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- Where can you find 3-D printers? Try your local library.
According to the ALA, the number of libraries that provide access to 3-D printers is growing.
- Can YouTube attract a new audience with 60fps HD live streaming?
YouTube announces it will support live streaming at 60 frames per second, considered the standard for video games. YouTube will also allow viewers to rewind streams, then speed them up to catch back up with what is happening live.
- Internet.org: A battle over net neutrality? Or between haves and have-nots?
While Facebook attempts to connect the two-thirds of the world without Internet access, it faces a growing backlash. What is the 'net neutrality' debate really about?
- Netflix gets a facelift. What's changing?
Netflix announced on Wednesday that the website's user interface will be getting an update for the first time since 2011.
- How mCookie's DIY-computer tech brings Legos to life
Microduino’s mCookie is its second-generation product that incorporates building blocks to make DIY tech more approachable.
- Why does entering racist slurs into Google Maps return the White House?
Entering variations on a racial epithet used against African Americans into Google Maps will direct some users to the White House. Who is behind this?
- What will the next Apple Watch look like?
Apple has taken on some of the chief criticisms against the newly launched Apple Watch and plans to improve both heath and security features.
- Ahead of WWDC, Apple updates its iMac and 15-inch MacBook Pro
Apple announced an updated 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with faster flash storage and a Force Touch trackpad. Apple also refreshed its Retina 5K iMacs, introducing a new model and dropping the price on the existing model.
- 3D-printing human skin: The end of animal testing?
Beauty conglomerate L’Oreal has partnered with biotech company Organovo to facilitate printing human skin for product testing.
- Apple purchases GPS startup, seeks to improve Maps platform
Following rocky beginnings, Apple Maps may improve with Apple's recent purchase of GPS startup company Coherent Navigation.
- Why the US is testing hypersonic weapons
The US Air Force has developed a hypersonic engine as part of a program to create a class of weapons so fast and accurate that they could reach any target in the world within an hour.
- Apple launches new MacBook Pro and iMac, cuts price for iMacs
Apple introduces updated, faster MacBooks and iMacs while lowering the price for iMacs.
- How Google researchers turned millions of Flickr images into time-lapse videos
Researchers at Google and the University of Washington mined 86 million publicly available images to create time-lapse videos of famous landmarks. The team's code sorts the images by date, stabilizes them, and normalizes their perspectives and aspect ratios.
- Turtle gets new 3D printed jaw: How 3D is changing veterinary care
A Turkish turtle just received a new 3D printed jaw that will allow it to eat on its own again. What else will 3D printing technology allow veterinarians to do?
- WWDC 2015: Will Apple reveal the new iMac and Macbook Pro?
According to new reports, Apple may be introducing the world to its latest computer models at its annual developers conference and, uncharacteristically, the rumors appear to be more than just gossip.
- Why the US military is designing disposable drones
Will single-use drones change the way the military uses remote technology?
- Google to add 'buy' buttons to some search results
In what is being seen as an attempt to challenge Amazon and eBay, in the coming weeks Google will begin including 'buy' buttons on some of its mobile search results, the Wall Street Journal reports.
- Another Russian rocket malfunctions, crashes in Siberia
Russia's Proton-M rocket has a history of mishaps, leading to the loss of three navigation satellites last year.
- Fortune: HomeKit delayed until fall. Apple: No, it's not.
Apple's upcoming HomeKit platform has been the latest craze for the Apple rumor mill, with sources saying the smart-home software might not be unveiled at WWDC.
- AP expands its computer-written news program. Should reporters be worried?
Automated Insights' software can automatically generate data-driven stories on sports, business, and, soon, other industries.