 5 min
    • Bill Gates' summer reading list will make your vacation a whole lot nerdier 5 min
    • Restaurant hosts and hostesses share their biggest annoyances on the job 7 min
    • 4 myths that will change how you define bullying 9 min
    • Elon Musk vows to 'make it right' after report of Tesla using foreign workers paid $5 per hour 10 min
    • Pilot earbuds are like a real life, language-translating babel fish 16 min
  • 10 graduation speeches which pumped up students for real life 20 min

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  TechCrunch

• Dedrone raises $10 million to detect aerial intruders 32 min
• Uber debuts Trip Tracker so you can view a family member’s ride in real-time 51 min
• HP’s new 3D printers pave the way for an interesting future 10:26
• HP’s new industrial 3D printer is focused on prototyping and small-run production 10:21
• Just 27 hours left to apply for Include Office Hours with Homebrew Ventures 10:05
• Coding school 42 plans to educate 10,000 students in Silicon Valley for free 09:49
• Jifiti’s new Messenger chatbot API will find you a gift even when you’re out of ideas 09:43

  CNET News.com

  • T-Mobile's Binge On adds NBC, Spotify, Google Play Music - CNET 13 min
  • This brick-wall optical illusion is giving the Internet fits - CNET 17 min
  • Russian dating app gets turned on by facial recognition - CNET 38 min
  • Gloriously gross 'Jaws' shark mask comes with severed hand - CNET 59 min
  • IBM memory advances could speed up your phone - CNET 10:45
  • BitTorrent is launching a TV streaming service - CNET 10:23
  • Watch a brave guy try to stand up in a violent 109-mph wind - CNET 10:18

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  The Official Google Blog

  • An eye for detail: Zoom through 1,000 artworks thanks to the new Art Camera from the Google Cultural Institute 07:00
  • Introducing Spaces, a tool for small group sharing 16 May
  • Introducing The Data Center Mural Project 12 May
  • Meet Gboard: Search, GIFs, emojis & more. Right from your keyboard. 12 May
  • Translate where you need it: in any app, offline, and wherever you see Chinese 11 May
  • Digital #LoveLetters from children of the incarcerated 7 May
  • Helping for the long term in Flint, Michigan 3 May

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  Boing Boing

  • A new trailer is out for 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' reboot starring Laverne Cox 5 min
  • How to caramelize sugar without melting it 10:52
  • A mass of ants behaving like a fluid so they can get things done 09:54
  • Angry religious people wander around Target yelling about bathrooms 09:49
  • Mom uses her kid to steal guy's parking spot 09:49
  • When snakes attack at Lowe's 09:43
  • Watch - unshielded padlocks are braindead simple to open without a key 09:43

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  Gizmodo

  

  These Anti-Drone Guns Are The Future of Messing With Your Neighbors
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  ShareWith the rise of consumer drones, everyone from the US military to Border Patrol are stocking up on anti-drone guns. And the Navy Times has a new video of the most sci-fi looking drone gun: Battelle’s DroneDefender. While they’re not...

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    Citizens of Earth, Stop Reporting NASA's Science Balloon as a UFO - 14 min

    ShareThis is what NASA’s super pressure balloon looks like on the ground. And this&mdash...
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    BB-8 Would Sound Incredibly Annoying if He Ran on Windows XP - 57 min

    ShareThe Star Wars sound effects team does a brilliant job at breathing life into droids like BB-8 and...

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