The Fitbit is already one of the hottest items of wearable tech that the average American consumer can purchase at a (somewhat) reasonable price, and the company recently announced that its fitness watch is getting a new set of updates on top of it all. According to recent reports from Tech Times and CNet.com, the […]
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School May Use New Roofing Tech to Speed Up Project
Some businesses and other organizations aren’t concerned about the immediate costs of installing metallic roofs, which may or may not be difficult to absorb for them. They care about the long-term roof maintenance and repair costs that they’ll almost always get with roofs made out of almost anything else. A “hole in roof under shingles” […]
Newly Developed In-Vitro Sperm Could Be a Breakthrough for Infertility Patients
A French startup research firm is claiming to have developed the first in-vitro human sperm, according to the New York Post. If the sperm work, this will be one of the biggest breakthroughs in infertility treatments since over a decade ago. Though the announcement of the discovery was originally made earlier in the year, the […]
This Company Will Pay $1 Million To Anyone That Can Hack Apple’s iOS 9
Just a week after Apple officially released iOS 9, a technology firm is trying to take it down. Zerodium is offering up to three separate $1 million awards to anyone who can provide an exclusive hack on Apple’s new operating system. So why would any technology company try and take on Apple, one of the […]
North Carolina Is Selling Barbecue-Scented, Scratch-n-Sniff Lotto Tickets
Luck is smelling a whole lot like pork lately. For just a couple bucks, North Carolina lotto players can now get barbecue-scented, scratch-n-sniff lotto tickets, which can win them a whopping $25,000. On September 8, the North Carolina Education Lottery rolled out the BBQ Bucks scratch-off game at restaurants in Raleigh and Charlotte. “I can […]
Slowed Construction of New Homes Causing Housing Prices to Rise
A recent study by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that the construction of new homes is lagging behind the job growth of nearly two-thirds of metro area in the United States. With more people moving into these areas, the lack of new home construction is causing a housing shortage, which is bad news […]
Tear Gas, Water Cannons At The Hungarian Migrant Fence
A recent report from CNN has confirmed the use of tear gas and water cannons at the Hungarian-Serbian border this week, as the migrant crisis continues to build. Hungarian riot police attempted to keep swarms of thousands of migrants from entering the country after they fled their homes due to violence and political upheaval. On […]
According to New RootMetrics Report, Sprint and Verizon Are Denver’s Best Mobile Networks
According to the latest biannual report from the mobile analytics firm RootMetrics, presented in global news release on Sept. 8, Verizon and Sprint are tied as the top-performing mobile network companies in the Denver metro area. This report was the ninth time RootMetrics has conducted the test in Denver, and the third-party analytics firm releases […]
Lego My Pope! The Archdiocese of Washington Shares Its Excitement Over Pope Francis’s 1st U.S. Visit
The Archdiocese of Washington is getting pretty pumped for Pope Francis’s Washington, D.C. visit today, and what better way to share the excitement than to post a video about it on YouTube? Answer: Post a video on YouTube depicting the Pope’s visit entirely in Legos. That’s right, the Archdiocese posted a series of “educational, humorous” […]
New Study Says Technology in the Classroom Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
In recent years, schools in the U.S. have added more technology to classrooms in the hopes of improving the quality of students’ education. But a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says that this may be a wasted effort. The OECD, which is based in the United States, tracked students’ use […]