Facial Expressions Aren't As Universal As Scientists Have Thought

A new study contradicts the common assumption that emotion-based facial expressions are recognized across cultures.
Facial Expressions Aren't As Universal As Scientists Have Thought

My Gourmet Guide To Bad Chinese Takeout

You've been ordering wrong all these years.
My Gourmet Guide To Bad Chinese Takeout

The Five Extra Words That Can Fix The Second Amendment

John Paul Stevens served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. This essay is excerpted from his new book, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.”
The Five Extra Words That Can Fix The Second Amendment

Google promises to stick with Google wallet despite slow adoption

Google gave a presentation at the recent Electronic Transaction Association’s trade show in Las Vegas. While they acknowledged that consumers have been slow to embrace the mobile payment service Google Wallet, they also said that they plan to stick with it.

Ariel Bardin, the chief of Google Wallet gave the presentation, and mentioned that when Google Wallet was launched it relied on NFC technology and only one carrier – Sprint – to push it. This limited the reach that the service had, and after a year it only supported one credit card and bank combination.

Google has since moved away from the NFC powered hardware solution, and now works on a cloud-based solution using HCE technology, resulting in a system that supports a much wider range of banks, cards, and vendors. In fact, HCE has been embraced by both Visa and Mastercard.

While this is a step forward, Google still faces opposition from vendors that don’t want the service to come between them and their customers. A number of retailers are dropping NFC support and some are even coming up with their own mobile payment systems.

Source: Fierce Wireless

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Apple buys hydroelectric green energy project near Oregon data center

Apple is expanding its use of clean energy to power its iCloud data centers, with the company's Prineville, Ore., facility now flanked by a small hydroelectric project acquired by the iPhone maker.







Apple buys hydroelectric green energy project near Oregon data center

Scientists Discover Evidence of a New Type of Matter: the Tetraquark

The recent identification of a long-theorized particle provides strong evidence of a new form of matter.

Scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle collider in the world, verified the existence of a particle called Z(4430) last week, according to New Scientist. Previously, physicists had reasoned that the particle could exist but had yet to observe it.

See also: CERN: We've Got the 'God Particle'

Discovery of any new particle is an important step for scientists, but Z(4430) is viewed with particular importance — it is evidence of a new type of matter called a tetraquark. Read more...

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This Is The End Of Facebook As We Know It

Facebook, the company that makes billions from connecting people to each other, is about to make it harder to have a conversation.
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Here's A Reunited Outkast At Coachella

Going to festivals is sweaty and expensive, so just watch their whole set here.
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This Hammer Lets You Drive A Nail One-Handed

Finally, a way to maximize your hammering potential.
This Hammer Lets You Drive A Nail One-Handed

Did One Lady Gaga Troll Prove That The Billboard Chart Is Broken?

“A video clip of 'Dope' was used as an advertisement before several thousand YouTube videos. Even though viewers didn’t solely intend to view the clip of “Dope,” Billboard...still counted the views towards their charts.”
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